The Great Southern Blues Festival, featuring Booker T. Jones, John Butler Trio and Kasey Chambers has been cancelled.

Roxette have expanded their one-off Sydney show into a fully fledged Australian tour.

The trailer for the George Harrison: Living In A Material World documentary by Martin Scorsese has been released.

Triple J have tonight announced a new radio station wholly dedicated to unsigned artists, expanding their hugely successful Unearthed program to 24 hours a day.

Beloved belter John Farnham has announced an all-classics acoustic album and DVD.

Pyramid Rock have announced an imposing first line-up for the new year.

Adele still lords it all over everyone on this week’s ARIA charts.

Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge has said that their forthcoming album is very diverse, and even features “prog rock”.

Loveable country lass Kasey Chambers not only has a new album in the works, but also a revealing memoir.

Following the Kings of Leon cancelations, Isaac Hanson calls them ungrateful “pricks” on radio.

Bona fide Sydney indie freaks Richard In Your Mind announce a technicolour new album and tour.

Kanye West and Jay-Z launch the decadent ‘Otis’ video and a SoHo pop-up store selling physical copies of Watch The Throne.

Helpmann Award-winner and living legend Leonard Cohen is likely to release a new album next year.

Eagles Of Death Metal figurehead Jesse Hughes teams up with Beastie Boys DJ Money Mark as Boots Electric.

Five people have died at the Indiana State Fair after a gust of wind collapsed a massive stage.

Summadayze have announce Snoop Dogg, Scissor Sisters, Pendulum and more for their 2012 line-up.

Adele’s reign may be winding up, with heaps of new releases charging into this week’s ARIA chart.

Pop icon Cliff Richard has announced a new album of soul duets with The Temptations, Robert Flack and more.

Cee-Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and more have signed on for the Michael Jackson tribute concert in Wales.

Perth pop rockers Eskimo Joe and the Kanye West and Jay-Z union head up the new releases.

Legendary Australian ‘80s rockers Huxton Creepers re-release their landmark album and head out on a national tour.

Canberra’s Stonefest is on for another year and features a mammoth line-up of Australian talent.

Thrash metal originators Megadeth have announced details of their lucky thirteenth album.

Ex-Red Hot Chili Pepper John Frusciante has filed for a protective order against an aggressive female fan.

Much talked-about Melbourne indie pop experimenters Rat Vs Possum preview their forthcoming album with a free single.

Sonic Youth re-learn their songs, Taylor Swift is being screamed at, T.I. drops a new single, The Ravonettes’ deal with illness and heaps more.

Goth-rock chart-toppers Evanescence release their first single in four years.

Rumours are swirling that Radiohead will release all of the King Of Limbs remixes on a double-album.

Kaiser Chiefs and Kate Nash have been helping in the clean-up of the London riots.

Well-loved balladeer Pete Murray returns with his first album in three years Blue Sky Blue.