More than 10,000 Missy Elliott fans have signed an online petition to replace a Confederate monument in Virginia with a statue to the rap star.

A Weekend In The Gardens, Melbourne’s hit new music festival of March, will return to The Botanical Gardens in November with nights headlined by Paul Kelly, Illy and then Missy Higgins.

Bros have reunited to play their first show in London in 28 years.

Tina Arena has scored the role of Eva Peron in the 2018 Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita.

Paul Kelly’s number one debut was not only his first-ever number one album in Australia, it also beat the world’s number one singer-songwriter to take the honour.

The great Jerry Lewis is dead. Lewis gave his last interview in 2016 and it was a trainwreck.

Canadian singer songwriter Mac DeMarco will perform at the Laneway Festival in 2018.

Liam Gallagher will spend New Years in Australia performing at Falls Festival.

Ministry and Filter’s Australian and New Zealand tour is off.

This is musical insanity – Rick Astley is singing ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ backed by Foo Fighters breaking into Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.

Haim sisters Este, Danielle and Alana have likened their meeting with Stevie Nicks to a scene in Disney classic Beauty and the Beast.

Tupac Shakur's Hummer that he owned before he died has sold at auction for $206,531 (£160,000).

Twenty years ago this month local singer/songwriter Paul Kelly scored his highest charted album, now his 23rd studio set "Life is Fine" becomes his first No.1 album in Australia, debuting at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Australia finally has its seventh No.1 for 2017, and the first new chart-topping track since the end of May, as Pink's new single "What About Us" becomes the 116th song to debut at the top of the Australian Singles Chart.

Farnham will head out with Daryl Braithwaite, The Black Sorrows, Baby Animals and 1927 for dates in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in February and March.