Aretha Franklin has been told by her doctors to cancel her remaining shows for May.

Harry Nilsson was one of the most enigmatic artists of the rock era. Unassuming, he called all four Beatles, Randy Newman, Keith Moon and Jimmy Webb his friends and was one of the only artists to attain mainstream success without performing live or touring.

Beyoncé Knowles has fuelled pregnancy speculation by cancelling a show tonight.

Nordoff Robbins have today announced that the incredibly successful and internationally acclaimed band, Coldplay, are to receive the Royal Albert Hall Best British Act Award at this year's Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards.

Country music legend Dolly Parton has single-handedly declared war on illiteracy, introducing the UK's Imagination Library.

The Seekers lead singer Judith Durham has suffered a Cerebral Hemorrhage midway through The Seekers Golden Jubilee Tour.

Ray Jackson has formed a new and, as he calls it, permanent version of the classic folk-rock band Lindisfarne.

The Red Bull Music Academy and Brooklyn’s m ss ng p eces are producing a series of stories about the music industry and the characters of the business. The first episode is about DFA.

Brian Cadd, Glenn Shorrock and Normie Rowe are just a few of the names announced to perform for the next Go Show - ‘Go!! Show Gold’.

In early 2012, Vince Neil told a number of sources that Mötley Crüe's days were numbered.

The Cult have announced 'Electric 13', a worldwide tour that will visit ten UK cities this October.

Russell Morris has joined the line-up for the Heart of St Kilda concert for the Sacred Heart Mission in Melbourne tonight (May 14).

The Outer Critics Circle Awards, one of a number of Broadway and Off-Broadway honours that are announced in May and June every year, have given their Best Musicals awards to Cyndi Lauper's Kinky Boots and David Byrne's Here Lies Love. Lauper's award is for a Broadway musical while Byrne's is for an Off-Broadway show.

Justin Bieber's Johannesburg concert was raided by thieves.

Two young Aussies, smashed Edinburgh Festival last Summer with their daring and dynamic live performance of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, which celebrates 40 years since its release this year.

The statue of Thin Lizzy's late guitar master Phil Lynott was pushed over and badly damaged.

The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on January 26, 2014. The Grammy Awards have also locked in the 2015 date for February 8, 2015.

Dr Joyce Brothers, the first of the television psychologists, has died at the age of 85.

Seth MacFarlane will have a new TV show on air next week and it won’t be an animated show. Fox has given MacFarlane’s comedy ‘Dads’ a timeslot.

Australia’s Laneway Festival will hold its inaugural US festival in Detroit, USA in September and the line-up has been announced.

Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies has returned from a tour of duty to Afghanistan where be played for the troops with his other band Bento.

Almost a year ago, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong announced that he was suffering from prostate cancer.  Today, he says he is cancer free.

Ed Sheeran thinks Taylor Swift's reputation as a serial dater is a mistake.

Chris Hadfield (the Commander of the International Space Station) has just posted his David Bowie inspired cover 'Space Oddity' filmed in space on his twitter account (https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield).

Kanye West was sporting a large gash on his forehead Saturday after banging into a street sign.

Menswear's singer has announced his first performance in 15 years.

Queens of the Stone Age reveal two new tracks from the forthcoming album '....Like Clockwork' which is released June 3.

Curtis Salgado was one of the big winner at Saturday night's Blues Music Awards, taking home the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award, Soul Blues Album for Soul Shot and Souls Blue Album.

Bring Me The Horizon, Pierce The Veil and Fall Out Boy dominate the shortlist for this year's Relentless Kerrang! Awards with four nominations each, while Black Veil Brides scoop three group nods.

Black Sabbath looks to have settled on a standard setlist and have stopped road-testing the songs from the upcoming ‘13’ album, except for the single.