The Damned released the first ever UK punk single, “New Rose” off album Damned, Damned, Damned, in 1976, and were often overshadowed by their English punk counterparts. Now in their late sixties and still touring world-wide, featuring the original line up of Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies and Paul Gray, they are the ones having the last laugh and have left their old rivals for dead, in certain respects, quite literally!

Marcia Hines was taken to hospital in Sydney on the weekend after collapsing in her dressing room before she was due to perform on Australian Idol.

Paul Kelly has competed 10 days in Auckland recording his next album at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios and then popped over to The Hollywood in Auckland to perform a few tunes with Neil.

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden announced the birth of their second child on Friday.

UMR/Island Records follow the opening of Sam Taylor-Johnson’s film BACK TO BLACK, based on the life of Amy Winehouse, one of the greatest artists of our time, with the release on 17 May of the compilation, “Back To Black: Songs from the Original Motion Picture”.

The new film about AC/DC’s Bon Scott won’t be a biopic.

Disturbed are touring Australia on Knotfest and while the Ann Wilson duet ‘Don’t Tell Me’ is in the setlist, Ann Wilson is not. In her place, Lzzy Hale of Halestorm stepped in at Knotfest Melbourne.

Beyoncé is set to be honoured with the iHeartRadio Innovator Award this year.

The original members of The Stems, Dom Mariani, Julian Matthews, and Dave Shaw as well as guitarist Ashley Naylor, will tour the capitals in August and September to mark the 40th anniversary of The Stems.

Wednesday night (20 March 2024) was a special night for those of us privileged to be in the room for the very first Gypsy Lee performance at The Espy Basement in Melbourne.

Lemmy's ashes will be "enshrined" at his favourite boozer, the legendary Rainbow Bar and Grill.

Dr. Dre has revealed that Eminem will release an album later this year.

Bruce Springsteen has relaunched his tour after he postponed a number of shows amid his battle with peptic ulcer disease.

Sum 41's Deryck Whibley is set to share the "highest highs and lowest lows of the band" as well as his own in his upcoming memoir, ‘Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven And Hell’.

Coldplay are the final headliners confirmed for BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.

UB40 have dropped a second track from the upcoming ‘UB45’ album with a new song called ‘Home’.

The Rubens will tour Queensland like it’s a country (and many Queenslanders think it is) when they play the Black Balloon tour.

‘Piaf the Musical’, starring France’s Nathalie Lermitte, has been extended in Melbourne.

Artist manager Jodie Regan, who has represented Tame Impala, Pond and Haiku Hands, has been named the winner of the 2024 The Association of Artist Managers AAM Legacy Award.

Deep Purple are hitting the road this November.

Roger Daltrey has announced a "mostly acoustic" solo tour this summer.

Fans were left angry after Nicki Minaj postponed her New Orleans tour stop.

Beyoncé has revealed the inspiration behind her upcoming country album.

The 2024 APRA Music Awards will recognise Hard Rock and Heavy Metal with a new category this year.

Not soon after Barbra Streisand, the winner of the 2023 Ruth Bader Ginsberg Award, protested about Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch receiving the 2024 award Musk and Murdoch were eliminated.

Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Lynne solo outing of his Electric Light Orchestra songs, has announced a final farewell tour.

ABBA footage previously thought to be lost will be aired as part of the BBC's celebrations of the 50th anniversary of ABBA's Eurovision win.

Jon Bon Jovi is not sure when he'll be ready to tour amid his recovery from vocal cord surgery.

Usher has announced his 10th show at The O2 due to phenomenal demand.

Peaches joins Regurgitator for their new song’ ‘This Is Not A Pop Song’.