After picking up awards on Thursday night at The Age Music Victoria awards Victorian acts have taken out three quarters of the J Awards announced in Sydney today.

One of the most shocking losses of 2017 has to be the death of Tom Petty who passed away on October 2 after collapsing in his home in cardiac arrest.

Former Pussycat Dolls star Kaya Jones has put her ex-boyfriend Nick Carter on notice after he attempted to dismiss a rape allegation against him.

Wayne Cochran, the White Knight of Soul, has died in Florida at the age of 78.

Brigg’s side-project A.B. Original and the forever working, forever recording King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have picked up three awards each at The Age Music Victoria Awards held in Melbourne Wednesday night (22 Nov 17).

Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys has been accused of raping a member of the group Dream in 2002.

It appears that the ability of Donald Fagen to continue to use the Steely Dan name may be in jeopardy.

Aretha Franklin's loved ones have urged fans to ignore false reports of the soul legend's death.

Jenny Morris and Ian James have been named the Chair and Deputy Chair for APRA at the annual general meeting conducted in Sydney today.

Missy Higgins is the real deal. There is no “pop star” here. Missy is a genuine singer, songwriter and musician. When she is on stage, what you see is what you get and what you get is raw talent.

David Cassidy has died from organ failure after his liver and kidneys failed last week.

The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) has revealed details of its Fast Track Fellowship program.

LCD Soundsystem will be back in Australia and New Zealand for shows in 2018.

KISS rocker Paul Stanley has branded Marilyn Manson "pathetic" and "desperate" for using an image of late murderer Charles Manson to promote his music.

The Lemonheads will do a few extra Australian shows after their Sydney zoo date Twilight At Taronga in March.

Mariah Carey has reportedly enlisted the help of JAY-Z's Roc Nation to manage her career.

Former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has been hospitalized to deal with heart problems which has caused him to cancel all of the upcoming dates for his new band, Day of Errors.

Sky Ferreira has been unable to release new music recently due to a mystery illness.

Well, now that Morrissey has gone from crazy political statements to just plain nuts defense of sexual abusers and predators, we have to move to our second favorite source of off-the-wall comments, one of the Gallagher brothers.

The recent celebrity sexual harassment scandals sweeping through the movie and music industries have brought up some bad memories for Mariah Carey.

Paul Kelly at A Weekend In The Gardens was special. The opportunity to watch Melbourne’s most treasured songwriter in one of Melbourne’s most iconic places, the Botanic Gardens, was a rare treat.

Neil Young and DRAM have recorded the song ‘Campfire’ for the movie Bright.

Former AC/DC singer Brian Johnson has added his tribute to bandmate Malcolm Young, who passed away over the weekend (18Nov17).

Iggy Pop would rather live a shorter life than "sit around" until he's 90 years old.

Guy Sebastian will mentor music students for a new ABC program ‘Don’t Stop The Music’.

Della Reese, who turned a successful music career into being an actor, died on Sunday evening at her home in California at the age of 86.

Andrew Strong, the star of the movie The Commitments, will return to Australia for shows in 2018.

Rag’n’Bone Man will play some Bluesfest sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne in March.

The earliest known nude photographs of Madonna are reportedly set to go under the hammer at auction later this week.

Pink has hit back at claims she was seen grimacing as Christina Aguilera paid tribute to Whitney Houston during a performance at the American Music Awards on Sunday night.