Who in the 1970s would have ever thought Lou Reed would ever get to 70? Today Lewis Allan Reed of Brooklyn, New York turns 70 years old.

Italian singer and songwriter Lucio Dalla has died in Switzerland at the age of 68.

Switchfoot have cancelled their Australian tour including their appearance on the remainder of the Soundwave Festival and flown urgently back home to San Diego because of a family emergency.

T.I. has signed Australian rapper Iggy Azalea to his record label Grand Hustle.

Melbourne talk-radio station MTR has gone off the air after the station was placed into administration earlier today.

Lady Gaga and her mother Cynthia Germanotta headed to Harvard University this week for the launch of their Born This Way Foundation.

Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson has taken to Twitter to slam gossip site TMZ.com over a story claiming Michael Jackson did not sing on the ‘Michael’ album.

One Direction’s three Australian shows sold out in just three minutes this morning.

Playground Weekender promoters have salvaged the flooded festival and the show will go on across various venues in Sydney this weekend.

Cold Chisel will play some intimate shows in Sydney and Melbourne for the launch of their new album ‘No Plans’.

Warner Music will stream The Warner Sound showcases from SXSW from March 13 to 15.

Engelbert Humperdinck will represent the UK at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.

Pseudo Echo will mark their 30th anniversary tonight with a one-off show in Melbourne.

The medical examination of Davy Jones has confirmed that The Monkees singer died from a heart attack.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan will use the SXSW podium to announce his plans for the new Pumpkins album ‘Oceania’.

The surviving members of The Monkees, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz, have each made individual comments about the death of their buddy, Monkees singer Davy Jones.

Ian Molly Meldrum was returned to his Richmond home after two months in hospital after his fall before Christmas.

The final night of the SXSW Film Festival will feature an all-star performance of the Big Star ‘Third’ album.

Pantera’s Vulgar Display Of Power gets unreleased track and DVD for the special 20-year anniversary edition.

Sydney indie pop dramatists The Jezabels get Canada’s Lights and locals Snakadaktal for a national tour.

The long over-due John Mayer album ‘Born and Raised’ has an official release date of May 22, 2012.

A Facebook page appears for fans to swap Radiohead Australian Tour tickets, or buy them without dealing with scalpers.

The Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Love Never Dies’ will screen in American cinemas 900 times next week.

Rockin' sisters from regional Victoria, Stonefield, ready a new single and announce an East Coast tour.

The childhood homes in Liverpool of Paul McCartney and John Lennon have been given a heritage listing.

Cold Chisel will release ‘No Plans’, their first album in 14 years in April.

Davy Jones of The Monkees has died at the age of 66 in Florida from a heart attack.

Outspoken right-wing rocker Ted Nugent is at it again, telling the Republican GOP candidates to “buy a box of scrotums”.

The Port Fairy Folk Festival has announced John Butler as its Artist of the Year.

The Playground Weekender Festival due for Wisemans Ferry in New South Wales this weekend has been cancelled due to floods.