John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band are the first major names announced for Bluesfest 2014.

The Woodford Folk Festival music programmer Chloe Goodyear is travelling the world to sign artists and put together the line-up for 2013 to be announced in October.

The Australian World Music Expo (AWME) will return to Melbourne’s from November 14 to 17, 2013.

UK boy band Five (5ive) will perform in Australia from late October as part of their ‘The Big Reunion’ tour.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will perform a second and final Melbourne show at AAMI Park in February.

Kathy Griffin has two words for where Australia is potentially heading in the next election. “Sarah Palin”.

Ash returned to the Corner Hotel to play their breakthrough '1977' album in its entirety.

Green Day will headline Soundwave 2014 and you can add Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots (with Chester Bennington) to the list as well.

Geoffrey Rush made a surprise cameo in the latest production of ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ from The Production Company in Melbourne last night.

Bluesfest will announce the first round of artists next Tuesday, August 27.

Comedian Rob Schneider and comedienne Kathy Griffin (to be politically correct and at the same time sexist) will head to Australia in October for Just For Laughs comedy festival at the Sydney Opera House.

Busby Marou will head around Australia to sing up the release of their second album ‘Farewell Fitzroy’ from August.

The Screaming Jets will lap Australia one more time kicking off a national tour in Caloundra in October.

UK band The Cribs will return to Australia in October.

The Replacements have their lineup in place for three upcoming reunion shows.

The Sweet Inspirations, featuring the legendary Estelle Brown, will perform in Australia for the first time for the Elvis In Concert tribute show.

Evermore have contributed to the Global Poverty Project with the song ‘One Love’ and will perform at the Golden Citizen Festival from Melbourne in September.

The Dead Daisies have found a couple of good promoters with both Alice Cooper and Nikki Sixx spreading the word about David Lowy’s Aussie supergroup.

The Melbourne Festival line-up has been revealed with Gurrumul and The Polyphonic Spree, as well as Ireland’s Clannad, Archie Roach and Cody ChestnuTT named to perform over the two week program.

16-year New Zealand singer/songwriter Lorde will release her debut album ‘Pure Heroine’ in September through Universal.

Gotye’s The Basics and a reforming Snout will perform for the Rock The Boat fundraiser for Green’s candidate Adam Bandt and The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

Jimmy Barnes Rock The Big Top Newcastle show has been cancelled after the promoter failed to get the appropriate council approval.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will return to Australia in 2014 and Hunters & Collectors will reform for one of the shows.

Ireland’s Clannad will return to Australia for the first time in 18 years for shows in October and November.

Room8, the company behind ‘The Man In Black’ and ‘At Last: The Etta James Story’, will bring ‘The Songs Of James Bond’ to the stage for their next production.

One of Australia’s most famous Underbelly identities Mark ‘Chopper’ Read will appear on stage at Melbourne’s Athenaeum in September.

The line-up for the 24th Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival has been revealed with Russell Morris and Jazz Bell Award winner Mick Nock on a list of artists from Australia, USA, The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Austria.

Lady Gaga will showcase her new album ARTPOP with an hour-long performance of new music at London’s iTunes Festival n September.

Lanie Lane has announced a series of dates to play new music from her upcoming second album.

Megan Washington will return to the stage in September to showcase songs from her second album.