AC/DC’s wayward drummer Phil Rudd has pleaded guilty to charges of attempted murder and drugs in a New Zealand court today.

Brooklyn songwriter and producer Jonathan Dagan aka J. Viewz has been working on his latest concept ‘The DNA Project’ and dropped by Gotye’s NYC headquarters to include some of the Melbourne performer's sounds in his project.

The Jazz Bell Awards will be handed out in Melbourne on April 30.

Simply Red will release their first new studio album in eight years with 'Big Love' in June.

Birds Of Tokyo release four brand new songs by the end of this week. ‘Anchors’ in an E.P. of songs about their time in Los Angeles.

AC/DC has added second shows for Brisbane and Perth after earlier adding second shows for Melbourne and Sydney today.

Shelley Segal’s new song ‘Sidelined’ has been released through iTunes.

Neil Young performed a secret show with Willie Nelson’s sons last Thursday night and performed a stack of new songs.

The Kidgeeridge Music Festival on the south coast of New South Wales is one of the music industries best kept secrets.

Nashville based Rick Price will return to Australia in July for a tour in Victoria.

AC/DC have added second shows for Melbourne and Sydney within minutes of the first shows going on sale today.

Ringo Starr, Green Day, Joan Jett, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Withers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The 5 Royals are now all members of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

AC/DC returned to the California desert on Friday night for their second Coachella performance with just one tweak. ‘High Voltage’ made this weekend’s setlist.

Lee Kernaghan is spending his fourth straight week at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week with “Spirit of the ANZACS”, becoming the equal second longest running album for 2015 alongside the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ soundtrack and just behind “1989” for Taylor Swift which has so far notched up five weeks at the top for this year.

The theme from ‘Furious 7’ for Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth entitled “See You Again” holds at No.1 in Australia for a second week atop the ARIA Singles chart, the track picking up a Platinum in sales in the process.

Green Day are back together for the first time in over a year and played a gig in Cleveland this week with some very rare and old songs and their mate Tim Armstrong from Rancid along for a few songs as well.

David Bowie was offered a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II and turned it down.

Brian Johnson was so nervous when he played his first show with AC/DC that he sang the same lyrics to two songs in a row.

‘Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice’ is still a year away but the official trailer has been officially released after a leak this week.

Joe Camilleri has two new Black Sorrows albums this week. Both ‘Endless Sleep #46’ and ‘Endless Sleep #47’ have been released for Record Store Day on vinyl with a bonus CD.

Ozzy Osbourne has responded to a public statement by former Black Sabbath drummer saying he needs to fix the division in Black Sabbath.

The Black Sorrows, Passion Pit, Stan Walker, As it is, Patrizio Buanne, Shawn Mendes and the new Wild Nights 2015 compilation lead this week's new releases.

Alpine will head out on their ‘Foolish’ tour across Australia from June.

The Dead Daisies have a recorded a cover of Alex Harvey’s ‘Midnight Moses’ for their upcoming album ‘Revolución’.

Bill Wyman will soon release his first album since 1982.

Tame Impala spent their days in between Coachella days performing for Conan O’Brien.

Jimmy Barnes will take the Flesh & Wood acoustic shows on a national tour.

Justin Townes Earle talks about the state of the music industry and Millencolin reveal the political message behind there new music in this week’s iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Country superstar Tim McGraw and eclectic singer Bjork have been named to the 100 Most Influential People by the editors of Time Magazine.

James Taylor will tour with what he has called his "All-Star Band" this summer in support of his album Before This World.