Former US Vice President Al Gore will speak at SXSW in Austin on Monday.

Australian 60s pop star and later game show host Ian Turpie has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 68.

In the 70s and 80s, the name Nile Rodgers together with partner Bernard Edwards built the foundations of dance music today through disco and the band Chic.

Bob Dylan has been working on his next album at Jackson Browne’s studio in Los Angeles.

John Mayer has had to pull out of all of his upcoming performances including his SXSW showcase for next Saturday, March 18 citing health reasons.

The busiest girl in indie-pop Kimbra announces a sly national tour for May.

So-Cal punk heroes Pennywise launch their tenth album with a new track.

Garbage have announced the tracklisting for their reunion album ‘Not Your Kind Of People’ and unveiled the cover artwork.

The Temper Trap offer the first sounds from their second, self-titled album.

The Hilltop Hoods and Bruce Springsteen kick off the new releases for this week.

Airbourne’s third album will be released worldwide by Roadrunner.

Robyn Loau has recorded a cover of the Kate Bush classic ‘Wuthering Heights’.

The original and reformed Tumbleweed have been busy writing. The band has 20 new songs.

Jack Black and Kyle Gass of mock metallers Tenacious D reveal details of their third album Rize Of The Fenix.

Dan Bradley has reignited the ongoing debate over the Australian radio Australian content quota.

Post-'Black And Gold', pop prince Sam Sparro finds his groove thing during a showcase set in Melbourne.

Nimrod Antal, the director of Journey to the Center of the Earth, Journey 2, will direct the Metallica 3D movie project.

Whitney Houston’s will has been filed, leaving everything to her daughter Bobbi Kristina.

In Australia we use the saying “fair suck of the sauce bottle” as a protest against unreasonableness. Now we can say the same thing for ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons but with a totally different meaning. Gibbons has just launched his own brand of sauce.

Melodramatic Sydney indie-pop quartet The Jezabels have won this year's Australian Music Prize for their album Prisoner.

Canadian pop-punks Simple Plan will return to Australia nine months after their last visit with We The Kings.

Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) will release his Dr Dee concept album in May.

The Rolling Stones Facebook page has just gone past the 9 million fans mark and Keith Richards has posted for a picture showing off the achievement.

New York house music icon Roger Sanchez books an Australian club tour for April.

Lionel Richie will make his SXSW debut at the Billboard show at ACL Live next Wednesday in Austin.

Kylie Minogue has added another show for Sydney and Melbourne on her sudden Anti Tour tour.

Rachael Ray is having Train, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Jimmy Cliff over to lunch.

Vanessa Amorosi’s Zoo Twilights show, cancelled due to injury, has been rescheduled.

Indie-pop chanteuse Kimbra has announced the US release of Vows, with new songs, and a US tour with Foster The People.

The Black Keys have been honoured by their former High School by being added to the Hall Of Fame.