For the past seven years Nickelback have been warming up their audience with metal band Pantera’s ‘Walk”.

We may never know exactly what happened, but Morrissey was admitted to a Royal Oak, MI hospital this week for much more than was originally reported.

2DAY jocks Mel Greig and Michael Christian will not face charges for the royal prank that led to the death of a British nurse last December.

Josh Groban has covered the Academy Award winning Glen Hansard song ‘Falling Slowly’ on his new album ‘All That Echoes’.

Pennywise have replaced the ailing Zoli Teglas with original singer Jim Lindberg and have rescheduled their Australian dates.

The 16th They Might Be Giants album ‘Nanobots’ will be released on Idlewild Recordings through David Williams’ Tombowler in Australia.

Australian acts will once again take over Austin, Texas on March 16 for one of SXSW’s hottest events, The Aussie BBQ.

Hoodoo Gurus will bring Blue Oyster Cult to Australia for the 2nd (and what now looks like annual) Dig It Up.

Amanda Palmer will tell the story of how she did the business her way at SXSW in March.

The world's biggest pop band, One Direction, have teamed up with the UK charity, Comic Relief, to record the official 2013 Red Nose Day charity single, creating their own unique take on the Blondie classic 'One Way Or Another.'

Beyoncé has spoken about her devastating miscarriage, revealing she had already picked out names for the baby.

Elton John has also been confirmed for the Isle of Wight Festival.

Craig David has added East Coast Australia dates to his 2013 World Tour.

Bruno Mars' sisters have released their first music video.

Mike Tyson reveals that he is a huge fan of Justin Bieber.

Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band played the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last year and all the proceeding were captured for release on Ringo at the Ryman, coming March 11 on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Kermit the Frog thinks it's important to stay 'close to royalty' as he might turn into a prince one day.

Ed Sheeran reportedly got told off by his mother for having too many tattoos.

Yesterday (January 30) was the 40th anniversary of the first live performance of KISS who would go on to gather millions of adoring fans and almost as many detractors.

Hip-Hop legend Nas will co-headline and curate Movement, a brand new music festival for Australia in April.

It took an announcement from the Mahindra Blues Festival in Mumbai, India for the world to learn that Jimmie Vaughan has suffered a serious heart attack.

Universal Music has confirmed that the take-over of EMI Records in Australia is now complete and that that Marketing, Promotions and A&R will continue to run separately but under Universal management.

Barry Manilow was the subject of yet another celebrity death hoax today, “losing his life” on that treacherous Route 80 that also claimed the lives of Justin Bieber, David Beckham, Usher, Vanilla Ice, Tiesto and Harry Styles in the past year.

The Darkness and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will tour Australia in April with Australia’s Jackson Firebird rounding out the bill.

The children of the late-Ray Charles have won in court over the Ray Charles Foundation in a case that determined the ownership of the copyright on about 60 of his songs.

The management for Metallica are spinning the numbers released by Billboard on Metallica's album sales after they put their music on Spotify.

The United States Postal Service will be putting out three commemorative stamps in 2013 that depict legendary music artists with the first release being the great Johnny Cash.

The Los Angeles prosecutors office has officially charged Emmylou Harris with hit-and-run stemming from an October 1 incident where the singer she allegedly bumped another car while driving on the 405 freeway and kept going without stopping to exchange information or report the accident.

After the enormous success of his 2012 UK tour, Ian Anderson is back for a very special one-off show at the Royal Albert Hall on 30th June.

Justin Timberlake will perform at the Grammy Awards ceremony.