John Farnham resumed work for the summer of 2019 for One Electric Day on a not so summer’s day in Launceston on Saturday.

The U2 The Joshua Tree tour of 2019 will kick off this Friday (8 November) in Auckland, New Zealand. The Australasian U2 show will be their only shows on 2019.

The black leather jacket and skintight trousers that Olivia Newton-John wore for the finale of Grease have fetched a staggering $405,700 (£314,000) at auction.

Taylor Swift has suggested "change" in her life is the reason she's not heading out on the road in support of her new album, Lover.

La Roux has confirmed details of for her upcoming third record, which is the long awaited follow-up to 2014’s ‘Trouble In Paradise’, and she has also unveiled a brand new single alongside the announcement.

The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde has known for decades that drugs and alcohol weren't good for her but only gave up around five years ago after experiencing a week-long hangover.

The 37-year-old singer insisted she has no news to share following speculation she and her former bandmates, Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, Carmit Bachar, Melody Thornton and Jessica Sutta have signed a multimillion dollar deal to embark on a huge world tour but admitted it would "be a dream" to get on stage with them in front of her and husband Max Rogers' three kids, Willow, four, Maple, two, and two-week-old Senna.

My Chemical Romance, comprised of brothers Gerard and Mikey Way, Ray Toro, Frank Iero, and James Dewees, announced plans to return to the stage together for the first time in seven years earlier this week, and after tickets for their one-off Los Angeles show went on sale on Friday (01.11.19), they were all gone almost immediately.

Lorde has put plans for her long-awaited third studio album on hold following the death of her beloved dog, Pearl.

‘Ragtime’ is possibly the most confronting production The Production Company has ever presented.

Kanye West scores his third No.1 album in Australia this week as he debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart with his ninth album, this one a gospel set called "Jesus is King".

It's a massive fourteenth week at No.1 at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart for Tones and I and her worldwide smash single "Dance Monkey", becoming the longest #1 for 2019 and the second longest for this entire decade.

Bidding for the signed Midnight Oil poster from Songland Records’ RSPCA auction has reached $1500.

Rage Against The Machine have confirmed that they will reform in 2020 for Coachella.

Creedence Clearwater Revival legend John Fogerty will dedicate the ‘Proud Mary – John Fogerty Container Home’ at Veterans Village in Las Vegas on 11 November. Fogerty funded the construction of the ‘Proud Mary’ container using the money he received from the cancelled Woodstock 50 event.

Iron Maiden will tour Australia in 2020. No dates have been set but a video at the Iron Maiden YouTube page reveals an Aussie tour is in the works.

Jimmy Barnes has announced that he will released a new live album called ‘Modus Operandi’ as a bonus disc with his current album ‘My Criminal Record’.

Michael Gudinski’s Mushroom Group has revealed an all-new structure to combine merged resources with partners Michael Chugg and AEG Presents.

American music industry analyst Bob Lefsetz will set down with Australian songwriting legend Paul Kelly and Big Day Out co-founder Ken West for his Podcast programs while he is in Australia next week for Australian Music Week.

Sydney 70’s rock act Finch will reunite for their first shows in nearly 40 years.

Major new titles coming this week from: Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Miranda Lambert, The Damned (GH), Aled Jones & Russell Watson, Underworld, Hootie & the Blowfish, Archie Roach, The Seekers (Xmas), Jeff Goldblum, Fire from the Gods, Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird, Cold War Kids and the soundtrack for the Charlie’s Angels film.

The vintage Jaguar seen in the 2019 Whitesnake video for ‘Shut Up And Kiss Me’ is the same Jag from Whitesnake’s 1982 ‘Here I Go Again’ video.

A poster signed by the members of Midnight Oil is being auctioned to raise funds for the Weston RSPCA.

Cold Chisel’s new song ‘Getting The Band Back Together’ is a blues rocker with a Stones feel.

Ricky Martin and his husband are parents again.

Diddy has semi-retired from the music industry.

Liam Gallagher will be the first recipient of the MTV Rock Icon Award.

Melbourne’s Brunswick Music Festival has scored the revered Blind Boys of Alabama for 2020.

Chocolate Starfish singer Adam Thompson will tour his Queen tribute ‘Bohemian Rhapsody – Live In Concert’ around Australia in 2020.

Stone Temple Pilots gave fans a treat at their recent show in Las Vegas when Johnny Depp joined the band for the encore and performed two songs ‘Down’ and ‘Sex Type Thing’.