When you have a two-day festival featuring Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, the Who, Neil Young and Roger Waters, it's hard to find equal talent to hire for an encore.

Metallica have kicked off the latest leg of their Worldwide Tour in support of Hardwired...To Self Destruct with an 18-song show at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to announce that ENGLAND IS MINE will close the 71st edition of the Festival on Sunday 2nd July, 2017 at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.

Rapper Jay Z has reportedly resigned a lucrative touring deal with bosses at Live Nation.

John Legend has launched a new initiative aimed at providing prison inmates with business opportunities.

Actor Rami Malek had the most nerve-racking first meeting with the members of Queen when they all sat down to watch him perform as Freddie Mercury.

Music wonder executive L.A. Reid is out as the Chairman and CEO of Epic Records.

Legacy Recordings has announced the June 9 release of Paul Simon: The Concert in Hyde Park, featuring Simon's July 15, 2012 performance in London.

Beyonce is facing a new challenge in her efforts to trademark the name of her daughter Blue Ivy Carter.

Major new titles coming this week from: Harry Styles, Dead Letter Circus, Paul Weller, Paramore, Zac Brown Band, Dean Lewis, Machine Gun Kelly, Seether, Warrant and Lambert.

Robbie Souter, drummer for the Dynamic Hepnotics and at one point Mental As Anything, has died from liver failure at the age of 68.

Australian icons Archie Roach and Tina Arena will deliver keynote addresses at BigSound 2017.

Actor and singer Michael Parks died on Tuesday (May 9) at the age of 77 from an unknown cause.

The 65th BMI Pop Awards were handed out in Beverly Hills this week with Barry Manilow receiving the icon award and Shawn Mendes 'Stitches' awarded Song of the Year.

For the first time in his career, George Thorogood is releasing an album without his Destroyers.

In a pretty long odds development, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith have become new grandfathers on the same day.

Olivia Newton-John has been forced to postpone several concerts because of a "bad issue with her sciatica".

Alice Springs duo Apakatjah have released the new song ‘Down The Road’ from ‘In Between’, their debut album, ahead of their show with Midnight Oil.

Melbourne metal band Devil Electric have let slip a dabble of new music from their upcoming debut album.

ZZ Top’s first five albums, released between 1971 and 1976, will be released as the vinyl box set ‘Cinco’ in July.

Australian-born Canadian based Larissa Tandy is heading home to Australia for a series of gigs to support her new album ‘The Grip’.

Rapper Snoop Dogg is interested in holding a festival in his father's hometown in Mississippi.

DJ and producer Robert Miles has died at the age of 47 in Ibiza, Spain.

Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are, You well heeled big wheel, ha ha, charade you are.

Superheist returned with new music after 13 years in 2016 and are now preparing for a run of Australian shows across June.

The Rolling Stones are going back on the road for a European tour.

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Ed Sheeran will not be heading to SXSW in 2018 because he will be busy on tour in Australia.

34-year old Jeremy Marou of Australia’s Busby Marou is recovering in Rockhampton after suffering a heart attack last week.

The Audreys’ singer Taasha Coates will head out on a national solo tour to promote her solo album ‘Taasha Coates and Her Melancholy Sweethearts’.