Chris Reimer, guitarist for the Calgary, Canada based band Women died in his sleep earlier this week at 26 years old.

Noise-pop stars Sleigh Bells say that they’ll be in Australia twice this year.

Californian stoner rock gods Fu Manchu add full dates to complement their Cherry Rock headliner.

The collaborative track from Gorillaz, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and Andre 3000 of Outkast appears online.

Lady Gaga has added more shows for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland.

The Beatles have caught up with the 90s. They have released their first official ringtones.

The Cult will headline the SXSW Auditorium Shores Stage on Saturday, March 17.

The Amy Winehouse DVD entitled Never Forgotten has been recalled after the licensor failed to clear some of the footage in the film.

Massive regional fest Groovin The Moo lose a US act and replace them with an Australian one.

Over 130 Australian venues have registered shows for Thursday’s 'Save Live Australia's Music Day'.

Adele ‘21’ sold around 716,000 units this week following the Grammy Awards.

President Obama had a personal re-enactment of the Rolling Stones ‘Get Yer Yas Yas’ 1969 Madison Square Garden bill tonight when Mick Jagger and B.B. King performed at The White House.

“I was raised out of steel here in the swamps of Jersey,” sings Bruce Springsteen in the open line of the title track of ‘Wrecking Ball’. The 17th Springsteen album (and first since the death of E Street Band co-founder Clarence Clemons) is on the way.

Norah Jones releases tracks, artwork, title and release date for her new Danger Mouse-produced album.

The BRIT Awards have been handed down for another year and the big three went to Adele for Best Female, Ed Sheeran for Best Male and Coldplay for Best Group.

Music industry legend Kim Fowley may only have a few weeks left to live.

Bon Iver put up a stripped back live performance for 4AD Sessions online.

Motorhead are furious that a new box set featuring their early recordings is selling for an outrageous price.

The Chris Brown and Rihanna reunion continues to gather momentum with the former couple appearing on each other’s new song.

One week after the death of Whitney Houston a London theatre company has announced plans for a musical theatre version of ‘The Bodyguard’.

Madonna ‘Give Me All You Luvin’ is officially a stiff. The first song from her forthcoming ‘MDNA’ album slipped out of the Top 40 in Australia after just one week.

Crazy psych-rockers The Brian Jonestown Massacre have snuck a new song out on YouTube.

Blur, The Specials and New Order will perform a closing ceremony celebration concert for the 2012 London Olympics.

US indie rockers Wild Flag have assembled fine supports for their Australian tour.

A previously-unseen Stone Temple Pilots video for ‘Cinnamon’ has appeared online.

New Orleans alt-rockers Mutemath book their first Australian tour.

The Aussie BBQ line-up for 2012 for Los Angeles, Austin, New York and Toronto has been locked away.

Carly Simon will be presented with the Founders Award at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards.

I’ve gotta admit it, most of the time I don’t find SNL that funny. I mean sure, occasionally there’s a little chuckle, but not actual belly laughs. At least not until I saw Justin Timberlake impersonating Bon Iver welcoming Beyonce and Jay-Z’s new child into the world.

Sky Blu of LMFAO gets a Twitter tattoo, Jared of KOL has gone soft, Burton from Fear Factory has a birthday, Colin Meloy endorses Rick Santorum and heaps more.