Ray LaMontagne is a last minute drop-out at SXSW and in somewhat of a bizarre program choice, metal band Deftones will take his slot.

Frank Sinatra, Jr., the son of Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra, died on Wednesday in Daytona Beach, FL after suffering a heart attack. He was 72.

Bjork, Bon Iver and New Order will perform at Vivid Live Sydney for 2016.

Madonna was having a bit of fun at her Brisbane show on Wednesday night. She even performed a Kylie Minogue song.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Ivan Julian, guitarist for Richard Hell & the Voidoids, was suffering from cancer and, while the prognosis is good, he has been wracking up some major medical bills.

Justin Bieber is another lawsuit lighter after settling a dispute with a California paparazzo.

Britney Spears' latest family reunion turned into a real tearjerker after joining sister Jamie Lynn onstage in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday (15Mar16).

Mariah Carey is planning to open the doors to her life in a new reality show.

Celebrity thug Chris Brown is releasing a documentary titled Welcome to My Life.

R&B singer Ne-Yo and his model wife Crystal Renay have welcomed their first child together.

Rapper/actor LL Cool J retired from music on Monday only to unretire and announce a new album hours later.

Tom Hanks is looking forward to the "rock and roll" experience when he hits the road for his wife Rita Wilson's music tour.

Ted Nugent is taking his show on the road across predominately safe rednecks states of America.

A public memorial to honour the life and talent of Jon English will be held at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre in April 4.

Comedian Jim Breuer has been a long time friend of AC/DC singer Brian Johnson with Brian even having contributed to one of Breuer's recordings.

Taste’s original drummer Virgil Donati will rejoin the band for shows over the coming week in Bendigo and Melbourne.

Don Walker will hit the road again in May with his band The Suave Fucks with shows set for New South Wales and Victoria.

Jimmy Barnes has rocked the house with a performance on the steps of Parliament to raise awareness of music industry hardships with politicians.

Madonna will film her two shows in Sydney this weekend for a project later in 2016.

British Summer Time Hyde Park brings one of the great albums live to London, Stevie Wonder's Songs In The Key of Life.

Executives from Sony Corporation have struck a deal with Michael Jackson's estate worth $US750 million ($AU1,000,947).

Jarryd James and Sia lead this years nominees for the 2016 APRA Awards.

A cassette tape containing unreleased early tracks by Prince is set for auction.

Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah as well as songwriter Diane Warren and actor Sophie Bush will join First Lady Michelle Obama for her keynote address at SXSW Music this Wednesday in Austin.

The shock the music world felt over the death of Keith Emerson was only increased when it was ruled that the keyboardist had committed suicide.

Lucinda Williams opened her tour in support of the new album, The Ghosts of Highway 20, on Saturday night at College Street Music Hall in New Haven, CT.

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris will release a new three-CD set comprised of their two Trio albums and a disc of bonus material on September 9 via Rhino.

Phil Collins' resurgence as a performer continues to scale up at a snail's pace.

Gladys Knight has been announced as this year's recipient of the Living Legend Award from BET's Black Girls Rock!.

Radiohead will play a series of live shows later this year which, together with the festival dates already announced and a few more international festival dates to follow, will complete their touring schedule for 2016.