Pete Townshend will release a new solo career compilation, Truancy: The Very Best of Pete Townshend, on June 30 via a new agreement with Universal Music Enterprises.

Taylor Swift swept the board at last night's Billboard Music Awards.

Eddie Vedder was joined by Paul Schafer and the CBS Orchestra to sing out David Letterman in his final week before retirement.

Rod Stewart has joked that with his new A$AP Rocky collaboration he will soon have more ‘genres than children’.

Peter Hook has just performed every song Joy Division ever recorded in one show in Manchester.

BB King will be farewelled at a memorial service is Las Vegas this Saturday.

It turns out that the Honourable Anthony Albanese, the Member for Grayndler, has remarkable good taste in music.

The Rubens have given fans a taste of their upcoming album ‘Hoops’ with the first single ‘Hallelujah’.

After completing a North American tour, Spandau Ballet are now in Australia and having great time.

Huw Parkinson has created a hilarious piss-take of the Barnaby Joyce / Johnny Depp controversy.

Joey Ryan of Milk Carton Kids says their PR company got ahead of themselves with the pre-promotion of the new album ‘Monterey’ but fans should not worry, he and Kenneth Pattengale are fine.

Australia’s Guy Sebastian is in Vienna, Austria for the Eurovision Song Contest this coming weekend.

Phil Collen, guitarist for Def Leppard, is the latest to tell his story in book form.

The biopic of George Jones has a script and is about to be cast.

Free Seed Films have launched a Kickstarter campaign to make a definitive documentary on the legendary backing band of Ian Dury; The Blockheads.

Legendary 60s band The Zombies have performed again in London.

Robert Drasnin, who composed the theme to the TV shows ‘Twilight Zone’, ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘Mission Impossible’, has died at the age of 87.

Crosby, Stills and Nash will be taking a break from touring as a group but it's the great solo tour battle for the three members. Stephen Stills has announced his solo dates.

Take That, the UK's most successful live act ever, confirmed that their live show which kicked off in Glasgow on April 27 will be broadcast live to cinemas on June 19 from London's O2 arena.

The Rolling Stones will release the rare Spanish edition of the Sticky Fingers album worldwide, 44 years after the original release of the album.

Bob Dylan will be David Letterman’s final musical guest this week.

Activision is looking to revive the genre later this year with Guitar Hero Live, their first release in five years.

U2 have included 'When Love Comes To Town' into their set of their second Vancouver show as a tribute to B.B. King.

Madonna is the new reigning queen (or king) of a single Billboard chart.

Cosmic Psychos have released an extremely violent music video for their new song ‘Better Not Bitter’ based on the Wolf Creek.

Dolly Parton's Song of Many Colors, which Parton says is her favourite song she has ever written, will be turned into a television movie by NBC.

Simon Cowell has joined forces with New York producer Vivek J. Tiwary to co-produce ‘The Fifth Beatle’, about the life of Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

Blues legend BB King died from a series of mini strokes brought on by diabetes.

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson has announced that he is "all-clear" after battling cancer.

Robbie Williams will return to Australia and New Zealand in October with his Let Me Entertainment You tour.