Clydie King, who sang on dozens of songs including Elton John’s ‘The Bitch Is Back’, the Rolling Stones ‘Tumbling Dice’ and with Barbra Streisand on ‘A Star Is Born’ has died.

Australian post-punk and electronica pioneer Ollie Olsen has announced his retirement from music.

Jimmy Barnes will have a new album in May he is calling ‘My Criminal Record’.

Evita opened at Arts Centre, Melbourne on December 9 and was due to run until February 17. The extension gives the show two more weeks.

Olivia Newton John’s publicist Michael Caprio has warned of internet scams by Olivia impersonators on social media trying to scam money from fans.

Major new titles coming this week from: Tommy Emmanuel, Christina Perri, Swizz Beatz, Randy Houser, Katherine Jenkins, Taking Back Sunday (GH) and a bunch Australian Country Music compilations.

Manhattan Transfer will play their first show of 2019 in Bermuda for the Bermuda Festival before some US dates and then head to Australia.

Drug dealer Tina Phan, who was caught smuggling 394 ecstasy capsules in the Knockout Games of Destiny Festival in Sydney in December, has been sentenced to a ridiculous 80 hours community service.

More Australian acts including the one we were all watching in 2018, Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, will showcase at SXSW 2019.

The Australian Festivals Association has started a dialogue with state governments to work together to make music events safer.

Aerosmith will perform at the 2nd Janie’s Fund Gala Benefit in Hollywood on 10 February.

MC5 founder and punk legend Wayne Kramer has added his opinion to the use of the word “mutherfucker”.

Kate Bush has made an official statement condemning a comment from a 2016 interview she made that has been taken out of context to align her with the right-wing Tory government.

‘Spying Through A Keyhole’ is a brand new David Bowie release featuring nine previous unreleased demos including one never-before released song.

The first new Abba songs in over three decades have been delayed and no-one knows when they are coming out now.

Mental As Anything’s extremely rare very first release ‘Mental As Anything Plays at Your Party’ has been given a limited vinyl release to mark its 40th anniversary.

Happy Mondays have done well with ticket sales since David Roy Williams put the shows in sale.

The Angels will play both Classical and Rock when they start their shows for 2019.

Daredevil Sam Powers will join the Melbourne line-up for The Illusionists starting 22 January at the Regent Theatre.

Loretta Miller of The Dusty Millers will replace Alma Zygier at MEMO Music Hall on January 19.

‘The Greatest Showman’ was the only album to sell over one million copies in the USA during 2018. ‘A Star Is Born’, at number two, didn’t even come close.

Neil Young has paid tribute to his ex-wife Pegi who passed away last week from cancer.

John James (J.J.) Hackett, drummer for Stars from 1978-1979 and then Mondo Rock from 1981-1990, has died at his home in Adelaide.

If Bird Box didn’t freak you out enough at home, now you can jog, drive and work to the soundtrack anywhere, anytime. Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have released the full soundtrack after offering an abridged version earlier of music that didn’t make the film.

Walk Off The Earth have announced details of the free tribute concert to their bandmate Mike ‘Beard Guy’ Taylor.

Australian television pioneer Jimmy Hannan has lost his battle with cancer at age 84.

On the day Elvis Presley died, Mark Kogan was sent to tell Frank Sinatra the news. Kogan manages the world’s most successful tribute show ‘Legends In Concert’.

The Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has won the Best Motion Picture – Drama award at the Golden Globe Awards. Rami Malek, who starred as Freddie Mercury, also won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama award.

Shallow was the lead song from the 2018 remake of ‘A Star Is Born’.

Video footage of Drake kissing and cuddling a 17-year-old female fan on stage at a 2010 gig has surfaced online.