Duran Duran have signed an international recording contract with Warner Brothers Records.

Californian singer songwriter Sean Kelly will perform at the Musexpo music industry conference in Hollywood in April.

Music educator Tim Dalton has joined ARIA Hall of Famer Joe Camilleri and Golden Guitar winner Amber Lawrence as an Ambassador for Record Store Day Australia.

After one week on the charts, Madonna 'Rebel Heart' has performed even worse than projected in the USA.

Death Cab for Cutie, Action Bronson, Madeon, Three Days Grace, Ringo Starr, The Prodigy and Van Morrison lead the week's new releases.

Melbourne singer songwriter Courtney Barnett is one of the recipients of the Grulke Prize awarded by SXSW.

Sia has taken home the APRA Song of the Year for the third time and A{RA Awards are also heading the way of Sheppard, Angus & Julia Stone, Gotye and Five Seconds Of Summer.

Musexpo has revealed the 2015 showcase acts scheduled to perform at S.I.R. Studios in Los Angeles in April.

London's Abbey Road Studios have announced their first foray into education with the launch of Abbey Road Institute launching in Sydney and Melbourne later this year.

The INXS mini-series has been nominated for six Logie Awards.

Kendrick Lamar has the debuted at number one on the ARIA Chart but Madonna has had a spectacular fall.

I predicted last week in my column that LunchMoney Lewis and his single “Bills” was headed for the top of the ARIA Singles chart, well this week it jumps up four places to land at the chart summit, plus it picks up a Gold (●) sales certification in the process.

Ultravox/Visage/Live Aid legend Midge Ure joins Noise11 this week for iHeartRadio Music News.

It appears that Kylie Minogue may be ready to shake up her career.

Kylie (live), Alison Wonderland, James Bay, Seasick Steve, Incubus, Kendrick Lamar and the Furious 7 & Cinderella soundtracks lead the week's new releases.

Music Victoria, the organisation responsible for the Agent of Change principle and protection of industry operations and opportunities, will conduct its annual membership drive from Monday March 23.

Adele has the biggest selling album of the 21st century in the UK and Amy Winehouse and James Blunt are right behind her.

Jimmy Barnes and Daniel Johns has been revealed as performers for the 2014 APRA Awards.

The Dead Daisies have reconvened in a studio in Sydney this week to start recording their second album with one-time Motley Crue singer John Corabi on vocals.

Guy Sebastian will perform a brand new song titled 'Tonight Again' at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May.

Sam Smith has been confirmed as a performing for the 2015 TV Week Logie Awards in May.

The Jimmy Kimmel Show will be broadcast from SXSW in Austin, Texas all this week.

Madonna lands at No.1 with her thirteenth studio album “Rebel Heart”.

Ellie Goulding is spending a fourth week at the top of the ARIA Singles chart with her first No.1 in Australia “Love Me Like You Do”.

Samsung has brought in Mary J. Blige and D’Angelo to SXSW to combat Apple’s activity with the Apple Watch.

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' court case against Marvin Gaye's family is not over.

Mariah Carey is returning home to Sony where she had some of her biggest hits early in her career.

Mark Knopfler, Modest Mouse, Rebecca Ferguson, Damien Leith, Sleeping with Sirens, Marina & the Diamonds, Troy Cassar-Daley, Lee Kernaghan and Xavier Rudd lead the week's new music releases.

iHeartRadio Music News this week features special guests Troy Cassar-Daley, British India and Steve Poltz.

Madonna should take the number one album position in the USA next week with her ‘Rebel Heart’ album.