The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey ‘Closer’ has vacated the top spot for James Arthur ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ for Australian music downloads.

The Chainsmokers and Halsey ‘Closer’ has stayed Australia’s most streamed song while people who actually buy music have moved on.

Pond have a brand new song ‘Sweep Me Off My Feet’ and it is produced by Kevin Parker of Tame Impala.

Soundgarden’s frontman Chris Cornell was a surprise guest with Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam in Los Angeles this week.

Soundgarden 'Badmotorfinger' is being expaned into a massive 7-disc edition.

Ross Higgins, the star of Kingwood Country, the Naked Vicar and the voice of Snap, Crackle and Pop for Rice Bubbles, has died in Sydney at age 86.

Country star Amber Lawrence will host her own radio show on iHeartRadio.

The Rolling Stones new album ‘Blue & Lonesome’ is so much more than a blues cover album … it is a blueprint of the band’s DNA.

CMC Rock Qld has revealed its full line-up with a dozen international acts and a batch of Australian country royalty.

The Black Sorrows 20th album The Faithful Satellite has been released and Joe Camilleri will be along to share some stories at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

In just four short years as a professional musician, Duane Allman left an indelible legacy that not only included his work with the Allman Brothers Band but also guest sessions with numerous other artists.

Jennifer Lopez is recording a Spanish-language album which her ex-husband will produce.

"Killer" Ray Allison, who played drums for a number of years with Buddy Guy before starting his own band on guitar, died on Wednesday night in his sleep at the age of 60. According to Buddy Guy's page:

The Rolling Stones blues covers album ‘Blue & Lonesome’ will be released on December 2, 2016.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Green Day, Barry Gibb, Olivia Newton-John, Daya, Sum 41, The Panics, OneRepublic, Norah Jones, Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen, Kaiser Chiefs, Melissa Etheridge, Seasick Steve and the 12th volume of Triple J's 'Like a Version'.

Prince's Paisley Park compound in Minnesota will open for fans as planned on Thursday (06Oct16) after local officials granted the estate a temporary tour permit.

Rapper Drake is "crushed" after having to postpone three upcoming tour dates due to an ankle injury.

Chris Bailey reactivated The Saints for three shows only in Melbourne this week.

Lady Gaga delighted fans with a performance of new track Million Reasons as she kicked off her Dive Bar Tour on Wednesday night (05Oct16).

Michael Jackson's daughter Paris returned to her father's famous Neverland Ranch on Wednesday and declared it "felt so good to be home".

Kylie Minogue will not get hitched to fiance Joshua Sasse until same-sex marriage is legalised in her native Australia.

More information of the Rolling Stones upcoming blues album is unravelling ahead of the official reveal at midnight tonight (EDST Australia) and 9am New York time (6 October).

Songwriter and producer Rod Temperton, best known for writing ‘Thriller’ for Michael Jackson, has died in London at age 68.

Green Day will bring their ‘Revolution Radio’ tour to Australia and New Zealand in April and May.

Jon Bon Jovi told Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday that he saw how happy his band was while playing a recent small venue show that he knew he had to go back out on the road.

Matt and Luke Goss will reform Bros for shows in 2017.

FinestVinyl Australia, a sister company to Germany’s finestvinyl.de, has started operating online.

Melbourne singer-songwriter Noah Earp has made a home-made video using his hometown environment for his new song ‘The Raw and the Cooked’.

The Rolling Stones have posted a cryptic video teasing the possible new blues album as early as tomorrow (Thursday October 6).

The 2016 ARIA Music Awards nominations have been announced with three times ARIA winner Flume leading nominations with 11 nods.