There is sad news for the music industry to report this morning. Brent Grulke, the creative director of SXSW, has died at the age of 52.

Geoffrey Rush could have ended up a rock star had he continued the way he started out.

The Temper Trap, Missy Higgins, Bluejuice, Big Scary and more sign on for the Soundscape Festival.

Hip-hop punk electro heroes Regurgitator deliver another Sydney show on their Unit/Tu-Plang Retrotech tour.

Melbourne hip-hop upstart Illy tells Noise11 about his back-to-basics, non-pop new album Bring It Back.

Living legend Tony Bennett has posted a clip from his Viva Latin duet with Brazilian songstress Maria Gadú.

Rihanna has flown five fans to Barbados and cooked them dinner.

Renegade US cult rap duo Insane Clown Posse have announced that they will sue the FBI.

‘Everybody Dance Now’, Network Ten’s new reality dance show featuring Jason Derulo and Kelly Rowland, bombed in its first night rating.

The first details for the 2012 Jagermeister Independent Music Awards have been announced.

Lady Gaga will have a special wing in her new house for her famous godson.

Hot on the heels of the news that the late-Adam Yauch stipulated in his will that none of his music was to be used for advertising purposes, the remaining Beastie Boys have sued Monster Energy Drink for unauthorized use of their recordings.

Just hours after the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony Universal Music has released the soundtrack album.

Chart-topping sensation Gotye adds to the litany of ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ covers with a massive mash-up.

The 2012 London Olympics have concluded with a 3 hour performance saluting the history of British Music.

Kate Bush has only ever toured once and that was in 1979 but today she will hit the stage for the closing of the London Olympics. So will George Michael, Spice Girls and Ed Sheeran.

The Medics, Gurrumul and Jimmy Little were all honoured last night (August 11) at the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAS) in Darwin.

Neil Diamond finally has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Jason Derulo says the new Australian TV show ‘Everybody Dance Now’ is more like a sports show than a reality contest.

Ed Sheeran’s “+” (plus and/or positive) jumps up two places to land at No.1 after forty-six weeks within the Top 100, becoming the equal-fifth longest climb to No.1 in ARIA Chart history (1983 to 2012). The album originally debuted at No.1 in the UK last September, but did take 39 weeks to climb to the top in Ireland, where it went back to No.1 this week.

“Boom Boom” for local dance troupe Justice Crew holds at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a second week, in fact the entire top three from last week stay put this week, Maroon 5’s “One More Night” equaling the two-weeks-at-No.2 “Payphone” (TW-19) achieved back in June, whilst former No.1 “Some Nights” for fun. holds at No.3 after its two weeks at the top.

‘Call Me Baby’ by Carly Rae Jepsen has just overtaken Gotye ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ as the longest running number one song of 2012 on the Billboard chart.

Former homes of John Lennon and George Harrison are up for sale.

Australian jazz singer Sarah McKenzie has scored a full scholarship at the Berklee School Of Music and is moving to Boston.

The Vaccines have recorded a haunting acoustic version of the Abba classic ‘The Winner Takes It All’ and made it available as a free download.

R&B-dance sensation Timomatic delivers his self-titled debut album via promo shows around the nation.

Rapper Drake and Aaliyah’s cousin have spoken about the posthumous album they are producing for the late R&B star.

British stadium rock giants Muse have dished out copies of the song that made fans fear they’d gone dubstep.

Adelaide band 50 In The City are the round 7 Red Bull Bedroom Jam winners.

City Riots have completed work on their debut album and have released a single and live dates.