Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger have split.

Thirty years after their historic and record breaking opening night performance at the very first Rock in Rio festival in January 1985, Queen are to return to top the bill for the opening of this year's 30th Anniversary festival, performing with Adam Lambert as main stage headliners Friday, September 18.

Janet Jackson opened her Unbreakable World Tour on Monday night at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC with a hits heavy set of 32 songs.

Could it be the end of live performing for Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister?

Live performances in Australia in 2014 have contributed $1.51 billion to the economy, a study by Live Performance Australia (LPA) has found.

Don Henley gave his first live preview of his upcoming album, Cass County, in an 18-song show at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX, a performance that was taped for a future edition of Austin City Limits.

Tom Jones will release 'Long Lost Suitcase' - the third in a trilogy of albums, following 2010's Praise & Blame and Spirit In The Room in 2012.

The Runaways' Jackie Fuchs, who came out with allegations of being raped by the band's manage Kim Fowley in the mid-70's, has criticized Chrissie Hynde for comments she has made about who is to blame in some cases of rape.

The Melbourne Music Bank shortlist has been announced with 12 finalists moving on to compete for this year’s prize.

Australian singer songwriter Paul Kelly has recorded an Archie Roach classic with Australia’s international success of 2015 Courtney Barnett.

Hunters & Collectors have released the 40 track 'Anthology' album spanning the band's entire career for the very first time.

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia includes a speech by Robert Menzies, the vegemite jingle and even the sound of a Lyrebird as well as songs by Men At Work, Kylie Minogue and Cold Chisel but it does not include the historic classic ‘I Was Only 19’ by Redgum.

KIIS broadcaster Kyle Sandilands did not breach broadcasting standards when he called Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce “a wanker” on air.

Mercury Rev have unveiled a visually arresting video to "Are You Ready?" from the upcoming 'The Light In You' album.

Adele has reportedly been offered $AU1,638,000 per night to perform in Las Vegas.

Ne-Yo is reportedly married and expecting a child with Instagram model Crystal Renay.

Jerry Seinfeld has made an average of $30,000 for every line he delivered in his hit TV sitcom ‘Seinfeld’.

Check out the credits for the new Macklemore and Ryan Lewis video ‘Downtown’. There are telephone books in some cities that don’t have this many names.

Bad Company fans will be treated to a new best of featuring remastered versions of the hits plus a few rarities this month.

Maroon 5 will release ‘Singles’, a best of album, ahead of their Australian tour later this month.

KISS guitarist Paul Stanley has a soft spot for the great soul music of the 60's and 70's.

Siouxsie Sioux is best known for her work with her group the Banshees between 1978 and 1995, including 29 charting singles in the U.K. but is has been eight years since she has been in the studio.

Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders has stirred up a wellspring of controversy with her comment on rape victims.

Prince is intent on setting a 'precedent' with his new album.

A White House representative has responded to Kanye West's presidential hopes.

Greta Bradman is on track to have the biggest selling classical album of 2015 with ‘My Hero’ sitting tight at the top of the classical chart for three weeks in a row.

Disturbed have debuted on top of the US album chart again scoring their fifth number one album in a row with ‘Immortalized’.

Katy Perry’s ‘Prismatic World Tour’ Sydney show will be released as a live DVD.

Kanye West’s second album ‘Late Registration’ turned 10 this week.

The Velvet Underground’s classic ‘Loaded’ will be expanded to a 5CD/1 DVD collectors edition in October.