The SXSW music conference has opened artist submissions for showcases for 2017.

Jeff Duff will perform his acclaimed ‘Ziggy – The Songs of David Bowie’ at Hope Estate Winery with the Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Steel Panther is just the thing to jolt you from your Election woes this weekend. They'll be programming Rage.

The 2016 APRA Art Music Awards will be announced in Melbourne on August 16.

Melanie Martinez will return to Australia and New Zealand in August after touring earlier this year with Adam Lambert.

BBC Music today announces that Rolling Stone legend Keith Richards is to front a film for BBC Two to air in July, and this Autumn will curate an incredible weekend of programming for BBC Four.

Pregnant Alanis Morissette has wowed fans by posting an underwater nude shot of herself on social media.

Van Morrison’s 36th studio album ‘Keep Me Singing’ will be released in September.

Panic At The Disco recently recorded a cover of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody’ for the new movie ‘Suicide Squad’.

Cher has apologised for using a bomb and explosion emoji in a tweet about Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Beatles were one of the final holdouts from releasing their music onto streaming services, but they finally relented last year at Christmas.

Bassist Rob Wasserman, who has worked with numerous artists but is probably best known for his association with Bob Weir and RatDog, has died.

The Spice Girls have been forced to postpone their 20th anniversary tour plans until 2017.

Justin Bieber is now free from his 2014 vandalism case, after serving almost two years on probation.

For Paul Simon, "Showbiz doesn’t hold any interest for me. None."

Prince Harry joined Coldplay on stage this evening at Kensington Palace to close the Sentebale charity concert and called for more to be done to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Rapper Drake showed off his motivational speaking talents while delivering a speech to South African youths at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory on Monday.

Ozzy Osbourne has dismissed his manager wife Sharon's retirement talk, insisting he plans to rock on for some time.

Scotty Moore, the legendary guitarist for Elvis Presley, has died in Tennessee at the age of 84.

Bonny "Mack" Rice, also known as Sir Mack Rice, died on Monday in Detroit from complications of Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 82. Rice was a member of the doo-wop group the Falcons along with a well-known songwriter.

Barry Gibb, the lone surviving brother from the Bee Gees, is headed back in the studio to record a new album.

Lisa Marie Presley has filed for divorce for the fourth time.

Lance Bass has suggested his music isn't played in America because he's gay.

Glen Matlock popped over to Music-News.com HQ in North London for a cup of tea and a chat bringing his acoustic guitar to knock out a couple of tunes just for us.

Sixty thousand adoring fans pack the Etihad Stadium to see the iconic Mancunian band The Stone Roses. Since their jubilant and triumphant reunion back in 2012, typically we have heard very little from The Roses; bar two new tracks.

Boom Crash Opera founding Peter Farnan is working on a project he calls ‘Pesky Bones’.

Music producer Mark Ronson has declared Lily Allen's new music as some of her best work to date.

Justin Timberlake came under fire from critics on Twitter for praising Jesse Williams' moving speech at the BET Awards on Sunday night.

Guy Garvey want changes to UK's policy on refugees.

A shirt spattered with the blood of late Beatles star John Lennon has sold at auction for £31,000 ($AUD55,000).