John Legend is excited to join forces with WGN America to produce original thriller Underground.

Meek Mill is scared to get political with his music.

Gurrumul, Josh Pyke, The Maccabees, Last Dinosaurs, Led Zeppelin back catalogue and So Fresh: Dance 2015 lead this week's new music releases.

NBC's third live musical production, after The Sound of Music and Peter Pan will be The Wiz, the retelling of The Wizard of Oz with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls.

Geoff Tate is officially back with the first release from his new band, Operation: Mindcrime.

Janis Ian has revealed her own story about Bill Cosby telling fans that she was banned from his show because he thought she was "probably a lesbian".

Ted Nugent is defending the indefensible, the brutal slaughter of Cecil The Lion by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer.

Madonna will play the "controversy" card once again on her upcoming world tour.

Heart’s Ann Wilson has released the first song from her upcoming solo project The Ann Wilson Thing.

Adam Lambert will return to Australia to play this own shows in January 2016, after last touring the country with Queen.

Selena Gomez won't let anyone turn her against Justin Bieber.

An XFM presenter got more than she bargained for when sent to Ibiza to interview Pete and Carl from The Libertines.

Coldplay is reportedly eager to debut their new album 'as soon as possible'.

Johnny Mathis will turn 80 on September 30 and, five days earlier, Legacy Recordings will celebrate his career with the release of Johnny Mathis: The Singles.

Judas Priest are riding high this year. Their latest album, Redeemer of Souls, is the highest charting of their career and their world tour has been receiving critical acclaim.

If numbers hold, the Chemical Brothers will be at number 1 this week on the U.K. Albums chart.

Taylor Swift is entirely smitten with her new godson.

The legendary Mavis Staples will perform at Farm Aid this year.

100 acts have now been announced the BigSound Music Conference in Brisbane.

Damon Albarn told Blur’s Melbourne fans that parts of ‘The Magic Whip’ were conceived in Melbourne.

Chet Faker has premiered a brand new version of '1998' with Banks.

Meghan Trainor has confirmed she is recording an original song for 'Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie'.

Macklemore 'just wanted to escape' when he started taking sleeping pills again.

Netflix will premiere Academy Award winning director Morgan Neville's (20 Feet from Stardom, Best of Enemies) original documentary, 'Keith Richards: Under the Influence'.

Frank Turner has today unveiled a new track, 'Mittens', the latest to be taken from his forthcoming new studio album, 'Positive Songs For Negative People'.

Bobbi Kristina's body has been released by the coroner.

Guns N' Roses are down a guitarist again with the departure of D.J. Ashba.

New Order have announced the first single release to be taken from their forthcoming album, Music Complete.

American electro house musician Steve Aoki will today join Hard Rock history by donating several pieces from his personal archive to Hard Rock's world-famous music memorabilia collection.

Bobbi Kristina Brown's neighbour has remembered her in a touching tribute.