Shellac’s first Australian shows in nearly two decades, Billy Bragg paying tribute to Woody Guthrie and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo are just some of the musical artists playing at the Melbourne Festival in 2012.

Sydney indie-pop veterans Dappled Cities will launch their new album Lake Air with a Red Eye instore.

Poison frontman and reality TV vet Bret Michaels is talking about making a film about his life.

Sugar and Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould announces his new solo album Silver Age, inspired by recent Foo Fighters shows.

The funeral of Darryl Cotton will be held in Melbourne on Wednesday, August 1.

Musiq Soulchild has released his sixth album ‘MusiqintheMagiq’ and now an Aussie tour is on the way.

Soulful roots hero Ben Harper adds a fourth and final Opera House show following unprecedented demand.

Tate is no longer a member of the group but filed suit claiming control of the band name.

Registration for SXSW 2013 will open on this Wednesday, August 1.

Worldwide star Roger Daltrey CBE, founder and lead singer of globally successful rock band The Who, has been given an honorary degree by Middlesex University, London.

Matt Bellamy would love to play a show on a mysterious planet.

One Direction's Niall Horan is reportedly experiencing 'a classic case of sloppy seconds.'

On a mission to unite U2 fans world-wide to determine the greatest U2 song of all time, two executive entrepreneurs and co-authors of U2itude, The Ultimate Handbook for U2 Fans, are raising money on indiegogo.com to build U2itude, the Ultimate Mobile App for U2 fans.

On the eve of an Australian and New Zealand tour, UK star Ed Sheeran has already announced dates for 2013.

Nicole Kidman is constantly "inspired" by her husband.

Tom Jones was forced to pull out of his Olympics performance in London's Hyde Park on Saturday due to doctor's orders.

Let's go behind the scenes with footage filmed during the making of the music video for George Michael's brand new single 'White Light'.

Brit indie rock visitors Bloc Party stream a new song ‘Day Four’ through SoundCloud.

Smashing Pumpkins opened their Splendour In The Grass set with a cover of Kiss ‘Black Diamond’ and also performed ‘Space Oddity’ by David Bowie in the encore.

Clare Bowditch has put out the call for naked men and women to feature in her next video.

Universal Music have released ‘Isle of Wonder – Music for The Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games’.

Hoodoo Gurus founder and guitarist Brad Shepherd has paid tribute to Darry Cotton who lost his battle with liver cancer on Friday.

Norway has placed a two-year ban on Snoop Dogg entering the country after the rapper was caught trying to bring marijuana into the country last month.

Missy Higgins has announced The Razzle Dazzle Summer tour with Gurrumul and Emma Louise heading on the road with her.

Current tourist’s fun. stay on top of the ARIA Singles Chart for a second week with their second No.1 “Some Nights”, but challenging for the lead this week are local dance troupe Justice Crew who jump up five places to No.2 with “Boom Boom”, another chart career high for the group who three weeks ago scored their first Top 10 entry with this single.

Karise Eden’s “My Journey” album stays on top of the ARIA Albums Chart for a fifth consecutive week, now equaling Damien Leith’s “The Winners Journey” (from 18-Dec-2006) five week stretch at the top for ‘Reality Show Winners (local) Longest No.1 Albums’.

Queen Elizabeth II has made her first-ever acting role in a piece featuring James Bond escorting her to the Olympic Games opening ceremony.

Danny Boyle was the man behind the music at the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Paul McCartney concluded the Olympics Opening Ceremony with two songs from The Beatles, ‘The End’ and ‘Hey Jude’.

The Nectars, who formed 12 months ago after becoming disenchanted by the Sydney music scene, are set to release their first single.