The great Jerry Lewis is dead. Lewis gave his last interview in 2016 and it was a trainwreck.

Canadian singer songwriter Mac DeMarco will perform at the Laneway Festival in 2018.

Liam Gallagher will spend New Years in Australia performing at Falls Festival.

Ministry and Filter’s Australian and New Zealand tour is off.

This is musical insanity – Rick Astley is singing ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ backed by Foo Fighters breaking into Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.

Haim sisters Este, Danielle and Alana have likened their meeting with Stevie Nicks to a scene in Disney classic Beauty and the Beast.

Tupac Shakur's Hummer that he owned before he died has sold at auction for $206,531 (£160,000).

Twenty years ago this month local singer/songwriter Paul Kelly scored his highest charted album, now his 23rd studio set "Life is Fine" becomes his first No.1 album in Australia, debuting at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Australia finally has its seventh No.1 for 2017, and the first new chart-topping track since the end of May, as Pink's new single "What About Us" becomes the 116th song to debut at the top of the Australian Singles Chart.

Farnham will head out with Daryl Braithwaite, The Black Sorrows, Baby Animals and 1927 for dates in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in February and March.

American white supremacist sympathiser Trump has pulled out of the Kennedy Center Honors presentation in December after nominated stars started to boycott the event because of him.

Sydney radio legend Gary O’Callaghan has died at the age of 83.

The Top 2 on this week’s Official Albums Chart were separated by just 35 combined sales, and it is Ed Sheeran who scoops his 15th (non-consecutive) week at Number 1, denying Elvis Presley an extension of his Official Chart record.

Kanye West and fellow rapper Kid Cudi are reportedly working on a top-secret project in Japan after settling their feud.

Rapper/actor Common is making plans to take Broadway by storm in a bid to become a member of the elite EGOT club.

Future and Lil Yachty have pulled out of a concert in Charlottesville, Virginia following the violence at a white supremacist rally in the city.

Taylor Swift has left fans with a Blank Space after clearing her social media pages and making her official website go dark.

Madonna has asked a judge to block cameras from videotaping a deposition in her lawsuit over the online auction of her personal items.

Weezer have slipped out a new song ‘Mexican Fender’ as a preview of their upcoming album ‘Pacific Daydream’ (aka The Black album).

LA based Australian electronic artist Hansaa (Vinay Matta) has debuted his new video for ‘Need To Know’.

Isabella Manfredi of The Preatures will front an all-new lineup of Divinyls.

Kram talks all things Easybeats, Glenn Hughes tells the stories of Deep Purple Mk II this week at iHeartRadio music news powered by Noise11.com.

Major new titles coming this week from: Gang of Youths, Everything Everything, Grizzly Bear, A$AP Ferg, Neck Deep, Melanie Dyer, Steven Wilson, The Ocean Party, Chase & Status, and Casey Donovan (EP).

Port Pirie singer songwriter Mane has released the new song ‘What If Love Dies’ ahead of her homecoming Australian shows.

Jeff Duff will do more of his ‘Ziggy – The Songs of David Bowie’ shows in September and November.

Triple J’s Unearthed High winner for 2017 is Perth’s Arno Faraji.

Jack Douglas, the producer of John Lennon’s final sessions and his ‘Double Fantasy’ album, has produced new American act Silverplanes.

Metallica fans worldwide will be able to watch the final Metallica show on the current North American tour.

Skyhooks guitarist Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie has put his gold record for Best of Skyhooks up for auction on eBay.

The Shins, Future Islands and Client Liaison lead the lineup for the Fairgrounds Festival at Berry in December.