On August 25, 2001 R&B star Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash at the age of 22. At around 6:50pm the singer and her entourage boarded a private aircraft at Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas and were heading to Florida. They never arrived.

Between October 29 and November 13 Sting will become a Vegas act.

Bliss N Eso are banking on the end of the #Gladyscluster by January so that their 2022 The Sun tour can get underway.

The Meredith Music Festival has been cancelled for 2021.

Kanye West isn't requiring proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test at his Chicago listening party.

Lorde no longer uses any form of social media.

Hanuman Welch talks to ALT CTRL playlist cover star Vance Joy about his song 'Missing Piece'. Joy tells Welch about creating during the lockdown, working with Benny Blanco, and what’s next.

Feeder are today announcing new album Torpedo, along with its title track. Torpedo is due for release on March 18th via Big Teeth Music.

Paramore's Hayley Williams and Josh Farro have been credited as writers of Olivia Rodrigo's 'Good 4 U'.

The Beatles ‘Let It Be’ box has been confirmed. The 5CD plus Blu-Ray edition of Let It Be will be released October 15, ahead of the Peter Jackson ‘Get Back’ movie.

R.E.M. have expanded their 1996 album ‘New Adventures In Hi-Fi’ to mark the 25th anniversary of the release.

Eddie Vedder has covered R.E.M.’s ‘Drive’ for the new Sean Penn movie ‘Father’s Day’.

The passing of Charlie Watts comes 57 years after his marriage to Shirley Ann Shepherd in 1964.

While Charlie Watts has been the long-time drummer of The Rolling Stones since 1963, it may surprise you to know he missed a few recording sessions along the way.

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts was a man of few words … very few but often his quotes were biting.

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is on record saying "There couldn't be Rolling Stones without Charlie Watts." Does the passing of Charlie now mean the end of the Rolling Stones?

When The Rolling Stones shot the cover for their iconic live album ‘Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out’, drummer Charlie Watts was the Stone alone on the cover.

The surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have paid tribute to Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer who has died at age 80.

Charlie Watts, the drummer and backbone of The Rolling Stones, has died at 80 years of age.

As Covid-19 hit at the start of 2021, The Production Company was preparing for a final show in 2020. It never happened. However, what did happen prior to 2020 was an incredible run of 64 musicals and more than 500 performances for the people of Melbourne.

Former Alice In Chains’ guitarist Jerry Cantrell is taking the show back on the road in America in 2022.

Aerosmith has pocketed hundreds of millions of dollars after selling their iconic catalogue to Universal Music Group.

Former Boom Crash Opera member Richard Pleasance will release his first non-soundtrack studio album ‘Crooked River’ in September.

Daptone Records will release up a 32 track feast of soul to mark the 20th anniversary of the label.

Sam Teskey will release his debut solo album ‘Cycles’ in October. Same summoned his love of the ‘Meddle’ era of Pink Floyd as a template to create ‘Cycles’.

Kacey Musgraves has created a 50-minute movie version of her upcoming album ‘star-crossed’. The movie will premiere on Paramount+ in September.

On 2 November 2021, 154 of Paul McCartney’s songlyrics will be published in the book ‘The Lyrics’. 153 of the songs you will know. One, ‘Tell Me Who He Is’, is an unrecorded and unreleased Beatles song.

Brian Travers, the saxophone player and founding member of UB40, has died from cancer at the age of 62.

Olivia Rodrigo’s record-breaking debut album Sour is on course to return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart following its release on vinyl.

Duran Duran have announced two small hometown shows in Birmingham.