Paul Cashmere

Australian supergroup The Dead Daisies have started its first US tour as part of the Uproar Festival with Alice In Chains and Jane’s Addiction.

Lady Gaga has rush released her new song ‘Applause’. Apparently she is the victim of some internet conspiracy to force fans to hear the song one week earlier than planned.

Sydney singer/songwriter Lucy Mason has won a 2013 UK Songwriting Contest with her song ‘Sirens’.

Adelaide’s Wolf & Cub have debuted the video for ‘I Need More’, the first taste of their upcoming ‘Heavy Weight’ album.

The upcoming Ministry live album ‘Enjoy The Quiet – Live At Wacken 2012’ will be a tribute to guitarist Mike Scaccia, who collapsed on stage and died in December, 2012.

Chicago are recording their next album one song at a time and releasing each song as it is finished. When there are enough songs for an album, the physical disc will be released.

The Falls Festival has secured the return of the Violent Femmes for this year’s event.

Singer and television star Eydie Gorme has died at the age of 84 of an undisclosed illness believed to be cancer.

Gem Archer, guitarist for Beady Eye, has fractured his skull reportedly falling down stairs.

Chris Brown is reported to having had a seizure while recording in a Hollywood studio on Friday.

The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) were held in Darwin on Saturday night and Jessica Mauboy was the winner of the major award ‘National Artist of the Year’.

The Rubens, Matt Corby and Eddie Vedder with Neil Finn are just some of the artists who have recorded their own versions of Hunters & Collectors classics for a tribute album.

It’s a well known fact that Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on pretty much anything, but it appears they have found common ground in one endeavor, getting Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Grammy and Academy Award winning Irene Cara will perform for the first time ever in Australia this November.

Judith Durham has updated fans via her Facebook page to tell everyone she is on the road to recovery.

The Bellrays will perform an exclusive Melbourne show at CherryFest in Melbourne in November.

Bernard Fanning has had to cancel his Hobart show next Tuesday due to a funeral band members are required to attend in Queensland that same day.

Former Taxiride frontman Jason Singh is preparing the season’s summer hit with ‘Hold On Forever’, the first taste of his debut solo album.

Paramore and You Me At Six will return to Australia in January with Twenty One Pilots also joining the tour.

The trailer for ‘CBGB’, the major motion picture after the iconic New York venue that gave birth to New Wave, went live today.

Moby will perform a one-off DJ set in Sydney in September when he visits to launch his new album ‘Innocents’.

The second Busby Marou album ‘Farewell Fitzroy’ will be released in October.

Bill Putt, founding and long-term bass player of Spectrum and Ariel, has died of a heart attack.

Australian classical group The Benaud Trio chose the South Melbourne Town Hall for the launch of their new album ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ because that is where they recorded the album.

There is definitely something funny about the music of Stephen Lynch. Lynch says fans should expect “musical comedy” when he tours Australia later this month.