Ricky Martin is a new dad for the New Year. The singer, who celebrated his 47th birthday on Christmas Eve, and his husband, Jwan Yosef, surprised fans on New Year's Eve by announcing the birth of their daughter.

A 20-year old man from Mansfield, Victoria has died after a suspected drug overdose at the Beyond the Valley music festival outside Melbourne.

Dr Hook’s patched singer Ray Sawyer has died at the age of 81.

British Magician/Illusionist Chris Cox admits he is a master manipulator of his audience and that's where the entertainment value comes in but he also says that he could have used his skill for “evil’ … like teaching this talent to politicians.

Penn Badgley, who plays psychopath Joe Goldberg in the Netflix series ‘You’ also front a Brooklyn band called Mothxr.

Rock group Nirvana has launched legal action against clothing brand Marc Jacobs for ripping off their Smiley Face logo.

Sandra Bullock’s Netflix flick ‘Bird Box’ has created a Netflix record for most views ever in a single week.

A 22-year old Queensland man has died after overdosing at the Lost Paradise music festival at Glenworth Valley near Gosford.

The final No.1 of the year is the same as its been for the past ten weeks, the soundtrack to the Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper version of "A Star is Born". The album also hold at No.1 in New Zealand (10th week) and goes back to the top in Canada (6th overall week).

Rarely does a Christmas song make it to the No.1 spot in Australia, in fact the last one was 51 years ago, and ever rarer is an older song climbing to a new peak, but this week Mariah Carey's 1994 released song "All I Want for Christmas is You" jumps up nine spots to land at No.1 in Australia.

Dame June Whitfield, who starred as Edina’s mother in Absolutely Fabulous, has died at the age of 93.

Kim Salmon, Alma Ziegler, Hugo Race and Deborah Byrne will be able to walk to walk for their January gigs. MEMO Music Hall in St Kilda will be featuring the locals throughout January with its Summer Sounds of St Kilda series.

Florida pop band Boyce Avenue has surpassed 4 billion views of YouTube with ever having a hit song.

Nick Mason of Pink Floyd has been awarded the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to music.

Former Runaways guitarist Lita Ford has dismissed the chances of a reunion for her rock band with fellow member Joan Jett because she says Joan won’t do it.

By the way, Queen also recorded that 20th Century Fox theme at the start of Bohemian Rhapsody. The 20th Century Fox theme at the start of the Queen ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is a newly recorded version by Brian May of Queen.

Taylor Hanson has become a father for the sixth time. The Hanson frontman and his wife, Natalie, welcomed a son named Claude Indiana Emmanuel Hanson on Wednesday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Estate of the late Aretha Franklin owes more than $3 million to the IRS and the IRS isn’t going to let it go.

President Barack Obama has included Courtney Barnett’s ‘Need A Little Time’ in his Favorite Songs of 2018 list.

The Greatest Showman caps off a phenomenally successful year by keeping its place at Number 1 for the final Official Albums Chart of 2018.

Congratulations to Ava Max, who scores her first Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Sweet But Psycho.

Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, and John Legend will gather to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin at a concert in January.

Ariana Grande has cancelled her New Year's Eve weekend concert after falling ill.

The Murdoch owned Nova Network has owned up to a data breach exposing hundreds of thousands of Australian’s personal information over the Christmas break.

The Living End are in fine form for kicking off the first series of the Red Hot Summer tour for 2019 after a good four months of ‘training’ getting in shape with their Wunderbar tour.

One of the hot New Years Eve spots for Melbourne this year is the Vika and Linda Bull New Years Eve show at MEMO Music Hall, St Kilda with Cookin’ on 3 Burners joining in for the party.

When Sunnyboys regroup for By The C in January it will mark an annual tradition they have kept since 2012.

When Canadian metal band Voivod perform in Australia in January for David Roy Williams, it will be heading towards 19 years since their last Australian shows.

In September 1979 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were part of the No Nukes benefit concerts at Madison Square Garden.

Bono and The Edge turned buskers on Christmas Eve in support of The Simon Community in Dublin.