The first 20 acts for the final Bluesfest have been announced with Crowded House, Vance Joy, Gary Clark Jr and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram on the bill.

AC/DC have concluded dates for the European and UK Power Up tour but no new regions have been added.

Americana artist Jason Isbell performed his 2015 classic ‘Something More Than Free’ at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week.

Blink-182’s 2023 reunion album ‘One More Time’ is getting an expansion to 27 tracks.

Legendary Bluesman Charlie Musselwhite has added a second Melbourne show at Memo Music Hall.

The line-up for Beyond the Valley 2024 is here:

Russell Morris has covered The Wolfe Brothers ‘Hey Brother’ for the ‘Second Tour’ album for the Guitars for Veterans Australia project.

Graham Gouldman will bring back 10cc for more Australian shows in 2025.

Andrew Farriss has added Bryce Sainty, Dana Hassal, Kyle Manning, the Davidson Brothers, Tori Forsyth and Claudia Tripp to his upcoming ‘Something Stronger’ Australian tour.

Bob Dylan has recorded a cover of Cole Porter's Don't Fence Me In for a biopic about former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Taylor Swift has met with some of the families from a deadly UK mass stabbing at a children's dance class in July.

Rock legend Steve Miller is currently touring North America with contemporary legends Journey and Def Leppard and Steve Miller is definitely keeping up the pace. With three iconic acts on the bill, this concert was essentially a "Rock Masterclass" . From the pulse of the audience with people dancing, people enjoying themselves, it was obvious the experience of all three bands, united energy at the five+ hour event. The Noise Network's Chief Operating Officer Nick Kontonicolas was at the Queens, New York show at Citifields Mets baseball stadium.

The Weeknd will make it to Australia with only six weeks for you to spare. The dates have been set for October 2024.

Taylor Swift performed an unexpected track 'I Did Something Bad' for the first time on the 'Eras' tour at Wembley Stadium.

Missy Higgins released her debut album ‘The Sound of White’ in 2004 and yes it was huge. It was a number one album that year and she had two more number one albums in a row. A position in the ARIA Hall of Fame is warranted. But for FFS ARIA, how about these artists first:

Australian playwright, scriptwriter and musician Richard J. Frankland has released his fourth song ‘I See You Woman’ in the lead-up to the release of his ‘Discovering Leerpeen Mara’ album.

Paris Hilton is distraught after a fire in her trailer for a music video caught fire, destroying her belongings.

The Coal Chamber 2024 North American tour has been postponed until 2025 after singer Dez Fafara suffered a health scare during the week.

Vice President Kamala Harris and her 2024 running mate Governor Tim Walz talked music this week. VP Harris says she is a “hip-hop girl” citing Prince and Stevie Wonder as her favs while Walz tastes are middle-America Springsteen and Seger.

Lady Gaga shocked fans by making a surprise appearance during Bruno Mars's concert at the grand opening of the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California on Thursday night.

Twenty One Pilots kicked off their biggest global headlining run ever 'The Clancy World Tour' with a sold-out show at Denver’s Ball Arena 15 August 2024.

Custard’s eighth album ‘Respect All Lifeforms’ was released in 2020. The ninth ‘Suburban Curtains’ will be a double album with the curtains opening for the Australian spring. Find it from 11 October 2024 on ABC Music.

The Cat Empire have postponed their three upcoming shows with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra after the MSO cancelled pianist Jayson Gillham over comments he made about journalist killed in Gaza.

The new Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars song ‘Die With A Smile’ has premiered and it was produced by Andrew Watt, who worked with Gaga when he produced The Rolling Stones Sweet Sounds of Heaven’ song and their ‘Hackney Diamonds’ album.

Melbourne collective Peppercreek Revival have released the new song ‘Train I’m On’.

Russell Morris has taken his new trophy “straight to the pool room”. Robert Rigby of Ambition Entertainment has presented Russell with an ARIA Gold Award for his 2014 album ‘Van Diemen’s Land’.

Great White lead singer Jack Russell has died from Lewy body dementia and multiple system atrophy.at age 63.

The revered music brand ‘Live At The Chapel’ is returning with a new series of live music events from the historic Chapel Off Chapel in Melbourne.

The Wiggles have reached a milestone with the release of their 100th album ‘Wiggle and Learn’.

King Canyon have returned with a brand new song for 2024. ‘Run Rabbit Run’ was produced and engineered by Nick DiDia, whose credits include Bruce Springsteen, Alice Cooper, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots and Rage Against The Machine.