Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Melle Mel of the Furious Five will tour Australia for the first time.

After Noel Gallagher reportedly turned them down, Liam agrees to do Oasis’ ‘Wonderwall’ at the Olympics Closing Ceremony.

Trippy electro producer Flying Lotus has announced the guests, title, release date and tracklist for his new album.

Reunited Swedish hardcore legends Refused perform two classics on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

The Paul Kelly movie ‘Stories Of Me’ will premiere in October.

The son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, Jason, will pay tribute to his father’s band in a national tour.

The music of former Silverchair singer Daniel Johns features in the new television commercial for Qantas.

A very diverse selection of new releases this week, including Passion Pit, Slipknot, Old Crow Medicine Show and The Gaslight Anthem.

The story of Motown is coming to Broadway with a book by Berry Gordy and the music that made Detroit famous.

Folk icons America are on their way Down Under for a national tour with Rick Price.

Following the Record Store Day release of the limited edition Starman 7" picture disc, EMI will release a 40th anniversary limited edition 7" picture disc of David Bowie's John, I'm Only Dancing. The disc will be released on September 11 in the U.S. and September 3 in the rest of the world.

The nominees were announced on Thursday for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards with a number of programs involving veteran musical artists in the mix.

The year was 1962 and the location was a garage in Hollywood. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss started A&M Records, kicking off their new label with the hit single The Lonely Bull by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

Dancey indie-pop duo Matt & Kim deliver a ballin’ video for ‘Let’s Go’ from their forthcoming Lightning album.

Rob Zombie prepares another remix album, featuring Bloody Beetroots, Photek, Jonathan Davis from Korn, Chino from Detones, and more.

New Jersey folk punk upstarts The Gaslight Anthem release a video for the title track of their fourth album Handwritten.

Bold UK folkie Cosmo Jarvis previews his Think Bigger album during a whistlestop visit to Australia.

Adelaide band Exit is the first finalist announced for the phase two of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam.

The Village People will be back in Australia for their 35th anniversary tour in November.

R&B newcomer Frank Ocean's debut album ‘Channel Orange’ scores a surprise second spot on the US chart with 97% digital sales.

Lana Del Rey is the new global face for US fashion outlet H&M.

London Olympic tune ‘Theme For Velodrome’ by The Chemical Brothers has been captured from a radio airing.

Glen Campbell, who is in the midst of his farewell tour, has cancelled the Australian leg of the trek.

Rick Springfield treated diners at a restaurant in the Melbourne suburb of Boronia to a surprise performance on Sunday.

The original J. Geils members have put the old band back together. Peter Wolf, Seth Justman, Danny Klein and Magic Dick are once again the J. Geils Band but John Geils is not part of the line-up.

Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich) prepare their first proper release – a remix 12-inch.

Randy Blythe, frontman for metal act Lamb Of God, gives an interview to a Czech newspaper about his manslaughter charge.

The classic 1976 Kiss album ‘Destroyer’ is about to be reissued as ‘Destroyer: Resurrected’.

Troubled Brit rocker Pete Doherty has reportedly been told to leave a drug rehabilitation facility in Thailand.

Canada’s album of the year Polaris Music Prize shortlists Drake, Grimes, Feist, Japandroids and more.