The Universal Music Group is planning on increasing music sales the good old-fashioned way … by advertising. 

Radiohead release the final instalment of their remix vinyls on Monday.

INXS have a new song at their website and the lead vocal sounds a lot like U2’s Bono.

Tom Hamilton, bassist for Aerosmith, has posted a video on the band's site updating everyone on the status of the new album.

Following closely on the heals of the announcement of the Billy Joel box set comes word of an even bigger set for Leonard Cohen.

Guns N' Roses are hitting the road in the U.S. for the first time in five years.

When R.E.M. completed their Accelerate tour on November 18, 2008 in Mexico City, nobody would have imagined that it was their last performance.

Someone should tell the good people at Australia’s biggest telco Telstra that Rebecca Black’s 15 minutes of fame ended … well 15 minutes after we first heard of her.

Baron Wolman, the original music photographer for Rolling Stone magazine, will be at The Raw Gallery in South Melbourne for the start of his Every Picture Tells A Story exhibition.

Music at the Healesville Track is returning for its second year with Joe Camilleri, Shane Howard and John Schumann as well as Mick Thomas, Rebecca Barnard, Monique Brumby and Damian Howard.

The Little Willies will release their second album in January, 2012.

EMI Records is releasing the most comprehensive package of the classic Pink Floyd ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ this week.

Joe Camilleri is a father again. 63-year old Joe and his partner, signer Atlanta Coogan, welcomed daughter Aurora Lily into the world earlier this week.

Victoria will play host to music festival Shine On in Victoria’s Pyrenees Ranges in November.

Sophia Brous is planning a run of interstate dates for the launch of her debut EP.

Queensland band The Amity Affliction will be released worldwide through Roadrunner Records.

A brand new Jason Mraz song has gone live at his official website.

The next Taylor Swift album will be a live album from her current Speak Now World Tour.

The new Alice Cooper album ‘Welcome 2 My Nightmare’, the sequel to his classic 1975 ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’, features guest appearances from Ke$ha, Lou Reed and the original Alice Cooper Band members Denis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith.

The story of Ozzy Osbourne will be told via his son Jack. Jack Osbourne is the producer of ‘God Bless Ozzy Osbourne’, the official documentary of the iconic Black Sabbath singer.

After 30 years, REM have decided to call it quits.

Queen drummer Roger Taylor is holding auditions to put together a Queen cover band to mark the 40th anniversary of the band.

It is time to toss the “supergroup” word around again. This time the band is The International Swingers, made up of members of Blondie, The Sex Pistols. The Cult and Supernaut.

The world’s largest record company has joined forces with the world’s biggest touring and management company. Live Nation and Universal Music have done a deal.

Renee Geyer will return to live performances with two intimate shows planned for Melbourne next month and then some shows in Sydney in December.

The Australian summer will see Eminem, Foo Fighters, Roger Waters, Rod Stewart, Kings Of Leon, Hall & Oates, Sade, Taylor Swift and Incubus hitting our shores but the runaway success is looking like Rockwiz.

The Sarah Blasko, Sally Saltmann and Holly Throsby collaboration Seeker Lover Keeper is heading to churches around Australia for the Heavenly Sounds tour.

Anthony Callea is about to release his first record since 2007. ‘Oh Oh Oh Oh’ marks the recording return of Anthony Callea and this time it’s different.

The new Metals video for ‘Like/Unlike’ is here to view. ‘Like/Unlike’ was directed by Rhett Wade-Ferrell and is the first taste of their upcoming album in 2012. This one features rapper 360 and producer Styalz Fuego. A remix by Artful Dodger is also on the way. Check out the video here: Metals - Like/Unlike (Official Video) from IllusiveCrew on Vimeo.

Dates for the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival have been announced for Australia, New Zealand and Singapore for 2011.