Lynryd Skynyrd will perform live in Australia for the very first time next February.

Dave Matthews Band will team up with Gary Clark Jr for shows in Sydney and Melbourne at Easter.

Jamaican reggae great Ernest Ranglin has responded to the announcement that he had withdrawn from Bluesfest 2014 after the suggestion that he got a better offer.

Dave Stewart is about to launch his own web TV show called The Ringmaster.

Mariah Carey says she is about ready to get back to work after being sidelined with a shoulder injury while filming a music video earlier this year.

‘Hold On Forever’, the lead song from Jason Singh’s solo debut ‘Humanequin’ is the song you hear in the promo for the 7 Network’s ‘Million Dollar Minute’.

Following Moe Carlson’s departure from the group, Protest The Hero have announced new permanent drummer, Mike Ieradi.

This writer has mixed thoughts about The Pixies. They were all the fashion at one time; bought the albums, went to see them, and was very disappointed.

Jan Kuehnemund of the all-female metal band Vixen died on Thursday after a battle with cancer at the age of 51.

Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes have been named as the stars of the next Australian production of The King And I.

Artists have until the end of Sunday (Texas time) to apply to showcase at SXSW in Austin next March.

Canadian crooner Michael Bublé has helped Australia’s newest radio network SmoothFM win an Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA).

Miley Cyrus scores her second No.1 album in Australia with her first RCA album “Bangerz” becoming the 29th chart-topper and the 24th No.1 debut this year (so far).

Katy Perry is spending a seventh week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with her smash song “Roar”, making it the second longest running No.1 of 2013 behind Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” at eight weeks.

Indigenous music icon Archie Roach has been announced as a keynote speaker for the Australian World Music Expo (AWME) in Melbourne in November.

Country singer Cal Smith, who topped the country charts three times in the 70's, died on Thursday (October 10) in Branson, MO. He was 81.

Playwright Tom Stoppard wrote the radio play, Darkside, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon.

Ernest Ranglin says he is not coming to Australia for Bluesfest next year because he didn’t even know about it until he was announced.

Mojo Album of the Year award winner John Grant will return to Australia in January for the first time with a full band but so far only one date has been announced.

The death of the Pogues long-time guitarist Philip Chevron on Tuesday did not come as a surprise. He had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2006 and a statement in 2012 said that it had returned and was "fatal".

Columbia/Legacy will release a 2-CD overview of the 44-year recording career of Boz Scaggs. The Essential Boz Scaggs will be out on October 29.

Music icon Prince has released an official music video for his new song Breakfast Can Wait.

Bob Dylan has taking the show back on the road for what has been called ‘The Never Ending Tour’ that started on June 7, 1988.

Pitbull and Ke$ha will no longer tour Australia with lack of interest appearing to be the contributing factor to the cancellation.

Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi is a featured vocalist on the new Dave Stewart album ‘Lucky Numbers’.

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The Deni Blues & Roots Festival will return to Deniliquin, NSW in 2014 with John Mayer and the Doobie Brothers a couple of the names set to perform.

Cold Chisel will get back together again for 2014 and there is more new music on the way.

The inaugural Age Music Victoria Awards public nominations and genre winners event was held last night with The Drones leading the charge with three nominations for the public awards.

Boy George is sounding very Culture Club for his new song 'King Of Everything'.