Eminem has acknowledged late rapper Tupac Shakur as a musical “genius” in a new essay he wrote for Paper Magazine.

Ciara is really impressed with current music, as she believes most artists “are really experimenting” with their creations.

The Vaccines' Justin Young has admitted the band had "fights" over the track listing of their album 'English Graffiti.'

Britney Spears is back in the studio working on her next album.

Little Mix and 5 Seconds of Summer will perform at Radio 1's Teen Awards.

Rudimental are "scared" of making music with Disclosure.

Jade Alice has won the Melbourne Music Bank prize for 2015.

Voting is now open for The Age Music Victoria Music Awards with Courtney Barnett following the ARIA Awards pattern this week and taking most nominations.

Buskers The Pierce Brothers have sold over 50,000 on the streets and they join iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com to tell that story this week.

Birds of Tokyo have rounded up the singles from their 10 years together for a best of album ‘Playlist’.

Rockwiz pulled off the impossible last night getting Skyhooks to reform for a one-off performance.

Green Day has announced Heart Like a Hand Grenade, an unprecedented behind the scenes look at the writing and recording of their legendary album American Idiot.

Singer/actress Olivia Newton-John thinks her daughter Chloe Lattanzi is “an amazing talent” and couldn’t wait to work with her.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Rush will release R40 Live, a new concert DVD/Blu-Ray from their current R40 tour on November 20.

One of the biggest tours in history, Roger Waters The Wall, has been turned into a documentary film and, on November 20, the soundtrack for that movie will be released by Columbia / Legacy.

We're only about fifteen hours into the fan voting on the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and there are already clear cut leaders.

Glenn Hughes, nicknamed the ‘Voice of Rock’, has unveiled details of his new band that he has put together for his European and UK 2015 Solo tour. Alongside Hughes will be Pontus Engborg who has toured extensively with Hughes solo projects and ex-Whitesnake guitarist Doug Aldrich.

Joan Osborne's commercial breakthrough came in March 1995 when released the album 'Relish'.

The Spice Girls are in talks to tour with the Backstreet Boys.

Boy & Bear, Selena Gomez, Little May, The Ocean Party, City & Colour, Sol3 Mio, Reece Mastin, Toby Keith, Hurts, R. City, St. Germain, The Garden, Chris Hadfield, Alex G, Tom Jones and Art vs. Science lead the week's new music releases.

James Cruickshank, the guitarist for The Cruel Sea, has died after what friends on social media have said was a battle with cancer.

Johnny Cash has been inducted in the Music City Walk of Fame.

Taylor Swift has lengthy telephone conversations with her mum when she’s struggling from intense anxiety.

Grammy-nominated rock band Cage the Elephant announced their fourth studio album, Tell Me I’m Pretty, which will be released on 18th December 2015.

Robbie Williams wants to duet with Kylie Minogue again.

Two hundred people went to a book signing on Tuesday night at Good Records in Dallas to see former Alice Cooper Band member Dennis Dunaway. What they got was a historical event.

Danny Domroe, the founder of Perth based Australian touring company Bluehawk Presents has died.

Rod Stewart is desperate for The Faces to be invited to play at Glastonbury festival.

Gail Zappa, the widow of rock great Frank Zappa, has died at the age of 70.

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have been nominated for the Feature Film Score of the year for the 2015 Screen Music Awards.