H.R., the lead of the hardcore punk band Bad Brains, has successfully undergone brain surgery.

Major new titles coming this week from: Holy Holy, Rhiannon Giddens, Stormzy, Dope Lemon EP, Little Big Town, Christie Lamb, Havana Brown, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Gimme Danger s'track, plus Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2016.

Reprise/UMe are continuing their ongoing Sinatra 100 reissue project with a brand new expanded version of the 1967 album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Singer/songwriter James McMurtry has set a series of eleven shows in the eastern U.S. for late March and early April including shows in Richmond, Norfolk, Philadelphia and New York.

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will have a new radio format from next Monday 27 February 2017.

Jay-Z is set to become the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

With Gun N’ Roses dates running through until September it is expected that the next AC/DC album with Axl Rose won’t be ready until 2018.

The 30 Days 30 Songs campaign, developed as a precursor to the rule of demagogue Trump, has been expanded to follow the first 1000 days of the American regime (if he lasts that long).

The best word to sum up the 2017 BRIT Awards is 'Boring'.

Sir Elton John will perform in Hobart for the first time in 27 years on his upcoming Australian tour.

The late David Bowie was the big winner at the 2017 BRIT Awards at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday.

Singer Emeli Sande kicked off the 2017 BRIT Awards in London on Wednesday night by taking home the title for British Female Solo Artist.

Chris Brown bowed out of his fight against Soulja Boy because there were too many middlemen wanting "a piece of the pie".

Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran is deeply impressed with Harry Styles' solo efforts, insisting his debut album will be a smash.

Lisa Marie Presley's estranged husband has been denied his request for $40,000 (£32,000) in monthly spousal support while the former couple fights over its assets.

Kasey Chambers will tour her Dragonfly album around Australia after a visit to the USA for SXSW next month.

Producer and artist T-Bone Burnett has released a five-minute video asking congress to review their DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and place more of the blame on internet piracy on such digital providers as YouTube.

Australian guitar duo the Grigoryan Brothers have been named support act for k.d. lang’s upcoming Australian tour.

Neil Finn will be the final performer at Bluesfest 2017.

Sir Elton John has added a Wollongong date to his Australian tour in September.

After a record-breaking week of album sales – Rag’n’Bone Man takes us behind the scenes in the latest instalment of the Beats by Dr. Dre Beat x Beat series. Alongside his producer Two Inch Punch, they offer an exclusive look at the making of the track ‘Human’, which has now gone platinum and is currently sitting at #2 in the charts.

The boxing match between Chris Brown and Soulja Boy has been called off.

Chance the Rapper and The Chainsmokers are among the seven artists who will battle it out to be crowned iHeartRadio's Best New Artist.

Chris Brown's ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran has obtained a restraining order against the singer amid allegations he threatened her life.

On July 21, 1990, Roger Waters performed the Pink Floyd album The Wall in Berlin, Germany to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier.

Larry Coryell, the guitarist known as "The Godfather of Fusion", died Sunday night in New York at the age of 73. He had played at Iridium on Friday and Saturday night and died in his hotel room on Sunday night.

Singer-turned-actress Janelle Monae was brought to tears on Monday as she helped to honour a female engineering pioneer on U.S. TV.

Sir Elton John will perform two shows in regional Queensland in September.

On Saturday night, David Cassidy performed at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA and, from the videos that surfaced, it certainly appeared he was intoxicated.

Lars Ulrich insists Lady Gaga will be back to front his band Metallica because her Grammys performance with them was so good.