Triple R FM host Tim Thorpe celebrates thirty years at the helm of the community radio broadcaster's weekend breakfast show 'Vital Bits' this weekend.

Paul Kelly and the third instalment of his "Songs from the South" collections, now with 'Greatest Hits 1985-2019', has debuted at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart this week, becoming his third successive No.1 album in as many years, PLUS this is also the 500th album to enter first week at the top since 1976.

Toni Watson under her moniker of Tones and I and her second single "Dance Monkey" continues to swing at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart tree for a continual record-breaking seventeenth week at #1.

How does that old song go … “I’m just wild about Harry, and Harry’s wild about me”? Well John Farnham is wild about Duane McDonald and Duane is wild about John. This weekend Duane’s One Electric Day music festival rolls into Werribee and John Farnham is looking forward to headlining it.

Australia’s Flume and Rufus Du Sol have both been nominated for a Grammy Award and in the same category.

Major new titles coming this week from: Human Nature, Robbie Williams, Leonard Cohen, Christy Moore, Labrinth, Coldplay, Rod Stewart, David Byrne, Jason Aldean, Harry Nilsson, Luke Evans, Akon, James Morrison, Lindemann, Friendly Fires, Trippie Redd, Beck, Animal Collective, Danny Brown, Ben Lee, Iggy Azalea (EP) and the final So Fresh compilation of the year.

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have pieced together footage filmed by Jack Hoffmann in the band’s UK, European and Japan tour in July and August this year for the video for the new song ‘Mundungus’.

Lizzo and Billie Eilish have come top in the nominations for the 2020 Grammy Awards.

Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe and David Bridie are just some of the winners at the 2019 APRA Screen Music Awards.

The Teskey Brothers have walked away with the three big Music Victoria Awards for 2019 taking home awards ‘Best Album’, ‘Best Song’ and ‘Best Band’.

Triple J has a new line-up for 2020. Lucy Smith will take over morning, Dave Woodhead at lunch and Avani Dais is the new host of Hack.

Red Hot Summer’s 2020 season has another sell-out. The Seppeltsfield, Barossa gig in South Australia for 29 March is the latest Red Hot Summer show to reach capacity.

Icehouse will headline Duane McDonald’s new music festival Crowd Surf at Bribie Island in May 2020.

It's been over two years since a country artist has taken out the top spot on the ARIA Albums Chart, but this week Luke Combs sees his second album "What You See is What You Get" debut at the summit in Australia this week.

Setting new records in Oz and around the world this week is Tones and I with her "Dance Monkey" track, now claiming a record-breaking 16 weeks at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Major new titles coming this week from: Celine Dion, Madeon, Lil’ Peep, Bruce Springsteen (live), David Bowie, Winston Surfshirt, Ronnie Wood, Milky Chance, Lady Antebellum, Fall Out Bog (GH2), Tory Lanez (mixtape), Paul Kelly (GH2), Westlife and the ‘Frozen 2’ soundtrack.

14 more Australian acts have been added to the SXSW showcase roster for 2020 with nine out of 14 coming from Melbourne and once again demonstrating up a complete fuck up the New South Wales music industry has become under Premier Gladys.

Hunters & Collectors are well on the way to selling out all 26 shows on the upcoming Red Hot Summer tour for 2020.

The Falls Festival has expanded its line-up for 2019/2020.

For the first time in his No.1 chart career in Australia a Kanye West album has managed to hold on for a second week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Equalling this week the 2017 achievement by Ed Sheeran of spending 15 weeks at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart is the Tones and I track "Dance Monkey".

2019 has been an outstanding year for Australian music and that will be reflected with the performances at this year’s ARIA Awards.

Major new titles coming this week from: The Script, Luke Combs, John Legend (Xmas), Six60, Taylor Hawkins, Il Volo, Mayhem, Simply Red, These New South Wales, John Fogerty (live), Sparks (GH), Jason DeRulo, Snow Patrol, Bishop Briggs, Vanessa Amorosi, Andre Bocelli, Michael Ball & Alfie Boe, Slayer (live), Diesel (EP), Kele, Nick Cave (phys), FKA Twigs and ‘Last Christmas’ soundtrack.

Download 2020 has been revealed with My Chemical Romance headlining the 2020 festival in Sydney and Melbourne.

The newly recorded Sherbet ‘Howzat’ has arrived and is now available for your ears.

Big Day Out founder Ken West will kick off the Australian Music Week conference in Sydney on Wednesday with insights about the rise and fall of Australia’s iconic music festival.

PNAU/Empire of the Sun pair of Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes have become Record Company Moguls. Littlemore and Mayes have formed the new label Lab78. They have also announced their first signing Vlossom.

Songland’s Records Midnight Oil poster auction has reached $2000 with five more days of the auction to go.

Jackie Barnes will host a drum masterclass for Tama Drums Australia in Sydney on 27 November.

Australian Music Week will give Sydney a dose of live music this week when the AMW Beach Concert series kicks off in Cronulla from Wednesday.