Dr Dre is set to become the first Hip-Hop billionaire after Apple agreed to buy his Beats Electronic Brand for $3.2 billion.

Gossling (aka Helen Croome) has been busy this week. The singer songwriter has recorded her own version of Vance Joy’s global hit ‘Riptide’, signed a US deal and released an eBook.

Black Keys and Tori Amos lead the weeks new releases.

Jessica Mauboy was treated to a Royal encounter this week when she was introduced to another Aussie in Denmark. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.

A whole lotta Aussie rockers including members of Southern Sons and Stonefield will pay tribute to Le Zeppelin in May.

Vaudeville Smash will release an unofficial anthem for the 2014 Fifa Wold Cup.

The Masters Apprentices with one-time bass player Glenn Wheatley will headline the 50th anniversary of The Go Show in Hobart and Melbourne from July.

iHeartRadio, the Australian Radio Network’s digital music platform, has had an immediate success with over 300,000 downloads of the App in Australia and over 200,000 registered users.

Seattle’s iconic Sub Pop Records has opened a record store at Seattle airport.

The Gympie Music Muster has developed a new youth program to be introduced at the event this year.

James Reyne is about to embark on the next best thing to an Australian Crawl reunion. While a Crawl reunion is impossible due to the death of two members, a show dedicated to the music of Australian Crawl by the lead singer will happen in August.

Alanis Morissette has gone the political route with her new record, Today, writing it for California candidate Marianne Williamson who is trying to take the open spot vacated by Henry Waxman.

Melbourne duo Boyeur have released a clever one-take video for their new single ‘Cupid’.

Andy Strachan of The Living End has revealed his new side-project The Pants Collective.

Gene Simmons will appear in the debut episode of ‘Welcome To Sweden'.

Justice Crew could land their second No.1 single this coming weekend, as their new single “Que Sera” has been selling highly since it was released late last week.

Skrillex is the latest headliner to be confirmed for this summer's Eden Sessions, playing the main stage on June 25.

Sammy Hagar is going to take concert goers on "A Journey Through the History of Rock" on his new tour that will see him joined by his former Van Halen bandmate Michael Anthony.

Courtney Love has unveiled her new music video.

Willie Nelson will release, by one source, his 69th studio album on June 17 with Band of Brothers.

Bob Dylan will turn 73 on May 24 and Australian artists will celebrate with a series of events in Melbourne.

Community radio in Australia is under threat after the Abbott government Commission of Audit last week recommended that all federal funding for Community Broadcasting be abolished.

AC/DC have begun work on their next record in Vancouver once again ending break-up rumours spread by a gossip columnist in Australia.

Australian producer Martin Erdman has died at the age of 77.

Russell Morris’s long out of print albums ‘A Foot In The Door’ (1979) and ‘Almost Frantic’ (1980) have been reissued via Sandman Records.

Robbie Williams has really taken his swing personna to heart on the new Swings Both Ways tour, performing music from his two albums from the genre along with his other hits in a big band style.

iHeartRadio has teamed up with noise11.com and launched the brand new iHeartRadio Music News channel powered by noise11.com

Paolo Nutini’s Caustic Love’ has kept the debut solo album from Damon Albarn’ from reaching number one on the UK chart.

All of the artists who performed at the Logie Awards last week have had a surge in sales on the Australian chart this week except for one … Kylie Minogue.

The Hunter Valley will play host to Australia’s newest arts festival, the Dungog Festival in August.