Melbourne four-piece Mayfair Kytes have enticed members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Hiatus Kaiyote in to contribute to their debut album ‘Animus’.

Waleed Aly will strap on his guitar once again when his band Robot Child plays live again to support Taste.

Adele has been confirmed as the third and final headliner at the 2016 Glastonbury festival.

Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie was Madonna’s ‘Unapologetic Bitch’ in Sydney on Saturday night.

Original Bad Company guitarist Mick Ralphs will not be part of Bad Company's upcoming tour with Joe Walsh but fans will still get rock royalty as Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes steps in.

Despite the Madonna ‘Rebel Heart’ Australian tour being a tabloid feast the fans have voted with their wallets and bumped three of her albums back onto the ARIA chart.

A severe storm across Austin late Friday has caused the cancellation of the Wolfmother and Coheed and Cambria outdoor performance at Lady Bird Lake.

Billy Joel set the record last July for the most shows by a single artist at Madison Square Garden with performance number 64.

Australia’s mainstream media has lost its mind with reporting of Madonna’s Australian tour ranging from insane to ridiculous.

Californian punk band Strung Out will perform complete albums during some of their Australian shows.

Vera Blue from central New South Wales has released a new song ‘Settle’ ahead of her ‘Fingertips’ EP due in May.

Iggy Pop served up a 22 song setlist at SXSW this week and while launching his new album ‘Post Pop Depression’ the audience was treated to song mainly his two classics ‘The Idiot’ and ‘Lust For Life’, both from 1977.

Some of the biggest names in country music came to Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday night for The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson.

One of the more interesting releases of last year was the AndersonPonty Band's Better Late Than Never.

Ray LaMontagne is a last minute drop-out at SXSW and in somewhat of a bizarre program choice, metal band Deftones will take his slot.

Bjork, Bon Iver and New Order will perform at Vivid Live Sydney for 2016.

Madonna was having a bit of fun at her Brisbane show on Wednesday night. She even performed a Kylie Minogue song.

Ted Nugent is taking his show on the road across predominately safe rednecks states of America.

Comedian Jim Breuer has been a long time friend of AC/DC singer Brian Johnson with Brian even having contributed to one of Breuer's recordings.

Taste’s original drummer Virgil Donati will rejoin the band for shows over the coming week in Bendigo and Melbourne.

Don Walker will hit the road again in May with his band The Suave Fucks with shows set for New South Wales and Victoria.

Madonna will film her two shows in Sydney this weekend for a project later in 2016.

Lucinda Williams opened her tour in support of the new album, The Ghosts of Highway 20, on Saturday night at College Street Music Hall in New Haven, CT.

Radiohead will play a series of live shows later this year which, together with the festival dates already announced and a few more international festival dates to follow, will complete their touring schedule for 2016.

Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy will co-headline a tour this summer.

Joe Jackson emerged in the late 70’s, along with Elvis Costello, Ian Dury and Graham Parker as British singer songwriters who had the talent, the tenacity and gall to sing about real life with wonderful lyrics and tuneful songs that still stand up gloriously today.

Iron Maiden’s private tour jet Ed Force One has been grounded after an accident at Chile.

Madonna replaced her Molly Meldrum “love fest” with ‘Fever’ at her second Melbourne show last night.

Sydney act Cosmo’s Midnight is a last minute no-show for SXSW in Texas next week due to via issues.

When you are the person setting the benchmark then everyone has to rise to your standards. At 57 years old, Madonna is the greatest pop star on the planet. The ‘Rebel Heart’ show in Melbourne was precision pop perfection.