Black Sorrows bass player Joe Creighton will bring a taste of New Orleans to Australian stages when he launches JC & The Po Boys later this month in Melbourne.

NYE Festival due for Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebration has been cancelled with just 24 hours notice for punters.

Bruce Springsteen’s entire 2014 release ‘High Hopes’, not due until mid January, made a brief appearance on Amazon this week and is now being shared on download sites.

The Crimson ProjeKCt, featuring members of King Crimson, have postponed their Australian tour.

Gotye will be Wally Basic again today when The Basics, some band that he used to know, reform for the Woodford Folk Festival.

Australian supergroup The Dead Daisies stopped over in Tel Aviv on their return to Sydney for a show after their recent UK tour.

Reformed GANGGajang and Beth Orton are two on the highlights of Day 3 of the Woodford Folk Festival.

Matt Corby will perform a second show at the Woodford Folk Festival today. Corby will reveal his side-project Museum Collective.

Woodford Folk Festival will stream the performance of MALPA live from its website on Sunday.

The Woodford Folk Festival will get underway on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland on Friday.

Ja Rule is heading to Australia for dates in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne in January.

Shane Nicholson and Gregory Page will play dates in Australia together from the end of January.

The Woodford Folk Festival will include some new features this year including a spectacular Bamboo Tunnel.

Chaka Khan is taking the Wayne’s World “if you book them, they will come” approach by announcing a Melbourne show in just three weeks time.

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Selena Gomez has cancelled all of her upcoming dates including shows for South-East Asia and Australia.

Alicia Keys surprised fans at her Sydney show last night when she invited The Sapphires star Jessica Mauboy to the stage for a duet.

Mark Seymour, frontman for Hunters & Collectors, will address the issues facing musicians in a free talk during the Music, Melbourne + Me exhibition in Melbourne.

Boy & Bear will top off a successful 2013 with a full on national tour in April heading into the regional areas of Australia as well as the cities.

Snakadaktal have announced the release of their new EP ‘The Sun II’, together with headline shows for Sydney and Melbourne.

Jon Cleary is bringing The Absolute Monster Gentlemen band to Australia in March, 2014.

The 2014 Australian Open tennis season at Rod Laver Arena will feature an all-star cast of Australian performers including a feast of new and heritage music from British India, The Rubens and Daryl Braithwaite over summer.

Australia is in for something complete different in 2014. The SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque tour is coming Down Under.

James Cotton, the Grammy Award winning and Blues Hall of Fame inductee, will perform his own show at Sydney’s The Basement during his first Australian visit in April.

A-Ha singer Morten Harket will perform solo shows in Europe in May.

The Rolling Stones tickets for the upcoming Australian and New Zealand tour have sold out.

Taylor Swift is the first female artist to play stadiums in Australia since Madonna 20 years ago in 1993. This is the big time for the 24-year old star.

The Dead Daisies 2013 song ‘Lock N Load’ has been shortlisted by the UK’s Class Rock Magazine as one of the Songs of the Year.

Birds of Tokyo have locked in some very different shows for their first dates for 2014 in February.

Foo Fighters are officially out of hiatus. The band played three shows in the past week including two official shows in Mexico City and a secret gig in Moorpark, Los Angeles.