Paul Simon Has Highest Debut Album In 30 Years In UK

Influential American blues artist JOHN HAMMOND, whose six-decade career preserved and reinterpreted traditional blues for modern audiences, has died at the age of 83.

Beck will bring his acclaimed orchestral performances to Australia for the first time, with the artist set to perform a series of special concerts in Sydney and Melbourne reimagining songs from across his celebrated catalogue.

British band Radiohead have condemned the unauthorised use of their song Let Down in a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement social media video, issuing a blunt public statement demanding its removal.

Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, whose timeless pop catalogue shaped early rock and roll and powered a remarkable career revival in the 1970s, has died aged 86, leaving behind one of popular music's most enduring songbooks.

Founding member and rhythmic architect Andrew Ranken shaped The Pogues' Celtic punk sound from their earliest London pub shows to global success.

3 Doors Down founder and frontman Brad Arnold has died aged 47, leaving behind a catalogue of songs that defined mainstream American rock in the early 2000s.

Vermont's global superstar returns with his first taste of a highly anticipated fourth album, reflecting on life, success, and the ties that bind.