New tracks from Beyonce and H.E.R. reflecting the global Black Lives Matter protests have been selected by Spotify chiefs among those likely to dominate users' summer playlists.

Mick Jagger has paid tribute to producer Steve Bing after learning of the financier's suicide.

Mel C has revealed the Spice Girls are "nervous" about making new music.

Tex Perkins has started a new online show called The Show with Tex Perkins.

Australia stage show star Michael Falzon has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 48.

Sean Sennett has recorded a song he wrote way back in last millennium about Stephen Cummings.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has teamed up with the AFL to create the AFL Club Anthem Project.

Nile Rodgers and Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant are among the stars who have called on Britain's arts industry to go green after the Covid-19 crisis passes.

Seal has shared a heartfelt tribute to the late filmmaker Joel Schumacher, after he used his track Kiss From a Rose over the end credits of Batman Forever.

British rock-rapper Yungblud is bringing back his popular YouTube show to raise funds for Black Lives Matter (BLM).

‘I Heard Sally Singing’ on the Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission’s ‘See You On The Other Side’ album is a lockdown song about have fast things have been changing in 2020.

Stuart Coupe’s ‘Paul Kelly: The Man, The Music and the Life In-Between’ will be available via Hachette Australia on 29 July 2020.

Queen drummer Roger Taylor has released a brand new iso song called ‘Isolation’.

American filmmaker Joel Schumacher, who came to fame after his three movies ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ (1985), ‘The Lost Boys’ (1987) and 'Flatliners' (1990), has died at age 80.

Queen the band (as opposed to Queen the old lady) will be displayed on a series of British stamps.

Chris Cornell's teenage daughter paid tribute to the late singer by sharing touching memories of her time with him on Father's Day.

Justin Bieber has hit back at an allegation of sexual assault recently made against him on social media.

The long-lost guitar Prince played on during his Purple Rain, Sign o the Times, and Diamonds and Pearls tours has stunned auction experts by selling for over $563,000 (£456,000).

Bob Dylan is on course for his ninth Number 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart with Rough and Rowdy Ways.

Matchbox Twenty will reform in 2021 for make-up dates for the cancelled 2020 mad COVID season.

Australia’s The Wiggles managed to generated a three times bigger crowd with their audience purchasing tickets to a BOK Center, Tulsa show that Trump drew to his freebie ticket rally on the weekend.

Regional Touring will present Amy Shark, The Cat Empire, John Butler, The Beautiful Girls and Stella Donnelly for To The Point on 7 November.

When Mick Thomas gathered his Roving Commission for the “lockdown” album ‘See You On The Other Side’ he created one song from the perspective of being served retro football matches on television while the current season was put on hold.

The Estate of Tom Petty has issued a Cease and Desist order against the Trump campaign after Petty’s song ‘I Won’t Back Down’ was used without authorization at Trump’s Tulsa rally.

Beyoncé has slipped out a surprise new song ‘Black Parade’ for #BlackLivesMatter.

Aaron Tokona of the New Zealand bands Weta and Fly My Pretties has died at the age of 45.

David Crosby has pleaded with Neil Young to end their feud and get back together in the lead-up to the American election.

Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar has shattered records at auction.

Bette Midler and Gloria Estefan are among the stars taking part in the virtual AIDS Walk: Live From Home livestream show, in support of those affected by HIV and AIDS.

A previously unreleased version of Aretha Franklin’s Never Gonna Break My Faith has been dropped to mark the 155th anniversary of the end of slavery in America.