Pink slips and exit interviews are out. Press releases and random twitters are in as ways to find out your presence is no longer needed, at least in the world of music.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse played the rarely performed Bob Dylan cover ‘Blowing In The Wind’ at the first show of their European tour in Germany last night.

Yothu Yindi frontman Mandawuy Yunupingu has died at the age of 56.

Molly Ringwald will move from the big screen to the concert stage when she performs at the Melbourne Recital Centre later this month.

Van Morrison hasn’t toured Australia since 1985. On the off-chance he ever does comes here again the irony is that, unless hell freezes over, you will not be treated to a setlist like this of his most popular songs.

Daft Punk holds for a second week at No.1 with their fifth album “Random Access Memories”.

Robin Thicke spends a fourth weeks at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart with his “Blurred Lines” helped by T.I. and Pharrell.

Sheryl Crow was the Rolling Stones special guest in Chicago on Friday night.

UK boy band The Wanted rang the closing bell of the NASDAQ on Friday.

Eagles have added another dozen dates to their History of the Eagles tour commencing in June.

Melbourne’s Buchanan will perform east coast Australian dates throughout July in support of their debut album ‘Human Spring’.

Rock legend Lou Reed is recovering after a liver transplant that, according to wife Laurie Anderson, saved his life.

Melbourne’s Doubleblack have been showcasing their new line-up during the Reverend Horton Heat Australian tour and there is a familiar face in the band. Travis Dempsey, formerly of The Living End.

Tex Perkins will resurrect his Beasts Of Bourbon for the Reclink Community Cup in Melbourne this month.

The Johnny Cash Museum had its official opening in Nashville this week.

Frank Ocean will perform sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne as well as his showcase gig at Splendour In The Grass.

Barry Gibb will be this year's recipient of the Silver Clef Award in recognition of lifetime of work.

Toto kicked off their 35th anniversary tour on Thursday night at the Voorst National in Brussels, Belgium.

The Allman Brothers Band hit their commercial peak in August 1973 with the release of Brothers and Sisters.

On Thursday night, a long list of artists took to the stage of the TD Garden in Boston in support of the charity Boston Strong and their effort to support the victims of the recent Boston Marathon bombing.

The rare Paul McCartney track ‘Blue Sway’ has been used for the soundtrack of Frances Ha.

Brisbane’s Dead Letter Circus will headline the Krank’d Up Music Festival in Johannesburg this year.

Black Sabbath founder Tony Iommi has donated his old guitar strings to Wear Your Music, a charity that turns the strings into jewellery.

Horsehead members Scott Kingman and Andy McLean are calling on the old Horsehead fans to help them crowd-fund a new music.

Go Show Gold’ featuring Australian music legends of the 60s, will head to Adelaide in August.

Paul Bostaph, the drummer for Slayer from 1992 to 2001, is back in the band.

Ben Folds Five first live album will be released in June and the album will be called … wait for it … ‘Live’.

The first three You Am I albums ‘Sound As Ever’, ‘Hi Fi Way’ and ‘Hourly Daily’ will be released on vinyl.

On the occasion of the band's 25th anniversary, Barenaked Ladies - Ed Robertson (guitar/vocals), Jim Creeggan (bass/vocals), Kevin Hearn (keyboard/guitar/vocals) and Tyler Stewart (drums/vocals) are celebrating with new album GRINNING STREAK. The album, the band's twelfth, is their first in partnership with Vanguard Records after self-releasing their last four efforts.

Nine Inch Nails will release new music later this year.