It’s youth vs experience on this week’s Official Albums Chart Update as Declan McKenna and The Rolling Stones go head-to-head for the UK’s Number 1 album.

Sia is donating $70,000 to Australians experiencing hardship amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Eddie Vedder has joined Instagram to encourage people to vote via mail in the upcoming US presidential election.

The Cranberries paid tribute to Dolores O'Riordan on what would have been her 49th birthday.

Rock legend Eric Burdon is both pissed off and amused that the Trump campaign used his classic ‘House of the Rising Sun’ at a campaign rally without his permission but he also has drawn attention to the meaning of the song, something the Trumpers didn’t think about.

Melbourne musician/songwriter Sam See has slammed the maskless morons who protested for the ‘freedom’ has FREEDUMB.

Amber Lawrence has had a number two debut with her ‘Amber Lawrence Live’ DVD. Picking the same week as Metallica to release a DVD didn’t work in her favour.

Metallica scores their seventh No.1 album in Australia this week as their tenth live set "S&M2" with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra debuts at the top this week.

“Ho ho ho’ no longer means at orgy at Tommy Lee’s house. During isolation, Tommy has been working on a Christmas song.

2020 was meant to be spent touring for Vika & Linda Bull. They were about to head out on the APIA Good Times tour when Covid hit and the plans moved to 2021. They set them thinking about what to do. Now its six months and two albums later with the ‘Anthology’ and the ‘Sunday’ albums.

Beyonce celebrated her 39th birthday on Friday by handing out $1 million (£754,000) to struggling Black-owned businesses.

The rockers - Sir Mick Jagger, 77, Keith Richards, 76, Ronnie Wood, 73 and Charlie Watts, 79 - have no plans to retire and Keith hopes they will all still be playing together in two years to celebrate the milestone.

Tommy Bolan, who was the lead singer of T. Rex and one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s, inspired her music and image.

Robbie Williams has declared that he wants to reinvigorate his career by becoming a U.S. TV star.

Tom Morello has launched his Audible Original book 'Tom Morello at Minetta Lane Theatre: Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song' to take fans on the musical journey of his life.

Kanye West is $6m down from his ridiculous election run.

Devo co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh nearly died after contracting COVID-19 and spending time on a ventilator.

It is official. Batman has the virus. Production of ‘The Batman’ has halted in London after new Batman Robert Pattinson tested positive for the coronavirus.

During the Covid lockdowns Sydney’s Martin Cilia and Melbourne’s Joe Matera have teamed to remotely record a couple of surf instrumentals.

Music Victoria Chief Executive Officer Patrick Donovan is leaving Music Victoria after 10 years.

Oasis will mark the 25th anniversary of ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory)’ with a limited edition vinyl picture disc.

New South Wales’ ground-breaking music event is tuning up for a spectacular month of gigs with over 50 Australian artists and eight regions confirmed for the Great Southern Nights lineup, which forms part of the NSW Government’s COVID-19 Recovery Plan.

St. Vincent doesn't like to know what an artist is thinking when they write a song.

Ellie Goulding has responded to widespread criticism of festival lineups not featuring enough female acts in prominent spots, and she insisted while she'll be at the top of the bill "in the future", she doesn't expect it to come at the Worthy Farm event in 2021.

Jamie Cullum feels "proud" to have won an Ivor Novello award for an Amy Winehouse-inspired song.

Miley Cyrus is still reeling from her 2019 divorce and the media fallout from the marriage break-up.

When The Casanovas were once chosen to open for Motley Crue and Motorhead in Australia it was an instant education for Tommy Boyce and Damo Campbell.

Something for Kate will released ‘The Modern Medieval’, their first album in eight years in November.

Sade has had her six studio album remastered at Abbey Road for the vinyl Box set ‘This Far’.

The Meredith Music Festival for 2020 will not go ahead this year.