The Weeknd is a wise bastard, Pink makes Kelly Clarkson blush, Deadmau5 dies (again), Neko Case prompts a Twitter triad, and heaps more.

Madonna’s Super Bowl half time show, featuring Nicki Minaj, M.I.A., LMFAO and Cee-Lo Green, pops up online.

Bright young pop vocalist Elen Levon has announced her next single ‘Like A Girl (In Love)’.

Viral video masters (and power-pop band) OK Go have just launched another nutty, creative video.

Foster The People finally beat out Adele in this week’s ARIA Chart Wrap.

The first official function for the reformed Neil Young & Crazy Horse will be to honour Paul McCartney’s 2012 MusiCares induction.

Guy Sebastian will fire up 2012 with his seventh album ‘Armageddon’ and a tour to boot.

Bill Ward's threats of not participating in the Black Sabbath reunion will not change plans for the band.

George Michael says he looked like a character in a horror movie when he was ill rcently.

Quincy Jones has become Paul McCartney's greatest PR agent.

Madonna has debuted the video for her new single 'Give Me All Your Luvin'.

Is Adam Lambert about to set to step in the footsteps of the late, great Freddie Mercury?

You should have seen the audience three songs in. They were on their feet and charging to the front. Hall & Oates were in the house and this crowd could not wait to see them.

Paris Hilton has posted pics of her in the studio working on new song with Flo Rida and Afrojack.

Blackchords have started work on their second album with former Frames guitarist David Odlum behind the desk.

Ryan Adams ribs Butch Walker, Fred Durst tries professional comedy, MC Hammer hates sugar, Rebecca Black reminds us she’s 14, and heaps more.

A homeless New Yorker has filed a lawsuit against Eminem for nine million bucks after claiming the rapper stole his idea for the Born of Fire Chrysler commercial that appeared at the Superbowl last year.

Lana Del Rey and Van Halen kick off a bit of a legendary week in new releases.

Mock-rockers Tenacious D – Jack Black and Kyle Gass – release a teaser animation for their new album.

Boutique camp-out festival Boogie have added a supergroup, solo stars and more for their 6th incarnation.

UK metal wildmen DragonForce have revealed details of album number five, the first with their new singer.

The 2012 Black Sabbath reunion tour has been thrown in jeopardy with founding member Bill Ward announcing he will not go ahead with the tour unless he is given a “signable contract”.

Hall & Oates star John Oates joined Icehouse on stage for the first time in nearly 25 years last night to perform ‘Electric Blue’, the song he co-wrote with Iva Davies.

Gotye and Kimbra made their American television debut tonight performing ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Soundgarden played the Big Day Out in 1997 and after two shows in Hawaii in their way back across the Pacific, decided to end their half-decade of riff-fuelled global domination.

Kooky Melbourne art-poppers Aleks And The Ramps celebrate their third album FACTS with an extensive national tour.

Shinedown have revealed the artwork for their upcoming ‘Amaryllis’ album and have uploaded snippets of songs for fans to absorb now.

Graham Nash turned 70 today.

Let’s assume that the reason Kanye West’s set at the Big Day Out and his solo shows were identical is because he doesn’t do things by halves.

Willie Nelson has returned to Sony, the label where he recorded his classics ‘Red Headed Stranger’ and ‘Stardust’.