Aretha Franklin pulled out of the Tony Bennett 90th birthday salute due to unspecified health issues earlier this week.

Jethro Tull's second album, Stand Up, will be reissued in a two-CD/one-DVD set on November 18 via Warner UK.

The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey hit ‘Closer’ has remained the most streamed song in Australia again this week.

Frank Ocean’s sudden release ‘Blonde’ has realigned world charts this week including Australian album chart.

The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey track ‘Closer’ is once again the number one download in Australia this week with the Bieber fuelled DJ Snake song unable to overtake.

Usher has renamed his new album Hard II Love as he prepares to release his first studio project in four years next month.

Radiohead has announced the winners of their A Moon Shaped Pool competition. When Radiohead’s latest album A Moon Shaped Pool was released on vinyl in June, independent record stores all over the world took part in Radiohead: Live from A Moon Shaped Pool.

Rapper Kanye West has made good on a promise to deliver free pairs of his highly-coveted Yeezy sneakers to the paparazzi.

Red Hot Chili Peppers will tour the UK for the first time in five years in December.

Kings of Leon have revealed details of their seventh studio album 'Walls' due on October 14th.

A representative for Britney Spears insists the star did not give her blessing for a forthcoming TV biopic.

Taylor Swift is continuing to spread her generosity by donating to a Louisiana food bank for flood relief.

One Direction's hiatus will be a permanent split, according to boy band guru Louis Walsh.

Barbra Streisand has recorded a stunning duet with Donald Trump (or has she). Warning: Don’t look to close!

Michael Buble has serious pop power on his new album thanks to a track co-written by Harry Styles and Meghan Trainor.

A song Florence Welch wrote while battling homesickness on tour has been picked up as the theme for Tim Burton's magical new film.

Victoria’s singers, songwriters, and musicians have until 5pm Saturday to enter the Bank of Melbourne’s music initiative Melbourne Music Bank.

Ol’ 55 and Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons will reunite for three shows in Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast.

R.E.M.'s biggest album, Out of Time, is about to get the deluxe reissue treatment on November 18 via Concord/Bicycle Music.

Judith Owen’s latest album ‘Somebody’s Child’ is simply stunning and this week at iHeartRadio you will hear the story behind the album.

There's new music coming in 2017 from George Clinton and it will be on a new label.

The second wave of reissued Emerson, Lake and Palmer albums are ready to go on September 30 with Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery and Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends: Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

In the past, Liam Gallagher has said that he wouldn't release a solo album because "I'm not a c**t."

Elton John and Robbie Williams are among the artists set for this year's Apple Music Festival at London's Roundhouse.

Major new music titles coming out this week include: Barbra Streisand, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Kasey Chambers, Cass McCombs, Cassius, Florida Georgia Line, Glass Animals, Kiss (live) and the XOXO soundtrack.

Herb Alpert has had one of the most successful careers of the last fifty years between his own hit recordings and his record label, A&M Records.

Canadian blues guitarist Charlie A’Court will start his Australian tour with a couple of shows at the Gympie Muster this weekend followed by a series of East Coast shows over the next two weeks.

Dynamic Hepnotics have reformed for Pure Gold Live and ahead of that the back-catalogue will be released in September.

Skyhooks fans are in for a bit of a reunion for Skyhooks drummer Freddie Strauks joins Skyhooks guitarist Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie for the Million Dollar Riff show at the Satellite Lounge in Melbourne this Saturday night.

Fans of Prince will be able to wander around his Paisley Park compound this autumn, when the late music icon's home is opened to the public.