Aussie music legend Daryl Braithwaite has had to cancel his two performances this weekend for Red Hot Summer after taking ill and taken to hospital on Monday.

The nominations for the BRIT Awards were announced on Saturday.

The band that dubbed George Bush American Idiot is back with another shot at a U.S. leader with the lyric video for their new single Troubled Times.

Dick Gautier, best known as Hymie the robot in the 60s TV series Get Smart, has died at age 85.

One of the strongest voices against the presidency of Donald Trump has been Bruce Springsteen, so it was both perplexing and amusing when the Springsteen tribute group, The B Street Band, was signed to play at the Garden State Inaugural Gala.

In Liverpool, all music roads lead to 10 Matthew Street, the home of the Cavern Club.

here is something you don't see everyday. Music fans actually paying for their music. Ed Sheeran has shown true star pulling power with fans actually choosing to buy his two new songs rather than stream them.

Donald J. Trump, the second most voted for politician at the 2016 American election, has once again gone into meltdown over a comedy sketch on Saturday Night Live.

Like the singles chart this week, we also have a new record set on the albums chart this week, as the "Trolls" soundtrack holds for a second week atop the ARIA Albums Chart.

The charts are only three weeks into 2017 and we have two new records set this week, the first of which is Ed Sheeran becoming the first act to debut in the top two spots on the singles chart, the ultimate winner being "Shape of You" which also stepped into the No.1 spot in New Zealand, England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden this week.

Victoria Beckham has reportedly launched legal action to halt the remaining Spice Girls from singing the group's famous hits.

Larry Steinbachek, a founding member of the band Bronski Beat, has died after a short battle with cancer at the age of 56. Reports say that he died in December but it was not announced publicly until now.

Lady Gaga has dropped out of director Ryan Murphy's upcoming American Crime Story drama, because she's too busy.

Madonna will march for women's rights in Washington, D.C. next week.

Ed Sheeran has delivered the biggest comeback since Adele with a double record-breaking week on the Official Singles Chart, as his two new singles Shape of You and Castle on the Hill enter at Number 1 and 2, a first for any artist, and sets a new UK streaming record in the process.

The initial lineup for Bonnaroo includes U2 and Red Hot Chili Peppers as well as Australia's Flume.

David Byrne is becoming quite adept at writing musicals about women.

Filmmaker Ben Palmer has defended his decision to cast Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson in a new British TV drama amid a backlash from the King of Pop's family.

This could be one of the big tours of the summer as Def Leppard, Poison with Brett Michaels and Tesla are set for 38 dates from coast-to-coast.

Richard Carpenter has pulled out the big guns and sued Universal Music Group, alleging that they owe him over $2 million in past royalties for the Carpenters music.

In May, Asia vocalist and bass player John Wetton underwent surgery to remove a 2.2 pound cancerous growth.

Technology keeps marching on, leaving many of us behind and confused. Standard televisions are now HD TVs and they'll soon be replaced by 4K models. Vinyl went to CDs which went to digital (and, to some extent back to vinyl). Movies went Beta/VHS to VHS only to DVD to Blu-Ray to digital. Each new iteration of technology seems to be obsoleted faster that the last.

If parody is the sincerest form of flattery, then Weird Al Yankovic has flattered a LOT of music artists.

Pop and Jazz singer Buddy Greco has died at the age of 90.

Ed Sheeran was an easy win for biggest selling song in the world this week. 'Shape of You' has topped the charts worldwide including Australia and his other new song 'Castle On The Hill' is number two.

New releases for the week of the 13th of January, 2017.

There's a lot of Prince news this week as the first anniversary of his death last April approaches.

Chance the Rapper wants to emulate Kanye West's self-assurance but not his personality.

Madonna is planning to return to the director's chair for movie Loved, a big screen adaption of Andrew Sean Greer's novel The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells.

Heart's Ann Wilson is going out on a solo tour during March and April.