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An exhibition charting the rise and influence of iconic British band The Jam is to be sold off in one of the biggest rock n’ roll auctions to ever take place in Europe.

Jet will reform to open for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band on Bruce’s 2017 Summer Tour.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will tour Australia in the summer of 2017.

The 30th Anniversary LP edition of Beastie Boys’ debut album Licensed To Ill will be released on October 14, 2016. This special reissue was cut from the original production masters and is presented on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl.

The Beatles new movie Eight Days A Week from director Ron Howard is an incredible document of the touring years.

Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter Patti Griffin will headline the Port Fairy Folk Festival in Victoria in 2017.

Former Britain’s Got Talent contestant Calum Scott has the most searched out song on Shazam in Australia this week.

Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience World Tour concert film is heading to the small screen this October.

Earlier this year when Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie announced that he was suffering from terminal brain cancer, nobody thought that there would be such a creative outpouring in the offering.

Celine Dion has released the heart-wrenching song P!nk wrote as a tribute to her late husband Rene Angelil.

Bette Midler is going back to her beginnings and re-releasing her debut album The Divine Miss M.

The sixth studio album for US rock act A Day to Remember entitled “Bad Vibrations” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, a first for the five-piece act from Florida.

Lady Gaga has added an Emmy to her list of awards after picking up the award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.

The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s hit ‘Closer’ continues to rule both the Australian download and streaming chart this week.

The Chainsmokers and Halsey hit ‘Closer’ has stayed at no 1 in Australia for another week as Black Eyed Peas all-star ‘#whereisthelove’ starts to already run out of steam.

Jimmy Barnes is about to embark on a tour with a difference. ‘The Working Class Boy’ tour is designed as “an evening of stories and songs’.

Lady Gaga has recorded a duet with British singer Florence Welch for her upcoming album.

Tom Morello and Knife Party have united for the track ‘Battle Sirens’.

Coldplay will headline a free concert in India for the Global Citizen Festival in Mumbai.

Peter Gabriel has revealed a brand new song ‘The Veil’, written and recorded for the Oliver Stone movie ‘Snowden’.

Zack de la Rocha has a new song ‘Digging For Windows’ and he has made it available as a free download.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have released ‘Go Robot’, a completely whacky new video from ‘The Getaway’ for their fans through Facebook.

The Strokes co-founder and guitarist Nick Valensi has a new band called CRX.

Green Day has released the title track from ‘Revolution Radio’ ahead of the album release in October.

Kings of Leon have unveiled the first taste of their upcoming seventh album ‘Walls’ with the track “Waste A Moment’.

Barbra Streisand has thanked Sony Music Australia for her no 1 debut with ‘Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway’, in particular, name-checking Sony CEO Denis Handlin.

Bruce Springsteen has a new album in the can that is a rock album with an orchestra.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Gavin DeGraw, Devin Townsend Project, Jason Aldean, Safia, GroupLove, New Order (GH), Of Mice & Men, Wilco, The Baseballs, M.I.A., Bastille, The Beatles (live), Glenn Shorrock, Mi-Sex, The Apartments and the new So Fresh compilation.