Comedian Rob Schneider will also lap Australia when he heads down under for the Just For Laughs festival in Sydney in October.

John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band are the first major names announced for Bluesfest 2014.

The ART Music Awards were announced in Sydney tonight (Monday, August 26, 2013) at the Parade Theatre, NIDA.

Pearl Jam have released a video for ‘Mind Your Manners’, the first single from their upcoming ‘Lightning Bolt’ album.

The Woodford Folk Festival music programmer Chloe Goodyear is travelling the world to sign artists and put together the line-up for 2013 to be announced in October.

Brisbane band Sheppard have released their second song ‘Hold My Tongue’ following the platinum success of their first single ‘Let Me Down Easy’.

Justin Timberlake had the old band back together when NSYNC performed at the Video Music Awards (VMAs).

The Australian World Music Expo (AWME) will return to Melbourne’s from November 14 to 17, 2013.

UK boy band Five (5ive) will perform in Australia from late October as part of their ‘The Big Reunion’ tour.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will perform a second and final Melbourne show at AAMI Park in February.

The National have announced a national tour for February, 2014.

Former Taxiride frontman Jason Singh has released the video for ‘Hold On Forever’, the first single from his debut solo album ‘Humanequin’.

Kathy Griffin has two words for where Australia is potentially heading in the next election. “Sarah Palin”.

Boy & Bear see their second album “Harlequin Dream” debut at the top becoming the 333rd album to enter at the top of the Australian Album charts.

After a full week of sales, Katy Perry scores her third No.1 single in Australia as “Roar” is up a couple of places from last weeks No.3 debut to the top spot on the ARIA Singles Chart this week.

A cave that everyone figured had been fully mined may be ready to spring forth with even more jewels. Reports across the web say that a new set of Beatles performances on the BBC will be released in October.

Depeche Mode have hit the U.S. shores with an opening salvo at the DTE Energy Music Theatre outside of Detroit, MI.

Playwright Tom Stoppard has created a new radio drama for BBC 2 influenced by Pink Floyd's album Dark Side of the Moon.

Linda Ronstadt has said in an interview with AARP that she has Parkinson's Disease and it has made her unable to sing.

Sydney band Boy & Bear will have Australia’s biggest selling album this week by the end of today.

Katy Perry ‘Roar’ will easily top the Australian singles chart this weekend while Lady Gaga ‘Applause’ won’t even make the Top 10.

Ash returned to the Corner Hotel to play their breakthrough '1977' album in its entirety.

Coldplay quietly released a brand new song today. ‘Atlas’ will be included on the soundtrack to the Hunger Games sequel.

Tears For Fears celebrate thirty years since their recording debut with the release of The Hurting: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition on October 22 via Mercury/UMe.

Pink has written two songs on the forthcoming Cher album 'Closer To The Truth'.

Green Day will headline Soundwave 2014 and you can add Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots (with Chester Bennington) to the list as well.

Elton John has released the first video from his upcoming album 'The Diving Board'.

Green Day played their breakout album, Dookie, in its entirety in London this week.

New Releases for week commencing Friday 23rd August, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below).

American R&B singer performed to a near empty stadium in South Africa this week after soccer fans vacated the game after it finished instead of staying for the entertainment.