After all of hype last week Madonna has sure been left holding one big stiff. The six new Madonna songs have flopped globally.

Lenny Kravitz has urged fans to seize the moment as he prepares for his Australian tour of 2015.

Sam Smith, the new star of 2014 will play his first Madison Square Garden show in New York in January, 2015.

American grunge/punk band L7 are talking up their reunion for 2015.

Ed Sheeran 'x' sold more than any other album in Australia across Christmas.

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars hold at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart for a third week with “Uptown Funk”, giving them the last chart-topping single for 2014.

Ringo Starr has posted his holiday greetings on his website and with the "Peace and Love" comes a big announcement.

The Pretty Things will release their every collected work into one rare collection.

Nile Rodgers will release a new single on March 20 called I'll Be There.

In early December, Sam Andrew, an original member of Big Brother & the Holding Company, suffered what was described as "a mild heart attack".

Alberta Adams died on Christmas day at the age of 97.

Thom Yorke has quietly slipped a new song ‘Youwouldn’tlikemewheni’mangry’ out for fans over the Christmas break.

Joe Cocker has had four albums return to the Australian Top 100 this week following his death of December 22.

Eminem admits he is gay in a very funny scene from the controversial new movie ‘The Interview’.

D'Angelo's sudden release 'Black Messiah; has debuted at no 5 in the USA.

ANOTHERLOVE, adapted from the original song by Alice Smith, Rebecca Jordan and Reginald "Syience" Perry, is featured on Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL's debut album PLECTRUMELECTRUM released in September 2014.

Colin Hay, former lead singer of Men at Work, continues to carve out a successful solo career with the release of his new album, Next Year People, due on February 17 from Compass Records.

Merlin Ferry, the son of British music legend Bryan Ferry, is in critical condition after a head-on car crash near Shrewsbury, England on Monday night.

Timothy B. Schmit will rejoin his former bandmates in Poco for one night, on January 9, for induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.

Lana Rey has released two brand new songs to end the year, both from the soundtrack to the new Tim Burton movie ‘Big Eyes’.

Lafayette legends Lil’ Band O’ Gold have a Christmas gift for fans, a free download of ‘Santa’s Messin’ With The Kid’.

The Weeknd ‘Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)’ is the official first song from the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie.

The Mushroom Group will have its first ever Boxing Day sale from Friday, with cheap tickets available until Sunday or sold out.

Martina McBride has been a consistent hitmaker since her second album, 1993's The Way That I Am. That includes her last four albums that have all reached to Pop top ten and the top two on the Country charts.

The newly reformed The Replacements have stayed relatively busy over the last year playing at a number of festivals.

Sir Paul McCartney has paid tribute to Joe Cocker.

Jodeci, who had seven top five R&B hits between 1991 and 1996, are back together after an eighteen year hiatus.

Guy Pearce has released a equally bizarre and hilarious take on the infomercials with his new video ‘Fly All The Way’.

Aretha Franklin has scored the sixth number 1 dance record of her career with her cover of Adele's Rolling in the Deep.

Melbourne has been confirmed as the songwriting capital of Australia with the inner-city suburb of Brunswick containing the greatest concentration of songwriters in the country.