The eighth studio album for The Foo Fighters “Sonic Highways” becomes their sixth No.1 (five studios and one best of) on the ARIA Albums Chart this week, plus the album debuts with a Gold (●) sales certification.

It’s now five weeks and counting as Ed Sheeran is atop the ARIA Singles chart again this week with “Thinking Out Loud”, and he is holding off two Taylor Swift songs this week.

Political candidates for the upcoming election in Victoria are falling over themselves to be associated with the music industry following Labor’s lead in pledging $22.2m in funding and a further $2m for music education.

Bertie Blackman and Cold Chisel have the pick of the new releases this week.

iHeartRadio Music News, powered by Noise11.com, features a very special interview this week with 32 year veteran of the Rolling Stones Chuck Leavell.

Cezary Skubiszewski has scored a Screen Music Awards trifecta and David Hirschfelder has own the Feature Film Score of the Year.

Opposition leader Dan Andrews has announced $2 million in funding for music education in Victorian schools.

It's a sure thing that Bette Midler will have the highest charting album of her career this week. The only question is the exact final position.

When Taylor Swift fans went to music stores to buy her new release ‘1989’ Noise11 researched the claim that “the CD is dead” and found it a long way from the truth.

Cruel Sea/Beasts of Bourbon frontman Tex Perkins has announced he will run in the upcoming Victorian Election, up against sitting member Martin Foley, the architect for reforms for the music industry.

The Dead Daisies guitarist Richard Fortus (ex-Guns N Roses) and bass player Macro Mendoza (ex-Thin Lizzy) will conduct music workshops during their upcoming Australian tour.

Ed Sheeran 'Thinking Out Loud' is still Australia's number one record.

Taylor Swift and Human Nature maintain the top two album spots on the ARIA chart this week.

Flying is the first single release from the Holden Brothers Travelling Circus soundtrack.

Sarah McLachlan owns a music school in Vancouver, Canada. This week on iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com, Sarah talks about her school. Mark Holden also talks about the song his wife Anna wrote about Keith Richards for the Holden Brothers Travelling Circus.

Major artists releasing new albums this week include Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, Marlisa, Damien Rice, Guy Pearce, Bob Dylan and Machine Head.

Paul Kelly will perform a second Twilight At Taronga show at Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo, after his first show sold out.

The Rolling Stones Hanging Rock show tomorrow (Saturday) has been cancelled.

Britain's Classic Rock Awards, put on by the people at Classic Rock magazine, came to the U.S. last night with the 2014 ceremony being held in Los Angeles.

The 48th annual CMA Awards were handed out in Nashville on Tuesday, November 4.

Australian Labor Party leader Daniel Andrews and Shadow Minister for Arts and Youth Affairs Martin Foley have promised a $22.2 million funding package for the local music industry in Victoria.

Taylor Swift’s new album ‘1989’ has outperformed her last album ‘Red’ in Australia with only three days of sales to become the fastest selling album of 2014.

Taylor Swift scores her third No.1 album in Australia this week as her fifth studio set entitled “1989” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week, the first of three debuts within the top three this week.

Ed Sheeran is at the top of the ARIA Singles chart for a third week with his second No.1 in Australia “Thinking Out Loud”.

Heloise has been named the winner of the 2014 Melbourne Music Bank contest with Oakleigh hip-hop artist NT coming in a very close second.

More from Led Zeppelin back catalogue, new Neil Young, Calvin Harris, Annie Lennox and Yusuf / Cat Stevens leads the week's new music releases.

Ballarat’s Hunting Grounds will break-up after three more shows.

Daniel Lanois joins iHeartRadio Music News, powered by Noise11.com this week to talk about his work producing U2 and his new record Flesh & Machine.

Australia’s Secret Sounds has announced a joint venture with Now/Live to expand into the Asian market to promote live music.

The first new studio album in over six years for Slipknot becomes the bands second No.1 album here in Australia, as “5: The Gray Chapter” comes straight in at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week.