"Killer" Ray Allison, who played drums for a number of years with Buddy Guy before starting his own band on guitar, died on Wednesday night in his sleep at the age of 60. According to Buddy Guy's page:

The Rolling Stones blues covers album ‘Blue & Lonesome’ will be released on December 2, 2016.

Major new titles coming out this week include: Green Day, Barry Gibb, Olivia Newton-John, Daya, Sum 41, The Panics, OneRepublic, Norah Jones, Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen, Kaiser Chiefs, Melissa Etheridge, Seasick Steve and the 12th volume of Triple J's 'Like a Version'.

Prince's Paisley Park compound in Minnesota will open for fans as planned on Thursday (06Oct16) after local officials granted the estate a temporary tour permit.

Rapper Drake is "crushed" after having to postpone three upcoming tour dates due to an ankle injury.

Chris Bailey reactivated The Saints for three shows only in Melbourne this week.

Lady Gaga delighted fans with a performance of new track Million Reasons as she kicked off her Dive Bar Tour on Wednesday night (05Oct16).

Michael Jackson's daughter Paris returned to her father's famous Neverland Ranch on Wednesday and declared it "felt so good to be home".

Kylie Minogue will not get hitched to fiance Joshua Sasse until same-sex marriage is legalised in her native Australia.

More information of the Rolling Stones upcoming blues album is unravelling ahead of the official reveal at midnight tonight (EDST Australia) and 9am New York time (6 October).

Songwriter and producer Rod Temperton, best known for writing ‘Thriller’ for Michael Jackson, has died in London at age 68.

Green Day will bring their ‘Revolution Radio’ tour to Australia and New Zealand in April and May.

Jon Bon Jovi told Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday that he saw how happy his band was while playing a recent small venue show that he knew he had to go back out on the road.

Matt and Luke Goss will reform Bros for shows in 2017.

FinestVinyl Australia, a sister company to Germany’s finestvinyl.de, has started operating online.

Melbourne singer-songwriter Noah Earp has made a home-made video using his hometown environment for his new song ‘The Raw and the Cooked’.

The Rolling Stones have posted a cryptic video teasing the possible new blues album as early as tomorrow (Thursday October 6).

The 2016 ARIA Music Awards nominations have been announced with three times ARIA winner Flume leading nominations with 11 nods.

Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen will perform at the Port Fairy Folk Festival in March 2017.

Musician Trent Reznor and his songwriting partner Atticus Ross are to compose the score for Mark Wahlberg's movie Patriots Day.

Santa Barbara’s Beware of Darkness have released an explosive video for ‘Muthafucka’.

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble has finally cross Neil Young off his bucket list for Bluesfest. Neil Young + Promise of the Real will headline Bluesfest 2017.

Dolly Parton has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the CMA's Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Steve Earle's classic 'Guitar Town' will have a make-over for its 30th anniversary and he will do shows to play the album in full.

The Rolling Stones performed a private show in Las Vegas on Monday with a special addition to the setlist…’Mixed Emotions’ for the first time in 26 years.

All things Australian Crawl will soon be reissued as the seven album vinyl collection appropriately titled ‘The Album Collection’.

Melbourne Music Week has announced its nine-day program for November and it is pretty bloody impressive.

So Frenchy So Chic, the annual day of French music, food and wine, will return to Sydney and Melbourne in January.

Robbie Williams appeared on the Graham Norton Show this week and shared personal stories about becoming a father.

Dan Sultan has teased his upcoming album with a stunning video that was two months in the making.