Nile Rodgers of the legendary Chic will perform his own shows in Melbourne and Brisbane as well as his festival performance at Meredith this weekend.

Daft Punk have released the video for their new single 'Instant Crush' featuring The Strokes' Julian Casablancas.

Bob Marley is the latest artist whose catalog has been remastered to take advantage of iTunes' playback technology, capturing every detail in high resolution.

Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics has become the first member of Genesis to publish his autobiography.

Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright' released March 3rd on Universal features 18 classic songs that define one of modern music's most innovative talents.

Avenged Sevenfold's Hail To The King is well on its way to living up to its name.

Metallica did it. They have become the first major music act to play the continent of Antarctica along with the first to play all seven continents.

John Butler Trio will tour Australia next March and April to mark the release of their sixth album ‘Flesh & Blood’.

Eleanor Parker, who played Baroness Elsa von Schraeder in The Sound Of Music, has passed away at the age of 91.

Alicia Keys graced a packed Rod Laver Arena with her amazing voice, supported by John Legend.

Canada’s Harry Manx has had to withdraw from the Woodford Folk Festival. Backsliders will fill his spot.

John Legend was technically the support act for Alicia Keys’ Australian tour, but his talent warrants its own review.

Michael Gudinski’s Mushroom Group is continuing its expansion into music festival with the announcement that the company has partnered with Sugar Mountain.

Vance Joy is a last minute casualty for the Meredith Festival this weekend.

Neil Young will team up with Diana Krall to help raise money for a Canadian charity in January.

Neal Schon and Jan Hammer’s two collaborative albums from the 80s are now available as downloads for the first time.

Jurassic 5 will continue their recent reunion with dates in Australia in March, 2014.

Paz Lenchantin, the former bass player for A Perfect Circle and Billy Corgan’s Zwan, is the new bass player for The Pixies.

David McCormack of Custard has won two APRA Screen Music Award for his music from episode 4 of Redfern Now.

Icehouse announce two club shows with special guest Michael Paynter joining the band on stage.

Bob Dylan should have a garage sale more often. His old Stratocaster guitar has sold for just under $1million.

Blues singer Chick Willis, also known as the Stoop Down Man, died on Saturday evening from cancer at the age of 79.

David Bowie premieres the latest music video off the deluxe edition of his comeback album The Next Day. Directed by Black Dog UK director Tom Hingston, I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix [Wasted Edit]) is a powerful anti-war film featuring over 100 clips of original archival footage from 20th century wartime.

Beatles legend Ringo Starr joins Eurythmics legend Dave Stewart for a sit down interview on ‘The Ringmaster’, Dave’s new show on the BiteSizeTV online network.

The classic ‘Morning Of The Earth’ surfing soundtrack has been re-recorded by some of Australia’s biggest more recent artists including Busby Marou and Matt Corby.

Die-hard Bon Jovi fans will be keen to find out if the departure of founder Richie Sambora has had a negative effect. Sorry to say Sambora fan, no it hasn’t.

The Gold Coast’s Bleach festival will return for 2014 with Violent Soho, Elizabeth Rose and Hey Geronimo in the first round announcement.

Bruce Springsteen’s forthcoming ‘High Hopes’ album will include a bonus DVD featuring the entire ‘Born In The USA’ album performed live in London.

It’s been a record year for albums, as the 35th number one album has landed at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this year, the self-titled debut set for Taylor Henderson is the new No.1 this week.

John Legend’s first Top 40 entry “All of Me” becomes his first No.1 single in Australia, the song also currently spending it’s fourth week at the top in Portugal, making us the only two countries in the world to give John a No.1 single (he’s had three US R&B No.1 albums).