The Fall frontman Mark E. Smith is dead at age 60.

Sting and Shaggy are a team. They will release a song together titled 'Don't Make Me Wait'.

Rita Coolidge will perform at SXSW 2018 in Austin in March.

Dolores O'Riordan was laid to rest in her home city in County Limerick, Ireland, on Tuesday (January 23).

Country singer Lari White has lost her battle with peritoneal cancer at the age of 52.

Country legends Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee will get together again for the Urban Cowboy Reunion Tour across the USA.

Jen Cloher, Paul Kelly and Beaches are just three of the artists whose albums have been shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize for 2017.

Triple J has revealed that 65 Australian songs will feature in the 2017 Hottest 100, to be broadcast on January 28. By comparison, not one Australian song made the Top 30 of the ARIA end of year chart for 2017.

The Wren family, the owners of Melbourne’s iconic Festival Hall, have confirmed that they are selling the building because the business is no longer viable.

Radiohead lead guitarist and keyboard player Jonny Greenwood has been nominated for an Academy Award for his work on ‘Phantom Thread’.

Singer Mary J. Blige is officially an Oscar contender.

Jazz great Hugh Masekela has died in South Africa at the age of 78.

Juliana Hatfield has recorded a complete album of Olivia Newton-John covers.

D'arcy Wretzky, the bass guitarist for Smashing Pumpkins from their formation in 1988 until shortly before their breakup in 1999, will not be taking part in the yet-to-be announced reunion.

Music legend Neil Diamond has been forced into retirement from touring after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.

Kid Rock has scored an early court victory in a legal battle over the original name for his new tour.

What at started out as a rumor earlier in the day has now been reported to be the truth. Drummer Dave Holland, who played with Judas Priest from 1979 to 1989, has died at the age of 69.

2,386,133 votes have been tallied for the 2017 Triple J Hottest 100 making it the biggest Hottest 100 ever.

Plans to demolish Melbourne venue Festival Hall have angered parts of the music community.

James Reyne has cancelled the remainder of his current ‘All Crawl’ Australian tour following complications from his recent surgery.

Imagine Dragons will return to Australia and New Zealand for dates in May.

Thousands of fans queued up in the rain on Sunday to say their last farewells to Irish singer Dolores O'Riordan.

William Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman, Jeff Dye and Terry Bradshaw were greeted by Bjorn from Abba on a new episode of Better Later Than Never, their travel show.

Sam Smith treated fans in Australia to his final promo show before he starts his world tour in Sheffield, England in March.

Australian Music Association CEO Rob Walker is to be honored at NAMM with The Believe In Music Award.

Jim Rodford, the bassist for Argent, the Kinks and the Zombies, has died at the age of 76. A cause of death has not been announced but his cousin, Rod Argent, pointed to a fall in a social media post:

Tom Petty's daughter has taken to social media to deny reports her father was a prescription drug addict.

Melbourne singer songwriter Dan Sultan is getting together with Camp Cope, A.B. Original, Meg Mac, and Dave Le’aupepe from Gang Of Youths to rework some of the songs from his 2017 ‘Killer’ album.

Jennifer Lawrence joined forces with Cameron Diaz and Adele as they took part in a Women's March event on Saturday.

Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett, A.B. Original’s Briggs as well as Christine Anu have been added to the Spinifex Gum concerts for Adelaide and Melbourne in March.