Milk Records founders Courtney Barnett and Jen Cloher have gathered together their label’s artist roster for two nights of Christmas cheer in hometown Melbourne in December.

Major new titles coming this week from: Evanescence, Walk the Moon, The Corrs, Aretha Franklin, Kerser, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Seal, Pnau and Cold Chisel (Live).

While Colin Hay’s old band Men At Work sold over 30 million albums. That legacy has given him the foundation to create a credible body of solo work over the past 30 years.

As part of Melbourne Music Week, the City of Melbourne and Creative Victoria will present a multi-label takeover of the iconic Melbourne Town Hall, with more than 25 artists performing over three levels of the Melbourne landmark.

Germany has been named as the first Music Passport country with the countries music industry reps heading to Melbourne for the Face The Music conference.

Another 15 Australian acts will head to the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas in March.

Promoter Andrew McManus will launch a new music festival in January and has picked up Jimmy Barnes to headline.

Mushroom boss Michael Gudinski has become a two-time Melbourne Cup winner. Rekindling, the horse co-owned by Gudinski finished in first place in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington and another of Michael’s horses Johannes Vermeer came in at second spot.

For a rare third week in a row the Pink album "Beautiful Trauma" leads the ARIA Albums Chart at No.1, whilst she might not retain the top spot next week with new stuff coming from Sam Smith and potential No.1 albums from Guy Sebastian and Maroon 5, the week after which sees the new Taylor Swift album due for release.

The Post Malone and 21 Savage track "Rockstar" stays at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a sixth straight week, the track scoring a ▲Platinum in sales this week too.

High profile Nashville based PR firm Webster PR is in tatters following sex abuse allegations against founder Kirt Webster.

New Bluesfest boss Steve Romer talks up 2018 with a couple of great artists for the upcoming music festival at Noise11 iHeartRadio this week. Also John Paul Young recalls the great songs Vanda and Young wrote for him and Motown legend Otis Williams of The Temptations talks about a classic they didn’t want to record.

For the first time since early August an album has held onto the No.1 Albums Chart spot for a second week, as the Pink set "Beautiful Trauma" stays atop the ARIA Albums chart this week with sales now over 100,000.

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble has delegated his day to day role at Australia’s biggest music festival to become Executive Chairman of the company with Steve Romer stepping in to take the Chief Operating Officer role.

Chugg Entertainment and CMC Rocks are devastated to announce the sudden passing of Rob Potts, who died tragically in a motorcycle accident on the West Coast of Tasmania on Friday afternoon.

The Australian music industry is shocked to start the weekend learning of the death of a true gentleman of the industry Rob Potts.

Jet didn’t just break up, the band disintegrated says singer Nic Cester.

Major new titles coming this week from: Kelly Clarkson, Weezer, Ty Dolla $ign, Stereophonics, Hollywood Undead, 360, Norah Jones, Wiggles (Xmas), Rachel Platten and Kenny Chesney (live).

Grinspoon's Phil Jamieson will be St Jimmy for the Australian production of Green Day's 'American Idiot' musical in Australia in 2018.

The seventh studio album by PInk entitled "Beautiful Trauma" becomes her fifth No.1 album on the ARIA Albums Chart this week (four studios and one Best of), and has sold so much in its first week that it's been certified 2x▲Platinum straight away.

"Rockstar" by Post Malone and 21 Savage retains its ARIA No.1 Singles position for a fourth straight week, also taking out the top spot in the USA and Ireland this week, matching the current position of the track in New Zealand, England, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

The Triple J compilation "Like a Version Volume 13" becomes the fifth of the radio stations collections to hit No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Post Malone and 21 Savage stay atop the ARIA Singles Chart for a third straight week with their stream-heavy track "Rockstar", becoming the third longest running No.1 for the year, plus it picks up a Gold (●) in sales too.

Former Oasis signer Liam Gallagher has gone straight to number 1 with his first solo album.

Major new titles coming this week from: Pink, 21 Savage, Dolly Parton, Scouting for Girls (GH), Robert Plant, Gucci Mane, Beck, St, Vincent and Marc E. Bassy.

Nominees for The Age Music Victoria Awards have been revealed with A.B. Original up for Best Album, Band, Song and Live Act.

Jack Jones and Rick Price have a dozen major hit songs between them. They recently covered another dozen hit songs that influenced their careers for the album ‘California Dreaming’.

Bruno Mars looks set for success at the American Music Awards after bagging eight nominations on Thursday.

Sydney’s Gang of Youth’s and Mt Macedon’s Stonefield lead the list of first Aussie acts named for SXSW 2018 while New Zealand will be represented by Marlon Williams.

Briggs, Sarah Blasko and Missy Higgins are some of the finalists for the 2017 Screen Music Awards.