Rashad Owens, the 22-year old man who killed two people and injured a further 23 in a collision on the streets of Austin during SXSW, wanted to be a rap star.

Austin venues Mohawk and Cheer Up Charlie’s will stay open tonight and provide their scheduled entertainment during SXSW in order to avoid more serious safely issues.

Rashad Owens, a 22-year man from the Austin suburb of Killeen, has been named as the driver of the car that plowed into a crowded Austin street killing two people in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Steven Craenmerh of MassiveMusic, Amsterdam has been confirmed as one of the victims of the SXSW massacre that killed two and injured a further 23 people.

Austin Police has yet to name the man who drove into a crowded Austin street killing two and injuring 23 during SXSW on Thursday. Police cannot name the suspect until he has been formerly charged.

Neil Young targeted $800,000 in funding from Kickstarter for his Pono digital music player. It has now passed $2 million in just 24 hours.

The drunk driver who drove into a crowd of SXSW delegates in Austin, Tx early Thursday morning has been charged with two counts of Capital Murder and now face the death penalty under Texas law.

Austin Police have advised that streets between 9th and 12th on Red River will remain closed this morning following the early morning tragedy where two people lost their lives after a car collided with the SXSW crowd around 12:30am.

Damon Albarn launched his first solo album Everyday Robots at SXSW in Austin, Tx on Wednesday night and gave the crowd a few songs from his other bands.

Sounds Australia, Australia’s artist representatives at SXSW, have confirmed that no Australian’s were killed or injured in the SXSW tragedy which claimed two lives in Austin, Tx early this morning.

Austin Police are calling for anyone who witnessed the horrific incident when a driver killed two people on Red River, Austin to contact them.

Michael Chugg, one of Australia’s most respected concert promoters, has clocked up 50 years in the music biz.

Neil Young’s investor pitch SXSW presentation came to an embarrassing halt when CEO John Hamm failed to answer a simple question … “what’s your cut?”.

Melbourne’s iconic Yah Yah’s music venue has been bought by Melbourne’s icon music venue Cherry Bar.

Coldplay launched their new album ‘Ghost Stories’ with a one-hour showcase performance at SXSW in Austin, Tx on Tuesday night.

Pharrell Williams’ shows last week at Future Music Festival and his many media interviews around the country seem to have cemented him at the top of the Australian charts for a possible tenth week with his infectious track “Happy”.

Neil Young says venture-capital companies didn’t get his new music device Pono because they couldn’t “own it” so he has taken it to the people.

Austereo’s crown jewel 2DAYFM has been rendered a headless corpse following the first radio survey of 2014, which has placed KIIS 1065 Sydney’s number one FM station.

Neil Young will unveil his PonoPlayer on Tuesday at SXSW in Austin, TX but, if you want one, you'll have to go through Kickstarter.

Justin Bieber has made a surprise appearance and performance at the last place on Earth you would expect to find him – SXSW, Austin, Tx.

Garbage have two brand new songs coming for Record Store Day and one is a duet with Brody Dalle.

Record Store Day Australia will return for 2014 on the Saturday of the Easter weekend, April 19.

Lady Gaga will speak for the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas next Friday (March 14).

INXS score a fourth week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with the collection “The Very Best”, and in the process the album becomes the longest running No.1 album for 2014.

With Pharrell Williams in the country this past week for the Future Music Festival, his appearance at The Oscars on Monday night here (U.S.A. on their Sunday), and the release of his new album “G I R L” (new at No.2), he stakes his ninth week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with the newly certified 5x▲ Platinum single “Happy”.

Gotye featuring Kimbra ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ is officially the 39th biggest song of all-time in the UK.

Elton John remains atop the list of the biggest selling singles in British recording history as the Official Charts Company updates their definitive list.

Elbow top the album releases this week while former Taxiride frontman Jason Singh tops the single releases.

Spandau Ballet will perform at the Lou Reed tribute show at SXSW in Austin, Texas next week.

Pink has signed a new recording contract with RCA Records that will see her with the labels for many more albums to come.