Red Hot Chili Peppers were "against the hair-metal scene".

UPDATE : Midnight Oil's surprise Melbourne show tonight 7 March 2022 has been cancelled.

The third studio album for local rock act Gang of Youths called "angel in realtime" has shot straight into the No.1 spot, giving them their second successive ARIA chart-topping album.

Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee are not dead. Also Dave Grohl has not gone solo. It appears the recent Foo Fighters movie ‘Studio 666’ was fake news. The Foo Fighters were very much alive in Geelong, Australia tonight, and for the record, lets date stamp that as 4 March 2022.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have released another preview from the album ‘Unlimited Love’. Test drive ‘Poster Child’.

Bring Me The Horizon and Ed Sheeran have been "emailing each other" to plan their new collaboration.

RocKwiz will return to Arts Centre Melbourne over Easter for a Really Really Good Friday.

Robert Smith has let slip that one of The Cure's upcoming albums is called 'Songs Of The Lost World’.

Jennifer Hudson is gearing up to take on the world of daytime television.

With SXSW just a week away in Austin, Texas, new additions to the showcases include Dolly Parton, Sammy Hagar & The Circle and The Lemonheads performing their classic 'Its A Shame About Ray' album.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have reportedly finalised their divorce.

Multi-platinum singer, song-writer and actor, Sting returns to BBC Radio 4 audio drama in I Must Have Loved You, a play he has co-created with writer Michael Chaplin.

Mike Campbell has released another song from The Dirty Knobs. ‘State of Mind’ features ‘State of Mind’.

Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is the latest act to cancel shows in Russia.

Randy Newman has cancelled shows because he has broken his neck … but that’s not as bad as it sounds.

Dougy Mandagi of The Temper Trap is working a new project called Bloodmoon.

The Australian Music Prize for 2021 has been awarded to Genesis Owusu for ‘Smiling With No Teeth’.

When Black Rebel Motorcycle Club arrive in Australia for their Under The Southern Stars dates from March 11, they will be performing for the first time since 2019.

Independent music store Music Bizarre has lost all stock for the second time in five years ago the New South Wales floods destroyed everything is the Lismore Store.

Helen Reddy’s iconic classic hit ‘I Am Woman’ will turn 50 in May. A new lyric video has been released to mark the anniversary.

Darren Hayes will return to live performance for his ‘Do You Remember’ tour in 2023 and it will include his Savage Garden hits.

As New South Wales continues to be bombarded with torrential rain and flooding, the Red Hot Summer show for this weekend in Kiama is being moved to April.

Boy George has bumped back his Fantabulosa tour dates by a year. The March 2022 shows in Melbourne and Sydney are now happening in March 2023.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have scrapped dates in Russia and Ukraine following the action of war crimes by Russian terrorist Putin.

Mikey Graham has dashed hopes of a Boyzone reunion.

The Chicks have announced their first tour since dropping Dixie from their band name.

Louis Tomlinson has cancelled his upcoming shows in Moscow and Kyiv following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Killers have pulled out of a music festival in Moscow amid Russia's attack on Ukraine.

Cheap Trick’s first two albums were both recorded and released in 1977. ‘Cheap Trick’ came out in February 77 and ‘In Color’ was out seven months later in September. That just doesn’t happen anymore.

Bush founder Gavin Rossdale has literally doubled in age since the release of the first Bush album ‘Sixteen Stone’ in 1994. Gavin was 27 when his debut album was released, he is now 56.