Cher has apologised for using a bomb and explosion emoji in a tweet about Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Beatles were one of the final holdouts from releasing their music onto streaming services, but they finally relented last year at Christmas.

Bassist Rob Wasserman, who has worked with numerous artists but is probably best known for his association with Bob Weir and RatDog, has died.

The Spice Girls have been forced to postpone their 20th anniversary tour plans until 2017.

Justin Bieber is now free from his 2014 vandalism case, after serving almost two years on probation.

For Paul Simon, "Showbiz doesn’t hold any interest for me. None."

Prince Harry joined Coldplay on stage this evening at Kensington Palace to close the Sentebale charity concert and called for more to be done to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Rapper Drake showed off his motivational speaking talents while delivering a speech to South African youths at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory on Monday.

Ozzy Osbourne has dismissed his manager wife Sharon's retirement talk, insisting he plans to rock on for some time.

Scotty Moore, the legendary guitarist for Elvis Presley, has died in Tennessee at the age of 84.

Bonny "Mack" Rice, also known as Sir Mack Rice, died on Monday in Detroit from complications of Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 82. Rice was a member of the doo-wop group the Falcons along with a well-known songwriter.

Barry Gibb, the lone surviving brother from the Bee Gees, is headed back in the studio to record a new album.

Lisa Marie Presley has filed for divorce for the fourth time.

Lance Bass has suggested his music isn't played in America because he's gay.

Glen Matlock popped over to Music-News.com HQ in North London for a cup of tea and a chat bringing his acoustic guitar to knock out a couple of tunes just for us.

Sixty thousand adoring fans pack the Etihad Stadium to see the iconic Mancunian band The Stone Roses. Since their jubilant and triumphant reunion back in 2012, typically we have heard very little from The Roses; bar two new tracks.

Boom Crash Opera founding Peter Farnan is working on a project he calls ‘Pesky Bones’.

Music producer Mark Ronson has declared Lily Allen's new music as some of her best work to date.

Justin Timberlake came under fire from critics on Twitter for praising Jesse Williams' moving speech at the BET Awards on Sunday night.

Guy Garvey want changes to UK's policy on refugees.

A shirt spattered with the blood of late Beatles star John Lennon has sold at auction for £31,000 ($AUD55,000).

Heath Franklin’s alter-ego Chopper will visit regional Victoria to spread the word of uniting Australia and New Zealand into the nation Anzakistan.

Atari has announced a co-production agreement with award-winning, hip-hop legend RZA, the producer, rapper and original member of the Wu-Tang Clan.

John Lodge is dipping back to his musical past for a new single.

The Mavericks are going full-fledged independent.

Rapper 50 Cent has been arrested for allegedly swearing during a concert on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts.

Jerome Teasley, a drummer who was a member of Jr. Walker & the All Stars and worked extensively in the studio, died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, AZ after battling stage four cancer in his lungs and liver. He was 67.

Adele pushed her nerves aside to deliver a crowd-pleasing performance at Britain's Glastonbury Festival on Saturday night.

Beyonce was the big winner at the BET Awards on Sunday night, taking home four gongs.

Ronnie Wood turned heads at the hospital where his new daughters were recently born.