Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are co-authoring a book.

Neil Young and Willie Nelson’s annual Farm Aid will be back as a live event for 2021. After a virtual year in 2020 due to Covid, 2021 will once again welcome a live audience.

Cultures have collided with The Police’s Stewart Copeland teaming up with India’s Ricky Kej to create a soundscape album ‘Divine Tides’.

The third Black Sabbath album ‘Master of Reality’ turned 50 this week.

Good Times has new dates in September but a few changes come with the announcement.

The upcoming productions of Phantom of the Opera for Sydney and Melbourne have been postponed to 2022 because of the current Covid lockdowns.

Chuck E. Weiss, the songwriter name-checked in the Rickie Lee Jones classic ‘Chuck E.’s In Love’, has died at age 76 from cancer.

Joni Mitchell and Bette Midler have been announced as recipients of the 44th Kennedy Center Honors.

Eric Clapton won't be performing at U.K. concert venues that require proof of vaccination for entry.

Glastonbury Festival's proposed one-day event in September will not go ahead.

Ellen Foley is heading towards the release of her fifth album. ‘Fighting Words’ is coming in August.

Happy Birthday Andrew Stockdale. Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale is 45.

With more than half in Australia still in lockdown, Australian acts are looking elsewhere for touring income. The Avalanches will head to North America in 2022.

Ed Sheeran is set to play an intimate free concert at the grand opening of the HMV Empire in Coventry.

Taylor Swift will not submit the re-recorded version of her album Fearless for award consideration, noting it already won Album of the Year in 2009.

Coldplay have today confirmed the release of their much-anticipated new album, Music Of The Spheres. The band's ninth LP will hit stores and streaming services on October 15th, 2021.

Marina Diamandis of Marina and the Diamonds has warned fans to "be careful out there" after she tested positive for COVID-19.

Just weeks after releasing his ‘Reprise’ album, Moby is planning a second volume.

Gang of Youth’s have a music video for ‘Unison’ one of three songs on their ‘Total Serene’ EP.

The Screaming Jets have postponed their New South Wales shows until 2022 because of the #Gladyscluster ripping the state. However, New South Wales’ loss is a windfall for Queensland and Victoria.

Ross Wilson has expanded his Eagle Rock 50th anniversary tour with more shows in Victoria and Queensland added to the dates.

Mark Seymour has called on all music fans to get vaccinated as soon as possible so that live music can return to some sense of normality.

Robby Steinhardt, the co-singer and violinist for Kansas, has died at age 71 from complications of acute pancreatitis.

After suddenly slipping out the new song ‘The Writing On The Wall’ last week, this week Iron Maiden have announced details of their upcoming 17th album.

At age 61, Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp has put out his second solo album.

Something For Kate will perform songs from their recent album ‘The Modern Medieval’ as well as a complete performance of 2001’s ‘Echolalia’ when they start their first tour in four years in September.

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre are excited to announce the finalists for the 2021 Art Music Awards, to be held on Tuesday 17 August in Melbourne. Finalists include Holly Harrison, Yitzhak Yedid, Cathy Milliken, Ed Kuepper and many more.

Kanye West will launch his long-awaited new album, Donda, with a listening party at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Killers will release their new album 'Pressure Machine' next month.

Rapper Soulja Boy has been ordered to cut all contact with a woman who is suing him for sexual assault and battery as part of a new domestic violence restraining order.