Paul Simon's landmark album Graceland is being celebrated with a variety of special events, releases and broadcasts.

ZZ Top will reactive for a 2012 tour with 3 Doors Down.

The Eagles and Alison Krauss have been named to receive doctorates from Berklee.

Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi has posted an update on his website about the progress of his cancer treatments:

Happy birthday Aretha Franklin.

Robbie Williams is going to be a Dad.

Police have confirmed cocaine was found in the hotel room Whitney Houston died in.

Tom Jones has a new batch of songs ready for release.

Mi-Sex keyboard player is in a stable condition following his Stroke while onstage at the Mi-Sex A Day On The Green in the Yarra Valley last week.

Katy Perry posts a video for Tommy Sunshine’s huge megamix from the new edition of Teenage Dream.

Aussie pop/rock band Short Stack have split.

Lush Melbourne folkies Husky add a new Melbourne show and Europe and US Sub Pop release dates.

Gotye books an SNL performance, and upgrades his San Francisco date from a 500-capacity venue to an 8000-capacity one.

Green Day are back in the studio and they've posted yet another mash-up teaser video online.

Following a wildly successful world tour, Sade will release the live album and DVD Bring Me Home.

Noise11.com is recruiting you as a judge for the Red Bull Bedroom Jam 2012.

Sia’s career-spanning Best Of heads up a very eclectic week in new music.

Political Pittsburgh punks Anti-Flag return with their ninth album and Australian tourdates with Strike Anywhere.

Peter Gabriel and Real World have announced that they will be releasing a special edition of Peter Gabriel's landmark album, So.

Authorities investigating allegations that Chris Brown stole a phone are determined to “uncover the truth in its entirety.”

US guitar pop heartthrobs Isaac, Taylor and Zac of Hanson are set to visit Australia in September this year.

Raucous folk collective Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros plan two new albums.

New Zealand act The Naked And Famous have settled their sampling issue with US rapper Machine Gun Kelly.

Chris Martin and Rihanna have been snapped filming the clip to their Coldplay collaboration ‘Princess Of China’ in LA.

The domination continues – Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ has appeared in a Glee teaser.

Sydney new wave electropop act Van She drop a new single from their second album and book national tour.

Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg team up on new song ‘Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die’.

Country and bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs has passed away in a Nashville hospital at the age of 88.

On the verge of his Megadeth co-headlining tour, Rob Zombie has spoken about his next album and his new horror flick.

Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees underwent further intestinal surgery over the weekend, it has been revealed.