Kiss will kick off their Australian tour in Perth on October 3 but without Whitesnake as originally planned.

McDonalds has rethought its initial exploitation of artists at SXSW by now agreeing to pay all acts that showcase during their marketing blitz on the music conference in Austin next week.

The main issue with holding an interactive conference in the 21st century is easy access to the latest technology. That in mind, the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas has had to take the precautionary step of banning drones.

Fifa Riccobono has been named as the 2015 recipient of Australia’s most prestigious industry honour, the Ted Albert Award.

Tame Impala will spend all of April and May and early June in North America.

Australia will take over the whole of Brush Square Park in Austin, Texas on March 20 to deliver two stages and 22 acts during SXSW.

Australian promoters Secret Sounds will host a SXSW party for their Splendour In The Grass and Fall Festival events next week in Austin, Texas.

Giorgio Moroder will perform his own shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland as sideshows to the Kylie Minogue dates.

Sheppard have appeared on The Today Show in the USA.

Mumford & Sons are pleased to unveil the first single from their forthcoming new album, 'Wilder Mind'.

Snoop Dogg has been named keynote speaker for SXSW 2015.

The family of the late Marvin Gaye are today millions of dollars better off after a court ruled they were ripped off by Robin Thicke.

Alice In Chains have announced the first dates for their 2015 tour.

Madonna 'Rebel Heart' will be the "hit of miss" moment for the pop superstar.

Kraftwerk have taken legal action against a tech form using its band name.

Bette Midler has covered the TLC classic 'Waterfalls' on her new album 'It's The Girls'.

Angie Stone has been arrested in Atlanta for allegedly hitting her 30-year-old daughter with a metal stand and knocking out her front teeth.

The first of three LP box sets collecting the albums of Marvin Gaye is expected to be released on April 20 in the U.K. and April 21 in the U.S.

AC/DC have revealed the third video from their ‘Rock Or Bust’ album ‘Rock The Blues Away’.

Henry Wagons has been named as the replacement for Emma Swift on Double J.

Alex Gow will return to live work with a brand new song called ‘Sandy’.

Randall Miller, the director in charge of the Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider when 27-year-old camera assistant Sarah Jones was killed in an on-set accident, has plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

The Rolling Stones are expected to announce a 14 date US tour starting in May this week.

Hoodoo Gurus stalwart drummer Mark Kingsmill will play his last show with the band this Saturday at the Red Hot Summer tour in Ballarat this Saturday.

Triple J is continuing to dominate prime demographics with the release of the first radio survey of 2015 today.

Sam Smith has recorded a new version of his song ‘Lay Me Down’ with John Legend.

Classic rockers Sparks have come together with Franz Ferdinand to form the group FFS for an album and a series of dates this summer.

Crosby, Still & Nash chose Tokyo to debut new songs last week.

Former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns has given fans a second serving of his forthcoming solo record with the new song ‘Preach’.

Kiss are in need of a new opening act for their upcoming Australian tour after Whitesnake dropped off the bill.