Taylor Swift shocked fans at London's Wembley Stadium on Friday night by bringing out Niall Horan for a surprise duet.

The third studio album for local rock-pop act 5 Seconds of Summer and "Youngblood" becomes their third successive No.1 studio album to debut at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

5 Seconds of Summer log a fifth straight week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with "Youngblood", while the song holds for a third week in New Zealand and their same-titled album debuts at the top of the LP charts too.

Tributes from rockers such as Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons (KISS), Duff McKagan (Guns'n'Roses), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) and Dave Mustaine (Megadeth/Metallica) have been posted on Twitter after news broke that co-founder of thrash metal band Pantera, Vinnie Paul, has died.

Paul McCartney’s appearance for James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke segment was simply the best piece of television ever made.

Major new titles coming this week from: Panic! at the Disco, Bebe Rexha, Street Dogs, The Sea Within, Dan + Shay, Marshmello, Nine Inch Nails, Ne-Yo, Indigo Girls (live) and Soulwax.

Bruce Springsteen broke away from the script of his Broadway show on Tuesday night (19Jun18) to denounce U.S. President Donald Trump's "inhumane" illegal immigration policy.

The Bigsound music conference and festival has announced the first 75 acts to play the the event for 2018.

Amy Shark has shared her song ‘Psycho’, recorded in Los Angeles with Mark Hoppus of Blink-182.

Former Powderfinger guitarist Darren Middleton will release his third solo album ‘Tides’ in September.

This week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com Suzanne Vega recalls stories of her Solitude Standing and 99.9 Degrees Fahrenheit albums ahead of her Australian tour in July and August for Lennard Promotions.

Singer Mary J. Blige is a single woman again after a judge signed off on her divorce from Kendu Issacs.

Patti Smith has added the Midnight Oil classic ‘Beds Are Burning’ to her current European tour.

Paul McCartney has previewed his upcoming album 'Egypt Station' with two new songs ‘I Don’t Know’ and ‘Come On To Me’.

Harts will release two albums this year, a reminder of how prolific his mentor Prince also was.

New music distribution service GYROstream has launched in Australia.

In celebration of Public Image Ltd.’s (PiL) 40th Anniversary, Abramorama and Verisimilitude have released the first official trailer and poster of the new music documentary The Public Image Is Rotten. 

Rapper Meek Mill has been made to wait a little longer to find out if he will be granted a new trial over his decade-old drug and gun conviction.

Rapper Dr. Dre is reportedly working on a movie about late singer Marvin Gaye.

Lenny Kravitz is convinced he lost out on a role in hit TV show Big Little Lies because producers felt uneasy about casting a black actor as the villain.

Tommy Lee's son is offering to pay for his father to undergo "treatment" of his own after the rocker revealed he took care of Brandon Lee's rehab bill.

The Screaming Jets have curated a tasty list of Australian rock classics for the album ‘Gotcha Covered’.

Rose Tattoo will tour for the 40th anniversary of the classic ‘Rock N Roll Outlaw’ around Australia from September when they return from the European tour.

MTV Australia will resurrect the Unplugged template in Melbourne in July with Gang of Youths.

20-year old rapper Jahseh Onfoy (aka XXXTentacion) has been shot dead in Florida.

Kingwood have one more tour for 2018 (not counting their State of Origin II performance on June 24.

In its inaugural year, CHANGES unites talent from America to unpack the varying facets of how Australia and the US have built such a fruitful relationship over music. To deliver crucial insight into the state of the international music business, CHANGES is hosting a series of dedicated discussions as part of the Music Passport program.  

Remember The Mighty Mighty Bosstones? They became the ambassadors of the 90s ska explosion (the third wave of SKA) by forging new territory and being one of the first, if not the first band to cross high-energy ska with hardcore punk. Over a 30-year career Boston’s best dressed band has built, and continue to build, a devoted following with their unique brass-infused brand of punk rock.  

Pink recalled the day she announced her separation from Carey Hart in a touching tribute to her dad on Sunday.

Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a San Francisco-based organization dedicated to the advancement of women in music production and the recording arts, presented the first-ever recording arts conference for women in Los Angeles on June 9, 2018 at the legendary Capitol Studios, sponsored by Capitol Music Group, The Recording Academy Producers and Engineers Wing, and Cloudinary.