Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue have added a second Sydney show over the Easter long weekend.

Australian rapper 360 is one of the artists to watch at SXSW this year and then it is off to Canada for more showcases.

Jermaine Jackson's official request to alter his surname has been sanctioned.

The Tenacious D shows that went on sale in Sydney and Melbourne this morning sold out in minutes and new shows have been added.

Katy Perry is transforming from a "bubblegum pop star" to a "grown-up" singer.

Taylor Swift is rumoured to be looking for a "British boyfriend".

Oxfam is looking for Coldplay fans to take part in a ground breaking global music project to campaign against one of the world's greatest human injustices.

Damon Harris, who had a short but very fruitful tenure with The Temptations in the early 70's, died last Monday (February 18) after a fourteen-year fight with prostate cancer. He was 62.

Listeners of the award winning radio station Planet Rock have named Led Zeppelin as the most influential rock band of all time.

Kate Hudson has 'no time' to plan her wedding at the moment.

British pop act Olly Murs will head to Australia to perform at the Logie Awards in April.

Garbage did not play the Soundwave Festival in Sydney yesterday because the truck carrying their equipment did not arrive from Brisbane on time.

A woman at yesterday’s Soundwave Festival in Sydney was taken to hospital with serious burns after someone let off a flare during the Bring Me The Horizon performance.

Bryan Ferry has reinvented the music of Bryan Ferry on ‘The Jazz Age’ by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra.

The challenge in telling the story of Etta James is conveying the passion of the performance. The producers at Room 8 Productions knew an actor wasn’t going to achieve. Picking Vika Bull to tell the Etta James story was the perfect choice.

Bonnie Raitt will return to Australia next month for her first ever appearance in Denilquin, NSW.

Les Misérables will return to Australia next year with Melbourne scoring the premiere for June 2014.

It’s only taken us just over 73 years to do it, but this week Australia has placed its 1000th number one song on the top of our charts, albeit with a song that most people would screw their nose up at and say “what the hell is that noise doing at No.1?” I’m talking about “Harlem Shake” by US DJ who goes by the name Baauer.

The fifteenth studio album for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds becomes the group’s first No.1 album in Australia, as they debut at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart with “Push the Sky Away”, their first new material in almost five years (March 2008 was the last one).

Australian acts heading to SXSW will stop-over in Los Angeles for The Aussie BBQ on March 10.

73 years after music charts started in Australia the viral smash 'Harlem Shake' by Baauer has become the 1000th number one song.

Metallica has reactivated for 2013 after having played their first show of 2013 in Brisbane for Soundwave on Saturday night.

Aerosmith will appear on 60 Minutes tomorrow night (February 24) to announce their first Australian tour since 1990 but why wait when you can have the dates right now.

Soundwave promoter and Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker have made peace with each other after a Twitter war flare-up that saw AJ accuse Barker of extorting $1.5 million.

The upcoming Australian dates for former Rolling Stone Mike Taylor have been upgraded from ‘postponed’ to cancelled’.

Cleotha Staples, the oldest Staples sibling, has passed away at the age of 78.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse supports have been announced for the Australian tour.

Carlos Santana has confirmed he is putting the original Santana band together for his next album.

Mariah Carey wants to release her new album as soon as possible.

Ronnie Wood is still waiting for his date with Scarlett Johansson to "come to fruition".