Australian songwriting legend Paul Kelly has been announced as a keynote speaker for Bigsound 2018.

Richard Marx will tour Australia with John Farnham for the first national tour of the A Day On The Green upcoming season.

Brisbane’s Last Dinosaurs have channelled the ghost of Casablancas and Hammond for their new song ‘Eleven’.

Great news for fans of the uber-talented Todd Rundgren. In 2008, for a week on the glorious isle of Kauai, in Hawaii, about 300 fans from all over the world joined the Rundgrens at their incredible home to celebrate his 60th birthday. This became known as ToddStock; a week of camping, drinking, singing and celebrating.

Producer and musician Richard Swift, a former member of the Shins and touring bassist with The Black Keys, has died, aged 41. He was also a member of The Arcs with Dan Auerbach.

Guitar legends Albert Lee, Ian Moss and Kevin Borich lead an impressive list of world-class musicians logged in to appear at the 2018 Gympie Music Muster.

Anthrax founder Scott Ian is heading to Australia to talk about what he has done instead of performing it.

Custard will tour again in September.

Melbourne’s boutique Americana music festival Out On The Weekend will celebrate its fifth anniversary in October. The first artist announce for 2018 is Margo Price.

Alex The Astronaut, Justin Marshall, Lachlan Skipworth, Zindzi Okenyo and Sandy Evans are the five recipients of the PPCA and Australia Council recording grants for 2018.

TEG Live have moved the Gene Simmons show away from Madge Caught Arena to the more appropriate Festival Hall.

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has revealed she cut herself as a young adult to cope with depression.

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin received police help after their car broke down in the Hamptons on Monday.

Joe Jackson has been laid to rest in the same California cemetery as his late son Michael Jackson.

Drake is set for Official Chart domination this week with his new album Scorpion, according to the Official Charts Company.

Sheryl Crow will release her final album next year (19).

The cast of the David Lynch and Mark Frost TV classic ‘Twin Peaks’ will tour Australia for In Conversation performances.

Songwriting and producer legend Nile Rodgers has been appointed Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

US pop act Kiiara will play her first Australian shows for Live Nation in Brisbane and Melbourne in August.

Beth Hart will return to Australia in 2019.

Barbra Streisand took to social media on Sunday (01Jul18) to celebrate her 20th wedding anniversary with James Brolin.

Nicki Minaj recently sent a Twitter user a scathing private message in response to criticism about her music.

Alan Longmuir, the bass player and a founding member of Bay City Rollers, has died at age 70.

The Presets are a last minute addition to Splendour In The Grass replacing Chromeo who dropped out this morning.

John Waters and Stewart D’Arrietta will take the New York Production of their John Lennon music masterpiece ‘Lennon: Looking Through A Glass Onion’ on an East Coast Australian tour from September.

MTV Australia will continue its all-new Unplugged series with Amy Shark selected for show two.

Canadian funk duo Chromeo have cancelled their Australian shows for 2018.

Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has revealed how celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain wrote to his daughter Camille after he smashed one of her dad’s guitars.

US country/pop star Carrie Underwood will headline Deni Ute Muster 2018.

Panic! At the Disco land their second No.1 album in Australia this week as their sixth studio album "Pray for the Wicked" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.