Gene Simmons of Kiss is in damage control after making obscene comments about depression in an interview and has cancelled his Twitter account after backlash from the statement.

Jessica Mauboy has been named Nation Artist of the Year and Dan Sultan picked by National Album of the Year and National Song of the Year at the National Indigenous Music Awards (The NIMAs) announced in Darwin on Friday night.

INXS played 2,145 gigs during their career in front of 30 million people in 49 countries and it all started from humble beginnings in Sydney, Australia.

Annie Lennox has recorded an album of classics from the 1930s and 1940s covering songs from greats such as Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday.

Jimmy Barnes will perform his ‘Working Class Man’ and ‘Freight Train Heart’ albums in full in Sydney and Melbourne.

Slash is following in the footsteps of Black Sabbath and supplying the music for Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween 3D Maze this year.

The 1975 will return to Australia for January after knocking up shows last month including a Splendour In The Grass performance.

Historic footage of Rose Tattoo performing The Rolling Stones ‘Street Fighting Man’ has been discovered and released to mark Alberts 50th anniversary.

Michael Jackson's new 'A Place With No Name' video was made by Sam Bayer, the director who created the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' clip for Nirvana.

Cliff Richard is the latest UK celebrity to be questioned over child sex abuse allegations.

Lowrider have gone on hold after 10 years.

Shihad, Kimbra, and the soundtrack for ‘Get on Up – The James Brown Story’ are the hot new music releases this week.

Nick Cave has added more shows around Australia including a third and final show in hometown Melbourne.

Barbra Streisand will go down the duets road again on September 16 with the release of Partners.

Adam Ant will release his new single ʻBRAVEST OF THE BRAVEʼ in November.

Justin Bieber has reportedly agreed a plea deal in his Miami DUI case.

Unofficial word has come down that Leonard Cohen's thirteenth studio album, reportedly called Popular Problems, will be released at the end of September.

Jimmy Eat World will mark the 10 year anniversary of their ‘Futures’ album with an Australian and New Zealand tour in November.

Daft Punk has finally released their album Human After All (Remixes) worldwide after it only being a Japanese release for the last eight years.

CMC Rocks will have a new home in a new state in 2015. The Country music festival is heading to Queensland.

Blue Suede, Norman Greenbaum, Redbone, the Runaways, the Raspberries and Rupert Holmes are all back at number 1 on the U.S. Albums chart.

Céline Dion has cancelled her Asia tour and postponed other shows because of her husband's cancer.

The music industry is feeling the heat of new technology as piracy of new music occurs within minutes of a record's release.

The Duran Duran concert film, Duran Duran: Unstaged, will play in theaters across the country on Wednesday, September 10.

Aerosmith has been forced to cancel their Let Rock Rule tour date in Concord, CA tonight at the last minute due to illness.

Meredith Music Festival has unveiled the 2014 line-up with Ghostface Killah and De La Soul scattered throughout the bill and Mark Lanegan, Augie March and The Lemonheads also making the list.

Busby Marou and Kevin Borich have been added to the Sydney Blues and Roots Festival.

Hilltop Hoods looks certain to have the number one album this week in Australia while Meghan Trainor should repeat her top singles spot.

James Reyne has released his 2CD compilation ‘The Anthology’ and has set dates for Victoria and New South Wales over September and October to play the hits live.

Kiesza is no longer coming to talk up her new music and her Sydney show has been cancelled.