As long as Margaret Court Arena is stained with the name of an outspoken homophobe it is going to cop flack every time its namesake mouths off … and she is at it again.

Steve Kilbey from The Church has made a lot of music. He estimates around 60 albums, counting The Church, solo and side-projects. Steve talks ‘Man Woman Life Death Infinity’ this week at iHeartRadio music news powered by Noise11.com.

Major new titles coming this week from: Paloma Faith, Eros Ramazzotti, Jeff Lynne (live), Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Iron Maiden (live), Green Day (GH), Sia (Xmas), Mavis Staples, Morrissey, Madness (GH), Black Sabbath (live), Sol3 Mio (Xmas), Nathaniel Rateliff (live), Bob Seger, Jaden Smith, Tove Lo and Sharon Jones.

The Libertines will perform shows for Sydney and Melbourne in Australia in 2018. It will be the first time the UK band has played in Australia.

Australian country legend Lee Kernaghan will headline Sydney’s Country Rocks Festival in March.

The German music industry will be displayed in Melbourne for the Australia Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) new program Music Passport.

Missy Higgins has won her first APRA Screen Music Award for Best Original Song Composed For Screen for the Australian film ‘Torchlight’.

Pink and her "Beautiful Trauma" stay at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for a fourth straight week, plus the albums scores a new certification, now 3x▲Platinum in sales.

The Post Malone and 21 Savage rap-hip-hop track "Rockstar" retains its lead on the ARIA Singles Chart for a seventh straight week.

Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer is to become an international event. Red Hot Summer will be held for the first time outside Australia in Bali in April.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ album has sold over 700,000 copies in the first day in the USA and is on track to sell 1.2 million in the first week.

Milk Records founders Courtney Barnett and Jen Cloher have gathered together their label’s artist roster for two nights of Christmas cheer in hometown Melbourne in December.

Major new titles coming this week from: Evanescence, Walk the Moon, The Corrs, Aretha Franklin, Kerser, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Seal, Pnau and Cold Chisel (Live).

While Colin Hay’s old band Men At Work sold over 30 million albums. That legacy has given him the foundation to create a credible body of solo work over the past 30 years.

As part of Melbourne Music Week, the City of Melbourne and Creative Victoria will present a multi-label takeover of the iconic Melbourne Town Hall, with more than 25 artists performing over three levels of the Melbourne landmark.

Germany has been named as the first Music Passport country with the countries music industry reps heading to Melbourne for the Face The Music conference.

Another 15 Australian acts will head to the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas in March.

Promoter Andrew McManus will launch a new music festival in January and has picked up Jimmy Barnes to headline.

Mushroom boss Michael Gudinski has become a two-time Melbourne Cup winner. Rekindling, the horse co-owned by Gudinski finished in first place in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington and another of Michael’s horses Johannes Vermeer came in at second spot.

For a rare third week in a row the Pink album "Beautiful Trauma" leads the ARIA Albums Chart at No.1, whilst she might not retain the top spot next week with new stuff coming from Sam Smith and potential No.1 albums from Guy Sebastian and Maroon 5, the week after which sees the new Taylor Swift album due for release.

The Post Malone and 21 Savage track "Rockstar" stays at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a sixth straight week, the track scoring a ▲Platinum in sales this week too.

High profile Nashville based PR firm Webster PR is in tatters following sex abuse allegations against founder Kirt Webster.

New Bluesfest boss Steve Romer talks up 2018 with a couple of great artists for the upcoming music festival at Noise11 iHeartRadio this week. Also John Paul Young recalls the great songs Vanda and Young wrote for him and Motown legend Otis Williams of The Temptations talks about a classic they didn’t want to record.

For the first time since early August an album has held onto the No.1 Albums Chart spot for a second week, as the Pink set "Beautiful Trauma" stays atop the ARIA Albums chart this week with sales now over 100,000.

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble has delegated his day to day role at Australia’s biggest music festival to become Executive Chairman of the company with Steve Romer stepping in to take the Chief Operating Officer role.

Chugg Entertainment and CMC Rocks are devastated to announce the sudden passing of Rob Potts, who died tragically in a motorcycle accident on the West Coast of Tasmania on Friday afternoon.

The Australian music industry is shocked to start the weekend learning of the death of a true gentleman of the industry Rob Potts.

Jet didn’t just break up, the band disintegrated says singer Nic Cester.

Major new titles coming this week from: Kelly Clarkson, Weezer, Ty Dolla $ign, Stereophonics, Hollywood Undead, 360, Norah Jones, Wiggles (Xmas), Rachel Platten and Kenny Chesney (live).

Grinspoon's Phil Jamieson will be St Jimmy for the Australian production of Green Day's 'American Idiot' musical in Australia in 2018.