Black Sabbath will tour Australia and New Zealand with NZ’s own Shihad.

A Day On The Green promoters Mick and Anthea Newton will be celebrating their 300th anniversary with Elvis Costello at the Rochford Winery in the Yarra Valley on January 26.

Pere Ubu will perform their 1978 debut album ‘The Modern Dance’ at I’ll Be Your Mirror’ in Melbourne in February.

Are the Happy Mondays about to announce a May 2013 headline tour of Australia for the first time ever with their definitive full original lineup?”

If you ever fancied yourself in a porn scene but were too embarrassed to try then Melbourne artist Fred Negro will solve your problem this Saturday.

Melbourne band ME will release their debut album ‘Even The Odd Ones Out’ on January 25, as they are showcasing their new music to Big Day Out audiences.

A lot has been made of Mariah Carey's last couple of shows. Her Gold Coast show was plagued with sound problems and poor reviews popped up for both her Gold Coast and Sydney shows. I am here to tell you not to believe the tall-poppy-cutting hype.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have dropped the new video for ‘We No Who U R’ into YouTube.

Sydney had two Mariah’s on stage at the same time last night – Mariah Carey was joined by 6-year old Mariah Cini.

The Allman Brothers have announced the dates for their yearly residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York.

Tex Perkins will introduce his newest band Tex Perkins & The Ape in January.

Jon Anderson has been working on a sequel to his first solo album ‘Olias of Sunhillow’ for the past 6 years.

Stan Ridgway’s May, 2013 Australian tour will see Ridgway back in Australia for the first time in 15 years.

In February 2013, From The Jam featuring Bruce Foxton from The Jam will tour Australia.

Recent INXS singer Ciaran Gribbin is still in Australia and will perform on New Years Eve with Angry Anderson in Sydney.

The Australian premiere of the Tony and Olivier Award winning production of ‘War Horse’ will take place at the Arts Centre State Theatre in Melbourne on New Year’s Eve.

Guns N’ Roses and ZZ Top will head to Australia for a double header in March.

Black Sabbath are nearing completion of their first album with Ozzy Osbourne in 35 years and then they will spend most of 2013 touring.

Thin Lizzy will officially be no more after their upcoming Australian tour with Kiss and Motley Crue. In an interview with Noise11.com, Scott Gorham has revealed his new band will be called Black Star Riders.

For The Fallen Dreams can no longer make it to Australia next month for the Boys of Summer tour but San Francisco’s First Blood have jumped in to replace them.

Federation Square Melbourne will once again become a live music venue with free music acts throughout January.

The Living End’s Friday and Saturday night shows at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne this week both feature a special guest support band called Ivy and the Big Apples. Who are they?

Melbourne’s Oh Mercy have been announced as special guests of the very first Australian tour for The Waterboys for the Melbourne and Sydney shows.

Iceland’s Of Monsters And Men will continue around Australia to play on the Laneway Festival with Adelaide and Perth dates now confirmed.

Australian rapper 360 will be taking on America in 2013.

Ok, what can you say about The Jam that hasn’t been said, time and again, over the years. They were, and probably are, the quintessential Mod/Punk band. They were one of the greatest bands in any genre of all time.

For those of you wondering if Morrissey will turn up in Australia, well he made it to New Zealand.

The Good Life will return in 2013 with Psy, Rita Ora and Rudimental headlining the festival.

On Friday the 14th of December Regina Spektor left an adoring crowd absolutely lost for words after blowing them away with two or so hours of her beautiful folky yet classical music.

Mick Jagger has dedicated the Rolling Stones ‘Wild Horses’ to the victims of the shooting yesterday in Connecticut.