Lesley Gore, a major force in pop music of the early and mid-60's, died on Monday morning at New York-Presbyterian Hospital after battling cancer. She was 68.

13th Floor Elevators will reunite in May for their first show in 45 years.

The songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland (Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland) received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony on Friday.

Neil Young’s Jimmy Fallon appearance last week has driven sales of his ‘Greatest Hits’ by 4000 units and moved the album up to the no 84 spot on the Billboard chart.

The Pure Gold Live show featuring 12 acts from the 70s, 80s and 90s is a complete sell-out and a second show has now been added.

Paul Weller will release his 12th album ‘Saturns Pattern’ through iconic UK label Parlophone.

Australians would rather see TISM represent their country at Eurovision is the two polls at Charge.org last week are anything to go by.

The cast of the Rocky Horror Show has been unveiled with Craig McLachlan back in the fishnets as Frank N Furter and Bert Newton, well back in the fishnets as well, as the Narrator.

Russell Morris has won the Album of the Year award at the Blues Awards, the Chain Awards, for ‘Van Diemen’s Land’.

Paul McCartney performed a one-off show for 1100 people at New York’s Irving Plaza on Saturday night.

The Manfreds, the group formerly known as Manfred Mann, will tour Australia to mark their 50th anniversary.

Anni-Frid Lyngstad (aka Frida from Abba) has released ‘1865’, her first new music in a decade.

Filming is now underway in Austria for the next James Bond movie ‘Spectre’ and the makers of the movie have revealed our first look 24th Bond flick.

Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah has called Victoria’s Premier Dan Andrews a “lying scumbag” over the public transport disaster set for the Soundwave Festival event in Melbourne next weekend in a series of provocative tweets.

If you are heading to Soundwave Melbourne wear hiking shoes. There will be no public transport including trains, trams or buses to the Melbourne event next weekend.

The just opened soundtrack to the film (on Thursday the 12th) “Fifty Shades of Grey” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week, the first ever FILM soundtrack to achieve such a feat.

Paul McCartney has scored his first number one hit in Australia since 'Mull of Kintyre' 37 years ago.

Led Zeppelin guitar legend Jimmy Page will release a box set of his two film soundtracks expanded with never before released music.

Steel Panther have put down a new song as a tongue-in-cheek slapdown to that great musical hero Kanye West after he interrupted Beck at the Grammy Awards this week.

Australian MP Andrew Giles has given LNP politicians a “swift” talking to by name-checking Taylor Swift during Parliament sitting in Canberra this week.

Brisbane’s Sheppard have cancelled their Bluesfest appearance so they can continue their USA and European tour.

Kylie Minogue will take disco pioneer producer Giorgio Moroder on tour across Australia in March.

Former Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters has taken Facebook to troll Alan Parsons over Parsons decision (and right) to perform in Israel.

Gary Owens, veteran broadcaster and announcer for the 60s and 70s comedy Rowen and Martin’s Laugh-In’, has died at the age of 80.

Bob Dylan has announced a handful of U.S. dates to kick off his touring for 2015.

Sam Andrew, one of the founders of Big Brother and the Holding Company, died on Thursday from complications of a heart attack that he suffered a two months ago. He was 73.

Bobby Brown wants the media to report on the state of Bobbi Kristina with 'integrity'.

David Byrne will curate 2015's Meltdown Festival at Southbank Centre.

The Hi Fi Bar in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane is reported to have been placed into Administration leaving the future of one of the countries most popular music venues unknown.

Seasick Steve has downed his guitar in the sand at Byron Bay for his new video ‘Summertime Boy’.