Despite recent throat issues, Adele has confirmed that she will perform at the Grammys.

Rihanna and Deadmau5 sign on for a charity show where the tickets will cost $1000 each.

My Chemical Romance are in the process of building a studio in Los Angeles where they’re going to begin working on their fifth album.

Mark Ronson has produced the next Rufus Wainwright album.

A lost guitar solo by George Harrison has been discovered by his son Dhani.

Jerry Seinfeld has filmed an almost two minute commercial for the Honda Acura and it has clocked up over 1.4 million views in half a day.

In the last few hours the ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ videos by Gotye featuring Kimbra and the cover by Walk Off The Earth featuring Sarah Blackwood have been collectively viewed more than 100 million times on YouTube.

When Roger Daltrey tours Australia in April, fans of The Who will witness Pete Townshend’s icon rock opera ‘Tommy’ performed in its entirety.

Madonna has promised to avoid any kind of “wardrobe malfunction” at this year’s Superbowl performance.

Ziggy Marley books two sideshows during his first Australian visit in five years for the Bluesfest.

Shamanistic surf-trance rock act Def FX, led by Fiona Horne, book their first tour in 15 years.

David Guetta and Nicki Minaj appear in a steampunky clip for his latest single ‘Turn Me On’.

PPCA, the organisation representing the rights of artists and record labels, distributed a record $25 million to artists during the financial year ending June, 2011.

Coldplay will head to Sydney for two days only in Australia later this month.

Julian Assange, the Australian Wikileaks founder, is about to turn yellow. Assange is heading to Springfield to star on The Simpsons.

Madonna has released the artwork for her new album ‘MDNA’.

American republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been slapped with a lawsuit for his unauthorised use of the Survivor hit ‘Eye Of The Tiger’.

Rising Australian pop idol Cody Simpson signs licensing agreements with a whopping 16 brands.

The Grammys have put together a frosty commercial featuring Bon Iver and it’s quite lovely.

Ian Astbury of The Cult has defended Lou Reed and Metallica’s reviled Lulu album in an interview.

Foo Fighters filmed their new video for ‘These Days’ in Australia and New Zealand on their recent tour.

UK glitch artist M.I.A. has spoken about her Madonna Superbowl collab and debuted a new song.

Post-hardcore innovators Underoath and Dream On, Dreamer team for Soundwave sideshows.

Paul McCartney has uploaded a 4 minute video special talking about why he made his new album ‘Kisses On The Bottom’.

Jack White stays busy by announcing his first solo album Blunderbuss, due out in April.

Girl-of-the-moment Kimbra signs on for Gotye’s US tour and a Jimmy Kimmel appearance.

Elton John says he has never seen a good Super Bowl half time performance and his advice to Madonna is to "lip-synch good".

The merged New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys have added a second Melbourne show at Rod Laver Arena.

The original Gotye and Kimbra video for ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ and the cover by Canada’s Walk Off The Earth will collectively pass the 100 million views benchmark on YouTube this week.

Cirque du Soleil is taking the Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour on the road with first stop Europe in October.