The Download Festival has grown by five more acts and a new stage for them to play on.

Australia has kicked off the 2019 live music season with a vibrant series of acts with the Red Hot Summer series bringing local and international acts across Australia and a number of bands back together including Do Re Mi, Divinyls and The Beasts.

The family of Michael Jackson has issued a statement slagging new allegations of child sex abuse that have surfaced via movie ‘Leaving Neverland’.

Australia’s music community is gathering to support Kate Stewart in Sydney.

The Port Fairy Fold Festival is six weeks away and the line-up is in place.

Pond will play dates in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in March as their eighth album ‘Tasmania’ is released.

Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus and All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth are using the downtime from both bands to create new music as Simple Creatures.

Counting Crows made the video for their new song ‘August and Everything After’ at AIR Studios in London.

‘Jagged Little Pill’, a new musical based in Alanis Morissette’s classic album, will open on Broadway in the second half of 2019.

The work of Ignatius Jones, one time frontman for Jimmy & The Boys and contributor to major Australian events including the 2000 Olympics and Sydney Mardi Gras Parade, has been recognised in the Australia Day Honours list with a Officer of the Order of Australia award.

It's a fourth week at the top for the Queen biopic soundtrack "Bohemian Rhapsody", strengthened this week by the five Oscar nominations that the film received this past week.

Ariana Grande jumps straight into the No.1 slot on the ARIA Singles Chart with her new track "7 Rings", which also starts at the top in England, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland and Sweden.

Former Sherbet keyboard player and songwriter Garth Porter has been awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia award in the Australia Day Honours list.

Richard Clapton is giving his fans the full Clapton experience at his sideshows during Red Hot Summer fans.

Rapper Nelly is asking a Missouri judge to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him over an alleged incident in 2017.

A controversial new documentary about Michael Jackson's sexual abuse allegations has stunned critics at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

Scumbag singer Chris Brown is making the most of his legal troubles in Paris, France by rolling out special merchandise slamming the woman accusing him of rape.

Metallica frontman plays Officer Bob Hayward in the new movie ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'.

Indigenous rapper Danzal Baker aka Baker Boy has been named Young Australian of the Year.

Sherbet’s original singer Dennis Loughlin has passed away after a battle with cancer, Daryl Braithwaite has informed fans.

Helen Marcou and Ian ‘Quincy’ McLean of Bakehouse Studios, Melbourne have received the Order of Australia award in the Australia Day Honours.

Kylie Minogue’s work in the performing arts has earned her the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) Award.

Human Nature members Andrew Tierney, Mike Tierney, Toby Allen and Phil Burton have been honoured for their services to music with the Medal of the Order of Australia.

Olivia Newton-John has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Australia Day Honours.

Paul McCartney’s 1973 ‘Red Rose Speedway’ was originally planned as a double album.

Richard Clapton is giving his fans at Red Hot Summer a 40+ year career spanning snapshot of his entire history.

Disgraced Sydney post-punk performer Kirin J Callinan will use the resources of SXSW to claw back some credibility after his dick flashing expose at the ARIA Awards in 2017.

Former Finch singer and guitarist Owen Orford and Bob Spencer will perform together for the first time in over 40 years this weekend.

Earthless have recruited different supports for every show for their upcoming Australian tour.

Major new titles coming this week from: Backstreet Boys, Bring Me the Horizon, Steve Hackett, Mirusia, The Dandy Warhols, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Rudimental, Rival Sons, Skunk Anansie (live), Julia Michaels, Jack & Jack, Vangelis, Mental as Anything (live), Swervedriver, The Wiggles (on the 31st), Trixie Mattell and the 2019 Grammy Nominees album.