Placebo will perform extra shows for Sydney and Melbourne during the Soundwave tour.

Stone Temple Pilots, with their new lead singer Chester Bennington, will perform Soundwave sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne in February.

Daniel Johns of Silverchair is working on his first solo record.

Russell Johnson, who for three years was better known as The Professor from Gilligan’s Island, has died at the age of 89.

Dolly Parton has added a second and final Sydney date to her upcoming 'Blue Smoke' tour and has changed the Adelaide date.

UB40 are getting back together ... kind of.

Billy Joel has expanded his 2014 tour to Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Hollywood Bowl and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas along with nine dates at Madison Square Garden (so far).

Perry Farrell has once again placed Jane's Addiction on hiatus.

U2 have been nominated for an Oscar.

Dave Madden, the Canadian actor who play Reuben Kincade in the 70s TV sitcom The Partridge Family, has died in Florida at the age of 82.

Bruce Springsteen 'High Hopes' leads the week's new music releases.

Spirit if Akasha’, the movie honouring 40 years of the iconic surf flick ‘Morning Of The Earth’, will have its world premiere at the Sydney Festival on January 25.

The Eagles performed at the new Forum in Los Angeles on Monday at a gala benefit for pancreatic cancer to honour their former agent Peter Grosslight who is suffering from the disease.

Punk luminaries Off! will release their second album “Wasted Years’ in April.

Morrissey has finally landed a worldwide agreement to release his next album with Harvest Records.

Bachman-Turner Overdrive will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at this year's Juno Awards in March.

Music from the Rolling Stones 2013 released documentary 'Charlie Is My Darling' will be released as an album.

So Frenchy So Chic will be held in Sydney for the first time this Saturday with an all-star French line-up including Lilly Wood & The Prick, Féfé, Babylon Circus as well as Edward Deer (Melodie Francaise).

‘Batman’, the 60s TV series starring Adam West as the Caped Crusader, is heading to DVD and Blu-Ray for the first time ever.

David Bowie’s classic ‘Rebel Rebel’ is about to turn 40 with the release of a limited edition 7” vinyl picture disc released to mark the occasion.

Avicii has sold out his first major Australian concert with Brisbane’s Riverstage show the first to reach capacity.

Jazz guitarist Ronny Jordan has died at age 51.

Brunswick Music Festival has revealed the full-line for the Melbourne street party in March.

The Motels will make good on their postponed 2013 Australian tour with new dates for March.

Frank Sinatra ‘Sinatra, With Love’ is the latest project for the Frank Sinatra Enterprises combining Frank’s works from both of his Reprise and Capitol Records era.

Big Day Out Perth has done a last minute venue switch, moving the 2014 event to Arena Joondalup.

Normie Rowe, Colleen Hewett and Johnny Young will perform together for two shows in Melbourne in February.

Brian May's cancer test has come back negative which is great news for the Queen guitarist.

Australian born entertainer Rolf Harris has plead not guilty in a British court to twelve charges of sexual assault against a minor.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two surviving Beatles, will perform at the Grammy Awards.