Having detailed the rise and fall of ‘Madchester’ in The Haçienda and Joy Division’s short career in Unknown Pleasures, legendary bassist Peter Hook tells the third, arguably the most important and certainly the most controversial part of his story: the New Order years.

Prince is back the way you remember him in the 80s. With all the charming hiss of the cassette format.

David Bowie received a posthumous nomination for the Mercury Prize.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Montaigne, Skillet, Storm the Sky, Dustin Tebbutt, DJ Snake, Dinosaur Jr', and the soundtracks for Ben Hur, Sausage Party and Suicide Squad as well as Prince '1999' on cassette.

Conor Oberst, sometimes known as frontman for Bright Eyes, at other times under his own name, will release his seventh solo album ‘Ruminations’ in October.

Comedian Rosie Waterland has rescheduled her Australian tour after postponing because of the death of a close friend.

R&B star Brian McKnight will return to Australia and New Zealand in October.

Britney Spears and some very undressed male dancers pranked Jimmy Kimmel at home this week.

Southbound 2016 is heading west in December with a line-up set to be different from Falls Festival for the first time.

Holy Holy have a new song ‘Darwinisn’.

For three hours every Saturday morning across Australia, Recovery tapped into the music culture of the country. Last Sunday the original cast and crew reunited for a few memories and a few more beverages.

It was a big show Monday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as Barbra Streisand took the stage for the first of nine shows on her current tour.

Remember back in 2014 when half the world was excited about getting a free U2 album and the other half were trying to figure out how to get it off their iPhone.

Jonah Hill once mistakenly emailed his food diary to Drake instead of his nutritionist.

Viola Beach's posthumous debut album looks set to enter the Official UK Album Chart at Number 1 on Friday.

British singer John Newman has confirmed he is battling a brain tumour for the second time and will take time off in 2017 to have surgery.

Over the last few years, there have been a number of large box sets that collect the recorded output of some of music's most iconic artists.

Tony Bennett has just one wish for his 90th birthday - to sing with Beyonce.

Rapper Iggy Azalea is expanding her TV resume by signing another production deal.

Ozzy Osbourne is undergoing treatment for sex addiction as he fights to save his marriage to wife Sharon Osbourne.

50 Cent described Justin Bieber as having "Michael Jackson issues" when it comes to dealing with fame.

Zayn Malik is reportedly using his experience as a member of One Direction to develop a new TV series about a boy band.

A huge happy 90th birthday to a true musical icon, Tony Bennett.

Back in April, Ms. Lauryn Hill put on the Diaspora Calling! Festival at the King's Theatre in Brooklyn, NY.

Talk about taking a sharp right turn. Singer Melissa Etheridge, who has been know for years as a fine rock singer/songwriter, is branching out with an album of soul classics.

In celebration of one of America's most treasured musical icons, NBC will air the two-hour special Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 9 PM ET/PT.

‘David Bowie Nothing Has Changed’, featuring iOTA, Tim Rogers, Steve Kilbey, Deborah Conway & Adalita and backed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, will be performed at Hamer Hall for two nights of the Melbourne Festival in October.

Failed Australian company Guvera has announced it has exited Australia at the same time figures out of India show a company haemorrhaging cash.

Absolutely Fabulous star and creator Jennifer Saunders says it was “an absolute treat” to have Kylie Minogue sing the new version of the show’s theme ‘This Wheels On Fire’ for the new movie.

Kasey Chambers has new music and it is produced by Paul Kelly.