Hundreds of artists stand to lose millions of dollars after crowd-funding company Pledge Music was wound up on July 31.

Pixies will return to Australia in 2020 for a special performance of their debut EP ‘Come On Pilgrim’ and first album ‘Surfer Rosa’.

ANNOUCEMENT: The Music Victoria Awards is excited to be returning to the Melbourne Recital Centre in November 2019 for its 14th year continuing as one of the most anticipated music industry events on the Melbourne Music Week calendar.

It's a third week at the top in Australia for Ed Sheeran's fourth No.1 set "No.6 Collaborations Project", with the album also at the top again in New Zealand, England (also 3rd week), America and Canada (2nd week in both regions).

It's been 50 weeks since an Australian act has sat at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart, and this week Tones and I sees her second entry "Dance Monkey" swing into the top branch of the charts this week, in the process her song picks up a ▲Platinum certification too.

Damien Lovelock, the Australian punk pioneer and founder of Celebate Rifles, has died after a battle with cancer at age 65.

Echosmith drummer Graham Sierota has issued a statement after being accused of being a child predator by Blink-182’s Travis Barker.

Diesel will be visiting the Melbourne Guitar Show this weekend, meeting fans and signing vinyl copies of his new E.P. ‘Sunset Suburbia’.

Neil Young has decided to take himself off the road for the rest of 2019 and work on sound and film projects for the Neil Young Archives.

Rose Tattoo have been delivering a new arse-hole as they cover the continent with a ball-tearing setlist.

After 50 years the Creedence Clearwater Revival complete set has finally been released as a live album.

Lol Mason of City Boy and later The Maisonettes has died following a heart attack.

Songwriting icon Jimmy Webb has been quieting working with Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby to develop the brand new supergroup, The Highwomen, the female equivalent to legends who were The Highwaymen.

Major new titles coming this week from: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Mabel, Northlane, Tyler Childers, Holy Holy, The Bamboos, Volbeat, Nerija, Diesel (EP), The Teskey Brothers, The Claypool Lennon Delirium and a Flume (EP).

Steve Miller Band keyboard player and singer, songwriter and author Joseph Wooten will host radio.com’s Opening Act Competition.

Jessica Mauboy released a second preview from her fourth album ‘Hilda’ with a stunning video for ‘Little Things’.

INXS co-founder Andrew Farriss has gone a lit bit country for his first solo album due in January 2020.

Week one of Sydney’s new Coliseum Theatre will feature performances from Tina Arena, Dame Edna Everage, John Butler, Keith Urban and Amy Shark.

After six months of a roller-coaster ride of misfortune the Woodstock 50 music festival has been officially cancelled.

INXS star Tim Farriss is suing a pair of Sydney boat operators after losing his finger in a freak 2015 accident.

Hunters & Collectors will reform in 2020 to celebrate 10 years of Red Hot Summer.

Brian Wilson is ready to rock again after postponing his summer tour to deal with mental health issues.

Rapper Machine Gun Kelly came up with the idea behind Eminem diss track Rap Devil while he was drunk.

Haim's new single Summer Girl was inspired by the cancer diagnosis of singer Danielle Haim's partner.

Ariana Grande is overcome with emotion after fulfilling a lifetime dream of working with her idol, Jim Carrey.

Iggy Azalea has blamed streaming for her poor album sales after her sophomore effort In My Defense failed to make a big impact on the U.S. charts.

Rocker Travis Barker has blasted drummer Graham Sierota for inappropriately contacting his 13-year-old daughter.

Drake has teamed up with LeBron James to help the basketball star launch his own digital platform in Canada.

Katy Perry and Dr. Luke are facing a big pay-out after losing a plagiarism case against Christian star Marcus Gray.

Experimental band The Necks will be the recipients of the 2019 Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music from APRA AMCOS.