Eddie Van Halen - who passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer in October - has become the first guitarist to be recognised with the accolade in memoriam for his contribution to the history of guitar playing.

Kesha has shared a heartfelt message of gratitude to those "supporting survivors and telling their stories".

Ed Sheeran promised new music today and he has delivered.

Sir Peter Jackson has released a montage of footage he is working on for the new Beatles film ‘The Beatles: Get Back’.

Paul Kelly's 'How To Make Gravy' has had an all-star re-do.

Roxette’s longtime drummer Pete Alsing has died at the age of 60.

Chad Stuart, one half of duo Chad & Jeremy, has died from pneumonia at age 79.

Ed Sheeran is gifting fans a Christmas treat with his first new material in almost 18 months.

Taylor Swift issued a surprise ninth studio album last week called "evermore", which debuts at No.1 on this week's ARIA Albums Chart, giving her a second chart-topping album for 2020.

Eminem has used his reissued album Music to Be Murdered By to publicly apologise to Rihanna following the leak of an old rap in which he appeared to side with her abuser Chris Brown.

President Barack Obama has continued his tradition of naming his favourite songs of the year.

The Cure are expected to release their long-awaited new LP next year – their first since 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’ – and guitarist Reeves Gabrels explained the record has been inspired by a “tough couple of years” for the whole band.

Aaron Dessner of The National produced and co-wrote much of Taylor Swift's 'folklore' and 'evermore', and he believes Taylor and the team behind the albums will "continue to be in each other’s artistic and personal lives".

Pink is in hospital after fracturing her ankle while running down the stairs.

Christina Aguilera marked her 40th birthday on social media with a beautiful note to herself.

Eminem has slipped out a surprise new edition of ‘Music to be Murdered By’. Fans found ‘Side B’ online today 18 December 2020).

One Marty Stuart fan has bid $4725 for a dinner with Marty with five friends.

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in partnership with the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) and the Australia Council for the Arts today announced the grant recipients of the First Nations Sound Recording Partnership.

Melbourne venue will close after this weekend making it the second Melbourne venue in a week to shut, after The Dog’s Bar, also in St Kilda.

John Oates has released a Christmas song. It’s called ‘The Christmas Song’.

QMusic today announced the return of the Billy Thorpe Scholarship, funded by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, with applications open until 11:59pm (AEST), Thursday 14 January 2021 for all Queensland early-career artists to apply.

Billie Eilish has revealed that she used to listen to the song when she was "really depressed" as a teenager because it provided her with hope about the future.

Robert Smith, of The Cure, has become a Patron for national charity Heart Research UK.

Brandon Flowers and co have branched out into the food market with their own collection of condiments, ‘The Killers’ Hot Sauce’.

Matt Chamberlain, who has played for the likes of late music legend David Bowie, Sir Elton John and Bob Dylan - has revealed he was in the studio with Adele recently and has recorded some drum parts for the Grammy-winner's new tunes for her long-awaited follow-up to 2015's '25'.

Ringo Starr has a new song 'Here's To The Nights' and he has a lot of friends playing on it.

Paul McCartney is my absolute hero. Does that make me biased when reviewing his latest release? Shit yeah. But that doesn’t mean I can’t be objective.

The international artists for Under The Southern Stars have been granted exemption by the Australian Federal Government to enter Australia in 2021 for the music festival.

The Avalanches will perform at the revamped Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on 23 April, performing for the audience in an all-new formatted seating plan.

Sir Elton John is to be honoured at the Global Citizen Prize ceremony.