Melbourne alt-country singer/songwriter Van Walker will hit 2012 running with a big Australian tour, it was announced today.

Canadian hardcore outfit Cancer Bats have dropped a hint at how their fourth album might sound.

General public tickets for Roger Daltrey performing The Who’s Tommy and Yes will go on sale tomorrow at 9am (Friday, December 16).

The Angels’ Rick Brewster suffered every guitarist’s nightmare this week … amp death.

Michael Rother of brilliant krautrock pioneers NEU! Will head to Australia in March for a string of shows around the country.

Weezer and the Fonz, Ted Leo gets cheeky with Titus Andronicus, Nicki Minaj introduces Pope John Paul II, Megadeth give away a guitar and heaps more.

UK electropop duo Goldfrapp deliver a video for their new song from a forthcoming singles collection.

Indie stars The Shins have announced their fourth album Port Of Morrow to be released early next year.

Melodic punk godfathers Bad Religion announce Soundwave sideshows with Strung Out, Street Dogs and The Menzingers.

Melbourne singer Tina Arena has been awarded one of France’s highest honors, the Knighthood of the Order of National Merit.

Mike Myers is working on a prequel to the Austin Powers films as a stage musical.

The nude sketch of Lady Gaga by Tony Bennett is up for auction on eBay with all proceeds going to charity.

Big Day Out promoter Ken West has announced that Mariachi El Bronx and The Bronx will play at both the Adelaide and Perth Big Day Out events.

The new music video Lana Del Rey has been uploaded to YouTube.

Blind Boys Of Alabama are in the house, the Daryl Hall house that is. Blind Boys Of Alabama are the special guests o the 49th edition of Live From Daryl’s House.

Britain is preparing for invasion status of SXSW with more than 60 acts including Cosmo Jarvis now added to the 2012 line-up.

Walking With Dinosaurs have replaced rock and roll dinosaurs AC/DC as the top grossing entertainment act of the past 12 months.

APRA/AMCOS CEO Brett Cottle has been announced as a keynote speaker for the Fuse Festival in Adelaide in February.

The Black Keys are the latest in a long list of artists who are refusing to supply their music to streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora, but drummer Patrick Carney explained their reasoning in a way that is difficult to argue with.

Australia is gearing up for one of its biggest years ever at the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas.

Remember Dev Hynes? He was in the lol-aliciously titled Test Icicles and then released a couple of albums as Lightspeed Champion, but now he has reinvented himself again as Blood Orange and is planning on bringing his new incarnation to Australia to show us what he’s all about.

The trailer for Rock Of Ages has hit the web, featuring Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Soundwave headliners Marilyn Manson book three Soundwave sideshows with spooky supports.

Dave Grohl thanks his fans on the Foo Fighters site and mentions that they’re planning their eighth album.

R&B superstar Rihanna will take the honour of being the most “liked” artist on Facebook for 2011.

Lionel Richie’s mystery CMT induction, Jonsi from Sigur Ros talks soundtracks, Glee join Bono and Sting, Jessie J works too hard, and heaps more.

The Morning Of The Earth concert is going back on the road in January.

La Roux’s Elly Jackson has tweeted that she will be starring in the New Year’s Absolutely Fabulous special.

In the second episode of the VOYR doco series behind Watch The Throne, Kanye and Jay-Z head back to West’s childhood home.

JB Hi-Fi have launched their unique method of selling music, at least in beta form, to customers willing to take the plunge into the world of cloud computing.