One Direction take out the top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart this week with their third consecutive No.1 album “Midnight Memories”, becoming the first British act since Coldplay to land three or more No.1 albums here.

Eminem and Rihanna hold for a third week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with “The Monster”, giving Eminem now thirty accumulated weeks at the top in Australia, the same amount achieved by The Black Eyed Peas from their eight number ones.

Bluesfest 2013 has won the Best Major Festival and Event Award at the NSW Tourism Awards held in Sydney this week.

The Big Day Out announcement of Blur’s replacement expected today has been delayed.

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson will join the Australian Radio Network (ARN) in 2014 and the network confirms it is introducing a new brand.

New Releases for week commencing Friday 29th November, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below)

The first Deni Blues and Roots Festival held over Easter 2013 has won two awards at the NSW Tourism Awards in Sydney on Thursday night.

Brisbane’s Hungry Kids of Hungry have called it a day.

Dead In A Second, the new band from former Thousand Needles In Red guitarist Tristan ‘Trizo’ Bouillaut, have signed with Sydney-based Possum Records, run by industry stalwart Philip Israel.

17-year old New Zealand singer songwriter Lorde will perform at the ARIA Awards in Sydney on Sunday.

Australian film-Maker and actor John Polson has been named the recipient of the APRA AMCOS International Achievement Award.

The Voice Australia has signed will.i.am and Kylie Minogue as its 2014 judges.

Tom Ballard, the co-host of the Triple J breakfast show for the past seven years, has quit his job.

Pink’s ‘The Truth About Love’ live DVD filmed in Melbourne has outsold reality TV star Dami Im’s debut album in first week sales.

Blur’s abrupt cancellation of their Big Day Out performances in January not only came as a complete surprise to fans, but also to the organisers of the event.

Blur have continued their swipe at the Big Day Out organisers after withdrawing from the Australian music festival today.

Blur have cancelled their Big Day Out appearance for 2014 claiming that the organisers “let us down”.

The first X-Factor contestant to score a No.1 album occurs this week, as 2013 winner Dami Im takes her self-titled debut album straight in at number one.

Eminem and Rihanna hold for a second week at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with “The Monster”.

Flume has picked up Triple J’s Album of the Year Award at the J Awards handed out in Sydney.

Black Sabbath's live album recorded in Melbourne and The 12th Man's 'Willy Nilly' greatest hits leads the new release albums this week.

The Beatles are back in the top ten albums in the U.S. with the album On Air: Live at the BBC, Volume 2 debuting at number 7.

Jazz musician Monique diMattina now has a regular spot on ABC radio writing a song in an hour.

The Lady Gaga ‘ArtPop’ album has debuted at number one in the USA with sales of around 260,000.

Renée Geyer, one of Australia’s finest soul singers, has been inducted into The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame.

Melbourne’s most respected singer songwriter Paul Kelly and alt-rock heroes The Drones were multiple winners at The Age Music Victoria Awards in Melbourne on Wednesday night.

The State of Victoria has caught up with the rest of Australia and changed the licensing law to allow All-Ages live music events.

Following four days of world music and conferences, the Australian World Music Expo is over for another year.

The 24th annual Bluesfest was named Australia’s Best Regional Event at the 2013 Australian Event Awards in Sydney last night.

Eminem could hold for a third week with his “Marshall Mathers LP 2”, with his closest competition is coming from X-Factor 2013 winner Dami Im with her self-titled album or the new swing album from Robbie Williams “Swings Both Ways”.