2022 is a benchmark year for Madonna. Her debut single ‘Everybody’ was released in October 1982. Madonna has resigned with Warner Music Group, taken her entire catalogue including the last three Universal albums to Warner, and will expand and reissue the entire catalogue as she marks the 40th anniversary of her first music.

Natalie Imbruglia has drip-fed her third new song ‘On My Way’ and revealed her next album ‘Firebird’ is coming on 24 September.

Bluesfest has been postponed again, this time to Easter 2022.

Beatles fans are started to speculate what the expanded ‘Let It Be’ box set may look like when it is released in October.

The Apia Good Times tour will now go ahead in December.

Charli XCX appears to have announced the release date for her fifth studio album.

Everyone knows Queen’s iconic 1978 song “Fat Bottomed Girls”. The chart-topper is a mainstay in both bars and movie theatres alike and is considered to be one of Queen’s best songs, even making it to the top 11 in the UK Singles Chart and 24 in Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

A Madonna covers album has been released to mark the Queen of Pop's 62nd birthday.

Outselling the rest of the Top 5 combined on today (August 16)’s Official Chart Update, Pressure Machine is in line to continue the Brandon Flowers-fronted group’s impressive track record on the Official Albums Chart, in which all of their studio albums have reached Number 1 in the UK: Hot Fuss (2005); Sam’s Town (2006); Day & Age (2008); Battle Born (2012); Wonderful Wonderful (2017); and Imploding The Mirage (2020).

Richard Clapton’s Music Is Love tour is the latest Covid casualty with all dates moved into 2022.

With the passing of Australian entertainment legend Ernie Sigley we look back at his music career.

Arctic Monkeys reportedly recorded their new album in Suffolk in June and July.

Earth, Wind & Fire are to release a reimagining of their hit 'You Want My Love'.

Usher is planning on releasing a new album this year.

Simon Gallup has quit The Cure and fumed that he's "fed up of betrayal". Bass player Gallup announced his departure from The Cure on his Facebook page.

Billie Eilish holds for a second week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week with her second studio album "Happier Than Ever".

Tributes are flowing for Austin singer songwriter Nanci Griffith who passed away at age 68 this week.

Tony Bennett has retired from performing. Bennett performed two sold-out shows with Lady Gaga at Radio City Music Hall in New York last week, but his son and manager Danny Bennett has revealed he's now decided to cease his on-stage shows.

Live Nation will make everyone at their festivals and venues show proof of full vaccination or a negative coronavirus test from October.

On July 17, guitarist Jitse Zonneveld and keyboard player Frank Steijns went to Church. The pair recorded a “heavenly” version of the Motorhead classic ‘Ace of Spades’ in the centre of the city of Weert in the south of the Netherlands.

Oasis Knebworth 1996 will have a global cinema release in September.

Matt Johnson is building towards the major release of The The’s ‘The Comeback Special’ as a live album, film and book.

Lindsay McLellan (aka Link Meanie of The Meanies) has a new project called Bag of Beez and the first song from the project, ‘Syco’.

Courtney Barnett is continuing to spoon feed her next album ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’, coming in November. The latest mouthful is ‘Before You Gotta Go’.

It looks like the expanded edition of The Beatles ‘Let It Be’ will be released on October, possibly on 15 October, the same day the ‘Get Back’ book is being released.

The upcoming Melbourne production of The Who’s Tommy has been postponed until February 2022 due to Covid lockdowns.

Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa have teamed up for a new song.

Billy Idol’s new music is coming via Dark Horse Records, the record label founded by George Harrison in 1974.

George Clinton has been successful in defeating a motion against him by music publisher and record company owner Armen Boladian, who claimed Clinton defamed him in his 2014 biography ‘Brothas Be’.

Ringo Starr says he is over making albums. From now on it will be all about EPs.