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.

The next Black Sorrows album ‘Saint Georges Road’ will be the 50th album for Joe Camilleri. The album also reunites Joe with producer Peter Solley, who worked with him on The Falcons’ ‘Screaming Targets’ and the hits ‘Hit and Run’ and ‘Shape I’m In’.

When you add up all of his albums, Steve Kilbey has made probably over 70. I say “probably” because even he has lost count. Steve’s new album ‘The Hall of Counterfeits’ most likely sits as his 70 Somethingth album.

Actor, author, singer David Duchovny has his total entertainment background to fall back on when he writes a song.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have reunited for a second album. ‘Raise the Roof’ is coming in November.

A documentary of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott will launch Australia’s new music film company Long Play Music Films.

Billie Eilish, Ed Sheeran and Camila Cabello will perform at Global Citizen Live.

Jason Isbell has made it compulsory that all audience members of his shows are vaccinated against COVID-19.