Thirsty Merc’s stage manager Shane Cooper has died in a car crash in Streatham in western Victoria while drummer Mick Skelton has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.

The day of the physical consumption of music may be ending sooner than we thought.

Australian broadcaster and journalist Mike Gibson has died at age 75.

Farm Aid celebrated their 30th show on Saturday at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion in Chicago with their original lineup of the four main artists in the organization and a smattering of veteran and new musicians and bands, all for the benefit of the family farmer.

Over the years, Herb Alpert has experimented with a number of different sounds but it is the arrangements he used with the Tijuana Brass that have been the hallmark of his career.

Buffy Sainte-Marie has won Canada's Polaris Prize for the best album of the year by a Canadian artist, beating out such artists as Drake, the New Pornographers and Caribou.

Fatboy Slim has been announced as the headline act for the brand new Electric Gardens Festival on Australia Day in Sydney.

The new Duran Duran album ‘Paper Gods’ is the highest charting Duran Duran album is ‘Arena’ in 1984.

The Muppets are back on television and Imagine Dragons took advantage of the exposure to appear on Miss Piggy’s talk show.

The ARIA Awards will be back in Sydney for the third year in a row this year.

Chris Cornell has performed a haunting version of Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ for Sirius XM in the USA.

Jackson Browne has just been added to Bluesfest just hours after the festival organisers announced Tom Jones, Noel Gallagher and The Decemberists.

Ben Cauley, a founding member of Stax group The Bar-Keys, has died in Memphis at the age of 67.

David Bowie has recorded a brand new original song, which will feature in the opening credits for the forthcoming European crime thriller, The Last Panthers.

Sir Tom Jones has joined the Bluesfest line-up for 2016 and Noel Gallagher will be there as well.

Actor Benicio del Toro enjoys going to Disneyland with Rod Stewart, much to his friends' amazement.

Following on from their Little Black Book album for Moda Black, Groove Armada have just announced an original new production, 'Call Me'.

Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme, co-founders of American rock band EODM (Eagles Of Death Metal) have shared a new track 'Silverlake' from their forthcoming album 'Zipper Down'.

Leading peacebuilding charity International Alert is delighted to announce the worldwide release of Peace Tracks, a global collaborative music project that brings together celebrated recording artists with musicians from around the world.

Madonna has reportedly forced one of her Rebel Heart Tour dancers to smooch toes after arriving late to rehearsal.

Actress Taryn Manning hopes Britney Spears will pop up on the set of Orange is the New Black.

Over a dozen world leaders and prominent activists have announced their on-stage participation in the 2015 Global Citizen Festival, including Bono.

UB40's three founding members will be making a triumphant return to UK shores early next year having wowed audiences stateside with a massive North American tour.

John Mayer and Katy Perry reportedly 'held hands' in public over the weekend.

Call Me Maybe singer Carly Rae Jepsen didn't turn "naughty" until college.

Singer Rita Ora sought out "young and hungry" artists for her new album.

Having already sold-out three shows this autumn in support of his first UK #1 album with 'Stages', multi-Platinum and multi-million selling artist Josh Groban has now confirmed an extended UK tour that commences next May.

Gwen Stefani feels like she's 'pregnant with 14 babies all at once' when writing music for an album.

Actor Taylor Lautner is a huge fan of Jessie J, who he calls an "awesome" singer.

Brit pop singer Pixie Lott will be taking to the stage at the British Heart Foundation's (BHF) Tunnel of Love event on November 11th at London's Victoria & Albert Museum to help raise funds for its Mending Broken Hearts Appeal.