Ray Davies, frontman of The Kinks, has been knighted by the Prince of Wales Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

In a big week of interviews Stuart Chatwood from The Tea Party tells us about the band's upcoming show with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Joan Osborne prepares us for Bluesfest and Rick Grossman of Matt Finish, Divinyls and Hoodoo Gurus talks up his three bands featured on The Glory Days Of Aussie Pub Rock Volume II.

Major new titles coming this week from: Depeche Mode, Pitbull, Zara Larsson, 2Cellos, Gary Clark Jr., Cookin' on 3 Burners, Conor Oberst, Milky Chance, Frances and Pulled Apart by Horses.

Bluesman James Cotton, who played with a long list of rock and blues greats along with recording over two dozen albums, died on Thursday (March 16) at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, TX at the age of 81. He had been battling pneumonia.

Nile Rodgers is still questioning why he is going into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and not his musical partner Bernard Edwards and the rest of the members of Chic.

Marco Rubio and Donald Trump's lawyer had their say about Snoop Dogg's Lavender video which shows Snoop aim and shoot a confetti gun at an actor playing Trump in clown face, but you had to know that the man himself would have to have his say.

Stevie Nicks loves her work but she has a definite idea of the direction it will take from now on.

On March 14, 1987, Tony Kanal saw the fledgeling band No Doubt at a club in Washington, DC. A week later, he was playing bass with them.

Peter Criss says that his last performance in the U.S. will be this June in New York.

Michael Jackson 'Bad' and Nickelback 'All The Right Reasons' have been awarded the RIAA Diamond certification.

Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, the longtime guitarist for the Misfits, is taking his career in a new direction playing the part of "The Duke" in the remake of the 1973 cult horror classic Don't Look in the Basement.

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z is launching a new business venture to support innovative start-up companies.

Sister Sledge star Joni Sledge died of a pre-existing condition, according to law enforcement sources.

Amy Shark, Tim Minchin, Jackie Jacklin, D.D. Dumbo and Nick Cave are the five finalists for the APRA Song of the Year.

The Blues On Broadbeach festival has expanded with over 35 more acts including Jimi Hocking and Nick Charles added to the line-up already featuring Bonnie Tyler and Slim Jim Phantom.

Australia’s Tim Wheatley picked up big interest at SXSW for his first showcase of the week at B.D. Riley’s on Tuesday afternoon.

Sir Elton John has added a second Hobart show after tickets for the Hobart, Mackay, Cairns and Wollongong sold out in eight minutes.

Gregg Allman's current health issues, which date back to last August when he went into the Mayo Clinic with "serious health issues", appears to continue to be a problem as he has cancelled the rest of his 2017 dates.

U2 had previously said that they had big plans for the 30th anniversary for The Joshua Tree which would include a tour and a new version of the album and, last Thursday, they made details known on the multi-disc set.

The New Kids on the Block have released the official video for the song One More Night from their upcoming EP Thankful.

Joey Alves, the guitarist who played for Y&T from 1974 to 1989, died on Sunday from ulcerative colitis at the age of 63.

Peter Hook easily makes my Top 10 bets concerts of all-time. Last time he was in Australia he played a special show on a vacant block in Melbourne’s Southbank called Testing Grounds.

Bob Evans, the alter-ego of Jebediah frontman Kevin Mitchell, will give a six-track EP full of brand spanking new songs to everyone who comes to one of his gigs.

Adelaide’s Bad//Dreems will lap Australia in June with a Gutful of dates to launch their new album.

Country star Melinda Schneider and actor Tom Burlinson have joined together to create ‘Young At Heart’, a show featuring the music of Doris Day and Frank Sinatra.

Killing Heidi have announced their first national tour in a decade.

The children of Barry, Maurice, Robin and Andy Gibb have combined to tribute the music of their parents as The Gibb Collective.

Go West, The Cutting Crew, Wang Chung, Taylor Dayne and Paul Young will tour Australia in November 2017 for the national 80s Mania tour.

Ed Sheeran is on course for a second week at Number 1 on the Official Albums and Singles Chart as his latest album ÷ and lead single Shape Of You continues to rack up huge sales and streaming numbers.

Sister Sledge has announced that they will continue to perform, with sisters Debbie and Kim, in the wake of Friday's passing of Joni Sledge.