The Boomtown Rats have released an EP of outtakes from their acclaimed album 'Citizens of Boomtown'.

Paul McCartney has controversially likened The Rolling Stones to a "blues cover band".

Fender is re-issuing the Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang guitar in honour of the 30th anniversary of 'Nevermind'.

A new Australian music festival called Wildflower will debut in March 2022.

Danny Elfman has debuted yet another reinterpretation of one of his ‘Big Mess’ tracks with a Xiu Xiu remix of ‘Serious Ground’.

Band of Horses have downed tools on their sixth album. ‘They Are Great’ will be released on 21 January 2022.

Paddy Moloney, the founder of Irish legendary folk group The Chieftains, has died at age 83.

Supergroup Asia will have a 10CD live box set released in November. ‘The Official Live Bootlegs Volume 1’ is 5 x 2CD concerts from 1982 (Buffalo, NY, USA), 1983 (Worcester, MA, USA), 2007 (São Paulo, Brazil), 2008 (Tokyo, Japan) and 2010 (London, UK).

More Australian acts have been added to Bluesfest 2022. Amy Shark and Casey Barnes lead a list including Stan Walker, Kevin Borich Express, Lachy Doley, Lisa Hunt and Geoff Achison.

George Michael and Wham!'s longtime bassist, Deon Estus, has died.

Gene Simmons narrowly avoided a nasty fall at KISS' recent Tampa gig.

David Bowie's estate is to release a posthumous album and more to mark the late music legend's 75th birthday next year.

Usher has announced the birth of his fourth child.

Summersalt has a couple of extra dates for Queensland and South Australia. Missy Higgins will headline the show on the Gold Coast while The Teskey Brothers are lined up for Adelaide.

‘October’, the second U2 album, was released on this day 12 October 1981.

Kimbra has launched a series of digital artworks combining her music and visuals into a unique art form.

Former Divinyls member Charley Drayton will be heading out on tour as the drummer for the Bob Dylan band for Bob’s upcoming ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour 2021-2024’.

Let me start by saying I am not a fan of ‘Trial By Media’. The objective for a television program is eyeballs, not a legal conclusion. That is precisely what a huge brand name like Sony Music can deliver. Four Corners simply opened a door and allowed viewers a peak inside the entertainment industry and it was pretty ugly.

Gary Barlow is to follow in the footsteps of his Take That bandmate Robbie Williams by releasing a Christmas album.

Bryan Adams has released the title track from his upcoming album, 'So Happy It Hurts', and announced a 2022 UK and Ireland tour.

Liam Gallagher is "super proud" to be performing a headline gig in his native Manchester next year.

James Bay is a first-time father.

If Rob Thomas announcing a Christmas album today wasn’t even to scare you, then creep out to this … Blondie have a Christmas song too.

Mick Jagger may or may not have visited a karaoke bar in Nashville and sang a Stones song this week. At least he told fans at the Rolling Stones Nashville concert that he did.

The Recording Industry Association of America has just awarded John Lennon ‘Imagine’ a Triple platinum award 50 years after it was first released.

British drummer Jason Bonham has revealed he is the drummer on the soundtrack to the new James Bond movie ‘No Time To Die’. That makes him the second Led Zeppelin connection to a Bond soundtrack. Jimmy Page played guitar on the 1964 theme song ‘Goldfinger’.

Seawitch, the band featuring ex-Def FX member Fiona Horne with Dave (Spiff) Hopkins of The Hellmen, have generated a stunning video from Mt Duckworth, Western Australia for their latest song ‘Trial of Love’.

Ho Ho Ro. Rob Thomas will release a Christmas album soon.

Alanis Morissette has postponed her UK and European tour dates. The shows had previously been rescheduled to be held this autumn after being pushed back a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but Alanis has now confirmed they have been postponed once again due to coronavirus restrictions.

Music industry charity, Support Act, has announced today that its annual Ausmusic T-Shirt Day will return on Friday 19 November, backed by some of Aussie music’s biggest names including Jessica Mauboy, Jon Stevens, 5 Seconds of Summer, Amy Shark, Lime Cordiale and Neil Finn.