Burt Bacharach is going strong at 87. Not only is the classic songwriter still touring, but he has now agreed to write the score for the upcoming motion picture Po.

Soundwave is officially over. There will be no 2016 event.

Grease will be the word on the Fox network Sunday, January 31 with a brand new, live, production of the show.

When Sleater-Kinney decided to return after nine years on hiatus, anticipation was high for new music. Janet Weiss had gone off to become a member of Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Corin Tucker embarked on a solo career and Carrie Brownstein formed the band Wild Flag while branching out into acting with the IFC series Portlandia.

Mumford & Sons have issued a statement to try and stop scalpers and ticketing companies profiting from their tours.

Rapper and actor LL Cool J has been tapped to host the Grammy Awards for the fifth consecutive year.

Halloween this year was very, very good to Michael Jackson.

Wu-Tang Clan will tour Australia in 2016.

James Corden has Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Harry Styles join him for a carpool through Los Angeles -singing some of their biggest songs and introducing a little choreography.

Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has made a public admission that he is currently battling oral cancer.

iHeartMedia is continuing to expand their list of festivals with the inaugural iHeart80's Party, to be held on February 20, 2016 at the L.A. Forum.

Ross Hannaford of the legendary Daddy Cool (and a list of associated acts far too long to mention) was back on stage last night in Melbourne has a delay due to illness last week.

Australia is to be treated to a Half Monty (if that is the correct term for half of the full Monty Python.

Emma Donovan & The Putbacks are the lucky last act to be announced for Gold Plains 2016.

After 2016 Soundwave will be no more.

Irish singer songwriter Luka Bloom will return to Australia in 2016.

90s metal band Buckcherry will return to Australia and New Zealand in 2016.

Madonna has sliced six days of her Australian tour, moving her Brisbane dates to what was originally planned to be extra Sydney or Melbourne dates.

Graham Nash has been added to Bluesfest 2016.

European tour dates for the next leg of AC/DC's “Rock or Bust” World Tour were announced today.

Rapper Nelly has cancelled his mini-tour in the U.K. due to reported terrorism concerns in London.

The Doobie Brothers are celebrating possibly saving the life of a fan.

ZZ Top may be 46 years into their career as one of the great rock-blues bands, but they are still going strong with a new set of dates for 2016.

Madonna went on a bit of a foul mouthed rant at fans in Manchester on Monday night after she hit the stage an hour late, but there was a very legitimate reason for the situation.

Nicki Minaj has thanked her fans for their "unwavering love" as she celebrates the first anniversary of her album The Pinkprint.

Swiss folk-metal band Eluveite will tour Australia in May.

Former Journey lead singer Steve Perry would like to get a new solo album out. He just can't seem to get it finished.

Singer Taylor Swift has been accused of using an artist's image without permission to promote her 1989 album.

R&B legend Wilko Johnson has announced his first UK headline shows since his sensational appearance with Roger Daltrey at Shepherds Bush Empire last year.

David Bowie’s new single Lazarus taken from the album ★ (pronounced Blackstar) will be released digitally on December 18 and will receive its world premiere on BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq show on the 17.