New dub-disco collective Passerine released their debut single ‘Ready To Begin’ this week.

The Beards will perform for World Beard Day in Sydney on September 7.

94 Baker Street in London's Marylebone was once more famously known as the site of the Apple Boutique, an early business venture of The Beatles. 

Shahrukh Khan, the King of Bollywood, is coming to Australia to visit the Parramasala Festival in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta.

Remote Control, the Australian independent label and home of Adele, Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend and The National, has launches a new publicity division Recon Music.

Paul Kelly and James Ledger have made the shortlist for the ‘Work Of The Year: Vocal/Choral’ category for the APRA Art Music Awards.

Ohio MC Machine Gun Kelly will tour Australia for the first time in September.

Soulfly have invited their metal mates into record with them on their upcoming ‘Savages’ album.

Korpiklanni, described as a “folk metal band”, will tour Australia in October.

The petition to have a Melbourne laneway named after Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett has been officially presented to Melbourne City Council. Melbourne City Council has voted unanimously to seek a city laneway to name after the late singer.

Big Day Out has announced one of its biggest line-ups ever with Pearl Jam, Snoop Dogg (aka Snoop Lion), Arcade Fire and Blur announced headliners for the 2014 tour.

Splendour In The Grass has been the driving force behind album sales in Australia this week.

Steve Balbi has remade his Noiseworks classic ‘Touch’ for his very first solo album.

Melbourne’s King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have unveiled the first video from their upcoming ‘Float Along – Fill Your Lungs’ album.

Burn Yard Budapest celebrated the latest of a series of spectacular shows in style with the world dominating Avicii.

'Moon Landing' will be the title of the forth James Blunt album.

Madonna has released a second trailer for a "secret project" on which she is working with Steven Klein.

Slash has been dabbling in a new genre ... electronic. The guitar rock God jammed with Chuckie in Ibiza.

More details have been revealed about the upcoming Nirvana ‘In Utero’ 20th anniversary edition.

South Australia’s Bill Parton Trio will head out up and down the east coast of Australia in August and September before heading back to Adelaide for a hometown gig.

Melbourne’s indie record store Pure Pop Records will hold encore performances of three classic album shows with Ashley Naylor, Hamish Cowan and Pony Face.

Carly Simon joined Taylor Swift on stage Saturday night (July 27th) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA for a surprise guest appearance.

In celebration of the 50th performance of Rod Stewart: The Hits, Rod today announced that he will extend his original two year contract at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and will return with his critically acclaimed show for two more years beginning this fall.

Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, along with producer William Orbit, are in the midst of working on tracks recorded by Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury in the early 80's.

Singer songwriter Matt Corby will head out of what he is calling his “biggest headline tour” across Australia in October.

Metallica’s 3D feature film ‘Through The Never’ won't contain any new songs.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Wrecking Ball tour has won Best International Contemporary Concert while Neil Finn & Paul Kelly have won the award for Best Australian Contemporary Concert at the 2013 Helpmann Awards.

Menangle, New South Wales own The Rubens will tour the United States in September and October with Grouplove.

For day two of Fuji Rock in Japan, Jonny O'Hara reports on Bjork, Foals and The Bawdies for Noise11.

Leonard Cohen will spend a month in Australia and New Zealand in November and December on his biggest tour of the countries ever, including A Day On The Green dates.