360 has taken The Living End’s Chris Cheney into the studio to lay down an acoustic version of ‘Early Warning’.

Elton John's mother Sheila has broken her silence on why they've been estranged for years.

Darius Rucker is now four albums into his country career with the release on Tuesday of Southern Style.

Hozier, Father John Misty and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes are lined up for Coachella 2015.

The delayed Rolling Stones' North American tour dates could be announced this coming week.

The first trailer for ‘Spectre’, the 24th James Bond movie has been released.

After debuting at No.2 last week Lee Kernaghan sees his new album “Spirit of the Anzacs” climbs up a place to land at No.1 this week, becoming not only the first chart topping album for Lee, but also his first ever album to climb in the second week on the charts.

LunchMoney Lewis keeps paying his “Bills” at the No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles chart for a second week, with Australia still the only country to have placed it this high so far, it’s Top 15 in New Zealand (#14), Top 30 in The Netherlands (#25) and the song slightly climbed in the USA (95 to 93) this week.

A concert by the current configuration of Little River Band in Salem, North Carolina has been cancelled after the band allegedly demanded full payment up front from the venue.

Ozzy Osbourne has cancelled the Mexico leg of Ozzfest because he needs surgery.

Boy George has never had to audition for anything.

Blur will headline the Isle of Wight Festival on Saturday night this year.

Duran Duran have signed an international recording contract with Warner Brothers Records.

The Who kicked off the 2015 leg of their The Who Hit 50! Tour last Sunday night (March 22) at the 02 Arena in London.

Matt Goss celebrated a five-year run at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas and Music-News.com was on hand to witness the event.

The legendary Mavis Staples will release the four song EP ‘My Good Fortune’ in April.

Californian singer songwriter Sean Kelly will perform at the Musexpo music industry conference in Hollywood in April.

Music educator Tim Dalton has joined ARIA Hall of Famer Joe Camilleri and Golden Guitar winner Amber Lawrence as an Ambassador for Record Store Day Australia.

Silverchair’s debut album ‘Frogstomp’ has been remastered, expanded and reissued to mark the 20th anniversary of its release on March 27, 1995.

After one week on the charts, Madonna 'Rebel Heart' has performed even worse than projected in the USA.

Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze joins Noise11 on iHeartRadio this week to talk about the upcoming plans for Squeeze in 2015.

“I don’t want to be singing “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” at age 50 and become a parody of myself” said a young Rod Stewart in Rolling Stone Magazine.

Death Cab for Cutie, Action Bronson, Madeon, Three Days Grace, Ringo Starr, The Prodigy and Van Morrison lead the week's new releases.

Dolly Parton is completely amazed by how fast the past three decades have flown by.

Paul Kantner, guitarist for both Jefferson Airplane and its spinoff group Jefferson Starship, has been hospitalized with an apparent heart attack.

Melbourne singer songwriter Courtney Barnett is one of the recipients of the Grulke Prize awarded by SXSW.

Bluesfest are working on a surprise guest to perform on the Friday of the festival following the last minute cancellation of The Black Keys earlier this week.

Cheap Trick and Billy Idol touring together is an ideal double for rock fans of the 70s and 80s but what could have been a contender for tour of the year suffered initially from bad sound which drained the vibe of the room.

Lollapalooza, the yearly Chicago-based festival started in 1991 by Perry Farrell, has announced an eclectic mix of artists for 2015 with Paul McCartney, Metallica and Florence + The Machine headline one night each.

One Direction member Zayn Malik has quit the boy band and after five years and four albums because he wants to be “normal”.