One Direction’s Niall Horan has taken the top singles spot in Australia from The Chainsmokers and Halsey with his song ‘This Town’.

Eric Clapton’s capture of a 2007 San Diego concert with JJ Cale has been released as a 2 disc set.

Radiohead has released a special edition of their current album ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ with two additional tracks added.

The Rolling Stones have gone back to their roots to create an album of blues covers for their next record.

Tame Impala bass player Cameron Avery has signed a solo deal with Anti- Records.

Richie Sambora appears to have redeemed himself in Sydney after a hideously embarrassing performance in Melbourne days earlier.

Jimmy Barnes has achieved his first no 1 book. ‘Working Class Boy’ is a best-seller in Australia.

Sacramento’s Deftones have taken their drinking habits further south. They’ve teamed up with San Diego brewer Belching Beaver Brewery for their own beer brand Phantom Bride IPA.

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of Sherlock and the upcoming Marvel film Doctor Strange, last night joined David Gilmour on stage at the Royal Albert Hall for a rendition of the Pink Floyd classic 'Comfortably Numb’.

Lady Gaga has confirmed she will perform at the Super Bowl in 2017.

The Chainsmokers have slipped out a new song ‘All We Know’ with Phoebe Ryan.

Kate Bush will release her 2014 London concert as the live album ‘Before The Dawn’ in November.

Queen will release a collection of all of their BBC sessions in November, complete with the interviews that we also broadcast for the Beeb.

Robbie Williams wins quote of the year..."I'm the only person in the world that can say I was in Take That and four out five Spice Girls.”

With one of the biggest selling albums of the week in 'Young as the Morning Old as the Sea' Mike Rosenberg aka Passenger is at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com this week.

Outside of their time on Epic and Epitaph Records, Social Distortion released four albums independently. Those albums are being assembled in a brand new vinyl box set, The Independent Years: 1983-2004, out October 28.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Van Morrison, Craig David, Regina Spektor, Eric Clapton (live), Marianne Faithfull (live) Banks, Pixies, Opeth and Bon Iver.

Mary J. Blige had some harsh words for her haters on Twitter following criticism of her interview teaser with presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

Dixie Chicks will come to Australia in 2017 for CMC Rocks QLD in March.

Baby Animals have added an extra date for Melbourne as part of their One Word 2017 tour.

Santana and Doobie Brothers are the two latest acts to be added to Bluesfest.

Sectors of the music media took great delight in tearing into Anthony Callea this week for what they say was the lowest selling number one debut of all time. Well, they all missed the point.

The complete tracklisting for the 36CD Bob Dylan collection 'The 1966 Live Recordings' has been revealed.

Tom Petty has been chosen by the Recording Academy as the 2017 MusiCares Person of the Year.

After unceremoniously being dismissed from his coaches chair on The Voice UK last season, Tom Jones will return for the show's sixth season.

Garth Brooks' album The Ultimate Hits has been certified Diamond for sales of ten million or more copies, the seventh time one of his albums has received the honor.

Even though there are a number of hits collections from the great David Bowie already on the market, Legacy Recordings has decided that a new one is needed that will take Bowie from his earliest days up through his final album.

Pregnant Janet Jackson was absolutely radiant as she shopped for baby products in London on Tuesday.

Nicole Scherzinger has reportedly returned to the studio to record a new song with the band she almost joined - and the girl who took her place.

Mary J. Blige's chat show career hasn't started well - an awkward new interview clip with presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has earned her a large group of Internet critics.