The Queencliff Music Festival is offering a grant of up to $10,000 for emerging artists.

Slash is the latest artist to bypass the traditional major label model and opt for the fan-funded alternative. The Guns n Roses guitar hero is using PledgeMusic to raise money for his next project.

Babyshambles have cancelled their Australian tour and will not only play one date for Splendour In The Grass.

Former Magic Dirt singer Adalita will perform with Power Monkeys at the Hemensley Cup this Sunday in Melbourne.

Thirty Seconds To Mars have had to postpone their upcoming Australian tour because a member has to undergo an urgent medical procedure.

Sydney pop-punk band Tonight Live have announced a national tour around Australia in September.

Britney Spears has reportedly signed a concert residency deal.

The position of touring guitarist with the Cult has been a ping-pong match between Mike Dimkich and James Stevenson for two decades and recently there was another volley.

Elton John and Bernie Taupin did not rip off a song called Natasha for their own hit Nikita according to judge.

Tina Turner has tied the knot in Switzerland.

A new box set chronicling the career of the group Rainbow between 1975 and 1984 will possibly make it to the market before the end of the year.

Moondance, one of Van Morrison's most beloved albums, will be remastered and re-released in a variety of formats on September 30 via Warner Brothers.

The Pet Shop Boys may have some blurred lines on the cover of their new album, Electric, but its another Blurred Lines that threatens to stop them from scoring their first number 1 album in the U.K. in twenty years.

Ben Harper is a superstar almost everywhere except his home in the US and, to a lesser extent, the UK.

The Living End will headline Summernats 27 in Canberra in January.

Beyonce has added third shows for her Mrs Carter World Tour for Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland but don’t expect that to be the end of it.

Muse will return to Australia and start a nation tour in Perth with Birds of Tokyo on November 30.

It is now less than two weeks until the 16th annual edition of Fuji Rock Festival, which takes place on the summery ski slopes of Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata, Japan.

The album chart could be a battle between Pink and Jay-Z this week.

Josh Pyke and Megan Washington are both featured writers on the new Wendy Matthews album ‘The Welcome Fire’.

It has been more than ten years since Simple Minds set foot on North American shores for the purpose of a tour. That drought comes to an end starting October 15 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.

Paradise Valley, the latest album from Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer, will be released on August 20, and is available now to pre-order on iTunes.

Kanye West apparently wants to try for another baby with Kim Kardashian.

On Tuesday, David Bowie released the video for his song Valentine's Day.

Cory Monteith reportedly died from a lethal combination of heroin and alcohol.

The Falls Festival will also play in Byron Bay this year.

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict in Florida, Stevie Wonder has made the decision to avoid Florida and all other "Stand Your Ground" states until the laws are changed.

Mazzy Star will return after a seventeen year absence with the album Seasons of Your Day, due on September 24 via Rhymes of an Hour Records.

Pearl Jam played their first North American show of the year in London, Ontario, Canada on Tuesday night.

Zoot’s final performance filmed during the Rick Springfield and Friends Cruise in November, 2011 will be released on CD and DVD.