Cee Lo Green has assured his fans he's fine after fake footage showing a cellphone exploding in his face circulated on social media.

It wasn’t coincidence or luck that put the John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John Christmas album at the top ARIA chart this week. It was a carefully planned marketing strategy and the plan was game-changing.

Thom Yorke’s partner of 20 years, Dr Rachel Owen, has died from cancer at the age of 48.

It looks like we will finally be able to hear the Chic album It's About Time sometime in 2017.

Justin Timberlake’s ‘Can’t Stop The Feeling’ was the most played song on Australian radio in 2016.

One trend in music over the last 12 months has been live music fans waiting for the cheap concert tickets instead of buying when they go on sale. That never used to happen. So what changed? A company called Lasttix popped up.

Barry Gibb has cancelled his Australian and New Zealand tour for 2017 including his Bluesfest headline performance.

Colin Hay, the ex-frontman for Men at Work and all around great live entertainer, has announced his next studio album, Fierce Mercy, will be released on March 3 via Compass Records.

Kanye West's cousin is convinced the family drama surrounding a stolen sex tape sparked the rapper's "decline", which resulted in his recent hospitalisation.

Rapper 50 Cent is hinting at retiring from music following the release of his much-delayed album Street King Immortal.

Mick Jagger's newborn son, Deveraux, has made his debut on social media.

Alex The Astronaut is Sydney-born, New York-based ‘folktronic’ singer-songwriter Alex Lynn.

Coldplay has now reached more than 5 billion streams on Spotify, making them the biggest band in the world on all-time streams.

Depending on who you talk to, the Monkees' soundtrack to their film Head is either pure genius or a low point in their career.

It has finally happened, Australia has landed its second ever Christmas album, as the John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John seasonal collaboration "Friends for Christmas" jumps up three places to land its first week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

For a third week in Australia (and sixth in the UK) "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit with singers Anne-Marie and Sean Paul is the biggest overall selling single.

The four members of Metallica were found rocking to their own hit ‘Enter Sandman’ with the deli guy this week in L.A.

‘At Last The Etta James Story’, starring Vika Bull is set for an extended run in the UK after a surprise three-year hit in Australia.

2016 turned out to be one of the saddest years in music with what felt like an endless year of obituaries.

UK electronic music producer Mura Masa has the most Shazamed song in Australia this week with ‘Love$ick’.

The Weeknd ‘Starboy’ maintains the top spot as the most streamed song in Australia again this week.

Bruno Mars ‘24K Magic’ is the fastest selling download in Australia this weekend.

This Valentine's season, you're going to have one more reason to be a Netflix subscriber as they present Michael Bolton's Big Sexy Valentine's Day Special.

David Bowie was too busy to star as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings.

We have a new candidate for the "stories you just can't make up" pile.

Flowers in the Dirt is the tenth release in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection. The multi-disc edition of the 1989 album will be released on March 24.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Tony Bennett, The Doors (live), Kid Cudi, The Skins and soundtracks to Passengers, Assassin's Creed and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Coldplay has gifted Australia a brand new Christmas song called ‘Christmas With The Kangaroos’.

James Reyne’s debut studio album will be re-released on vinyl in January marking the 30th anniversary of the year it was released.

The Avalanches debut ‘Since I Left You’ will be released as a 2LP blue vinyl LP in January.