As Parklife Festival prepared to welcome The 1975 to Saturday’s main stage, screens were lit up with ‘We Stand Together’ in a touching tribute to last month’s attack at the MEN arena. Messages of love from artists playing across the weekend were shown on screens, including Carl Cox and Goldie.

At first, the joining of folk icon Joan Baez with country singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter and the folk-rock duo the Indigo Girls seemed a bit odd but, the fact is, they have been friends for some time and the blending of the four voices is nothing short of amazing.

Rapper Ice Cube confronted Bill Maher over his use of the N-word during his appearance on the comedian's live U.S. show on Friday night (09Jun17).

Singer Frank Ocean has returned to the stage following a three-year hiatus after turning up to rock the house at the NorthSide Festival in Denmark on Friday (09Jun17).

U2 have had some big opening acts for their Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour including the Lumineers, OneRepublic and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Adam West, the iconic Batman of the 60s TV series, has died following a battle with leukemia at the age of 88.

Journey is splitting before fans eyes on social media.

Phil Collins is doing well following his hospitalization earlier this week, according to his actress daughter Lily Collins.

Not For There, the Australian band formed in the UK that later relocated to Brisbane, has topped Double J's 50 Most Overlooked Songs of the 90s.

Alice Cooper has released ‘Paranoiac Personality’ the first preview of his upcoming ‘Paranormal’ album.

The Backstreet Boys have extended their Las Vegas residency into next year.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld refused to hug pop star Kesha on the red carpet because he thought the gesture "was a little off".

Las Vegas band The Killers have been confirmed as the AFL Grand Final entertainment act for 2017.

Iceland band Sigur Ros have come out in support of Marriage Equality and against homophobe Margaret Court, whose name is wrapped around the Melbourne venue they are scheduled to play.

Brian May has made an unboxing video for the new Queen Monopoly edition.

Phil Collins has been rushed to hospital after falling over and banging his head on Wednesday (June 7).

Grinspoon are officially a classic rock band with the 20th anniversary release of their debut Guide To Better Living, although Pat Davern prefers the term “heritage rock’. Pat talks at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com this week.

Major new titles coming this week from: Katy Perry, London Grammar, Lady Antebellum, Rise Against, Glen Campbell, Kilter, Lindsay Buckingham & Christine McVie, Rancid and Gov't Mule.

Lorde will tour Australia and New Zealand in November.

Julianne Moore and Zoe Saldana are starring in Sia's new music video to help the fight against AIDS.

Rocker Liam Gallagher has followed his estranged brother Noel's example and donated his royalties from sales of Oasis' Don't Look Back in Anger' to the families of the Manchester terror attack victims.

Mary J. Blige has been ordered to pay her estranged husband $30,000 (£23,200)-a-month in temporary spousal support.

Chance the Rapper is providing music courses to young people in his native Chicago, Illinois through his non-profit organisation this summer (17).

The recent dust-up between Thom Yorke of Radiohead and a group of musicians, actors and politicians that includes Roger Waters has spilled over into a petition making accusations about Waters political views.

Apollonia Kotero, the actress, singer and model who slipped into the female lead in the Prince film Purple Rain when Vanity dropped out, has written a birthday message to the late singer on what would have been his 59th birthday.

The concert film Tapestry: Captured Live at Hyde Park London, which captures Carole King's first and, to date, only performance of her landmark album in its entirety, will play in theaters on July 11 at 7 PM local time.

Carl (Carlo) Driggs, who was part of the bands Kracker and Foxy in the 70's and was lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders from 1983 to 2004, died on May 31 at his home in Miami, FL after suffering a sudden heart attack.

Viagogo, the go-to site for scalpers, is selling tickets to the Stuart Fraser fundraiser at up to four times the tickets face value.

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile will release an album together and then tour the USA to play the songs live.

On August 15 to 17, 1969, an estimated 400,000 people traveled by any means possible to the farm of Max Yasgur for the Woodstock Music and Art Festival.