With the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ biopic topping box office charts all around the world this week people are asking is that really Rami Malek singing, is it really Freddie Mercury.

John Mellencamp has compiled a collection of songs by others he has covered for the album ‘Other People’s Stuff’.

The soundtrack for 'A Star is Born' holds for a second week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, plus it's also at No.1 in New Zealand (also 2nd wk), America and Canada (both 3rd wk).

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper hold the top of both charts this week, with their duet "Shallow" atop the ARIA Singles Chart for a second week, plus the song also holds at No.1 in both England (2nd wk) and Ireland (4th wk) and begins in New Zealand (1st wk).

Damon Albarn has resurrected The Good, The Bad & The Queen after 11 years.

The Wombats will be in Sydney on 27 November for a show to raise money for War Child, the charity supporting children whose lives have been torn apart by war.

Hall & Oates have teamed up with communications platform Twilio to urge fans to ‘Voate’ for the midterms.

Wayne’s World star Mike Myers has revealed that Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ almost didn’t make it into his movie.

Richard Carpenter has been working in London at Abbey Road studios on a project to orchestrate The Carpenters. The result, ‘Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’ will be released in December.

Kimbra will soon be seen on the big screen starring in the New Zealand movie Daffodils.

The family of Chris Cornell is suing the late singer’s doctor Robert Koblin for negligence following the death of the singer from suicide brought on by drugs in May 2017.

Melbourne singer songwriter Vance Joy has traveled to the other side of the planet to record a live album at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks.

Gilby Clarke missed out on lucrative dates with his former Guns N’ Roses bandmates because he couldn't miss his daughter's first Lollapalooza festival gig.

George Michael is to be honoured with a tribute concert on his birthday next year (19).

Singer Sara Bareilles was inspired to bring forward the release of her empowering single Armor following the sexual misconduct controversy surrounding the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Major new titles coming this week from: Barbra Streisand, Samantha Jade, Tenacious D, Sick of it All, Bob Dylan, Swizz Beatz, Glades, The Eagles (GH), The Prodigy, Matt Corby, Jonas Blue, Opeth (live), Rosanne Cash, Dead Can Dance and Eric Clapton.

The Rubens will take over The Botany View Hotel in Sydney to present a new live music initiative they called Chucka Buckas.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts will hold a public hearing in Sydney on Friday, 2 November 2018 for its inquiry into the Australian music industry.

Wagons will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their ‘The Rise and Fall of Goodtown’ with complete album performances in February 2019.

5 Seconds of Summer have covered Queen’s ‘Killer Queen’ to honor Freddie Mercury and raise funds for the Mercury Phoenix Trust fighting AIDS worldwide.

Birds of Tokyo will open for Bon Jovi in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney in December.

Slipknot have released the new song ‘All Out Life’ with a video directed by the band’s M. Shawn Crahan.

Cameron Crowe and Joel Bernstein have let slip that they are working on an electric counterpoint of the upcoming ‘Songs For Judy’ compilation of 1975 performances.

Annie Lennox has recorded a new song ‘Requiem for a Private War’ as the theme song for the movie ‘A Private War’.

The triple j Awards nominees for 2018 are in and its a big year. Amy Shark, Courtney Barnett, Tash Sultana lead a strong female contingency for Album of the Year while the diversity of Sampa the Great to John Butler Trio makes for a wide Artist of the Year list.

The kids of Viewpoint School in Calabasas were treated to a surprise Red Hot Chili Peppers Halloween show today.

Christine and the Queens will tour Australia for the first time as headliners.

Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett will release his new album ‘At the Edge of Light’ in January.

Guy Sebastian, Kram from Spiderbait and Jen Boyce of Ball Park Music are just some of the artists who Dan Cribb has gathered for a rollicking Simpsons tribute ‘The Worst Tribute Ever’.

Jon Stevens says that all of the work being down by Australia’s musicians to help drought-stricken farmers is finally leading to some action by the government.