Adele returns to number one in 2012, in this week’s uninspiring (apart from Foster The People) ARIA chart.

Triple J’s stalwart music programmer Richard Kingsmill is taking 6 months off.

Metallica have plans to release a 3D movie later this year.

The 500th episode of The Simpsons will air in February and now the show is planning on taking out a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

Russell Crowe has pitched his songbook to Canadian band Walk Off The Earth after they created a viral hit with their Gotye and Kimbra cover.

Look out President Obama, Ted Nugent is out to get your job.

Ivy Blue Carter has arrived, the first child for Beyonce and Jay-Z.

David Bowie turns 65 today (January 8, 2012). Happy birthday David Bowie, you may officially retire (but please don't).

Recording for the new Kiss album ‘Monster’ is finished. Kiss downed tools on their 20th studio album on Friday (January 6, 2012).

A 7” vinyl single of ‘Can I Sit Next To You Girl’, the debut song for AC/DC, has surpassed the $1000 bid mark on eBay with another two days of bidding still to go.

Canadian act Walk Off The Earth featuring Sarah Blackwood have covered Gotye featuring Kimbra ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ with five people playing one guitar.

Here it is Van Halen fans, the full tracklisting for the new album ‘A Different Kind Of Truth’ and a sample of the new single ‘Tattoo’.

The legendary Engelbert Humperdinck has been in London working on his new album with award winning producer Martin Terefe and acclaimed singer songwriter Dan Wilson.

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has posted two new solo tracks online.

Bob Weston, one of Fleetwood Mac's early members, has been found dead in London. He was 64.

Sir Bob Geldof is going to be a grandfather. His daughter Peaches is pregnant.

Adam Ant has cancelled his upcoming US tour and postponed the release of his new album.

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has had a successful eye operation.

The Doors will unveil a previously unreleased song for the very first time on their Facebook page on Monday.

Paul Stanley has dropped Kiss fans info on 6 of the songs that will appear on the upcoming Kiss album ‘Monster’.

Barbara Nicks, the mother of Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks, has passed away in Arizona at the age of 84.

Van Halen performed at the tiny New York venue Café Wha on Thursday night played a very old unused song expected to be on the new album.

Yesterday Noise11.com reported Jason Derulo had suffered a fractured next while rehearsing for his upcoming tour.

Following his work with Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson comes news that Jack White is working on a new record for Tom Jones.

Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl has teamed up with members of 80s metal band Ratt for a new project.

Hardcore rock heavyweights Hatebreed, Cro-Mags, Biohazard and HellYeah team up for two Soundwave sideshows.

Sales for the Adele ‘21’ in the USA last year are stagging. The ‘21’ album accounted for 5.1% of all new release album sales during 2011.

Legendary music manager Doc McGhee is now directing the career of new Hollywood band Vintage Trouble.

The Music Managers Forum Australia is returning for the 15th year running with a great selection of panels for managers and artists alike.

The Van Halen tour will begin in Louisville, Kentucky on February 8, 2012.