James Blunt caught Covid-19 two weeks before his comeback shows, including a headline performance at the Royal Albert Hall.

U2 would have no problem with Bono going solo.

David Bowie's long-serving bandmate John Hutchinson has died.

Sir Tom Jones has announced the 'Surrounded By Time Tour'.

Billie Eilish has announced details of her upcoming BBC special, 'Billie Eilish: Up Close'.

Bob Dylan’s next volume in his Bootleg series will focus on the 1980-1985 period and the albums ‘Shot of Love’, ‘Infidels’ and ‘Empire Burlesque’.

For over 40 years Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito have had parallel careers which after all this time have come together on Ellen’s new album ‘Fighting Words’.

Rick Springfield has gotten together with Matt and Gregg Bissonette to create a faux-Beatles band they called The Red Locusts.

Dee Snider put lockdown to good use. He created his fifth solo album ‘Leave A Scar’.

The first Stevie Nicks solo album ‘Bella Donna’ was released on 27 July, 1981. It has just turned 40.

Ed Sheeran takes out a fourth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Bad Habits, as the song scores another week of impressive chart sales.

Jake Shears wants to release another Scissors Sisters album.

Johnny Depp is reportedly working on new music with Jeff Beck.

The tenth Australian No.1 Album for 2021 occurs this week for Tones and I with her debut studio album "Welcome to the Madhouse".

The Dead Daisies, featuring Australian billionaire David Lowy with guitarist Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio), drummer Tommy Clufetos (Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper) and bassist and singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Country Communion), will be back touring across America in September.

Green Day have played their first complete show since Covid began at a gig in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Coldplay have premiered a 10-minute track titled ‘Coloratura’ from their upcoming album ‘Music of the Spheres’.

Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has released a second song from this upcoming self-titled album. ‘On The Wrong Side’ would not be out of place on a Fleetwood Mac album.

Bruce Springsteen’s performances for the No Nukes events in New York in 1979 are being made into a film.

The Gympie Muster has been cancelled just weeks out from the start of the event.

Paul McCartney has been “de-aged” for his new video ‘Find My Way’ featuring Beck.

The Rolling Stones No Filter tour is getting back on its tracks. The original 17 shows were postponed when Mick Jagger underwent heart surgery. The rescheduled 2020 dates were postponed when Covid hit.

An historic New Orleans, Louisiana mansion reportedly owned by Beyonce and JAY-Z has been damaged in a fire.

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are co-authoring a book.

Neil Young and Willie Nelson’s annual Farm Aid will be back as a live event for 2021. After a virtual year in 2020 due to Covid, 2021 will once again welcome a live audience.

Cultures have collided with The Police’s Stewart Copeland teaming up with India’s Ricky Kej to create a soundscape album ‘Divine Tides’.

The third Black Sabbath album ‘Master of Reality’ turned 50 this week.

Good Times has new dates in September but a few changes come with the announcement.

The upcoming productions of Phantom of the Opera for Sydney and Melbourne have been postponed to 2022 because of the current Covid lockdowns.

Chuck E. Weiss, the songwriter name-checked in the Rickie Lee Jones classic ‘Chuck E.’s In Love’, has died at age 76 from cancer.