Activision is looking to revive the genre later this year with Guitar Hero Live, their first release in five years.

U2 have included 'When Love Comes To Town' into their set of their second Vancouver show as a tribute to B.B. King.

Madonna is the new reigning queen (or king) of a single Billboard chart.

Cosmic Psychos have released an extremely violent music video for their new song ‘Better Not Bitter’ based on the Wolf Creek.

Dolly Parton's Song of Many Colors, which Parton says is her favourite song she has ever written, will be turned into a television movie by NBC.

Simon Cowell has joined forces with New York producer Vivek J. Tiwary to co-produce ‘The Fifth Beatle’, about the life of Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

Blues legend BB King died from a series of mini strokes brought on by diabetes.

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson has announced that he is "all-clear" after battling cancer.

Robbie Williams will return to Australia and New Zealand in October with his Let Me Entertainment You tour.

The Darkness has revealed the new music from their 4th album 'Last Of Our Kind'.

Ed Sheeran returns to the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums chart with his second album “x” (positive) for a seventh non-consecutive week and for its fifth run at the top of the Australian charts.

Notching up a sixth consecutive week at No.1 are Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth with their ‘Furious 7’ song “See You Again”, plus the track has sold enough now to be newly certified 2x▲Platinum in sales, with seven of the Top 10 tracks all scoring new certs this week.

Devo’s Booji Boy has been turned into a Bobblehead or … a Throbblehead as he is referred to.

Janet Jackson has confirmed that she will release her first album since 2008 this year.

Knocking Nickelback has become a sport for some critics. For a band that sits comfortably musically between Bryan Adams to the right and Metallica to the left and is fairly aligned soundwise with Bon Jovi and Foo Fighters Nickelback knockers invariably have no valid back-up to their argument.

BB King performed at the Glastonbury Music Festival on June 24 2011.

Fans of The Beatles have discovered 13 fresh videos at the band’s YouTube channel this week.

Twin Peaks creator David Lynch has returned to the reboot of his iconic TV series.

Tom Waits has written and performed a song for David Letterman.

Eric Clapton has recorded a video message to pay his respects to his friend, B.B. King.

U2 kicked off their Innocence + Experience world tour in Vancouver, Canada and he wasn’t without problems. The Edge fell off the stage during “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’.

Blues legend B.B. King has passed away at the age of 89.

Paul Weller, Eric Clapton (GH), 21 Pilots, Brandon Flowers, Hot Chip, Zedd, Faith No More and Major Lazer lead the week's new music releases.

DJ Steve Aoki has cancelled five European performances while he undergoes throat surgery.

iHeartRadio Music News, powered by Noise11.com has a big week of guests in the green room this week with appearances from Paul Weller, Built To Spill, Django Django and Jamie Lawson.

Warner Music has announced the release of a 30th anniversary edition of Private Dancer, the breakthrough solo album of the world's most loved singers and performers, Tina Turner.

Insane Clown Posse has been forced to cancel the balance of their Marvelous Missing Link In-Store Insanity Tour after Shaggy 2 Dope didn't get his probation paperwork in on time for a DUI.

David Cassidy will not be driving himself anywhere anytime soon.

Annie Lennox still struggles to gauge what people will like in a performance.

Steven Tyler has announced his debut Country single will be titled 'Love Is Your Name'.