David Bridie is right about one thing. Matthew Guy should never be elected. But I digress. My Friend The Chocolate Cake have given their last ever Melbourne show.

Wu-Tang Clan will perform their only Australian shows in Sydney in December.

The Pretty Things will return to Australia for the very last time.

Kygo will perform Sydney and Melbourne shows for Live Nation in October.

Azealia Banks has cancelled the launch of her new album Fantasea II: The Second Wave.

Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams has checked herself in to a mental health facility in an effort to get help for depression.

Katy Perry fell into a deep depression after her Witness album flopped last year (17).

Chance the Rapper has disappointed fans by dismissing rumours suggesting he will be releasing his highly-anticipated new album this week.

Sir Paul McCartney can add yet another award to his trophy case, to go along with his Oscar, 8 BRITs, 18 Grammys, and 22 NME awards, to name but a small few.

Some musicals should be seen for the story, some for the cast, some for the music. You need to see ‘Mamma Mia’ just for a good time.

Full list of 2018 Art Music Awards finalists follows.

Australian Country legend Slim Dusty has cranked up 1000 weeks on the ARIA Country Albums Chart with ‘The Very Best of Slim Dusty’.

Four members of punk rockers Pussy Riot have each been sentenced to 15 days in jail after rushing the pitch at the 2018 World Cup Final in Russia.

AC/DC classics will be given a complete make-over by the Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Bluesfest is officially Australia’s biggest music festival and ranks 14th worldwide according to Pollstar.

John Farnham will headline the remaining three dates for Red Hot Summer 2019.

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson will head to Australia in October for a spoken word tour to talk up his autobiography ‘What Does This Button Do?’.

After six amazing days of music spanning from pop megastars in Bruno Mars to rock royalty The Cure, the final show of this year’s British Summer Time Hyde Park was headlined by the great Paul Simon - performing the farewell date of his last tour, ‘The Farewell Performance' (outside of North America).

British Summer Time Hyde Park saw one of the world’s biggest pop superstars Bruno Mars stun a sold-out Hyde Park with one of the festival’s most spectacular performances.

‘It’s coming home!’ says Eric Clapton– opening his head-line set in sun-drenched Hyde Park with three words bound to get the Brits on side. Not that he needed any help with a magnificent set that ranged from true blues through tender acoustic guitar moments and back to the full-throttle ‘Cocaine’ to finish.

The imaginatively titled, The Beatles, more commonly referred to as the White Album, will be 50 years old this November.

Drake and his album "Scorpion" hold for a second week atop the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming only the third album to log a second consecutive week at No.1 in Australia during 2018.

5 Seconds of Summer continue to shine for an eighth week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with their third albums title track "Youngblood".

Alice Cooper will release a live album recorded in Paris as apart of his Paranormal tour of 2017.

Paul Simon has gone back to the studio to make a new album with old songs.

Ed Sheeran and Anne-Marie switched on the camera for a Do It Yourself version of their hit ‘2002’.

As John Farnham sells out yet another show, this time the 12,000 capacity A Day On The Green at Rochford Winery, the usual sarcasm has crept in once again from the (not so close) fans who consistently bring out the faux retirement story.

Major new titles coming this week from: Amy Shark, The Jayhawks, Rick Astley, Deafheaven, Wiz Khalifa, The Vamps (repack), Drake (phys), Adam Brand (GH), Cowboy Junkies, Erasure (live) and the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again soundtrack.

Linda Bull will perform a series of shows to pay tribute to country legend Willie Nelson.

Engelbert Humperdinck will perform his first Australian shows since 2015 in 2019.