Michael Bublé and 5 Seconds of Summer will join Queen, Alice Cooper, Olivia Newton-John and k.d.lang for the Fire Fight Australia bushfire appeal.

Alanis Morissette will celebrate 25 years of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ by performing the entire album from start to finish at Bluesfest in April.

Red Hot Summer Mornington had to be evacuated on Victorian Police and SES advice because of the severe storms approaching the Peninsula.

The third solo album (6th overall LP) for singer Selena Gomez called "Rare" becomes the first No.1 album of the 2020's, plus the first new No.1 of the year, and also her first chart-topping album for ARIA.

Audio manufacturer Bose is getting out of the retail business. Bose announced today that it will close 119 stores across Australia, North America, Europe and Japan in 2020.

Trent Reznor is a father for the fifth time.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has another limp dick year with Whitney Houston chosen over Motorhead, Soundgarden, MC5 and Judas Priest.

Cold Chisel have produced a special Cold Chisel and Rural Fire Service Association co-branded t-shirt to sell at merch at the rest of their shows.

Duane McDonald is celebrating 10 years of Red Hot Summer with two more shows selling out bringing to tally to 19 out of 26.

The Grammy Museum has added 26 titles to the Grammy Hall of Fame including works by Peter Frampton and Elton John.

Another 350 artists have been announced for SXSW 2020 in Austin, Texas in April.

While there is no new Boom Crash Opera music currently in the works, returned frontman Dale Ryder says he is open to making some.

The Australian Festival Industry Conference (AFIC) is back in 2020 for three days of festival management workshops.

Queen + Adam Lambert, Alice Cooper, Olivia Newton-John and kd lang will join Australia’s Amy Shark, Baker Boy, Conrad Sewell, Daryl Braithwaite, Delta Goodrem, Grinspoon, Guy Sebastian, Hilltop Hoods, Icehouse, Illy, Jessica Mauboy, John Farnham, Lee Kernaghan, Peking Duk, Pete Murray, Tina Arena and William Barton for Fire Fight Australia.

Lewis Capaldi and Stormzy led the acts competing for honours at the 2020 BRIT Awards after the nominations were announced on Saturday.

Glastonbury Festival must reduce its noise levels, according to a council report.

Ballarat has become the 17th Red Hot Summer show for 2020 to sell-out. Ballarat has just clocked up the latest best seller for Duane McDonald.

Harry Styles' second album "Fine Line" benefits from a week of NO new releases or new entries by logging a third overall week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Michael Gudinski has revealed more details of the upcoming bushfire benefit Sound Relief.

US music consumers have followed the global trend of Quantity over Quality in 2019 choosing low quality streaming over hi-fi physical CD and vinyl purchases.

Australian artists continued to be disadvantaged by the current ARIA chart formula with the 2019 End of Year chart once again having no Australian albums in the Top 10.

Here is a list of Bushfire Benefits in Victoria, courtesy of Music Victoria.

Former Facebook exec Jeremy Sirota has been appointed CEO of Merlin.

Billie Eilish, Lizzo, and Lil Nas X look set to dominate the iHeartRadio Music Awards after each received a host of nominations on Wednesday.

Audio giant Sonos has taken Google to court, alleging Google stole Sonos technology for a range of their products.

Metallica has pledged $750,000 for Australia’s fire efforts.

Red Hot Summer fans in Mount Gambier chipped in an extra $20000 for the Country Fire Service Foundation last Sunday.

Former 3XY jock John Peters will switch Memo Music Hall to 1422 on the AM band for the 3XY Top 40 show on 18 January.

Daryl Braithwaite, Leo Sayer, Megan Washington, John Paul Young, Jack Jones, Margaret Urlich and Justine Clarke will join John Waters for FireAid2020 in Bowral on 24 January.

Melbourne will host ‘ Down To Earth - A Fire and Climate Relief Concert’ on 26 February.