A 'medical emergency' has forced pop/punksters Blink-182 to cancel all of their scheduled May 2012 tour dates. It has been revealed that the drummer, Travis Barker, "required an urgent tonsillectomy".

Following the death of Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys get seven albums back in the Billboard 200.

Lady Gaga is coming to Springfield. She will meet the Simpsons on the season finale to air in the USA on May 20.

Tickets for George Michael’s Australia tour went on sale at midday today and by 12:15pm almost 50 tickets were being scalped on eBay for up to 300% above face value.

Grunge pioneers Mudhoney will play a single Splendour In The Grass sideshow in July.

The company behind Creamfield’s, the world’s big electronic music festival, has been acquired by Live Nation.

Songs from the One By One sessions dubbed by the Foo Fighters as the “million dollar demos” have leaked online.

Swedish pop-punk royalty Millencolin prepare a massive b-sides collection with two new tracks and a DVD.

ZZ Top have used the old Candid Camera format to launch their new song ‘I’ve Got To Get Paid’ via a beer commercial for new brew Jeremiah Weed.

US rock band Train will perform at an AFL football match during their upcoming Australian tour.

Bright synthpop Swedes Miike Snow announce two sideshows and post a Dirty South remix.

Welsh rock bullies Future Of The Left tease their new album with a punchy new tune and hilarious song titles.

Lana Del Rey, Band Of Skulls, Friends, Kimbra, Last Dinosaurs and more come to Adelaide for the Splendour Spin Off.

The sudden feud between Anthony Callea and Kate Miller-Heidke actually dates back to 2005 when Kate wrote a song titled ‘Australian Idol’.

Metallica put a new twist on the complete album performance. For the first time ever on Monday they played their iconic self-titled ‘Black’ album from end to beginning instead of beginning to end.

Def Leppard’s legendary one-armed drummer Rick Allen has had his playing turned into art pieces.

Brainy Chicago rap upstart Lupe Fiasco says his next album will be a double and a sequel to his debut.

Poison star Bret Michaels has thanks Barrows for saving his life.

Epic indie-rockers The Temper Trap air snippets of new songs and discuss their forthcoming album.

Electro-pop sensation Passion Pit return with a new song ‘Take A Walk’ from their second album Gossamer.

One day before Adam Yauch passed away, the Beastie Boys were served with a lawsuit over samples that they used on their albums License to Ill (1986) and Paul's Boutique (1989).

After years of problems and controversy, Bobby Brown is finally releasing new material. The Masterpiece, his first album in 14 years, will be out on June 5 via Ingrooves.

Director Jonathan Demme's third documentary on Neil Young, Journeys, premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival and will open in theaters on June 29.

Gotye feat. Kimbra’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ video has passed the 200,000,000 YouTube views benchmark.

Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel has revealed that he is transgender and plans to start living as a woman.

A fully reunited Tea Party tell Noise11 that their return will “definitely” result in new music.

The Afghan Whigs will return to the stage for the first time in 13 years at the Bowery in New York on May 23.

New artist to watch Emma Louise will perform East Coast shows in Australia leading into Splendour In The Grass.

When Amanda Palmer took to Kickstarter.com to raise money for next album she raised over $100,000 in the first week. One week in, she has raised $598,142. Before the end of this month, Amanda Palmer may very well raise $1,000,000. That is a lot more than what a major label would put up these days.

Australia’s Mirusia Louwerse, seen globally on the Andre Rieu world tour, will perform her own shows in Australia in July.