Australian music legend Billy Thorpe died on this day in 2007.

Sydney’s Come Together announces an all-Australian hip-hop line-up, with 360, Horrorshow, Hermitude, Koolism and more.

Bon Iver has released the latest video for ‘Towers’ just prior to the Australian tour.

Local hip-hop hero 360 books national dates as ‘The Flying Tour’ with Gossling, Hermitude and Bam Bam.

New Order have chosen the special guests to support their Australian tour.

Bad blood may finally be behind former Runaways members Cherie Currie and Lita Ford, at least according to a post made last week by Currie on her official Facebook page.

On Friday night, an incredible group of musicians and artists came together to salute the late Hubert Sumlin at Harlem's Apollo Theater.

Mick Jones, founder and guitarist for Foreigner, undergone what has been called "urgent" heart surgery.

In an interview, electro artist Santigold has said the success of “joke band” LMFAO makes her cry.

Garage-rock nutters Black Lips have added another Melbourne show and upgraded Sydney.

The seminal punk rock the Sex Pistols have inked a deal with Universal U.K. for the release of an expanded edition of their album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

Bruce Springsteen will be bringing the E Street Band to Austin to perform at SXSW ahead of the start of the world tour the following week.

The Australian Music Industry was still hammered by piracy in 2011 but the good news is that sales are starting to stabilize.

Peter Noble has unveiled the final announcement for Bluesfest 2012 with John Fogerty added in for a second performance at the festival on Monday April 9.

Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit has used the stage at Soundwave to mouth off at the promoters for the Big Day Out, calling them “fucking assholes”.

Muse are using a horn section on their next album.

Beloved post-punk trio My Disco book four shows in April and reveal their first video.

Keith Richards joined Eric Clapton onstage at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem for a benefit concert in the name of the late Hubert Sumlin to raise money for the Jazz Foundation.

Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees is back in a London hospital undergoing more treatment for liver and colon cancer.

What sounded like a one-off reunion of the original (or mostly original) Black Sabbath at this year's Download Festival has expanded, to one additional show.

Wally De Backer, a.k.a. Gotye, finally has a new song after ‘Something That I Used To Know’. ‘Easy Way Out’ is his latest single and video from ‘Making Mirrors’.

‘Man or Muppet’ for The Muppets movie has won the best Original Song music award at the Oscars.

Troy Cassar-Daley will release this eighth studio album his Friday.

Tim Commandeur and Chris Holland of Operator Please have a new project called Colour Coding.

Legendary songwriter Paul Williams has been a last minute addition as a speaker for SXSW.

Taylor Swift knocked back a teen leukemia patient who asked her to be his prom date… but returned with a far better counter-offer.

Adele equals Delta Goodrem’s record, and not much else happens, in this week’s ARIA Chart wrap.

Golden Plains playing times have been announced.

Radiohead will mount an East Coast tour of Australia in November.

Bruce Springsteen performed in a small New Jersey club on Saturday night for a fund-raiser for his former trainer Tony Strollo.