Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, and John Legend will gather to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin at a concert in January.

Ariana Grande has cancelled her New Year's Eve weekend concert after falling ill.

The Murdoch owned Nova Network has owned up to a data breach exposing hundreds of thousands of Australian’s personal information over the Christmas break.

The Living End are in fine form for kicking off the first series of the Red Hot Summer tour for 2019 after a good four months of ‘training’ getting in shape with their Wunderbar tour.

One of the hot New Years Eve spots for Melbourne this year is the Vika and Linda Bull New Years Eve show at MEMO Music Hall, St Kilda with Cookin’ on 3 Burners joining in for the party.

When Sunnyboys regroup for By The C in January it will mark an annual tradition they have kept since 2012.

When Canadian metal band Voivod perform in Australia in January for David Roy Williams, it will be heading towards 19 years since their last Australian shows.

In September 1979 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were part of the No Nukes benefit concerts at Madison Square Garden.

Bono and The Edge turned buskers on Christmas Eve in support of The Simon Community in Dublin.

JAY-Z and Beyonce paid tribute to the rapper's grandmother by unveiling a park bench in her honour.

Chris Brown has been hit with criminal charges over his pet capuchin monkey.

Daryl Braithwaite was 20-years old when he joined Sherbet in 1969. In two weeks he will turn 70.

Divinyls came out of Air Supply and Air Supply came out of Jesus Christ Superstar. It is incredible that that one theatre production of 1975 generated two of Australia’s biggest international acts of the 70s and 80s.

When The Beasts release their new album in February you may recognise some older songs from Warren Zevon and Frank Zappa.

The Church song ‘Too Fast For You’ rarely makes it to the band’s compilation albums, it is not available on streaming services and Steve Kilbey has no idea why.

Even Radiohead’s Thom Yorke was in Christmas mode this week. The Radiohead singer performed the Christmas classic ‘Silent Night’ at a show in Las Vegas on Saturday December 22.

Noel Gallagher has reminded fans just how much he hates Christmas ahead of the 2018 celebrations.

Live Nation has placed executive Heather Parry on extended leave while accusations of verbal abuse are investigated.

Twenty One Pilots drummer Josh Dun has announced his engagement to Insatiable Debby Ryan.

Accused (and alleged) sexual predator Kevin Spacey has posted a peculiar video speaking out about the allegations using his House of Cards Frank Underwood persona to tell the story.

Singer Robin Thicke is set to wed again after popping the question to his pregnant girlfriend, April Love Geary.

The Monkees have released three music videos from their new ‘Christmas Party’ album.

When James Reyne first went in to studio to make that first Australian Crawl record in 1979 he says he never thought about the longevity of what they were doing.

Chicago Blues Hall of Famer Deitra Farr will perform for the first time ever in Australia at MEMO Music Hall, St Kilda in January and treat Melbourne to authentic Chicago blues.

A complete performance by UK/American band Nightmare and the Cat, filmed at The Roxy in West Hollywood in 2014, has been uploaded to YouTube.

The Angels first major project of 2019 will be the Symphony of Angels shows for Melbourne and Sydney in April.

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has put his New Zealand on the market for $NZ4.1 million.

Ozzy Osbourne has no plans to retire from touring. Osbourne, who recently turned 70, has assured his fans that he isn't bidding farewell to live shows just yet, despite the name of his current tour, No More Tours II.

The soundtrack for 'A Star is Born' is now the longest running No.1 album for 2018 as it logs a ninth week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Ariana Grande holds for a sixth week to the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with her track "thank u, next", and in doing so it is now the third longest running No.1 for 2018.