Dolly Parton kicked off her Pure and Simple Tour on Friday night at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC.

Every year, Billboard tracks the hits of the summer months to determine their annual "Song of Summer".

For the second time, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell have won a major theater award for their new musical, Bright Star.

Specialty Records, an imprint of Concord Bicycle Music, is pleased to announce the release of Mono Box: The Complete Specialty and Vee-Jay Albums: a deluxe, 5-LP box set that celebrates one of the most influential entertainers in popular music history, Little Richard.

Nate Neblett, a very active session drummer and founding member of the group New Birth, has died.

Paul McCartney has revealed the next clip in his six part VR documentary series, titled 'Early Days', filmed in his home studios.

Prince has been given his own day in Minnesota to mark what would have been his 58th birthday.

Something truly special happened in Melbourne last night. Judith Owen performed with her band and is was one of the most special musical moments I have ever experienced.

Little River Band founder Beeb Birtles has once again taken aim at the current US band doing the rounds with the name but no original members.

Diesel has unveiled the tracklisting for his upcoming ‘Americana’ album.

The Australian Labor Party was vowed to dismantle the George Brandis vanity fund Catalyst and restore Arts Funding back with the Australia Council.

Palace of the King’s Tim Henwood has been in the studio working on new music for former Missing Hours singer Emma Hewitt.

The planned IPO of music streaming company Guvera on the Australian Stock Exchange has sent a terrifying chill through the investment community with some financial experts wondering exactly what the ASX is doing.

Culture Club have performed their first show with the complete original line-up in Australia for the first time in 16 years.

Bill Ward, the original drummer with Black Sabbath, has announced the formation of a new band.

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has gone under the knife for spinal surgery and now has the bandage to prove it.

Flume’s ‘Skin’ album is the number one album in Australia this week and also looks like debuting in the American Top 10 with very similar sales figures.

The Monkees will return to the US Top 10 for the first time in 48 years this week.

The four members of ABBA were together at Berns Salonger in Stockholm this week and performed together for the first time since 1986.

Tom Jones only realised that his wife was "the most important thing in my life" after her death.

Boom Crash Opera have broken in new singer Andrew De Silva with shows in Albury and Mulwala over the weekend. The band also debuted two new songs.

Michael Buble has been discharged from hospital following an operation of his vocal chords.

Soweto Gospel Choir will return to Australia in July.

Faith No More’s rare 1986 debut ‘We Care A Lot’ will be reissued in August.

Taylor Swift made a fan's nuptials unforgettable when she made a surprise appearance at their wedding reception.

Queensland will host Australia’s newest music festival Sandstone Rocks featuring Hoodoo Gurus and Jon Stevens at Sandstone Point north of Brisbane in September.

Mike Nesmith was back performing with The Monkees last week but he wasn’t in the room … he was on Skype.

Jack Black suffered the worst celebrity death of all on the weekend … death by hacker.

Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten is getting too old for unabashedly brazen hobbies.

Canada lost one of its biggest early rock teen idols with the passing of Bobby Curtola on Sunday.