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.

Lenny Kravitz has urged fans to seize the moment as he prepares for his Australian tour of 2015.

Sam Smith, the new star of 2014 will play his first Madison Square Garden show in New York in January, 2015.

American grunge/punk band L7 are talking up their reunion for 2015.

Ed Sheeran 'x' sold more than any other album in Australia across Christmas.

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars hold at No.1 on the ARIA Singles chart for a third week with “Uptown Funk”, giving them the last chart-topping single for 2014.

Ringo Starr has posted his holiday greetings on his website and with the "Peace and Love" comes a big announcement.

The Pretty Things will release their every collected work into one rare collection.

Nile Rodgers will release a new single on March 20 called I'll Be There.

In early December, Sam Andrew, an original member of Big Brother & the Holding Company, suffered what was described as "a mild heart attack".

Alberta Adams died on Christmas day at the age of 97.

Thom Yorke has quietly slipped a new song ‘Youwouldn’tlikemewheni’mangry’ out for fans over the Christmas break.