Major new music releases coming out this week include: A Day to Remember, Izzy Bizu, James Vincent McMorrow, Jamie T., The Wiggles and Big Scary.

Prince's former lover and Purple Rain co-star Apollonia Kotero is suffering from a broken heart following the singer's death.

Chris Bailey will play The Saints dates in Melbourne just after the AFL Grand Final. That’s old news. The new news is Hitler is not happy.

Lia and Gemma Sharard are leaving Skyscraper Stan and The Commission Flats.

Vanfest, the brainchild of Grant and Matt Clifton of Forbes, will return for a third year with a line-up for a cap city.

Barry Gibb has revealed a 25-second piece of the title track of his upcoming ‘In The Now’ album.

Lily Allen is taking a Twitter break to focus on her next album after receiving criticism for her alleged heavy drinking at London's Notting Hill Carnival.

As of today, the VVN Music Podcast is now available on the iHeartRadio App and iHeartRadio site.

Fans of Otis Redding are about to get a couple of major releases.

Chris Brown was released on $250,000 (£190,154) bail on Tuesday night (30Aug16) after being arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

Joseph Knopfler, the son of Dire Straits legend Mark Knopfler, has launched his own alcohol beverage, Pedrino.

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum today announced the first major international retrospective of Pink Floyd, one of the world’s most pioneering and influential bands.

The Weeknd has become a two-time Guinness Book of Records holder.

The Living End and Vance Joy will perform at the AFL Grand Final pre and post-game for 2016.

Dave Lombardo has a new temporary gig.

Celebrity thug Chris Brown has been arrested on a charge of ‘suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon’ after police entered his Tarzana mansion outside Los Angeles after a nine-hour stand-off.

Brian Wilson brought his band to the Chevy Court at the New York State Fair on Monday night with his Pet Sounds 50th-anniversary show.

Harry Angus will make The Cat Empire European tour a working family holiday with news that Tinpan Orange-fronted by his wife Emily Lubitz will open for his band on the tour.

PJ Harvey will return to Australia and New Zealand for shows in January.

Kevin Bacon wrote his first song at the age of 11 in the hopes of having Michael Jackson record it.

R&B star and convicted thug Chris Brown has posted a series of bizarre rants on Instagram ahead of a police raid following claims by a woman, Miss California Regional 2016 Baylee Curran, that the singer threatened her with a gun.

A Frank Sinatra concert from Sydney in 1961 will be included in a new Sinatra box set.

Barbra Streisand can't wait to see what Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga will do with the A Star is Born remake, because she's convinced the film will be a big hit.

Mel C has officially ruled herself out of the Spice Girls reunion due to take place next year.

Rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs is celebrating the launch of his new school in his native Harlem, New York.

Mark David Chapman, the man who was convicted of murdering John Lennon in 1980, has been once again denied parole.

Sydney’s Buried In Verona have called it a day. The band will split after one more tour in October.

Wilco has started to drop a few more hints to the sound of the new album ‘Schmilco’ by sharing the song ‘Someone To Lose’.

Out On The Weekend sideshows have been announced for October.

Blue King Brown will headline the second Wildwood Music Festival in Port Macquarie in October.