Major new titles coming out this week include: Jessica Mauboy, Kings of Leon, Rebecca Ferguson, Hillsong, Two Door Cinema Club, Lisa Mitchell, Moby, Jojo, The Naked and Famous, Andre Rieu and SHVPES.

SXSW has released over 100 more acts for 2017 with Melbourne bluesman C.W. Stoneking leading the second Australian announcement.

Australian member of Parliament Tony Burke has spoken up in Parliament to place the threat of the live music industry in Australia clearly in the Australian government's agenda.

Western Australia's WAMAwards nominations have been announced with Tame Impala and Troye Sivan obvious inclusions for 2016.

Bondi Beachfest for 2016 has been cancelled.

James Arthur ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ is the song most Australians are discovering via Shazam despite the song peaking at no 3 on the ARIA Chart.

Sydney five-piece indie rock band Sticky Fingers see their third studio album "Westway (The Glitter & The Slums)" debut at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, their first such feat.

Logging a record ninth week at No.1 are The Chainsmokers and Halsey with "Closer", which becomes the longest run at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart for 2016, and unless the next national No.1 stays for the final eleven weeks of the year there won't be any competition for the longevity crown.

The Sydney music community came together today with one clear message … Keep Sydney Open.

Green Day ‘Revolution Radio’ is fighting off competition from Triple J’s ‘Like A Version 12’ for the top spot on the Australian album chart next week but the rest of the chart is looking like a market stall.

Sunday at 5pm is cut-off time to vote for the Melbourne Music Bank for 2016.

The Chainsmokers and Halsey ‘Closer’ has stayed Australia’s most streamed song while people who actually buy music have moved on.

Country star Amber Lawrence will host her own radio show on iHeartRadio.

The Black Sorrows 20th album The Faithful Satellite has been released and Joe Camilleri will be along to share some stories at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Green Day, Barry Gibb, Olivia Newton-John, Daya, Sum 41, The Panics, OneRepublic, Norah Jones, Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen, Kaiser Chiefs, Melissa Etheridge, Seasick Steve and the 12th volume of Triple J's 'Like a Version'.

FinestVinyl Australia, a sister company to Germany’s finestvinyl.de, has started operating online.

The 2016 ARIA Music Awards nominations have been announced with three times ARIA winner Flume leading nominations with 11 nods.

Melbourne Music Week has announced its nine-day program for November and it is pretty bloody impressive.

James Arthur ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ is the song most Australian’s are checking out via Shazam.

The seventh studio album for Passenger entitled "Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea" becomes his first No.1 album on the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

The Chainsmokers and Halsey remain at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart for an eighth straight week with their track "Closer", becoming the equal longest running No.1 single for 2016 along with "7 Years" for Lukas Graham (TW-64, from February & March).

The Chainsmokers and Halsey ‘Closer’ still have the most streamed song n Australia but expect completion next week from Niall Horan and James Arthur.

With one of the biggest selling albums of the week in 'Young as the Morning Old as the Sea' Mike Rosenberg aka Passenger is at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com this week.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Van Morrison, Craig David, Regina Spektor, Eric Clapton (live), Marianne Faithfull (live) Banks, Pixies, Opeth and Bon Iver.

Sectors of the music media took great delight in tearing into Anthony Callea this week for what they say was the lowest selling number one debut of all time. Well, they all missed the point.

Robert Rigby’s Ambition Entertainment has signed a distribution deal with Sony Music.

The 2016 APRA Screen Music Awards will be announced in Sydney in November.

Landing his second No.1 album during his career this week is Anthony Callea, with his stripped back covers album entitled "Backbone" entering at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Australia is one of ten countries around the world where The Chainsmokers and Halsey occupy the top spot with their song "Closer", which here is holding for a seventh straight week on the ARIA Singles Chart, and is newly certified 3x▲Platinum in sales.

Anthony Callea has ‘pulled a Lazarus’ with his new album ‘Backbone’ debuting at no 1 on the Australian album chart this week.