Sandy Nelson, best known for the 1961 hit ‘Let There Be Drums’, has died at age 83.

The Angels played their first Melbourne show in two years on Friday night, kicking off a reactivated live year for one of Australia’s greatest rock bands.

Paul McCartney has revealed his first dates since 2019. The 2022 US tour has been christened ‘Got Back’.

Niall Horan has thanked airline staff for taking care of him after he fell "extremely ill" during a flight.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins declined to learn his lines for the upcoming horror-comedy movie Studio 666.

Suzanne Vega will showcase at SXSW 2022 in Austin, Texas in March.

NME is excited to announce Neneh Cherry as the winner of this year’s Icon Award, following previous winners Courtney Love and Shirley Manson, in celebration of her continual ability to redefine music, fashion and culture over the past three decades. It is also shared today that Liam Gallagher’s Free Concert For NHS Workers has been named the Music Moment Of The Year, as a triumphant night that celebrated the heroes of the pandemic.

Crowded House will perform for A Day On the Green in Geelong and the Hunter Valley in April as part of the ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’ Tour.

Gil Matthews has given a 21st century make-over to the 1973 Spectrum / Indelible Murtceps album ‘Testimonial’. (Murtceps was Spectrum spelt backwards). Murtceps was the pub band version of Spectrum, while Spectrum played concert mode in bigger venues.

U2’s seventh single ‘A Celebration’ will be released as a limited edition 12 inch for Record Store Day 2022.

Vanessa Amorosi will release her seventh album ‘City of Angels’ in March.

Steve Kilbey has re-recorded The Church’s debut album ‘Of Skins And Heart’ as an acoustic album.

BTS singer V has tested positive for coronavirus a few weeks after his bandmate Jimin caught Covid-19.

Coachella and Stagecoach attendees will no longer have to follow COVID-19 safety measures.

Biffy Clyro have teamed up with Amazon Music on the upcoming documentary, 'Biffy Clyro: Cultural Sons of Scotland'.

Dr. Dre has confirmed National Football League (NFL) bosses asked him to make "minor changes" to his Super Bowl Halftime Show set.

Madonna has reportedly recruited pal Katy Perry for a remix project.

Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon will release their heavy rock version of 'Bad Habits' on Friday (18.02.22).

Craig David has tested positive for COVID-19.

Emeli Sande has announced her new album, 'Let's Say For Instance'.

The 1975 will make their live comeback at Japan's Summer Sonic festival in August.

Australia’s Cut Copy have a full year of touring ahead of them with North American and European dates locked in for 2022.

Husband and wife duo Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr have premiered a video for their Paul McCartney ‘Silly Love Songs’ cover.

Barry White’s 70s soul classic ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ has been given a remix makeover by Lord Finesse.

‘Aerosmith 1971 – The Road Starts Hear’, originally released for Record Store Day 2021, will have a general international release.

Ivan Reitman, the name behind the classic movies ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Twins’, ‘Kindergarten Cop’ and National Lampoon’s Animal House’, has died at age 75.

Midnight Oil has premiered a lyric video for the third song from the upcoming ‘Resist’ album. ‘At The Time of Writing’ was written by Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie.

The word on the street is Foo Fighters may be in Australia in March for a one-off show in Geelong.

Willie Nelson has covered The Beatles ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’, Chris Stapleton’s ‘I’ll Love You Till The Day I Die’ and Leonard Cohen’s ‘Tower of Song’ for his next album ‘A Beautiful Time’ due in April.

There will be Splendour In The Grass sideshows galore around Australia in July so here is a summary of who to see and when: