Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski have recruited Keith Richards, Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop and Nick Cave (to name a few) for a new “pirate” compilation.

There is great news from The Wilson Pickers today with the word that Danny Widdicombe will return to the band.

More artists have been announced for the SXSW music conference in March next year with The Rubens and Alpine making the second-round list. 

Dave Brubeck, the jazz legend best known for the song ‘Take Five’, has died from heart failure in a Connecticut hospital at age 91.

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have released a Christmas video that can be described as “creepy” at best.

Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen has finally confirmed his 'Wrecking Ball' tour will come to Australia ending weeks of speculation.

Music legend Engelbert Humperdinck has re-recorded one of his 60s songs 'Ten Guitars’ with The Break, featuring members of Midnight Oil and Violent Femmes.

Dave Grohl will premiere his Sound City documentary at Sundance in January.

Yothu Yindi singer Mandawuy Yunupingu has been rushed to hospital after collapsing at his home in the Northern Territory today.

Thom Yorke has revealed more details of the upcoming Atoms for Peace album, including track listing, cover art and release date.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Sony Legacy will release She's Got a Way: Love Songs, a collection of 18 classics about love by Billy Joel.

Rihanna has apparently asked her record label for 'time off' so she can have a baby with Chris Brown.

Charlie Simpson and his three-strong support team travelled for four days to reach the remote Siberian village known as the 'pole of cold,' famed for being the coldest, permanently inhabited place on the planet to perform the World's Coldest Concert.

Iconic pop star Adam Ant returns with his comeback single 'Cool Zombie' - his first release in 17 years - on Monday (Jan 21).

The legendary broadcaster Annie Nightingale - the UK's first female disc jockey - and the longest-serving presenter on BBC Radio 1 has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Blondie has confirmed a very special tour of the nation's woodlands next summer performing their hits as part of the Forestry Commission's annual concert series Forest Live.

The mesmerising return of Johnny Marr - one of the most celebrated and influential guitarists in the history of contemporary music ' gathers pace with the news that he will follow the February 25th release of his debut solo album 'The Messenger' with his first ever solo tour.

Sharon Osbourne wouldn't be surprised if her daughter Kelly "married tomorrow".

Stevie Nicks commiserates with Kristen Stewart's cheating plight.

Michael Bublé is 'thrilled' Reese Witherspoon has agreed to duet with him.

Katy Perry reportedly threw her sister a masquerade-themed bash to ring in her sibling's 30th birthday.

Continuing the tradition of special guests at a Rolling Stones concert, blues wizard Gary Clark Jr and hip-hop soul queen Mary J. Blige will perform with the band in Brooklyn on Saturday.

Barbra Streisand reminisced about a time she and Peter Sellers discussed 'steak ice cream' while high as a kite.

Marvin Gaye's son doesn't want Lenny Kravitz to portray his late father in a biopic he calls 'shameful'.

Jack White says Lady Gaga is 'all artifice'.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have announced dates in North America for March, falling short of including a SXSW date.

Disc Makers, America’ largest independent CD and DVD manufacturer, has firm evidence that the physical disc is far from dead.

Arcade Fire are beginning to crank up their gears again with new material hitting stages in various parts of the world at various times.

Eric Clapton and Coldplay’s Chris Martin are the two latest acts to join the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit at Madison Square Garden next week.

Eddie Vedder is about to become a “rock jock”. The Pearl Jam singer has scored a gig hosting ‘The Eddie Vedder Radio Show’ on Sirius XM.