Little Richard was no overnight sensation. Richard Penniman had been performing since 1947 at the age of 14. It was Sister Rosetta Tharpe who heard him cover one of her songs and invited him to open for one of her shows.

Beatles, Stones and Dylan are tweeting about the death of Rock and Roll icon Little Richard at the age of 87.

Rock and Roll legend Little Richard has died at the age of 87 after a battle with cancer.

Dog Trumpet’s first album in seven years is equal parts Peter O’Doherty and Reg Mombassa. Each have six songs on the new record.

Brian May of Queen is in hospital with a very sore arse.

Weezer have become Simpsons characters. The band will appear in the show 10 May 2020 as a cover band called Sailor’s Delight.

Former Silverchair singer Daniel Johns has had a court win of around half a million dollars after News Corp slandered him in the Sunday Telegraph.

Rick Springfield, together with Vance DeGeneres, have gathering up their famous friends (and family) like Ellen DeGeneres, Paul Stanley of Kiss, Sammy Hagar of Van Halen, Matthew Wilder, Tommy Tutone and members of the B52s, Berlin and Loverboy, for ‘The Wall Will Fall’, a benefit song for people financially fucked by COVID-19.

Peter O’Doherty and Reg Mombassa have released ‘Great South Road’, the first Dog Trumpet album since 2013.

Bob Dylan has just released his third new song of 2020 ‘False Prophet’ and what we now also know is that Dylan has created the new album ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’, his first album on original material since ‘Tempest’ in 2012.

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, August 08, Annie-Marie, Bazzi, Charli XCX, Coldplay, Death Cab For Cutie, Foals, Gerard Way, Grouplove, Little Dragon, Morgan Evans, Rita Ora, Rob Thomas, Royal Blood, Rudimental and Why Don’t We are all Warner Music artists taking part in ‘Got Ya Back’.

Mondo Rock’s first ever live album ‘Summer of ‘81 Live At The Pier’ is out today.

Lady Gaga will release her new album ‘Chromatica’ on May 29.

Brian Howe, Bad Company’s singer from 1986 to 1994, has died in Florida from heart failure.

Sheryl Crow has performed a stunning version of George Harrison’s ‘Beware of Darkness’ for Stephen Colbert from her lockdown #PlayAtHome series.

Madonna says that she hand the coronavirus COVID-19 in January.

Mushroom’s State of Music will stream a second episode this Saturday at 6:30pm.

Dog Trumpet’s Peter O’Doherty says he decided to “reverse Led Zeppelin” to come up with the title for ‘Great South Road’.

Weezer have released the second song from their upcoming 14th album ‘Van Weezer’.

Live Nation will test the first concert since the COVID-19 outbreak with Travis McCready in Arkansas on May 15.

Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider has died at age 73 following a battle with cancer.

The Weeknd has set his sights on landing a "dream" cameo in The Simpsons after poking fun at himself on animated TV hit American Dad.

'NSYNC had a mini online reunion to mark Lance Bass's 41st birthday on Tuesday.

Adele turned 32 on Tuesday (05.05.20) and when she took to Instagram to thank fans for their well-wishes on her special day, she included a new picture of herself, revealing her slim figure.

Metallica will be promoting worthy causes via their Month of Giving initiative this month.

60s pop star Millie Small has died at age 73 from a stroke.

11 Nonesuch Records artists have recorded a tribute to former label President Bob Hurwitz.

Victoria will introduce Recharge on 17 May, a streaming media event.

The popular Australian True Crime podcast will become a virtual live event.

Whilst fans of The Lemon Twigs eagerly await the release of their third album, Songs For The General Public (which was due for release 1st May to coincide with a North American tour, and is now rescheduled to come out on 21st August in light of the COVID-19 pandemic) they can have their appetites whetted by a surprise live album they dropped through Bandcamp this week.