Green Day have announced a collaboration with a skateboard manufacturer to create a line of decks to benefit a children’s hospital.

Ray Manzarek, the legendary keyboard player for The Doors, has died at the age of 74.

‘Star-Crossed Citizens’ is the third single from the Something For Kate album ‘Leave Your Soul To Science’.

The Dead Daisies fans have voted to let the hero of the ‘Lock N Load’ music video live.

Gotye has taken home four awards at the Billboard Music Awards held tonight in Los Angeles.

The Grammy-award winning Tedeschi Trucks Band have given their second album a title. It will be called ‘Made Up Mind’.

Deep Purple have released an official video for their song Vincent Price from the new album Now What?!

Philip Chevron, the guitarist for the Pogues and Radiators From Space, announced his medical condition on the Pogues website with the headline "This time the cancer is lethal."

The perennial favorite musical pastime, complaining about who's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, almost always comes around to a few artists including Rush (who are now in), Deep Purple, the Monkees and KISS.

2013 is the 40th anniversary of Virgin Records, the revolutionary British record label launched by Richard Branson in 1973. To mark the event there will be a series of events taking place this autumn celebrating the label's rich history and ability to 'disrupt the status quo'.

Noel Gallagher picked up Outstanding Song Collection Award award yesterday at the Ivor Novello Awards saying exactly why he thought the awards hold such a special place in the music industry.

It's a big week for ABBA. Not only has Agnetha Fältskog's new album, A, debut at number 6, but the group's album, Gold, has overtaken the Beatles to become the second biggest selling album in British music history.

Ken Whaley, who was a member of such English groups as Help Yourself, Ducks Deluxe and Man, died on May 8 after battling lung cancer. He was 66.

Stephen Stills, Barry Goldberg and Kenny Wayne Shepherd have formed the new group The Rides and will release their first album, Can't Get Enough, on August 27.

Bon Jovi will perform a second Melbourne show at Etihad Stadium on December 8.

Dave Grohl was The Rolling Stones special guest for the second Anaheim show on May 18. He performed ‘Bitch’ with the band.

Judith Durham remains in hospital and her condition “unchanged” says her manager Graham Simpson.

Pubjab rapper Honey Singh has been changed with obscenity and could face up to three months in prison.

30 Seconds To Mars singer Jared Leto will return to be big screen soon playing a transsexual in the movie ‘Dallas Buyers Club’.

Dave Grohl will be joining the Rolling Stones on stage tonight in Anaheim.

Bon Jovi have announced a one-off show in Sao Paulo, Brazil with Nickelback as their special guest opening act.

Tame Impala’s touring bass player Nick Allbrook has left the band.

‘At Last – The Etta James Story’ starring Vika Bull has become the surprise stage hit of 2013 in Australia and has been extended for Perth and Brisbane.

Cyndi Lauper will kick off her Australian tour with to shows now for Melbourne.

Michael Buble “To Be Loved” has remained for a fifth week at No.1 in Australia.  

Robin Thicke stays a second week at No.1 in Australia with T.I. and Pharrell on the now Platinum (▲) selling track “Blurred Lines”.

Denmark has won the Eurovision Song Contest for 2013.

R.I.P. Alan O’Day. The man who wrote the Righteous Brothers hit ‘Rock and Roll Heaven’, Helen Reddy’s ‘Angie Baby’ and had his own hits with ‘Undercover Angel’ and ‘Skinny Girls’ has passed away at the age of 72.

If you are on the streets of Sydney tonight and see a strange video on building, it is from Kanye West.

Country superstar Alan Jackson will return to Australia in September.