Prince headlined the Essence Festival in New Orleans on Friday night, joining forces with Nile Rodgers, Janelle Monae, Trombone Shorty and Lianne La Havas to make it a 4th July to remember.

Peter Dawkins, the Australian-based, New Zealand born legendary producer, died on Thursday, July 3 at age 68 after a fall.

Melbourne’s East End theatre district has grown to rival London’s West End and New York’s Broadway with four of the biggest musicals in the world all sell-outs in the city this weekend.

The self-titled debut album for Sydney four-piece 5 Seconds of Summer comes straight in at No.1, selling enough to achieve Gold (●) in its first week on sale, and giving us Australian acts at the top of both major charts this week.

Justice Crew stays at the top of the ARIA Singles chart for a ninth week with “Que Sera”, which also notches up 3x▲Platinum in sales, plus it also becomes the longest run at the top of the ARIA charts for an Australian act (1983 to 2014).

Bruce Milne, one of the pioneers of Melbourne’s music heritage, is giving music fans a rare insight into the music history of the city with the Leaps and Bounds bus tour.

Anthony Cumia of the Opie & Anthony show on Sirius Radio is continuing to attack his former network on Twitter after being fired for posting racist remarks.

Rolf Harris could be a free man as soon as early 2017.

Convicted pedophile Rolf Harris will be released from prison in the week of his 90th birthday after being sentenced to five years and nine months jail.

The Pink Floyd 'Division Bell' reissue and the new Sia album lead this weeks new releases.

Jimmy Barnes has gathered his famous friends to remake his classics to celebrate his 30th anniversary as a solo artist.

The Rolling Stones pulled out ‘She’s So Cold’ for their show in Roskilde, Denmark on Thursday night but will one of the Australian shows be also treated to the live rarity?

iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11 features an interview with David Gray, Joe Camilleri and Jake Mason about the Cookin' On 3 Burners project.

Australian songwriter Alan Caswell has lost a 10 year legal battle with music publisher ATV Sony over similarities between his song ‘On The Inside’ and Alabama’s ‘Christmas In Dixie’.

Kasey Chambers will release her 10th studio album ‘Bittersweet’ in September and it will be her first album not produced by her brother Nash Chambers.

Northern NSW band Lunatics On Pogosticks will release a new EP ‘Slug Cat and Snail Dog’ next week and follow it up with live dates in September.

Pentatonix from Arlington, Texas, will tour Australia for the very first time in August.

SXSW is about to open applications for artist showcases for the 2015 conference in Austin.

Melbourne rock band Kingswood have put together a national tour to talk up the impending release of their album ‘Microscopic Wars’.

Neil Diamond will once again mine his archives for the first release under his new agreement with Capitol Records.

In 2013, Nile Rodgers spoke at the International Music Summit (IMS) in Ibizia, an event that saw him write a new anthem for the organization.

Fresh from her Pyramid Stage performance at Glastonbury, Lily releases the video for the brilliantly cutting 'URL Badman'.

The Vines will release their new album Wicked Nature in September.

On August 1, the new biopic of R&B great James Brown, Get On Up, hits theatres..

Two buses from the current Styx/Foreigner tour caught fire Wednesday afternoon in Philadelphia, destroying one and damaging the second.

Much has been made over the last week about the potential sales of the building housing the famed RCA Studio A.

Iggy Pop didn't have a problem with Amnesty International's goals. He just didn't like them using his image without permission.

Jewel and her husband Ty Murray have separated.

Monty Python, with John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, took to the stage of the O2 Arena in London on Tuesday night for the first of ten shows billed as Monty Python Live (Mostly).

Jack Ponti's credits align him with Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, India.Arie, Sebastian Bach, just to name a few.