Steve Vai has written an impassioned plea for help in getting the royalties paid to artists updated to a modern standard.

The Beatles historic Shea Stadium concert from 1965 will screen in cinemas with the new Ron Howard documentary ‘Eight Days A Week’.

Good Friday, March 25, 2016, is a date that will go down in Cuban and Rock ‘n’ Roll history. On that date, The Rolling Stones became the first rock band to play a massive free outdoor concert to hundreds of thousands in Havana, Cuba.

The musicians that backed David Bowie on his final album, Blackstar, have reformed to record an album saluting the late singer.

Imany ‘Don’t Be So Shy’ continues to be the most Shazamed song in Australia this week with Illy ‘Papercuts’ in hot pursuit.

Peter Garrett kicked off his first solo tour in Perth last weekend this week took the show to Brisbane.

Cold Water, Major Lazer’s collaboration with Justin Bieber and MØ, has maintained its lead over Illy’s ‘Papercuts’ as the biggest selling song in Australia again this week.

’Cold Water’ by Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ was the most listened to song in Australia this past week.

Billy Corgan posted a new update on Facebook Friday confirming a host of new projects.

Jeff Lynne's ELO has now officially scored their first number 1 album in 35 years.

A Minnesota judge has shot down 29 claims from would-be heirs hoping to get a piece of late Prince's estate.

Wiz Khalifa has defended his use of offensive terms for women in his lyrics.

Spice Girls bandmates Mel B, Geri Horner and Emma Bunton will pick up $14 million (£10 million) each for a two-hour long performance, according to new reports.

Keyboardist Gary Wright is the New Jersey-born psychology student who landed in London at the height of the rock revolution in 1967, where he founded Spooky Tooth and had a successful solo career producing the classic hits Dream Weaver and Love Is Alive.

Music artists, living and dead, are involved in new program development.

Pat Upton, who sang lead on the Spiral Starecase's single More Today Than Yesterday, died on Wednesday after what was described as a "long illness". He was 75.

Julio Iglesias will return to Australia in November.

The Cure give more in an encore than most bands play in a complete set. Imagine a four part 16-song encore that isn’t even half the show.

Henry Wagons has joined the Hunter Valley’s Dashville Festival to be headlined by Brian Cadd in October.

Tim Freedman will perform national dates with The Whitlams starting August in Newcastle.

Bruce Springsteen releases his long-in-the-writing autobiography, Born to Run, on September 27.

As we've passed the halfway mark for 2016 this week Noise11.com brings you a special edition of iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com featuring the no 1 albums of 2016.

The Go Go's have their final concert set for August 30 at the Hollywood Bowl, ending their 38 year career.

Pink Floyd will release The Early Years 1965-1972 on Friday, November 11. Pink Floyd have delved into their vast music archive, back to the very start of their career, to produce a deluxe 27-disc boxset featuring 7 individual book-style packages, featuring never before released material.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Billy Talent, Hellions, Descendants, ZHU, Jake Owen, Jarryd James and the soundtrack for Ab Fab and Star Trek: Beyond.

Australian country legend John Williamson will release a 50 track 4CD collection ‘His Favourite Collection’ in August.

Thomas Dolby will tell his story about music and technology in his upcoming autobiography “The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology”.

Ol’ 55 will be represented to the world via the 56 track ‘Time To Rock N Roll The Anthology’ album.

Lawmakers in Los Angeles have opted not to prosecute Dr. Dre following a bizarre road rage incident on Monday.

Garbage will return to Australia in November for A Day On The Green dates with The Temper Trap.