Thanks to the multiple Triple J Hottest 100 for 2012 placements, local electro-lad Flume sees his self-titled album jump up fifteen places to No.1 this week.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis stay atop the ARIA Singles chart for a third week with their second No.1 “Same Love”.

Five more acts including Flume, Tame Impala and The Presets have been added to the Australian Music Prize (AMP) Shortlist.

Following their signing to Warner Brothers in the USA, The Rubens are set to be the Australian buzz band of 2013 at SXSW in Texas next month.

John Fogerty has finally completed his upcoming album ‘Wrote A Song For Everyone’ and will announce the release date in coming days.

The chances of Green Day making their concert comeback at SXSW have increased with news that their movies ‘Cuatro’ and ‘Broadway Idiot’ will both premiere at the SXSW Film in March.

Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, who is serving a two-year sentence for her part in the feminist punk group's anti-Putin protest at a Moscow cathedral last year has been taken to a prison hospital.

For the past seven years Nickelback have been warming up their audience with metal band Pantera’s ‘Walk”.

We may never know exactly what happened, but Morrissey was admitted to a Royal Oak, MI hospital this week for much more than was originally reported.

2DAY jocks Mel Greig and Michael Christian will not face charges for the royal prank that led to the death of a British nurse last December.

Josh Groban has covered the Academy Award winning Glen Hansard song ‘Falling Slowly’ on his new album ‘All That Echoes’.

Pennywise have replaced the ailing Zoli Teglas with original singer Jim Lindberg and have rescheduled their Australian dates.

The 16th They Might Be Giants album ‘Nanobots’ will be released on Idlewild Recordings through David Williams’ Tombowler in Australia.

Australian acts will once again take over Austin, Texas on March 16 for one of SXSW’s hottest events, The Aussie BBQ.

Hoodoo Gurus will bring Blue Oyster Cult to Australia for the 2nd (and what now looks like annual) Dig It Up.

Amanda Palmer will tell the story of how she did the business her way at SXSW in March.

The world's biggest pop band, One Direction, have teamed up with the UK charity, Comic Relief, to record the official 2013 Red Nose Day charity single, creating their own unique take on the Blondie classic 'One Way Or Another.'

Beyoncé has spoken about her devastating miscarriage, revealing she had already picked out names for the baby.

Elton John has also been confirmed for the Isle of Wight Festival.

Craig David has added East Coast Australia dates to his 2013 World Tour.

Bruno Mars' sisters have released their first music video.

Mike Tyson reveals that he is a huge fan of Justin Bieber.

Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band played the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last year and all the proceeding were captured for release on Ringo at the Ryman, coming March 11 on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Kermit the Frog thinks it's important to stay 'close to royalty' as he might turn into a prince one day.

Ed Sheeran reportedly got told off by his mother for having too many tattoos.

Yesterday (January 30) was the 40th anniversary of the first live performance of KISS who would go on to gather millions of adoring fans and almost as many detractors.

Hip-Hop legend Nas will co-headline and curate Movement, a brand new music festival for Australia in April.

It took an announcement from the Mahindra Blues Festival in Mumbai, India for the world to learn that Jimmie Vaughan has suffered a serious heart attack.

Universal Music has confirmed that the take-over of EMI Records in Australia is now complete and that that Marketing, Promotions and A&R will continue to run separately but under Universal management.

Barry Manilow was the subject of yet another celebrity death hoax today, “losing his life” on that treacherous Route 80 that also claimed the lives of Justin Bieber, David Beckham, Usher, Vanilla Ice, Tiesto and Harry Styles in the past year.