Paul Kantner, guitarist for both Jefferson Airplane and its spinoff group Jefferson Starship, has been hospitalized with an apparent heart attack.

Melbourne singer songwriter Courtney Barnett is one of the recipients of the Grulke Prize awarded by SXSW.

Bluesfest are working on a surprise guest to perform on the Friday of the festival following the last minute cancellation of The Black Keys earlier this week.

Cheap Trick and Billy Idol touring together is an ideal double for rock fans of the 70s and 80s but what could have been a contender for tour of the year suffered initially from bad sound which drained the vibe of the room.

Lollapalooza, the yearly Chicago-based festival started in 1991 by Perry Farrell, has announced an eclectic mix of artists for 2015 with Paul McCartney, Metallica and Florence + The Machine headline one night each.

One Direction member Zayn Malik has quit the boy band and after five years and four albums because he wants to be “normal”.

America's Mary Chapin Carpenter and Australia's Troy Cassar-Daley are two of the highlights for the Gympie Muster for 2015.

Rob Halford's catalog of music outside of Judas Priest is now being issued by Sony Music and Legacy Recordings.

The Dead Daisies have been added to Germany’s Der Ring and Rockavaria festivals in May.

Madonna's Rebel Heart has taken a huge drop in sales in its second week of release.

Van Halen will hit the road in July for a North American tour with Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have now publically stated that singer Jade Castrinos was not sacked by the band, she quit.

San Francisco will host the eighth Outside Lands Festival on August 7 through 9 in Golden Gate Park and, on Tuesday, announced an eclectic lineup that includes Australia's Chet Faker and Tame Impala.

October will be a big month for classic artist memoirs with new books from John Fogerty and Elvis Costello.

Sony Pictures has obtained the rights to the movie version of the Broadway show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Paul Blake to produce. Blake was the original producer of the theatrical version.

Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard are pairing up for the fourth time in their career with the upcoming album Django & Jimmie.

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson is continuing to make progress in his fight against cancer.

Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music has written a piece for Britain's The Independent on a guitar riff of his that Jay-Z and Kanye West used on their album Watch the Throne.

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will reunite as Mulder and Scully for a six-show run on The X-Files.

Andy Bull has had to juggle dates for his upcoming Australian tour.

Ed Sheeran has been confirmed as the latest English musician to score a guest spot in the Australian soap opera Home and Away.

Sia has taken home the APRA Song of the Year for the third time and A{RA Awards are also heading the way of Sheppard, Angus & Julia Stone, Gotye and Five Seconds Of Summer.

Peter Hook will perform a one-off show in Macclesfield, UK featuring all 48 Joy Division songs.

Squeeze have announced that 2015 will be a major milestone in their history with a brand new album and an extensive tour of the U.K.

Melbourne’s Palace of the King will release their debut album ‘White Bird/Burn The Sky’ in Europe via Listenable Records.

The over-hyped Madonna album ‘Rebel Heart’ has stiffed in its second week in Australia and the UK and will do the same in the USA this week.

Nordoff Robbins hosted a private party this evening (March 23) to exclusively announce the first two O2 Silver Clef 2015 Award winners of 2015, legendary British heavy metal band Iron Maiden and operatic pop vocal group Il Divo, and to celebrate its 40th Anniversary.

David Crosby was involved in an accident on Sunday evening in Santa Ynez, CA when the car he was driving hit a jogger.

Florence + The Machine have debuted a video for their ‘How Big How Blue How Beautiful’ album track ‘St Jude’.

Musexpo has revealed the 2015 showcase acts scheduled to perform at S.I.R. Studios in Los Angeles in April.