Cosmic Psychos will give Port Melbourne a punk make-over for the Port Royal Street Party on January 18.

Rufus Wainwright has a new song titled 'Me and Liza'.

Fratellis are preparing for a busy year following their reunion with a new song and their first live dates for 2014 announced.

Swedish House Mafia will hold the world premiere to their movie 'Leave The World Behind' at SXSW in Austin in March.

Beyonce holds for a second week with her self-titled fifth studio album on the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, plus the album picks up a ▲ Platinum sales certification too.

Pharrell Williams is “Happy” at retaining the No.1 for a second week in Australia, plus he’ll also be extremely joyous about achieving a ▲ Platinum sales certification too.

Kylie Minogue has given fans a taste of her new song 'Into The Blue'.

Red Hot Chili Peppers are expected to perform for the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Sevendust have been removed from the Soundwave line-up in what promoter A.J. Maddah calls a “pissweak” situation.

Mötley Crüe will be all over soon … after one farewell tour.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Ken Stringfellow and a list album from Sarah Blasko are just some of the new music releases this week.

BRIT Awards 2014 nominees have been announced and Bastille and Disclosure will face off at this year's awards.

India.Arie and Joss Stone will perform Australian dates together for Bluesfest sideshow dates.

Don Walker will perform two shows in New Zealand in April with The Bads as his band.

Nielsen Entertainment and Billboard have released their annual review of the music business for the period of December 31, 2012 through December 29, 2013.

Stevie Nicks has given the world an update on Fleetwood Mac bandmate John McVie via a new interview with Us Magazine.

ZZ Top have added a number of U.S. and European dates around their previously announced tour of Canada.

Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes have given notice that they will leave the Allman Brothers Band in 2015.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival people tweeted out the poster for this year's show on Wednesday night, with a real host of great names scheduled to play this year's show.

The Holidays confirm a February 21 release for their second album ‘Real Feel’, announce national tour.

Diana Krall will now play three shows in Melbourne on her upcoming Australian tour.

Avicii has added four Australian DJs to his upcoming Aussie tour. Will Sparks, Joel Fletcher, New World Sound and Throttle have joined the tour.

Post-punk legends Gang Of Four will tour Australia to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their album ‘Entertainment!’

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will be a keynote speaker at the SXSW Music Conference in Austin in March.

On April 6, 1974 it will be exactly 40 years since Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest and became a part of music history.

Big Day Out playing and set times for the 2014 have been released. Pearl Jam and Arcade Fire fans are in for full sets from each band.

Streaming has taken over from radio listening as the way people casually consume music in the USA. American’s streamed 118.1 billion songs in 2013.

“Vinyl sales are the saving the music business. Hallelujah!” How many times have we heard that in the past year?

Justin Timberlake ‘The 20/20 Experience’ was the biggest selling album in the USA for 2013.

Beyonce looks set to hold onto top ARIA album spot in Australia while Pharrell looks equally comfortable to maintain the top of the ARIA singles chart, reports Gavin Ryan.