Melbourne blues guitarist Hamish Anderson will perform seven showcases at SXSW in Austin Texas during the SXSW music conference and festival.

Van Halen will release ‘Tokyo Dome Live In Concert’, their first ever live album with David Lee Roth this month, and Van Halen remastered reissues are on the way as well.

Justin Bieber fans may find the semi-naked Bieber being rubbed up by semi-naked Jeff Ross in a blond wig somewhat disturbing. It was all done in fun for the #BieberRoast.

Metallica will release a limited edition cassette ‘No Life ‘Til Leather’ for Record Story Day in April.

Bob Dylan may have enough new recordings of standards to fill another album.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Frank Sinatra, the Sinatra estate will release a brand new compilation that, for the first time, will include tracks from the singer's career in the 40's on Columbia Records, the 50's on Capitol and the rest of his career on his own Reprise.

Melbourne is set for two very tasteful rock and roll tribute shows with David Bowie and Black Sabbath the centre of attention, thanks to James Young.

The Production Company will return in Melbourne for its 17th season including its 50th production on 11 July, 2015.

Bob Dylan's new music video for 'The Night We Called It A Day' was once again directed by Australian stuntman/director Nash Edgerton.

Suge Knight was hospitalised for a third time on Monday following a court appearance.

Courtney Barnett has given fans a second taste of her upcoming album ‘"Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit’ with a song about the Melbourne suburb of Preston ‘Depreston’.

Madonna will tour Australia in 2016 for what will be only her second-ever Australian tour.

Garbage have announced they will play a one-off show at London's Brixton O2 Academy on Sunday, November 8 to celebrate 20 years since the release of their self-titled debut album.

Mumford & Sons third album ‘Wilder Mind’ will be stripped off all banjo.

Those bohemians who followed the Grateful Dead around the country during their heyday are now very rich bohemians.

Apple will launch the Apple Watch at SXSW next week which kind of suggests that their "in-house music system” U2 will be there as well.

Nile Rodgers has revealed a sneak preview of the first Chic album in 23 years.

Faith No More have debuted ‘Superhero’, their second new song from the forthcoming ‘Sol Invictus’ album.

Smashing Pumpkins had a special guest singer when Marilyn Manson joined the band for their encore in Sydney on Sunday.

Although they never officially broke up, Super Furry Animals have been on hiatus for the last six years.

After Madonna failed to get her cape untied in time for a planned removal by a dancer during her Brits awards performance, she fell backwards down a short set of stairs. Immediately following the show, she claimed that she was unhurt in the incident but, has now changed her story.

Cold Chisel played Australia’s biggest gig of the weekend when they performed for 96,000 in Adelaide.

Charmayne ‘Maxee’ Maxwell, one time singer for Grammy nominated Maxwell, has died in Los Angeles from a fall at age 46.

Eagles were treated to the complete opposite of hell freezing over at the Hanging Rock show on Saturday night. The heavens opened up instead.

There are frontmen, and then there is Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters.

Holding for a third week at the top of the ARIA Albums chart is the Soundtrack to the current national No.1 film “Fifty Shades of Grey”.

Ellie Goulding cements her position at the top of the ARIA Singles chart this week with her ’50 Shades’ track “Love Me Like You Do”, the song staying for a second week at No.1 and also achieving ▲Platinum in sales on its fifth week upon the charts.

Johnny Depp was a surprise guest of Marilyn Manson on stage in Brisbane on Friday night.

Kanye West has finally manned up and apologised to Beck.

Disgraced pop star Gary Glitter will spend the next 16 years in jail.