The original Boomtown Rats, Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette, Simon Crowe and Garry Roberts, are reforming for a world tour.

Eric Clapton's fourth Crossroad's Guitar Festival kicked off on Friday night at Madison Square Garden in New York with an acoustic set by the host and built through the evening with an amazing lineup of talent.

Yusuf Islam, the acclaimed British-born musician and humanitarian formerly known as Cat Stevens, has issued a statement to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia in support of Mali the elephant's transfer from the Manila Zoo to a sanctuary. Mali is kept in solitary confinement ' which experts say is extremely cruel to elephants, who are highly social ' and is in constant pain from her foot ailments.

Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne have sparked speculation their marriage is going through a tough path.

Brian Wilson will publish his autobiography in the Fall of 2015.

Black Sabbath continues to leak out more and more information on their upcoming album, 13, which is due out on June 11.

Engelbert Humperdinck will return to Australia for shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Newcastle in July.

Comedy Festival fans vacated the performance by American comedian Tracy Jordan at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on Sunday night when it quickly became clear that instead of a comedy set Morgan was just delivering a sexist, racist rant.

The BBC has confirmed that it will not play ‘Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead’ in its weekly countdown this week because it finds the motive behind the sales “distasteful”.

Aussie rock veteran Russell Morris has the number one Australian artist album on the ARIA chart for the second week in a row.

Australian singing legend Renee Geyer will release her 25th album next Friday, April 19.

The family of Chi Cheng of Deftones have confirmed that the bass played died in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Tarmac Adam have released a video for their new song ‘You As Me’ following the release of ‘The History Effect’ album in the USA.

After Guy Sebastian completes his current Get Along tour of Australia’s capital cities he is going to get along to regional areas that seldom see a performer of his calibre.

New York’s iconic music store Bleecker Bob’s Records will close in May.

A parody of Gotye’s global hit ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ has won the FilmLife Awards.

Paramore land their second consecutive No.1 album in Australia, as their fourth, self-titled album debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart becoming the eighth consecutive No.1 debut at the top.

The top three singles in Australia this week hold steady from last week, with Passenger spending a third week at No.1 with “Let Her Go”.

Prince released a new single on Friday called 'Fix Ur Life Up', with his new band, 3rd Eye Girl, on the eve of their "Live Out Loud" North American tour.

Psy released 'Gentleman', his first new single since 'Gangnam Style', this week and it seems to be generating more interest in his home country than the growing tension in North Korea.

Record company executive Tim Carr has been murdered in Thailand.

The 1939 Wizard Of Oz classic ‘Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead’ could end up being the biggest selling song in England this week.

Guns N’ Roses will release their first concert movie in 21 years soon.

‘Sharkmouth’, the “labour of love” Aussie rock legend Russell Morris, will be the number 6 album when the ARIA chart is updated tomorrow.

Comedy legend Jonathan Winters has passed away in his home in Montecito, California at age 87.

Despite coming to Australia three times before, Todd Rundgren says he is aware that he has never done his own show and will make up for it on his coming tour.

The Dead Daisies have released video footage from their show on the Gold Coast with ZZ Top.

Paul McCartney is reported to have recorded a second song with Nirvana members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear for his upcoming album.

Michael Jackson's beloved pet chimpanzee is surviving on public donations.

Lloyd Cole will release his new album 'Standards' on 24th June '13 on Tapete Records.