The Red Hot Summer tours for 2019 are selling quicker than ever before with the Jimmy Barnes and Joan Jett leg of series one already closing the doors for five shows.

Comedian, filmmaker and author Tony Martin has a gig at MEMO between Christmas and New Year.

Glenn Shorrock has decided to take back his legacy by re-recording his Little River Band classics for a new album ‘Glenn Shorrock Sings Little River Band’.

Kendrick Lamar looks set to dominate the 2019 Grammy Awards after receiving seven nominations on Friday.

Taylor Swift has one less home invader to worry about after a stalker pleaded guilty to breaking into her pad.

Chance the Rapper is taking a "sabbatical" from the limelight to study the Bible after becoming an uncle for the first time.

Russell Morris, Daryl Braithwaite and John Farnham … collective age 208. Man are their voices in mighty fine form still!

Congratulations to The 1975, who land straight in at Number 1 on this week's Official Albums Chart with A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships.

It's now a seventh week at the top in Australia for the soundtrack to "A Star is Born" by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, plus the set also holds for the same period in New Zealand too.

Could the Ariana Grande track "thank u, next" become the final No.1 of 2018, as this week it lands a fourth week atop the ARIA Singles Chart, plus also a fourth stay in New Zealand and Canada and logs a fifth week atop the UK and Irish singles charts too.

Kevin Somers, the Australian agent/booker who worked with Jimeoin, Dave Hughes, Eric Bana and Vince Sorrenti over the years, has lost his battle with cancer.

The National Live Music Awards were held across Australia on Thursday 6 December 2018. As part of the awards Magic Dirt were inducted into the National Live Music Hall of Fame.

Joe Creighton will be performing his ‘Into the Mystic – The Music of Van Morrison’ show at Memo Music Hall on 15 December and expect some special guests along for the show.

Joan Jett’s record label Blackheart Records Group is suing payroll software manufacturer Paycom for ripping off ‘I Love Rock and Roll’ for a television commercial.

Xavier Rudd has been announced as the headliner for the Summersalt music festival at Bellarine Peninsula on March 6.

Major new titles coming this week from: Coldplay (Live), All That Remains, Cilla Black, Slipknot (re-issue), John Mellencamp, The Carpenters & RPO, Brett Young, Ice Cube, Van Morrison, Brothers 3, Wes Carr, Mel Parsons, Richard Swift and the Mary Poppins Returns soundtrack.

Justin Timberlake has cancelled his remaining shows for 2018 as he works on repairing his vocal cords.

One-time Buzzcocks singer and songwriter Pete Shelley has died from a suspected heart attack at age 62.

Palace of the King has a stack of tour dates across December and January starting tonight in Emu Plains and finishing up on 25 January in Belconnen as they open for The Screaming Jets and a show with Living Color.

Kylie Minogue will play an additional shows for Sydney on 6 March 2019.

The music of Savage Garden will be remarketed to the world in 2019 following a deal between Sony boss Denis Handlin and John Woodruff Management.

City of Yarra mayor Danae Bosler has announced that a statue of Michael Hutchence will be erected in Melbourne. The question is why?

Melbourne’s hidden music gem of a venue MEMO Music Hall will pay tribute to its local artists with Summer Sounds of St Kilda series throughout January.

The Four Tops, still with original member Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, are in Australia performing the songs that date back to their first hit ‘Baby I Need Your Loving’ 54 years ago.

David Roy Williams will tour The Monkees in Australia again in 2019 but this time Mike Nesmith is coming.

One time Young Talent Time teen idol Debra Byrne has a new band she calls Cornerstone and the band already has a sell-out show at MEMO Music Hall.

James Reyne is thrilled to enter his “Vegas years” as he sets up a 12 month residency at The Palms at Crown Casino for 2019.

The National Live Music Awards are thrilled to announce the final additions for the 2018 runs of events this Thursday!

Live Nation will bring rapper J.I.D to Australia for one headline show in Melbourne in 2019.

Gareth Liddiard will take Tropical Fuck Storm for a tour up and down the east coast of Australia in March 2019.