Speaking about the 10th series of the X Factor, Simon Cowell said three words he thought he would never say..."Welcome back Sharon!"

Billy Talbot, a founding member of Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse, released his second solo album, On the Road to Spearfish, earlier today (May 21).  The new album, credited to the Billy Talbot Band, is a nine-song digital release that includes an HD documentary.

The 2013 APRA Awards will be handed out in Melbourne on Monday June 17.

Here Lies Love, a concept album about the life of former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos written by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, was adapted for the theater and premiered earlier this year in New York.

Tame Impala have been nominated for twice for the APRA Song of the Year Awards for their songs ‘Elephant’ and ‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’.

Peter Murphy is hoping to release a new solo album early in 2014.

Brisbane noise rock two-piece Udays Tiger will launch their second EP in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in June.

When Ghost on the Canvas was released in 2011, it was expected to be Glen Campbell's final studio album in light of his deteriorating condition from Alzheimer's disease.

Richie Sambora says his bandmate Jon Bon Jovi is 'making it very difficult' to reunite.

The Rolling Stones are well into their 50 and Counting Tour of North America and Europe with a set list that includes both a regular sequence of titles along with new songs added at the rate of two or three per night.

For many years, the general consensus was that there would never be a reunion between John Fogerty and his other Creedence Clearwater bandmates Stu Cook and Doug Clifford (Tom Fogerty died in 1990).

Irish cult favourites, My Bloody Valentine have recently been added to the line up to this year's Fuji Rock Festival, which takes place on the green slopes of Naeba Ski Resort, Japan, in late July.

Anne Lennox performed the Jimmy Cliff classic ‘Many Rivers To Cross’ and Bill Withers ‘Lean On Me’ for Desmond Tutu when he was awarded the Templeton Prize in London this week.

Ash Grunwald and Scott and Andy from The Living End will continue to go “crazy” with dates across Australia in June and then head to the UK for more dates.

The Seekers Judith Durham is continuing to make positive improvement following a stroke after her Melbourne concert last week.

Celtic Woman will return to Australia for national dates in September.

Robin Thicke looks set for a third week at No.1 in Australia with his hit “Blurred Lines” feat T.I. and Pharrell. 

Bon Jovi’s Because We Can pulled into Norway last night with the band performing at Telenor Arena in Fornebu.

One-time Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor did some overtime for the Stones L.A. show on Monday night. He played four songs.

Katy Perry was only one of the many stars who have taken to social media to send their well wishes to victims of the tornado that has devastated central Oklahoma.

Brian May thinks The Voice is an 'insult to music'.

Tonight and tomorrow night, Carole King will be honored with the Gershwin Prize For Songwriting at the Library of Congress and the White House, but she has also been seeking out an old tape of a song that she wrote with Hal David in 1999. Her people found the cassette (!) and it was released today as King's new single on iTunes.

The man who forever changed the sound of rock ‘n’ roll when he invented distortion, Kink’s legend Dave Davies, has recorded a brand new solo album of all original material. To be released on Cleopatra Records on June 4th , ‘I Will Be Me’ features guest appearances by The Jayhawks, Anti-Flag, award winning UK blues guitarist Oli Brown, Chris Spedding, US stoner rock band Dead Meadow, Aussie rockers The Art, Geri X and others.

Fans of The Clash will soon have access to the ultimate collection from the band ‘The Clash Sound System’.

Trevor Bolder, who played bass for Uriah Heep and David Bowie, has died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 62.

George Michael is being "kept in hospital" following his car crash.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers opened their 2013 tour last Thursday in at the Ford Center in Evansville, IN and started their five-night stand on Monday at New York's Beacon Theatre.

Michael Franti has invited fans to create a video for his new song ‘I’m Alive’ (Life Sounds Like).

Congrats to Natalie Bassingwaighte and husband Cam McGlinchey who became a second time parents today. (May 21).

Melbourne’s Willow Beats will tour Australia from the end of May.