Iconic Irish band The Chieftains will get together with the legendary Ry Cooder will host The Celtic Sessions, four days and nights in New York in July, 2014 with master classes, Q&A and a rare performance.

Kid Rock flew in Melbourne on Tuesday this week and the first thing he did was hit the golf course with cricket legend Shane Warne.

Skid Row and Ugly Kid Joe will get together for an Australian tour in April.

New Releases for week commencing Friday 6th December, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below)

Rod Stewart and Ron Wood may have put any differences behind them and potentially have synced their calendars for a Faces reunion in 2015.

Billy Joel has signed up for a residency at New York's Madison Square Garden and has now announced his first set of dates.

Gene Simmons of Kiss will join the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp in 2014 to mentor and jam with wannabe rock stars.

On Wednesday night the Gershwin Room at Melbourne’s renowned ESPY was full of delighted Icehouse fans as they were treated to some unique versions of familiar Icehouse classics done with a dubbed reggae twist.

White Night Melbourne, 12-hours of synchronised swimming to live music, fashion and illuminations, will return to City of Melbourne on February 22.

Following the criticism for cutting Russell Morris’ acceptance speech from the ARIA Awards telecast, the video of the speech has now been placed online.

Grinspoon have put themselves into hiatus.

The Darkness have given fans a brand new song called 'The Horn'.

Avicii is the most Shazamed electronic artist of 2013.

The Recording Academy has named 27 new recordings to the Grammy Hall of Fame which preserves and celebrates the greatest recordings in history.

Billy Joel will become the first "franchise" singer at New York's Madison Square Garden, playing one show per month until there is no longer demand.

One Direction’s ‘Midnight Memories’ will easily be the number one album in the USA this week with more than 500,000 sales securing its position.

An X-Factor runner-up is challenging this week's One Direction number one debut for next week's top spot.

The Rolling Stones 14 On Fire tour has expanded for the third time today to now include China and Japan.

Neil Young is giving fans the chance to hear the entire ‘Live At The Cellar Door’ album online before the album is released on December 6.

Blur's one-time rival Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye, The Hives and Deftones will fill the hole left by Blur at the Big Day Out.

Spotify have released their streaming data for 2013, showing the year’s most streamed artists in Australia and the rest of the world.

There has been a lot of criticism of Justin Bieber's tardiness with his late shows during his Australian tour but frankly the kids don't care. The audience were hardcore Beleibers.

Snoopzilla has joined with producer Dam-Funk for an upcoming seven-song '7 Days Of Funk' album.

Australia isn’t the only place The Rolling Stones will reactivate for in 2014. An Abu Dhabi date has been added to the tour before Australia.

The 2014 Essence Festival in New Orleans has announced Prince as its headliner, his first time appearing at the event since 2004.

John Butler Trio has given us the first taste of their forthcoming album in the form of a zombified video for new single, ‘Only One’.

To celebrate their tenth anniversary, The Gin Club set out on an extensive Australian tour.

Gregg Allman, Gov’t Mule and Devon Allman will perform Bluesfest sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne next April.

Buddy Guy, The James Cotton Band and Charlie Musselwhite will team up for a Bluesfest triple header sideshow but in Melbourne in April.

Suzanne Vega has added a Brisbane show when she heads to Australia for Bluesfest in 2014.