The historic recordings of Cold Chisel at the Manly Vale Hotel 7 June 1980 and The Rolling Stones from Blue & Lonesome are profiled this week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Hoodoo Gurus will partner up with Violent Femmes and add The Whitlams, Tim Rogers and Models for two A Day On The Green shows in March.

Greg Lake, bassist and guitarist for Emerson, Lake and Palmer and a founding member of King Crimson, died on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 69.

Lady Gaga visited The Albert Kennedy Trust in London this week.

There's an old novelty song called I'm My Own Grandpa that weaves a convoluted tale of how a man, through various relationships, becomes his own grandfather.

Major new titles coming out this week include: X-Factor winner Isaiah, Neil Young, Izzy Bizu, Faith Hill (GH), In Hearts Wake, Lamb of God and soundtracks to musical films 'Sing' and 'La La Land' also released.

Madonna has had a go at James Corden's dress sense calling his clothing "very 90s Seattle".

Pop star Sia and her husband Erik Anders Lang have split.

The first episode of The Monkees aired on 12 September, 1966. After two seasons and 58 episodes the show went off the air and the legacy began.

Coldplay took over The X Studio in Sydney on Wednesday for a special performance for 200 fans for Nova’s Red Room.

I Am the God of Hellfire...

Since 2000, Ryan Adams has been extremely prolific with sixteen studio albums and eight EPs. In 2005 alone, he had three albums and in both 2003 and 2004, he put out one LP and two EPs.

Stevie Nicks is going to continue her 24 Karat Gold Tour in the new year and she is keeping the Pretenders on the bill.

Michael Dorf is back for his fourteenth "The Music of" charity concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, this year saluting the music of Aretha Franklin.

December seems to be the month of tour announcements and the latest comes from the combo of Journey and Asia.

Hooray fuck, those blokes you can trust Cosmic Psychos will perform at Boogie 2017.

Country star Naomi Judd planned to commit suicide at the height of her ongoing battle with a "life-threatening" bout of severe depression.

The vinyl resurgence continues with a new report saying that, for the week after Thanksgiving, the value of vinyl sales was greater than the value of digital downloads in Britain.

This is not an early April Fool’s joke. Beyonce is competing with Disturbed as a rock act for the 2017 Grammy Awards.

In a remarkable display of stupidity David Bowie ‘Blackstar’ has not been nominated by Grammy Album of the Year but Justin Bieber ‘Purpose’ has.

Australia's Flume has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.

After Anthony Kiedis in a codpiece for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Go Robot video, the band has decided to go in a bit different direction for the new single, Sick Love.

The new Hall of Heavy Metal History has announced the first inductees into their Hall of Fame.

“Ground control to Major Tom” indeed. In a remarkable coincidence astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, has been treated by Dr David Bowie in a New Zealand hospital after being evacuated from the South Pole.

Neil Finn was a surprise guest with Coldplay in Auckland this week. Finn joined Coldplay for the Crowded House classic ‘Four Seasons In One Day’.

Jet has also revealed their supports for the Twilight At Taronga Sydney shows. Wild Honey will open the February 16 show while Bloods are in for February 19.

Wolfmother and Rose Tattoo will open for select Guns N Roses show in Australia in February.

The Kennedy Center Honors held their annual gala on Sunday night, honoring James Taylor, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples, Martha Argerich and the Eagles.

New York’s Helmet will return to Australia in 2017.

Michael Buble’s ‘Christmas’ is once again the Christmas album of 2017 in Australia outselling the high profile John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John (FONJie) ‘Friends for Christmas’.