2018’s new music is in full swing for a bumper year with major artists finishing off albums for the first half of the year while others have downed tools and set release dates.

Israel's ambassador to New Zealand has penned an open letter to Lorde, requesting a face-to-face meeting to discuss her decision to cancel her concert in Tel Aviv.

Solange has cancelled her New Year's Eve performance at South Africa's Afropunk festival after revealing she has been diagnosed with autonomic disorder.

Country star Luke Bryan surprised his wife Caroline on Christmas Day by gifting her two baby kangaroos for her growing farm.

Dion has posted a list of his fifteen favorite Doo Wop songs on social media.

Shakira has put off her El Dorado World Tour for six months.

Rihanna has called for an end to gun violence after her cousin Tavon Alleyne was shot and killed in Barbados over Christmas. The 29-year-old singe

Cher has defended Meryl Streep amid claims the Oscar-winning actress knew about Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct but said nothing.

Just weeks after both Live and The Tea Party have left Australia they have announced they are coming back.

Rock legend David Crosby says Taylor Swift music is ‘Shallow”.

U.S. television star Roseanne Barr has added her voice to the Lorde Israel controversy calling the New Zealand popstar a “bigot”.

Westlife manager Louis Walsh says Westlife are close to announcing a 2018 reunion and he has Ed Sheeran lined up to write for them.

Senate Judiciary Committee Member Orrin Hatch of Utah and Congressman Doug Collins (R-Ga.) of Georgia, the Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Courts and the Internet, introduced legislation to apply free market principles to music licensing and ensure songwriters are fairly compensated for their work.

Chester Bennington's ex-wife has filed a claim of more than half a million dollars against the late singer's estate.

Snoop Dogg is looking to enter the gospel genre as he prepares to transform his image yet again in 2018.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy is celebrating his engagement to model Elle Evans.

Taylor Swift once made a pregnant fan's dreams come true by reportedly helping her buy a house and fill it with baby items.

Pop star Lorde has pulled out of a concert in Israel after a backlash from fans who support a cultural boycott of the Jewish state.

Ed Sheeran serenaded a couple who got engaged at a recent concert in Austria.

Sir Paul McCartney joins charity campaign End The Silence by Hope and Homes for Children, as it is revealed The Beatles’ music is the UK’s most popular childhood musical memory.

Meghan Trainor is engaged to her boyfriend Daryl Sabara.

Lady Antebellum star Dave Haywood and his wife Kelli are celebrating the birth of their second child.

Mariah Carey is set to make a return to the stage in New York for New Year's Rockin' Eve.

Heather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music, has died from brain cancer at the age of 68.

Jonah Hill's brother Jordan Feldstein, who managed rockers Maroon 5, has died at the age of 40.

One year ago today on December 25 2016 the world lost George Michael.

Pam Warren, better known as Pam the Funkstress during her time with the group The Coup, died on Friday (December 22) at the age of 51. She had been in the hospital for over a month after undergoing transplant surgery.

Ringo Starr (aka Richard Starkey) will be knighted in the Queen’s New Years honors making him the second Beatle to be awarded the royal title.

The ninth studio album for Eminem "Revival" becomes his ninth No.1 album on the ARIA Albums chart this week, debuting at the top as the last No.1 for 2017.

The final No.1 for 2017 remains Ed Sheeran and Beyonce's duet of "Perfect", which logs its third week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart.