One of the greatest singers in history, Aretha Franklin, has announced her retirement.

Australian music legend Brian Cadd is playing a round of dates up and down east coast Australia from now until April 8, some with his iconic Bootleg Family Band and others with fellow legend Glenn Shorrock.

If friends are the measure of a man, then Randy Travis is one truly great man.

Mike Barson of Madness says he is amazed his band have become “national treasures” in England because when they started out the press thought they were a joke.

Tom Jones' representative has cleared up rumours of a romance with Priscilla Presley, insisting the crooner and old pal Elvis Presley's ex are "no more" than close friends.

One streaming service has confirmed, and the rest are expected to follow suit, that the music of Prince will return to streaming on Sunday night.

Major new titles coming this week from: Rag'N'Bone Man, Jess & Matt, Michael Bolton, Lupe Fiasco, Jay UF, Thundamentals, Adam Brand and the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack.

The current Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Australian tour has gone up a notch on previous tours, and with three in the last five years that is saying something.

The keyword for a James Taylor concert is ‘perfection’. James Taylor’s albums are often music masterpieces but it is the live concert experience that makes the songs larger than life.

Dave Davies will release his new album, Open Road, on March 31 via Red River Entertainment.

Fatherhood has made Justin Timberlake realize how messed up his youth was.

Julie Andrews is about to have her own show on Netflix and her famous friends like Josh Groban and Idina Menzel will be joining her.

Two classic rock groups from the 70's, Toto and Cheap Trick, have said that they are in the studio working on brand new albums.

A big group of the 70's and 80's is coming together with a big one from the 90's for a major summer tour.

One of the albums with the most pre-order interest so far this year over at Amazon is Windy City by Alison Krauss. It has rarely fallen out of the top twenty since the album was announced a month ago.

After nearly 40 years, Madness have become ‘national treasures’ in the UK and that hasn’t gone unnoticed with founding member and keyboard player Mike Barson.

The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour has reached Sydney.

Lady Gaga will team up with Metallica for a joint performance at the Grammy Awards.

Guns N Roses played their first show in Australia last night in Brisbane with a few modifications to the New Zealand shows.

SXSW has announced a new round of speakers with Mick Fleetwood, Sammy Hagar and Krist Novoselic added for next month’s conference.

Boy George has made the finals of The Celebrity Apprentice.

Madonna has won permission from court officials in Malawi to adopt twin girls, Esther and Stella.

Elton John will use his online radio show to pay tribute to his "great friend" George Michael.

Music producer Dr Luke has launched a counterclaim against Kesha over unpaid royalties.

Last week, Sting opened his 57th & 9th Tour at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC with a 22 song set that had a large helping of tracks from the new album along with some of a primer on the Police and the rest of his solo career.

The Cranberries will tour with a whole new format. They are taking a string quartet on tour.

Diana Krall has announced a brand new album and supporting tour for 2017.

April Wine bass player Steve Lang has died in Canada at the age of 67.

Folk Uke, the duo featuring Willie Nelson’s daughter Amy and Arlo Guthrie’s daughter Cathy, will return to Australia in March for dates with Dog Trumpet, the band featuring Reg and Pete, the sons of Mr and Mrs O’Doherty.

Kylie Minogue has reportedly won a legal battle with Kylie Jenner over the trademarking of their shared first name.