David Bowie producer Tony Visconti will deliver the keynote address at the SXSW music conference in Austin in March.

The Rubens 'Hoops' has topped this year's Triple J Hottest 100.

After last week’s David Bowie news, the music world was stunned by the death of Eagles founder Glenn Frey this week as well as Mott The Hoople’s Dale Griffin.

RuFuS, Suede, Megadeth, John Cale and the 2016 Grammy Nominees compilation lead the week's new music releases.

David Bowie albums accounted for 26.1% of all sales in the Top 500 in Australia last week.

Eagles albums have been selling consistently today following the death of Glenn Frey with one album back in the Top 10.

Voting is now open for APRA members to vote for the APRA Song of the Year.

David Bowie has 19 albums in Australia’s Top 150 this week with his latest ‘Blackstar’ coming in easily at number one.

Last Friday the 8th of January was the 69th Birthday of music legend David Bowie and also the day that he released his 25th studio album entitled “Blackstar”, then two days later on the Sunday he passed away from his struggle with cancer, and as his album was already on track to take over the No.1 spot from Adele, it was then cemented to the top of the retail and digital sales charts and lands at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Holding for a sixth straight week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart is Justin Bieber and “Love Yourself”, which also notches up 2x▲Platinum in sales this week too.

Adele and James Bay will lead the way at the 2016 BRIT Awards after landing four nominations apiece.

There was really little doubt that David Bowie would have the number 1 album this week in Britain. Interest in the album Blackstar was already strong even before his passing last Sunday.

Panic! At the Disco, Brothers3, Celtic Woman, Mystery Jets, Hank Williams Jr., Tim Hicks and The Wiz TV Soundtrack lead the week's new releases.

Harts, 8 Ball Aitken, Stonefield and Andy Clockwise will showcase at SXSW in March.

Sam Smith has beat Brian Wilson, Ellie Goulding, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth and David Lang to take home the Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

Adele ‘25’ is still selling in outstanding numbers with the title last week alone counting for 10% of all album sales in the Top 100.

Seven weeks and running for Adele as her third set “25” remains at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart again this week.

Justin Bieber scores his longest running No.1 single in Australia this week, as “Love Yourself” is atop the ARIA Singles chart for a fifth consecutive week.

iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com returns this week with tributes to Stevie Wright and Lemmy, new music from Bowie and an interview with Mak from Brothers 3.

Western Australia's Southbound Festival has now been officially cancelled after a bushfire alert and alternate measures were taken on Thursday.

David Bowie 'Blackstar' leads the weeks new music releases.

It's time to once again look back at the state of the music industry in the year just passed.

Not since Pink has an act scored the ARIA No.1 Album of the Year twice, but for 2015 Adele and her third set “25”, it took out the top honors, matching the top spot her previous album “21” achieved for 2011.

The first No.1 single for last year becomes the highest selling track for the past year, as “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars claims the top spot on the ARIA Top 100 Singles of 2015.

The lack of Australian acts in the ARIA end of year Top 100 Singles chart proves Australian support for Australian artists is at an all-time low.

Adele ‘25’ is not showing any signs of slowing down as we hit the first week of 2016.

Adele and her mega third album “25” stay atop the ARIA Albums Chart for a sixth straight week, also becoming the first No.1 album for 2016.

The first ARIA Chart for 2016 has Justin Bieber holding for a fourth straight week with “Love Yourself”, which matches the four week’s his previous No.1 “What Do You Mean” (TW-9) achieved back in September of 2015.

The Stevie Wright farewell will take place at Sydney’s St Andrews Cathedral on January 8.

‘Red Dirt Red Heart’, the third part of the Russell Morris blues trilogy, has spent seven of the last nine weeks at the top of ARIA Blues and Jazz Chart and ends the year as Australia’s no 1 blues album of 2015.