Is Adam Lambert about to set to step in the footsteps of the late, great Freddie Mercury?

You should have seen the audience three songs in. They were on their feet and charging to the front. Hall & Oates were in the house and this crowd could not wait to see them.

Paris Hilton has posted pics of her in the studio working on new song with Flo Rida and Afrojack.

Blackchords have started work on their second album with former Frames guitarist David Odlum behind the desk.

Ryan Adams ribs Butch Walker, Fred Durst tries professional comedy, MC Hammer hates sugar, Rebecca Black reminds us she’s 14, and heaps more.

A homeless New Yorker has filed a lawsuit against Eminem for nine million bucks after claiming the rapper stole his idea for the Born of Fire Chrysler commercial that appeared at the Superbowl last year.

Lana Del Rey and Van Halen kick off a bit of a legendary week in new releases.

Mock-rockers Tenacious D – Jack Black and Kyle Gass – release a teaser animation for their new album.

Boutique camp-out festival Boogie have added a supergroup, solo stars and more for their 6th incarnation.

UK metal wildmen DragonForce have revealed details of album number five, the first with their new singer.

The 2012 Black Sabbath reunion tour has been thrown in jeopardy with founding member Bill Ward announcing he will not go ahead with the tour unless he is given a “signable contract”.

Hall & Oates star John Oates joined Icehouse on stage for the first time in nearly 25 years last night to perform ‘Electric Blue’, the song he co-wrote with Iva Davies.

Gotye and Kimbra made their American television debut tonight performing ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Soundgarden played the Big Day Out in 1997 and after two shows in Hawaii in their way back across the Pacific, decided to end their half-decade of riff-fuelled global domination.

Kooky Melbourne art-poppers Aleks And The Ramps celebrate their third album FACTS with an extensive national tour.

Shinedown have revealed the artwork for their upcoming ‘Amaryllis’ album and have uploaded snippets of songs for fans to absorb now.

Graham Nash turned 70 today.

Let’s assume that the reason Kanye West’s set at the Big Day Out and his solo shows were identical is because he doesn’t do things by halves.

Willie Nelson has returned to Sony, the label where he recorded his classics ‘Red Headed Stranger’ and ‘Stardust’.

Adam Ant will tour Australia in March and April.

Children Collide have revealed the artwork for their next album ‘Monument’.

Bernard Sumner of New Order has suggested that the reunited group may go back to record.

The inquest over Amy Winehouse’s death may be declared illegal due to doubts about the coroner’s qualifications.

Reports emerge that the hip-hop megastar has sent a team to scout locations in the Middle East for a new short film.

The nine albums in the running for Australia’s premier music prize, the AMP, have been announced.

Don Cornelius, the creator of the Soul Train music TV show, has been found dead at his home in Sherman Oaks.

Lisa Marie Presley was at her old family home Graceland today to open a new exhibition about her father Elvis Presley.

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson has decided to update the story of Gerald Bostock now 40 years on with ‘Thick As A Brick 2’.

The first-ever live Il Volo CD and DVD was recorded at the Detroit Opera House.

Gotye’s ‘Making Mirrors’ album has finally made its American debut. The album was released today in the USA through Universal/Republic.