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.

The Darkness and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will tour Australia in April with Australia’s Jackson Firebird rounding out the bill.

The children of the late-Ray Charles have won in court over the Ray Charles Foundation in a case that determined the ownership of the copyright on about 60 of his songs.

The management for Metallica are spinning the numbers released by Billboard on Metallica's album sales after they put their music on Spotify.

The United States Postal Service will be putting out three commemorative stamps in 2013 that depict legendary music artists with the first release being the great Johnny Cash.

The Los Angeles prosecutors office has officially charged Emmylou Harris with hit-and-run stemming from an October 1 incident where the singer she allegedly bumped another car while driving on the 405 freeway and kept going without stopping to exchange information or report the accident.

After the enormous success of his 2012 UK tour, Ian Anderson is back for a very special one-off show at the Royal Albert Hall on 30th June.

Justin Timberlake will perform at the Grammy Awards ceremony.

Barbra Streisand will perform at this year's Academy Awards.

Singer Sinead O'Connor has revealed on ITV's Lorraine she intends to keep her 'mouth shut and behave' and let her new music speak for itself.

Over 200 Australian venues have signed up for SLAM Day 2013 with new acts being added every day and today you can add Pete Murray and Jeff Martin to the list.

Tim McGraw gave up alcohol after realising he had no "moral high ground" with his children.

Victoria Beckham couldn't help laughing when her son asked her why she only ever "sang background" in the Spice Girls.

Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the phenomenally popular 40's group the Andrews Sisters, died on Wednesday at her home in the Northridge area of Los Angeles at the age of 94. Her spokesperson said she passed of natural causes.

Courtney Webb has been bombarded with death threats after claiming to have slept with One Direction star Zayn Malik.

The video for 'Mind Mischief', the third official single off 2012's critically acclaimed 'Lonerism', is proudly brought to you by Modular.

Matt Sykes, the drummer for Paul Greene and the Other Colours has died following a boating accident near Jervis Bay on the New South Wales south coast.

There are now three major music labels in Australia following the absorption of EMI into Universal Music this week.

Before Jimmy Little passed away in April, 2012 he set up a charity to help children and the indigenous people that will continue on in his name. That includes the announcement today of the Jimmy Little Grant.

Unlike Justin Bieber’s performance in the TV show ‘NCIS’ Josh Groban will survive through to the end of his guest appearance on ‘CSI-NY’ on Valentine’s Day.

Julio Iglesias and Jose Feliciano are among the first six inductees in the new Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Country legend Randy Travis will plead guilty in an incident from last August in Sherman, TX where police found him by the side of the road, naked and over the legal alcohol limit, with his crashed car.

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell will be on the road this spring to promote their new album, Love Has Come to You, due on April 23 via Rounder Records.

Justin Bieber has penned a song about his split with Selena Gomez.

Jay-Z will apparently host a lavish bash ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Jon Bon Jovi turned down a judge's job on X Factor last year.