February 26 marks the 80th birthday of Johnny Cash.

The new Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band album ‘Wrecking Ball’ will include a studio version of ‘Land Of Hope And Dreams’, a song Springsteen has been performing live for more than a decade.

George Harrison, the youngest Beatle, would have been 69-years old this weekend.

Roy Estrada, an original member of both Little Feat and Frank Zappa’s Mothers Of Invention, has been jailed for 25 years for child molestation.

Nile Rodgers will be performing the INXS classic ‘Original Sin’ during Chic’s Playground Weekender set in Australia next weekend.

Robert Plant will debut his new band the Sensational Space Shifters at Womad in the UK in July.

Celebrity thug Chris Brown has been added to Supafest 2012. So has Missy Elliot, Big Sean and Naughty By Nature.

Whitney Houston died from a mixture of Valium, Xanax and alcohol, the coroner’s report will reveal.

Roxette have been setting the benchmark for pop performers during their Australian tour. This is how pop should be done, a real band playing real music.

Paris Hilton first new song ‘Drunk Text’ has hit YouTube and it’s, uh, weird.

Sinead O’Connor has said that a shoot for men’s magazine Playboy is on her bucket list.

The legendary late BBC DJ John Peel’s giant record collection is to be turned into an online museum.

The collaboration between Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy that we reported on yesterday is just a preview to a longer song.

Nicki Minaj slips out her new track, ‘Roman Reloaded’, featuring Lil Wayne and some very recent references.

Supergroup Spectrum Road, featuring members of Living Colour, Cream, Santana and Lenny Kravitz’ band, will release their debut album in June.

Triplej’s annual compilation, Aqua, Sleigh Bells and Ting Tings lead the new releases this week.

Zola Jesus has had her song In Your Nature rebuilt by filmmaker turned musician David Lynch.

UK boy band sensation One Direction have announced Australian tour dates.

Following her retirement from live performance, Sia delivers an 18-track ‘Best Of’ album.

Gotye has revealed a clever new clip, which was reportedly nine months in the making.

ABC youth network Triple J was the big winner in the first radio survey of 2012 but not with the youth.

Three giants of rock from the late-70's and early-80's are joining forces for an early summer tour. Styx, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent will take their Midwest Rock 'N Roll Express on the road starting May 1 in Hidalgo, TX and finish up July 7 in Gilford, NY.

The author of Punching Tom Hanks offers a $1000 bounty to anyone who beats up Chris Brown.

Colorado electro trio Robotic Pirate Monkey have remixed Gotye and Kimbra’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’.

Today is SLAM Day, so do your bit and support Australian music with a choice of over 130 shows.

Paul Weller has dropped the video for ‘That Dangerous Age’, the first single from his upcoming ‘Sonik Kick’.

Blur frontman Damon Albarn and Oasis’ Noel Gallagher literally kissed and made up at the BRIT Awards.

Chris Reimer, guitarist for the Calgary, Canada based band Women died in his sleep earlier this week at 26 years old.

Noise-pop stars Sleigh Bells say that they’ll be in Australia twice this year.

Californian stoner rock gods Fu Manchu add full dates to complement their Cherry Rock headliner.