As Covid increases and isolation locked us down the music world faces challenges with cancellations globally but new music kept on coming. Here are Noise11.com's top music news headlines from April to June 2020.

2020 began with Australia in a State of Disaster as bushfires continued to choke the East Coast. Australian climate denying Prime Minister Scott Morrison had to cut short a holiday in Hawaii to deal with it.

Paul McCartney has pushed up vinyl sales in the United States.

Patti Smith will ring in 2021 in style from high above London’s Piccadilly Circus.

Diddy has been forced to scrap his planned lavish New Year's Eve party over Covid-19 concerns.

Rap mogul Master P and former basketball player Baron Davis are in talks to buy sportswear company Reebok for $2.4 billion.

Grimes will release a second edition of ‘Miss Anthropocene’. The new remix edition will feature different takes on the songs from Richie Hawtin, ANNA, Bloodpop, Julien Bracht and more.

Slash is hopeful he will drop two new albums in the new year, one with Guns 'n Roses and another with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators.

Meek Mill has teamed up with a number of rappers to build their own digital streaming service as a new platform that will support artists and hopes to maximise "black wealth".

Eddie Vedder has recorded Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Growin’ Up’ for a surprise EP ‘Matter of Time’, released on Christmas Day.

John ‘Ecstacy’ Fletcher of US rap group Whodini has died at age 56. A cause of death has not been announced.

Michael Jackson’s infamous Neverland Ranch has been purchased for $22 million.

Eddie Van Halen fell out with Sammy Hagar after Hagar left the band but in the months leading up to Eddie's death in October following a cancer battle, they buried the hatchet.

Taylor Swift holds for a second week at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with her ninth album "evermore", with the set debuting at the top in both America and Canada this past week.

Red Hot Summer has registered another sell-out show, this time in Hobart.

Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks and Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission will join forces on Survival Day, January 26, for the Living In The Land of Oz concert at Melbourne’s Melbourne Pavilion on 26 January 2021.

Twisted Sister's Dee Snider still has no idea if Celine Dion has clocked he was the brains behind her Christmas hit God Bless Us Everyone.

Police were called to George Michael's London home on Tuesday after the late singer's former lover Fadi Fawaz broke in.

The Foo Fighters might retire after releasing their first original Christmas tune, because then it wouldn't matter if no one liked it.

Halsey has requested a permanent protective order against a man she claims has made her life a misery. The singer has offered to testify against her alleged stalker if that's what needs to be done to make sure he stays away from her.

Paul McCartney released a new solo album McCartney III during the coronavirus pandemic and admitted it kept him going during the tough few months, which saw people being forced to stay at home.

Dolly Parton had no problem convincing old pal Willie Nelson to join her for a new rendition of his Christmas song Pretty Paper.

Will Young is the latest star to reveal he's battling Covid-19.

Richie Sambora quit Bon Jovi in 2013 after 30 years in order to spend more time with his daughter Ava, now 24, his child from his marriage to Heather Locklear.

Mariah Carey was worried fans would find her new biography a downer during the festive season after a family member called it "a sad book".

Diddy spared no expense when his mother turned 80 on Monday, surprising her with a $1 million cheque and a brand new Bentley.

Ed Sheeran reportedly earned over $89.3 million (£66 million) between 2019 and 2020, despite taking a break from music.

Lady A star Charles Kelley has revealed the country band changed their name to do their bit as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.

R. Kelly's child pornography trial will now take place in September 2021, after the Covid-19 pandemic led to a further delay.

Leslie West, guitarist and vocalist for Mountain, has died at the age of 75.