Singer Sara Bareilles was inspired to bring forward the release of her empowering single Armor following the sexual misconduct controversy surrounding the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Major new titles coming this week from: Barbra Streisand, Samantha Jade, Tenacious D, Sick of it All, Bob Dylan, Swizz Beatz, Glades, The Eagles (GH), The Prodigy, Matt Corby, Jonas Blue, Opeth (live), Rosanne Cash, Dead Can Dance and Eric Clapton.

The Rubens will take over The Botany View Hotel in Sydney to present a new live music initiative they called Chucka Buckas.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts will hold a public hearing in Sydney on Friday, 2 November 2018 for its inquiry into the Australian music industry.

Wagons will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their ‘The Rise and Fall of Goodtown’ with complete album performances in February 2019.

5 Seconds of Summer have covered Queen’s ‘Killer Queen’ to honor Freddie Mercury and raise funds for the Mercury Phoenix Trust fighting AIDS worldwide.

Birds of Tokyo will open for Bon Jovi in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney in December.

Slipknot have released the new song ‘All Out Life’ with a video directed by the band’s M. Shawn Crahan.

Cameron Crowe and Joel Bernstein have let slip that they are working on an electric counterpoint of the upcoming ‘Songs For Judy’ compilation of 1975 performances.

Annie Lennox has recorded a new song ‘Requiem for a Private War’ as the theme song for the movie ‘A Private War’.

The triple j Awards nominees for 2018 are in and its a big year. Amy Shark, Courtney Barnett, Tash Sultana lead a strong female contingency for Album of the Year while the diversity of Sampa the Great to John Butler Trio makes for a wide Artist of the Year list.

The kids of Viewpoint School in Calabasas were treated to a surprise Red Hot Chili Peppers Halloween show today.

Christine and the Queens will tour Australia for the first time as headliners.

Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett will release his new album ‘At the Edge of Light’ in January.

Guy Sebastian, Kram from Spiderbait and Jen Boyce of Ball Park Music are just some of the artists who Dan Cribb has gathered for a rollicking Simpsons tribute ‘The Worst Tribute Ever’.

Jon Stevens says that all of the work being down by Australia’s musicians to help drought-stricken farmers is finally leading to some action by the government.

Zac Denton of Melbourne band The Ocean Party has died from a brain cyst at age 24.

Melbourne’s iconic venue The Corner Hotel has named indigenous hip-hop artist Baker Boy the recipient of its 2018 Corner Award.

Soul legend PP Arnold has been added to the RocKwiz Revue in November and December.

Cultural icon Barbra Streisand will take a drive with James Corden in an episode of Carpool Karaoke to air this week.

Marc Hunter’s son Jackson Hunter has been announced to perform at the Melbourne Cup at Flemington racecourse next week.

George and Fenn Wilson, the sons of Melbourne bluesman Chris Wilson, will join the Bigger Than Jesus line-up at The Espy in December to honour their father with their band Pollyman.

The Beatles have a new music video for ‘Glass Onion’, John Lennon’s rocker from The White Album.

Kanye West appears to be backtracking in his support for U.S. President Donald Trump after realising he has been "used" to push an agenda he does not support.

KISS will bring their End of the Road world tour to Australia in November 2019.

Melbourne’s Have/Hold have chosen Brunswick Mechanics Institute to launch their second album ‘We Are a Ghost Now, You & I’.

Goanna’s classic ‘Solid Rock’ is to become a museum piece. The National Film & Sound Archive in Canberra has announced that the 1982 ‘Spirit of Place’ track will be added to its Sounds of Australia.

Heart’s 2006 live concert from VH1’s ‘Decades Rock Live’ has been remastered for reissue and it comes with an all-star cast.

The Drones’ Mike Noga is going on tour to play songs from all of his three solo albums for the first time.

Todd Rundgren had a simple idea for his 70th year. The difficulty was in implementing it. Take one international rock god and his wonderful wife, blend in a few dozen devotees, garnish with some Australian rays of sun, and you have the perfect recipe for one helluva shindig to celebrate a 70th birthday (his fourth, this year).