Oklahoma City favorite sons THE FLAMING LIPS will join an all-star line-up of musicians with a special connection to the state of Oklahoma for the Rock For Oklahoma Benefit concert, which will raise money for victims of both F5 tornadoes that struck Moore, Oklahoma City, and surrounding areas this spring.

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Mick Jones and Lou Gramm of Foreigner, J.D. Souther, Tony Hatch and Holly Knight were inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame on Thursday night at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York. Special awards also went to Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Berry Gordy, Benny Blanco and Sam Cooke's classic song A Change is Gonna Come.

Jimmy Buffett challenged, but came up well short of an all-time record on Saturday when a free concert on Atlantic City's LandShark Beach drew 50,000 people.  The event is second only to a 1983 free concert by the Beach Boys the brought in 250,000 people.

Eminem will explore "new territories" in his new album.

To celebrate the release of their new album Kveikur, Sigur Rós will play a selection of songs from the record live during a special 360-degree interactive webcast from Dresden, Germany.

Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne have reportedly moved back in together.

Brian May is sure Psy isn't just a "flash in the pan".

The Jimmy Little Managers Fund is being lanched in Darwin on Friday, which aims to to invest in and empower Indigenous operators in the music industry.

Exactly who did win The Voice? Judging by the Australian iTunes chart today, the winners were the guests and judges.

Sia, Tame Impala and Gotye were winners when the 2013 APRA Awards were handed out in Melbourne last night.

US singer-songwriter Paul Thorn's first Australian tour, "Pimps & Preachers Down Under", kicks off on Wednesday night in Kincumber and includes dates in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as this weekend's Broadbeach Music Festival. 

Art Garfunkel is back, playing a series of small shows, trying to rebuild his voice that has been out-of-order for almost three years.

Black Sabbath ‘13’ will deliver record first week sales for the legendary metal band with midweek sales suggesting the album could sell around 180,000 in America this week.

The Alan Parsons Project will play a series of shows in Europe next month with singer Kip Winger fronting the band.

It only took fans four days to get Pink Floyd's entire catalogue on the Spotify service.

The U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine held their annual awards ceremony on Monday night at London's Indigo2.

After the death of Phil Lynott in 1986, Thin Lizzy (when they were together) refused to make another album as a tribute to their late leader.

Bernard Fanning’s second solo album ‘Departures’ has become the 6th fastest selling album of 2013 with 11,339 sales.

Psy says the worst thing about his impersonator is the number of bodyguards he employs.

Britain's Kerrang! magazine held their 20th annual awards on Thursday night at London's Troxy Club, saluting both veteran artists and newer acts.

50 Cent will star in a new TV drama called ‘Power’.

The Farm Aid organization has announced that their annual benefit concert will be held on September 21 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY.

She knew it back in 1987, when Heaven Is A Place On Earth first sky-rocketed her solo career worldwide and added yet another string to her bow as lead singer of the Go-Gos, one of the most successful female bands of all time. And she knows it in 2013, with the digital only release of brand new single Sun via Edsel on the 1 July 2013.

Paul Stanley was supposedly hurt during a KISS show in Copenhagen, Denmark last Tuesday night, but that was news to him.

Linda Rondstadt's memoir, Simple Dreams, will be released on September 17 via Simon and Schuster.

Gotye has been announced as a guest presenter at the 2013 APRA Awards to be held in Melbourne on Monday night.

Kayne West and Kim Kardashian are parents.

Adele and PJ Harvey have been named for royal honours in the Queens Birthday list this weekend.

Metallica.com is featuring a slab of unseen footage from their recent Australian tour.

It has been 20 years since the last major production of Jesus Chris Superstar played for Australia. This current tour is the big budget, 21st Century London production featuring the UK’s main stars Tim Minchin, Ben Forster and Mel C.