Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs, and Jim Macpherson played their first show together on Friday June 19, 1992, in a snooker hall behind Warrington Rugby Club in the north of England, near Manchester.

2012 saw the emergence of one of the most revered female solo artists that the UK has produced in years.

Jason Bonham, star of the VH1 show Supergroup and the son of the late John Bonham, opens up about what it was like growing up surrounded by rock gods, and performing with Led Zeppelin in 2007.

Psy has formally apologised for rapping incendiary lyrics about the death of Americans at a show years ago.

Adele has reportedly failed to register her baby within England's 42-day deadline.

Jack White felt like a 'kid in the '40s from Europe' growing up.

The Jacksons, featuring Tito, Jermaine, Jackie and Marlon Jackson, will tour Australia and New Zealand in March for UAE Presents.

Southern Cross Austereo CEO Rhys Holleran has announced that 2DAY prank jocks Mel Greig and Michael Christian will not be returning to the airwaves.

The Rolling Stones have played the first of their ’50 and Counting’ tour New York Shows. Tonight (December 8) they played Brooklyn.

The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sent a tweet to Gotye for his Grammy nomination this week.

The Decemberists will take a trip to Springfield this week and appear on The Simpsons.

If ever there was a comedian who epitomises bacchanalian hedonism with a faux messianic complex, and self professed love of women or “night wives”, it would be Russell Brand. Labels aside, Russell is articulate, funny and self deprecating and “I am a Walrus” is testament to this as we shall see later.

Little River Band co-founder Beeb Birtles has recorded a musical slap to current LRB name holder Wayne Nelson with a song he calls ‘Revolving Door’.

Louisiana art collective The Residents will release a box set with a difference to mark their 40th anniversary. The limited edition of 10 box sets (that's right TEN) will sell for $100,000 and come in a 28 cubic foot refrigerator.

This time last year the ARIA Albums chart saw their biggest seasonal album in Michael Buble’s “Christmas” spending five weeks at the top (all of December 2011 and the first week of January 2012), and now this week the album leaps back to the No.1 spot in Australia.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis stay atop the ARIA Singles chart for a second week with their first hit here “Thrift Shop”, but another Mac song enters the Top 100, his previous overseas hit “Same Sex” debuting at 65, and the album they both hail from “The Heist” enters the ARIA Albums Chart at No.30 this week.

2DAY FM jocks Mel Greig and Michael Christian will now face questioning by New South Wales Police following a formal request from Scotland Yard.

Austereo has stopped all advertising on 2DAY FM following a decision by major clients Telstra and Coles to withdraw for the station today following the prank that lead to the death of a British nurse.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will investigate the prank call by two 2DAY FM jocks that lead to the death of a London nurse.

Spotify and Metallica have announced that all music spanning the band's 30-year history is now available on Spotify.

Huw Lloyd-Langton, guitarist for Hawkwind, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 61.

Sir Mick Jagger and his faithful squire Keith Richards will present the Top 10 List on The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday.

Australian radio network Southern Cross Austereo has reached a new level of shame following the suicide of Jacintha Saldanha, the English nurse who took the prank call for the Duchess of Cambridge in a London hospital from Mel Greig and Michael Christian.

Nicki Minaj, pop’s glamorous rap princess blew the roof off of Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on December 5th alongside support acts Tyga and Melbourne’s own DJ bombshell, Ruby Rose.

Just one week after Human Nature announced the end of their three year residency in Las Vegas the Australian pop group have announced that they have signed a new two year agreement with the new venue The Venetian to continue ‘The Motown Show’.

John Lydon will be bringing Public Image Ltd back to Australia.

Bruno Mars has joked his mom makes 'cereal and pop tarts' for Christmas.

Harry Styles and Taylor Swift received a "huge cheer" after performing a karaoke duet at One Direction's Madison Square Garden after-party.

'Genius' is a new and chilling movie based on the life and tragic murder of John Lennon.

Italian DJ Benny Benassi has remixed a dance version of The Rolling Stones ‘Doom and Gloom’.