Kendrick Lamar will play shows around Australia in July for Live Nation.

Charles Neville, one of the four original Neville Brothers, died this morning at his home in Massachusetts at the age of 79. According to a source, he had been sick for some time.

Over the last couple of decades, Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins has been involved in a wide variety of music styles including dub and world music but he has not recorded anything that would be considered "pop".

Muse have announced plans to release their ambitious Drones World Tour to cinemas worldwide on July 12 for one night only, through Trafalgar Releasing.

Major new titles coming this week from: Post Malone, Keith Urban, Missy Higgins, DMA's, Godsmack, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson. Foreigner, Matt Cardle, Anne-Marie, Janelle Monae, Kasey Chambers and Neil Young (live).

Queens of the Stone Age will return to Australian soil in August with a few shows also planned for New Zealand.

Suzanne Vega will tour Australia in July celebrating the 30th anniversary of her ‘Solitude Standing’ album and the 25th anniversary of ‘99.9F˚’.

Def Leppard will tour Australia and New Zealand in November with Scorpions as special guests on their first ever Australian tour.

Veteran music artists just received a huge boost towards reclaiming the rights to their older recordings.

The new Fleetwood Mac line-up has given their first interviews since the departure of Lindsay Buckingham. Mick Fleetwood says “it was a like a marriage that came to an end and we had to move on”.

Rapper Meek Mill is hoping for a double celebration as he spends his first evening outside of jail since November (17) at a Philadelphia 76ers play-off game.

Sting feared he and his new collaborator Shaggy would be booted from Queen Elizabeth II's birthday concert on Saturday (April 21) after the reggae star ignored royal protocol during their performance.

Embattled rap mogul Russell Simmons has had a rape lawsuit filed against him dismissed after reaching an out-of-court settlement.

Whenever The Rolling Stones do anything, they do it with quality and gravitas. Having defined rock'n'roll in the '60s.

Keith Urban's new album, Graffiti U, comes out this Friday (April 27).

Lionized "boy bands" like *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys sold millions of records and performed to sold-out crowds of screaming young fans in the 1990s and 2000s, but behind this multi-billion-dollar, pop-idol empire was a con artist who established himself as a maverick entrepreneur and music producer.

JAY-Z's mother is to receive a major honour at New York's GLAAD Media Awards.

Wa Wa Nee’s Paul Gray has lost his battle with myeloma at age 53.

Hoodoo Gurus have announced that their entire catalog of recordings will be reissued via their own imprint, Big Time Phonograph Recording Co., via streaming services, vinyl, CD and download.

It has been said there was a wealth of new music in Prince's vaults when he died two years ago and it looks like we'll be hearing some this September.

Kanye West has reportedly parted ways with music mogul Scooter Braun, weeks after cutting ties with his longtime manager Izvor 'Izzy' Zivkovic.

Rapper Meek Mill has been released from prison.

It's probably not one of the spotlight categories in the Guinness Book of World Records but, this summer, Guns N' Roses will play the biggest concert ever held in Iceland.

Barry Manilow has been challenged over his use of a film clip with Judy Garland singing "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart".

Palace of the King have treated fans to an animated music video for ‘I Am The Storm’ from the band’s third album ‘Get Right With Your Maker’.

Lucy Spazzy, formerly of Melbourne’s The Spazzys, is creating a ripple as Lucy and the Rats in London.

Rap superstar Eminem is celebrating a decade of sobriety.

Madonna has lost her bid to prevent the auction of her old personal belongings, including a love letter she received from rapper Tupac Shakur while he was in jail.

Janet Jackson has added a new leg of performances to her State of the World Tour.

Fans of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame group the Allman Brothers Band will be excited to hear Peach Picks: Cream Of The Crop 2003, a collection of the best performances culled from six shows in July and August 2003.