Michael Bolton is finally credible …. he has appeared in the first episode of season 10 of Two and a Half Men where Alan’s mum Evelyn says she has a vibrator named after him.

The AFL Grand Final delivered music credibility this year with an all-Australian entertainment line-up lead by The Temper Trap.

Music legend Neil Young has thrown a new player into the streaming music revolution. He is about to launch Pono.

Graham Parker and The Rumour have reunited for the first time since 1981 for a US tour.

Dick Taylor was a founding member of the Rolling Stones and went on to form another legendary UK band, The Pretty Things.

British record producer Ken Scott, who work includes David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’ and Supertramp ‘Crisis What Crisis’ will speak at SXSW in 2013.

Roger Knox aka The Koori King of Country and “the Black Elvis”, has signed with US music label Bloodshot Records.

The final studio album from The Jam ‘The Gift’ is 30 years old.

Hype is a wonderful thing. ‘Lil Wayne Smashes Elvis Presley’s Record for Most Billboard Hot 100 Hits’, the Republic Records press release headline reads. What a load of crap.

London dubstep megastars Nero deliver a new song ‘Won’t You (Be There)’ online.

Clare Bowditch, Archie Roach Announced For Australasian Worldwide Music Expo in Melbourne in November.

Austin music legend Rosie Flores will ‘Working Girl’s Guitar’, her first album in three years, next month.

The second single ‘Yet Again’ from indie-rock outfit Grizzly Bear has a Creators Project video clip.

Sunny Sydney rapper Chance Waters (formerly Phatchance) tours the nation on the back of his Bertie Blackman collab.

Cute-as-a-button folk-popper Lisa Mitchell releases a video for the title track of her new album.

Poncy Brit-rockers Maximo Park will headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney at the very start of 2013.

Kiwi rock n’ roll champions The Datsuns will launch their new album with East Coast shows and a fresh video.

Florence Welch says it important that her childhood mermaid "fantasies" feature in her music.

Justin Timberlake wasn't a fan of reading as a child ' until his parents gave him Sports Illustrated.

Brit prog gods Muse and Oz heavyweights Grinspoon, Something For Kate and Diafrix head up an expansive week of new releases.

On October 18, the documentary on the career of the Rolling Stones, Crossfire Hurricane, will premiere at the London Film Festival and be seen around the world in cinemas.

Willy Mason will perform his own shows in Australia as well as his support slot on the Mumford & Sons tour.

Avril Lavigne is planning a 'rock 'n' roll' wedding full of surprises.

British chart sensation and former US VEVO LIFT artists One Direction have smashed the record for the most number of video views in 24 hours on VEVO, beating Justin Bieber's previous record with 8.24m views of their new video, Live While We're Young, in the first 24 hours.

The Beatles are returning to their original form as their 14 studio albums will be collected into a new vinyl box set, due November 13 (November 12 in Europe) from Apple.

Pink came under attack when her house was "egged" last night.

Lisa Marie Presley whose critically acclaimed album 'Storm & Grace', her first new record in 7 years, is released on October 15th, has announced her first ever UK gig on October 4th at London's Bush Hall.

Jay-Z says he is the 'American Dream'.

Cleveland has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Reggae-punk icons Bad Brains stream the first single from their first album in five years.