Nielsen Entertainment has awarded Foo Fighters for 10 million album sales in the USA.

The new Amy Winehouse collection leaks, and the dress she wore on the cover of Back To Black sells at auction.

Leonard Cohen’s son, Adam, brings his familial talent to Australia for the first time in March 2012.

Bruce Springsteen will be the keynote speaker at SXSW 2012 kicking off a year of activity for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

Kanye West has scored seven Grammy nods, ahead of Adele, Foo Fighters, and Bruno Mars.

The Harvest Festival has offered refunds to agitated Melbourne punters who couldn’t use their tickets in time due to botched bar service.

Bryan Ferry was made a CBE at a ceremony in London yesterday.

B.o.B. takes the internet very seriously, Disturbed are politically savvy, Britney builds Lego, 360 gets in a TwitFight and heaps more.

Metal gods Slipknot have also booked their own sidewave shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Eddie Van Halen is once again about to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.

Blonde Redhead’s enigmatic frontwoman Kazu Makino has put together a stellar list of diverse artists who have contributed previously unreleased or rare songs for a charity album to raise money for Japan’s recovery after their devastating tsunami earlier this year.

Post-hardcore heroes book probably their last ever Australian shows with Saves The Day and Circa Survive.

Radiohead are gearing up again with the first of what will no doubt be many festival appearances over the northern summer.

Fast-rising star Kimbra has scored the feature spot on US iTunes.

George Michael is on the mend.

Elton John will continue his Australian tour despite his partner David Furnish taking ill and having to fly to Los Angeles.

Gotye has won the 2011 J Award for triplej’s Album Of The Year, with Ball Park Music and Hermitude also nabbing gongs.

Melbourne Zoo has announced the line-up for Zoo Twilights 2012.

Fifteen years after their demise, 90s electro-punks Def FX have announced they will reform for shows in 2012.

Cher can’t explain her success, Bloody Beetroots post a remix, Flea reminds us he was punk, Kelly Clarkson has hacker friends, and heaps more.

42 years after it was first released the Crosby, Stills & Nash classic ‘Guinnevere’ is getting a spellcheck. One ‘n’ is being dropped on the new version of the album and it will become ‘Guinevere’.

Okkervil River have covered a bunch of songs by various artists and are giving it away on their site.

Reports on the health of George Michael from Britain are all over the place as to his current condition and prognosis.

Elvis Costello has found himself in the unenviable position of being “unable to recommend” his new box set to fans.

Metal masters Mastodon have revealed that they and Feist plan to cover each other for a vinyl 7-inch.

Daryl Braithwaite has released his very first live DVD.

Billboard has compiled a list of the Top 10 solo songs by George Harrison.

Soul sensation Aloe Blacc dumps the Adelaide date and scales down the Melbourne show of his January tour.

Convicted Michael Jackson killer Dr. Conrad Murray has been sentenced to a maximum of four years in jail for the manslaughter of the singer.

Melbourne band High Tea have released an E.P. paying tribute to the iconic physicist Richard Feynman and using artwork from cosmologist Carl Sagan.