Pop star Zayn Malik is mourning the loss of his "beautiful" grandmother.

Jason Mackenroth, the drummer for the Rollins Band from 1998 to 2004 who went on to release two solo albums and enjoy an eight-year run with Blue Man Group, passed away at home in Henderson, NV on Sunday, January 3, 2016 after a nearly four-year battle with prostate cancer.

Not since Pink has an act scored the ARIA No.1 Album of the Year twice, but for 2015 Adele and her third set “25”, it took out the top honors, matching the top spot her previous album “21” achieved for 2011.

The first No.1 single for last year becomes the highest selling track for the past year, as “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars claims the top spot on the ARIA Top 100 Singles of 2015.

The lack of Australian acts in the ARIA end of year Top 100 Singles chart proves Australian support for Australian artists is at an all-time low.

Michael Weatherly, who has played Anthony DiNozzo for the past 13 seasons of NCIS, will leave the show at the end of this season.

James Murphy has confirmed that there will be a new LCD Soundsystem album this year in an open letter to fans where he says “I write songs all the time.”

Steely Dan main man Donald Fagen has been arrested on Monday in New York after allegedly assaulting his wife, Libby Titus, in their apartment.

The family and estate managers of Syd Barrett have marked what would have been Barrett's 70th birthday with the launch of a new website.

The new Elvis Costello concert film, Detour Live At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on February 12 via Eagle Rock.

Jack White’s Third Man Records is releases early and very rare music from Jack White, before the White Stripes came into existence.

The new Flume album will be called ‘Skin’ and as a preview Harley Streten (aka Flume) is sharing the new music.

Coachella's 2016 line-up has been announced with headline acts LCD Soundsystem on the Friday, Guns N Roses for Saturday and Calvin Harris leading the Sunday night pack.

The Red Hot Summer tour has officially opened for 2016 with a sold out show on the New South Wales coastal town of Batemans Bay.

Gurrumul will perform at Australia’s largest free music festival, the St Kilda Festival, in February.

The Rainbow Bar and Grill on West Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood will be the location for a memorial this Sunday for the late Lemmy Kilmister.

When Songs of Innocence came out in 2014, U2 promised a followup called, appropriately, Songs of Experience but, while we were given all sorts of "soon" indications for the release, it never turned up last year.

Singer Brandy returns to television on Tuesday night via BET with Zoe Ever After, a romantic comedy about Zoe Moon (Brandy Norwood), a newly single mom stepping out of the shadow of her famous boxer ex-husband Gemini Moon (Dorian Missick) while trying to balance dating, motherhood, a complicated relationship with her ex and finally fulfilling her career dream of starting a cosmetics line.

Legendary Australian music mogul Robert Stigwood has died.

Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon thinks Boy George is a great signing for The Voice UK.

The Prodigy's Keith Flint has ridden his horses with a group who continue to practice the traditional British sport of fox hunting, something that has gained him an unwanted "fan".

Singer Britney Spears was literally stuck atop a tree after suffering a stage malfunction during her concert on Saturday (2Jan16).

Guy Ritchie has allegedly hired a lawyer as he is gearing up to fight his ex-wife Madonna for custody of their son Rocco.

The vinyl resurgence continued in 2015 in both the U.S. and England.

Adele ‘25’ is not showing any signs of slowing down as we hit the first week of 2016.

will.i.am thinks Karl Lagerfeld perfectly illustrates that competition is healthy.

Keith Richards snorted his dad's ashes because his father always knew he liked cocaine.

Sam Smith learned to become a "natural liar" by blagging sweets from his parents as a child.

Lester "Rusty" Paul, the eldest son of guitar genius Les Paul and his wife Virginia Webb, died on Thursday from complications of diabetes. He was 74.

Bon Jovi returned to the studio where they made their first album ‘Runaway’ for their next album ‘This House Is Not For Sale’, due in March.