Rapper Snoop Dogg is urging fans to join him in boycotting the new Roots remake, insisting he is "sick" of all the slave dramas.

Marshall "Rock" Jones, the bass player for the Ohio Untouchables who became the Ohio Players, died on Friday in Houston after battling cancer. He was 75.

DJ Calvin Harris has returned to his native U.K. as he continues to recover from a car accident in Beverly Hills, California.

The Official Keith Emerson Tribute Concert was held at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday night with a host of artists saluting the keyboardist who took his own life on March 11.

Paul McCartney’s Nineteen Hundred and Eight Five’ is finally an A-side 42 years after it first appeared on a single.

Paul Dempsey has premiered the video for ‘Idiot Orange’ the current song from his new album ‘Strange Loop’.

In 1966 after seven relatively unsuccessful albums on Capitol and Atlantic Brazilian bandleader Sergio Mendes auditioned for Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss’ new label A&M.

Mi-Sex will release a new album ‘Not From Here’, the band’s first album since 1983, this year.

Peter Garrett has released his second song from his upcoming solo debut and announced live dates to go with it.

If all numbers hold, three veteran artists could be making top ten debuts on the Billboard 200 chart.

Marc Anthony is being sued by a former employee who claims he lost a finger while working on the singer's yacht.

There was something special watching Daryl Braithwaite perform his no 1 hit ‘The Horses’ 25 years after it reached the top of the Australian chart. Then again, the APIA Good Times tour delivers lots of special moments.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have dropped a second song, the title track 'The Getaway' from the upcoming album.

Country music legend Dolly Parton has mastered life on the road.

The third studio album for US singer Ariana Grande becomes her second consecutive No.1 album here, as “Dangerous Woman” this week takes the lead on the ARIA Albums Chart (and the UK also).

Still atop the chart podium pirouetting away for a fourth week is Drake and his “One Dance”, which is back at the top in the USA and spending a seventh week at the summit in the UK this week.

Tim Wheatley is focusing attention for his latest album ‘Cast of Yesterday’ onto the track ’78 Benz’.

Ranga rockstar Ed Sheeran has become the new “Wally” as a Sydney tabloid goes into a frenzy spotting Sheeran all over New South Wales.

Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz are still touring The Monkees almost 50 years since their very first concert.

Britain’s postal service Royal Mail will issue a series of stamps honouring Pink Floyd.

Ex-King Crimson member Adrian Belew has composed the music for the new Pixar short Piper.

In an interview with Gordon Smart on his Radio X show Sundays from 2pm, Alex James tells Gordon he hasn’t heard from the other band members in the last year.

The New York theater awards season opened on Thursday with the Outer Critics Circle awards honoring both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

Just as most major jazz festivals have expanded to all forms of music, so has the iconic Newport Folk Festival.

The Beach Boys are a well oiled touring machine.

DJ Calvin Harris has scrapped two additional gigs in Las Vegas to recover from injuries he sustained in a car accident.

The Weeknd and rapper Belly cancelled an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! because Donald Trump was booked on the same show.

There's a lot of Ann Wilson coming out this summer. The problem is, we don't yet have a lot of detail.

The Veronicas have new music brewing and teased the impending arrival on Twitter this morning.

Brooklyn rapper has been arrested for yesterday’s shooting at a T.I. concert at Irving Plaza in New York that killed one man and wounded three others.