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Ray Thomas of The Moody Blues
R.I.P. Ray Thomas of The Moody Blues 1941-2018

Ray Thomas, the singer and multi-instrumentalist for the Moody Blues, died on Thursday (January 4) after a multi-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 76.

January 8, 2018
Chris Tsangarides
R.I.P. Chris Tsangarides 1956-2018

Chris Tsangarides, who helmed albums for groups like Judas Priest, Depeche Mode, Tom Jones and Thin Lizzy, died on Sunday (January 7) morning after battling pneumonia and heart failure. He was 61.

January 7, 2018
Loretta Lynn
Country Royalty Loretta Lynn Breaks Her Hip

Country music icon Loretta Lynn is recuperating from a broken hip that she suffered in a fall last week.

January 7, 2018
Justin Timberlake - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Justin Timberlake Criticised For Working With Woody Allen

Justin Timberlake has angered Dylan Farrow with his backing of the Time's Up campaign to end sexual harassment, despite working with her allegedly abusive father Woody Allen.

January 7, 2018
Bob Geldof A Fanatic Heart
Bob Geldof Keats Doco Set For DVD Release

Musician and advocate Bob Geldof examines the life and work of one of the 20th century's greatest poets, William Butler Yeats.

January 7, 2018
Bette Midler photo by Ros O'Gorman
Bette Midler Is Enjoying A Good Book Today

Music legend Bette Midler is having a lot of fun today at trump’s expense. She just can’t put Michael Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’ down.

January 7, 2018
The Greatest Showman
Australian Albums: The Greatest Showman Soundtrack Is First No 1 of 2018

For the second year in a row, the big box-office hit has landed a Soundtrack at the top of the ARIA Album Charts, as this week "The Greatest Showman" leaps up seven spots to land the fiftieth soundtrack at No.1 in Australia.

January 7, 2018
Ed Sheeran Divide
ARIA Singles: Ed Sheeran ‘Perfect’ Opens 2018 At No 1

Ed Sheeran's domination of the singles chart with his track "Perfect" continues as his multi-duet is at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart for a fifth consecutive week.

January 7, 2018
Judas Priest Firepower
Judas Priest Reveal 18th Album ‘Firepower’

Judas Priest could easily rest on their laurels at this stage of their highly successful and influential career; however, the legendary metal band, singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis, refuse to do so as evidenced by the arrival of their eighteenth studio album overall, Firepower.

January 6, 2018
Dee Snider of Twisted Sister
Dee Snider Mourns Death Of His Mother

The new year is starting out sad for a couple of classic rockers.

January 6, 2018
Bono, U2 perform at Etihad Stadium. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Bono Honored At Woman Of The Year Awards

Bono is calling out his male counterparts for not stepping up to help women fix inequality issues.

January 6, 2018
Mickey Gilley
Mickey Gilley and Son Injured In Car Crash

Country legend Mickey Gilley and his son Michael have been injured after being involved in a roll-over car crash.

January 6, 2018
The Who, Pete Townshend. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Who Producer of The Kids Are Alright Starts PledgeMusic Campaign

Tony Klinger, producer of The Who's The Kids Are Alright film, has started a PledgeMusic campaign for The Who and I Box Set, Book and Memorabilia. The Box Set contains Tony's new book The Who and I, an audio book / CD, reproduced memorabilia, and a reproduction of The Kids Are Alright press kit and photos!

January 6, 2018
John Oates of Hall & Oates
John Oates Goes Americana For Arkansas

It was already known that John Oates was embracing Americana music with his new album Arkansas but we didn't know how much until today.

January 6, 2018
Bruno Mars, Noise11, Photo
Bruno Mars Pays Tribute To In Living Colour With Finesse Video

Bruno Mars has paid homage to classic sketch comedy show In Living Color with the new music video for his Finesse remix.

January 6, 2018
Justin Timberlake - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Justin Timberlake Gets Filthy For New Video

Justin Timberlake channels late Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs in the video for his new track Filthy.

January 6, 2018
Paul Kelly AWITG on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
ARIA Chart Disgrace: Not One Australian Song Or Album Made The End of Year Top 10

2017 was a terrible year for Australian artists in Australia with not one song or album making the ARIA Top 10.

January 5, 2018
Justin Timberlake - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
New Music Releases for 5 January 2018

Major new titles coming this week from: A new Justin Timberlake single, plus albums from Mike Posner, Watain, Bryan Adams (GH) and Youngr.

January 5, 2018
Jennifer Hudson, Photo Ros O'Gorman
Jennifer Hudson Ex Accuses Singer Of Contempt of Court

Jennifer Hudson's ex-fiance has accused the singer of being in contempt of a court order preventing her from making comments about their child.

January 4, 2018
One Direction, Louis Tomlinson, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Louis Tomlinson Blasts Coachella Line-up

Louis Tomlinson has taken to Twitter to rant about the line-up for the upcoming Coachella music festival.

January 4, 2018
Spice Girls images photo noise11.com
Shock and Horror – The Spice Girls Mimed In Concert

Spice Girls star Mel C has opened up about her frustration over being forced to mime during the band's heyday.

January 4, 2018
Taylor Swift, Etihad, Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Taylor Swift Sells $180m Tickets In Seven Days

Taylor Swift sold an incredible $180 million (£132 million) in tickets to her Reputation Stadium Tour in just seven days.

January 4, 2018
Elton John at A Day On The Green at Rochford Winery on Sunday 1 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Elton John Reunites With Family At Mother’s Funeral

Elton John was joined by his close family for his mother's funeral service on Wednesday.

January 4, 2018
Eminem photo by Jeremy Deputat
Eminem, Beyonce, The Weeknd To Headline Coachella

As had been rumored last month, all three headliners at this year's Coachella Festival come from the world of R&B and Hip-Hop.Australia's Tash Sultana and Vance Joy are also on the bill.

January 4, 2018
Jack White, Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Jack White Is Going Live Again For The Governor’s Ball

Jack White is returning to the concert stage for the first time in three years at New York's Governors Ball.

January 4, 2018
Spotify
Artists To Get Screwed Big Time In 2018 As Music Streaming Increases By 50% in 2017

Music streaming had a bumper year with listening increasing by 50% over 2016 in 2017 according to a report from BuzzAngle but don’t expect to see too many artists applauding it.

January 3, 2018
The Archies Monkees comic
The Monkees Meet The Archies In New Comic Book

The Archies have finally come face to face with The Monkees in a brand new Archies comic.

January 3, 2018
Jay-Z - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Catholic Church Upset By Jay Z and Beyonce Video

A leading official at the Catholic League has slammed JAY-Z's new Family Feud video, calling the promo "gratuitous" and "exploitative".

January 3, 2018
The Stray Cats
The Stray Cats Reunite For 2018

The Stray Cats, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom, are reuniting for one show on Saturday, April 21 at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend.

January 3, 2018
Justin Timberlake - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Justin Timberlake Confirms New Album For Super Bowl Weekend

A half-time performance at the Super Bowl is one of the great showcases for a musician so why not take advantage of it with a brand new album.

January 3, 2018