Australian blues guitarist Ash Grunwald will unveil his new signature guitar for Pratley Guitars at the Melbourne Guitar Show in August.

Act 1 of the Helpmann Awards were announced in Melbourne on Sunday night ahead of the main event tonight (Monday, 15 July 2019).

In a lull week of releases ahead of a new Ed Sheeran album on the Friday just gone, Billie Eilish regains the No.1 Albums spot in Australia for a seventh week at the top with "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?".

It's a twelfth week at No.1 for the rap/country infused track "Old Town Road" for the rapper Lil' Nas X and the country legend Billy Ray Cyrus, becoming the longest running chart-leader in almost two years ago.

Former My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way and Grimes have paid tribute to their manager Lauren Valencia after learning she has lost her cancer battle.

Major new titles coming this week from: Ed Sheeran, AllDay, Bloc Party (Live), Thelma Plum, America (GH), Banks, K. Flay, DMA's (Live), New Order and the soundtracks for 'The Lion King' (2019) and 'Spider-Man: Far from Home'.

Mark Lizotte (aka Diesel) has had one of his biggest touring years in 2019 and it all started with Red Hot Summer in January.

Kylie Minogue’s ‘Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection’ debuted at number one on the ARIA chart this week because of Vinyl. Despite this being Kylie’s 13th compilation, this was the first time fans could buy all of her hits in one place on vinyl.

Fourteen months after her fifth No.1 album locally, this week Kylie Minogue lands her sixth chart-topping album in Australia as her fourth (major) best of set "Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection" takes out the top spot here and also in England.

Melbourne singer-songwriter Eilish Gilligan is the 2019 Josh Pyke Partnership.

Major new titles coming this week from: Michael Hutchence/INXS, Marshmello, Machine Gun Jelly, 3Teeth, Lighthouse Family, Olympia, David Bridie and Stranger Things Season 3.

Phil Tripp, the SXSW representative for Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, has left SXSW after 17 years.

News of the death of the CD has been very much exaggerated according to Chris Carey, CEO of Media Insight Consulting.

When the Helpmann Awards are handed out in Melbourne for the very first time on 15 July there will be a very special world first as part of the show, the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will perform a montage from the show.

Taylor Swift's ME! collaborator Brendon Urie has taken his pal's side in her war of words with music mogul Scooter Braun, calling him "toxic".

Ariana Grande has encouraged Taylor Swift to "stay strong" in her feud with Scooter Braun following her online rant about the music mogul's new ownership of her old masters.

Phil Tripp, the SXSW Senior Business Develop Manager for Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, will host Meet N Greet info nights for the 2020 event mid-July in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

Dave Leslie of Baby Animals will host a workshop at the Melbourne Guitar Show in August.

Lewis Capaldi bounces back to Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart with is debut collection Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber extend their reign at Number 1 with I Don’t Care to a seventh consecutive week on this week’s Official Singles Chart.

For the sixth week this year the Billie Eilish debut album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" is the No.1 selling album in Australia, attaining an overall fifth run at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

It's now double-week figures at No.1 for "Old Town Road" by Lil' Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus as their country and hip-hop mash-up logs a tenth week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart.

Melbourne’s iconic Corner Hotel has revealed the 2019 Longlist for the annual Corner Award.

Pianist and composer Barney McCall has been chosen to curate the 2019 Art Music Awards.

Major new titles coming this week from: Brian Cadd, New Found Glory, The Black Keys, Kylie Minogue (GH), Julia Michaels, Don Walker (live), Thom Yorke, Mustard, the 'Spider-Man: Far from Home' soundtrack and Woodstock's 50th Anniversary edition.

Do Australians prefer Porn to Madonna? Well, now we can answer the question. The answer is ‘Porn’. Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets sold twice as many Vinyl albums than Madonna in their debut weeks.

The Rolling Stones second Chicago show setlist had a seven song change-over from the first event last Friday night. Of the new additions, ‘Monkey Man’ and ‘Play With Fire’ got a run.

In the battle for No.1 this week between Madonna and Bruce Springsteen, The Boss beats Madame X with his new nineteenth studio album "Western Stars", becoming the fourth chart-topping album here for Bruce Springsteen.

"Old Town Road" for rapper Lil' Nas X with country singer Billy Ray Cyrus holds for a ninth broken week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart, plus the song is now 5x▲Platinum in sales.

Major new titles coming this week from: Mark Ronson, Hollywood Vampires, Willie Nelson, Luke Combs (EP), Lil' Nas X, Will Young, Prince, Richard Reed Parry, Collective Soul, Cassius, Hot Chip, The Wiggles, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, The Saboteurs, Two Door Cinema Club, So Fresh Winter 2019 and the soundtracks for 'Toy Story 4' and 'Yesterday'.