Lionized "boy bands" like *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys sold millions of records and performed to sold-out crowds of screaming young fans in the 1990s and 2000s, but behind this multi-billion-dollar, pop-idol empire was a con artist who established himself as a maverick entrepreneur and music producer.

JAY-Z's mother is to receive a major honour at New York's GLAAD Media Awards.

Wa Wa Nee’s Paul Gray has lost his battle with myeloma at age 53.

Hoodoo Gurus have announced that their entire catalog of recordings will be reissued via their own imprint, Big Time Phonograph Recording Co., via streaming services, vinyl, CD and download.

It has been said there was a wealth of new music in Prince's vaults when he died two years ago and it looks like we'll be hearing some this September.

Kanye West has reportedly parted ways with music mogul Scooter Braun, weeks after cutting ties with his longtime manager Izvor 'Izzy' Zivkovic.

Rapper Meek Mill has been released from prison.

It's probably not one of the spotlight categories in the Guinness Book of World Records but, this summer, Guns N' Roses will play the biggest concert ever held in Iceland.

Barry Manilow has been challenged over his use of a film clip with Judy Garland singing "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart".

Palace of the King have treated fans to an animated music video for ‘I Am The Storm’ from the band’s third album ‘Get Right With Your Maker’.

Lucy Spazzy, formerly of Melbourne’s The Spazzys, is creating a ripple as Lucy and the Rats in London.

Rap superstar Eminem is celebrating a decade of sobriety.

Madonna has lost her bid to prevent the auction of her old personal belongings, including a love letter she received from rapper Tupac Shakur while he was in jail.

Janet Jackson has added a new leg of performances to her State of the World Tour.

Fans of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame group the Allman Brothers Band will be excited to hear Peach Picks: Cream Of The Crop 2003, a collection of the best performances culled from six shows in July and August 2003.

Shania Twain has apologized after causing controversy with her admission that she "would have voted" for U.S. President Donald Trump.

Classic singer Roberta Flack was hospitalized on Friday (April 20) after feeling faint during an award presentation at New York's Apollo Theater.

Laura Lee Perkins has died on April 6 at the age of 78.

Legends will collide late this summer when Deep Purple and Judas Priest embark on a co-headlining North American tour. Produced by Live Nation, the outing will kick off August 21 in Cincinnati, OH and visit 25 cities across the U.S. and Canada before wrapping September 30 in Wheatland, California.

The Screaming Jets guitarist Scott Kingman has made a limited edition of four images he has captured of the band’s lead singer Dave Gleeson available via auction.

Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Burt Bacharach, Judy Collins, Sheryl Crow, Beck, Patti Smith, Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell as well as Chris and Oliver Stills gathered in Los Angeles to play for Autism on Saturday night (21 April 2018).

Kanye West is working from the other side of the desk producing new albums for Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Teyana Taylor as well as his own two albums.

Liam Gallagher and Florence + The Machine are two acts announced to open for The Rolling Stones No Filter tour in the UK in May and June.

Festival Hall will play host to The Wombats upcoming Melbourne show in July.

Avicii's ex-girlfriend has shared a heartbreaking tribute to the Swedish DJ who tragically died at the age of 28.

Ariana Grande made a surprise appearance at Coachella to perform her new single.

Kim Kardashian and her husband Kanye West are reportedly at the centre of a bidding war between movie bosses over the rights to make a story of their romance.

Taylor Swift has revisited her country music roots by lending her vocals to Sugarland's new single, Babe.

DJ David Guetta and singer Rita Ora have been left heartbroken as the music world continues to mourn the tragic loss of dance superstar Avicii.

Meek Mill's lawyers have criticised his case judge for failing to grant prosecutors' request to vacate the incarcerated rapper's original 2008 conviction due to a police corruption scandal.