Aretha Franklin’s music has taken over the U.S. and Australian charts with the Queen of Soul owning the Top 5 positions in the iTunes singles chart today in America and 21 songs in the Top 100.

Barbra Streisand, Sir Paul McCartney, and Hugh Jackman are leading the tributes to Aretha Franklin following the news of her death.

Sir Elton John, Clive Davis, and Quincy Jones have shared their heartache over the loss of Aretha Franklin as the tributes to the Queen of Soul continue to pour in.

The Kinks have made available a previously unreleased song ‘Time Song’.

Former Journey frontman Steve Perry will release his first new music in 25 years with the album ‘Traces’.

New York City will be the next stop on the first global exhibition to be dedicated to The Velvet Underground.

The Jimmy Barnes ‘Working Class Boy’ documentary is not a rock documentary. Instead, ‘Working Class Boy’ is a true story about the struggle of a migrant family assimilating into Australia in the 1960s as told through the eyes of Jimmy Barnes.

Major new titles coming this week from: Human Nature, Status Quo, Baest, Death Cab for Cutie, Cole Swindell, Bugzy Malone, Ariana Grande, Animal Collective, Travis Collins, Boz Scaggs and three new Brent James compilations.

Avicii's father thanked his late son's fans for their "incomprehensible" support as he accepted an award on the DJ's behalf on Wednesday (15Aug18).

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, has lost her eight-year battle with cancer at the age of 76.

They Might Be Giants are having their best year ever. When John Flansburgh and John Linnell formed They Might Be Giants in 1982 they never expected it to be their lifelong career.

In a brand new iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com there is a stack of new music from Paul McCartney, Paul Weller and Paul Kelly as well as new Australia sounds from Bob Evans, Kav Temperley and John Butler Trio.

“I’m Iggy Pop and I just ate a burger listening to Death Valley Girls,” says Iggy Pop, the punk rock legend at the end of the video for Death Valley Girls ‘Disaster’.

Paul Kelly has expanded his Melbourne based Making Gravy Christmas concert to include shows in Sydney and Brisbane this year.

Partridge Family star Danny Bonaduce is on a mission to add value to old Partridge Family albums. He is on a crusade sneaking around Record Stores and adding his moniker to old Partridge Family albums.

Aerosmith have confirmed reports of a Las Vegas residency by announcing the name of their 2019 run of shows.

Phil Collins is interested in a Genesis reunion with his teenage son on drums.

Britney Spears has been forced to hand over $100,000 (£78,800) to her ex-husband Kevin Federline to cover his legal costs as their child support dispute rumbles on.

Travis Scott is giving away $100,000 (£79,000) to his fans as a thank you for their support.

Charlie Puth halted his gig in Los Angeles on Tuesday to thank the doctors who helped him beat illness to make it on stage.

Stevie Wonder has paid a visit to his longtime friend Aretha Franklin at her home in Detroit, Michigan as she battles ill health.

Cardi B will open the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City on Monday night.

Melbourne’s Motor Ace will reform for shows to mark their 20th anniversary.

Courtney Barnett has released a limited edition vinyl of a rare Canadian find, Elyse Weinberg’s ‘Houses’.

The 11th annual Heart of St Kilda concert has another top shelf tine-up of talent for 2018.

Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham will release ‘Solo Anthology – The Best of Lindsey Buckingham’, giving a musical overview of his complete solo career for the first time.

Download will return for Australia in 2019 with double the amount of events it had in 2018. Yes, it has gone from ONE to TWO.

Josh Groban has covered the music and Simon & Garfunkel and Billy for his eighth album ‘Bridges’.

A Bob Dylan show is not about ‘hits & memories’. While many of his contemporaries are out cashing in their careers with their Vegas years performances, Dylan is staying true to what started him in the first place … authenticity.

Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes will attend the world premiere of his movie ‘Working Class Man’ in Melbourne this Thursday despite suffering an accident at a concert in Queensland on the weekend.