The Rolling Stones ‘Blue & Lonesome’ isn’t just the number one album in Australia this week. It is number one by a long shot.

Live has reformed with original singer Ed Kowalczyk.

The 25th studio album and their first (full) covers album in "Blue & Lonesome" for The Rolling Stones debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

The No.1 on the Australian charts this week match those of the UK for both the singles and albums, as "Rockabye" for Clean Bandit with Anne-Marie and Sean Paul spends a second week at the top here and a fifth week in the UK.

Clean Bandit ‘Rockabye’ is the song most Australians have been discovering in Shazam this past week.

The Weeknd ‘Starboy’ stayed the most streamed song in Australia again this week.

One Direction’s Zayn and Taylor Swift have the number one download in Australia with ‘I Don’t Want To Live Forever’.

Bob Dylan accepted his Nobel Prize in Literature on Saturday by sending his acceptance speech to the Nobel committee.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers reached their 40th anniversary in 2016 but are waiting until next year to tour in celebration.

Madonna blasted the music industry for oppressing women and restricting their freedom during a blistering speech.

The Beatles were the first stadium rock band and Coldplay could possibly be the last. No other rock band since Coldplay’s 1998 debut can draw a crowd this big. Stadium shows are restricted to the pop circus of Swift and Bieber these days so witnessing a rock show the size of a Coldplay gig almost feels like the end of an era.

Fifth Harmony, DNCE, Hailee Steinfeld, and Rita Ora are teaming up to record a cover of festive favourite Santa Claus Is Coming to Town to help the homeless.

Meghan Trainor has been forced to cancel her remaining concerts for 2016 after falling ill.

“Happy 40th birthday to the Hotel California album. It truly doesn't seem like that long ago. An honor to be a part of such great project. May you shine for another 40 years,” former Eagles guitarist Don Felder announced today.

The historic recordings of Cold Chisel at the Manly Vale Hotel 7 June 1980 and The Rolling Stones from Blue & Lonesome are profiled this week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Hoodoo Gurus will partner up with Violent Femmes and add The Whitlams, Tim Rogers and Models for two A Day On The Green shows in March.

Greg Lake, bassist and guitarist for Emerson, Lake and Palmer and a founding member of King Crimson, died on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 69.

Lady Gaga visited The Albert Kennedy Trust in London this week.

There's an old novelty song called I'm My Own Grandpa that weaves a convoluted tale of how a man, through various relationships, becomes his own grandfather.

Major new titles coming out this week include: X-Factor winner Isaiah, Neil Young, Izzy Bizu, Faith Hill (GH), In Hearts Wake, Lamb of God and soundtracks to musical films 'Sing' and 'La La Land' also released.

Madonna has had a go at James Corden's dress sense calling his clothing "very 90s Seattle".

Pop star Sia and her husband Erik Anders Lang have split.

The first episode of The Monkees aired on 12 September, 1966. After two seasons and 58 episodes the show went off the air and the legacy began.

Coldplay took over The X Studio in Sydney on Wednesday for a special performance for 200 fans for Nova’s Red Room.

I Am the God of Hellfire...

Since 2000, Ryan Adams has been extremely prolific with sixteen studio albums and eight EPs. In 2005 alone, he had three albums and in both 2003 and 2004, he put out one LP and two EPs.

Stevie Nicks is going to continue her 24 Karat Gold Tour in the new year and she is keeping the Pretenders on the bill.

Michael Dorf is back for his fourteenth "The Music of" charity concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, this year saluting the music of Aretha Franklin.

December seems to be the month of tour announcements and the latest comes from the combo of Journey and Asia.

Hooray fuck, those blokes you can trust Cosmic Psychos will perform at Boogie 2017.