2014 was the year the music industry lost over 100 of its stars both in front and behind the microphone.

Melbourne singer songwriter Courtney Barnett and Sydney's Seekae have been named Amazon’s Artists to Watch in 2015.

Peter Asher, half of UK 60s pop group Peter & Gordon, has been awarded the Commander of the British Empire honor (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

A 26-year old man has been found dead at the Falls Festival at Byron Bay.

DJ Sneak has been a last minute drop-out from the Lost Paradise and Let Them Eat Cake festival in Sydney and Melbourne. Jamie xx will replace him.

Apple has introduced a 14-day return policy for iTunes sales in Europe to come into line with new laws governing online sales in the territory and the changes have the music industry worried.

Kirin J. Callinan and Billion featuring Maxine Ashley both have featured videos on Rage this week.

Olivia Newton-John has announced that she will release music from her acclaimed Las Vegas stage show, Summer Nights.

Foreigner's Mick Jones has revealed he took a year off because of a nervous breakdown.

Slash has reportedly separated from his wife Perla after 13 years of marriage.

Kid Rock will release his tenth studio album, First Kiss, in February.

Michael Stipe of R.E.M. was the surprise opening act for Patti Smith in New York on Monday night.

Music was the gift to give in Australia this year with Christmas boosting music sales by over 250%.

Justin Bieber went flying arse over tit when he fell of a skateboard outside Madison Square Garden in Sunday.

Charlie Daniels has invited a long list of classic country and country-rock artists to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his Volunteer Jam.

Country and Grand Ole Opry legend Little Jimmy Dickens was admitted to a Nashville area hospital on Christmas day and is currently listed in critical condition. There is no word on the nature of his illness.

Michael Spiby will perform some rare live shows in early 2015 featuring his entire Badloves classic album ‘Get On Board’ from start to finish.

AC/DC are one of the acts being talked about to perform at the Grammy Awards in February.

Sir Paul McCartney thinks university courses on The Beatles are 'ridiculous'.

The Pretenders albums catalogue will be expanded and reissued under the Warner label banner in February.

Alicia Keys has given birth to her second child, a boy named Genesis.

Sia 'Chandelier' has topped the Rage Top 50 Videos of 2014 list.

Veteran Australian musician Russell Morris has clocked up another achievement for 2014. He has made the Rage Top 50 Videos of 2014.

Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley are N.E.R.D.’s again. The classic Neptunes side-project has been resurrected for ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water’.

Lou Bega’s 1999 hit ‘Mambo No 5’ has become the 154th song to sell 1,000,000 copies in the UK 15 years after its release.

KISS will be hitting the high seas for the fifth time with their KISS Kruise V next October 30 to November 3. Sailing out of Miami, the cruise will go to Jamaica and return but there is one more highlight besides the normal sun and fun.

Justin Bieber has left a cryptic Tweet for fans suggesting he is about to end his hiatus.

The controversial comedy The Interview is facing an even bigger problem than causing a war with North Korea. It is alleged to have breached copyright.

New Zealand musician Chris Sheehan (Chris Starling) has lost his battle with cancer after being diagnosed with Metastatic Nodular Melanoma.

After all of hype last week Madonna has sure been left holding one big stiff. The six new Madonna songs have flopped globally.