Is Daily Mail writer Candice Jackson stark raving mad or is the Daily Mail just full of hack writers who lack common decency?

Mona Foma curator and bass player for Violent Femmes Brian Ritchie has been honored with an APRA AMCOS Art Award recognizing his contribution to the Australian music sector as a performer, curator and mentor.

Carrie Underwood is to host the 2019 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards with the help of special guest hosts Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire.

America heavy metal act Slipknot sees their sixth studio album "We Are Not Your Kind" become their third consecutive No.1 album in Australia, and it's the bands first new material in just under five years.

It's a third week atop the ARIA Singles Chart tree for local singer Tones and I with her track "Dance Monkey".

Major new titles coming this week from: Friendly Fires, Killswitch Engage, A$AP Ferg, Lillie Mae, Bad Omens, Catherine Britt (EP), Off with Their Heads, ILLENIUM, Air Land Sea, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Iggy Azalea (phys), Sleater Kinney, Ride and the new Tarantino soundtrack ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’.

Ed Sheeran holds for a fourth week at the summit of the ARIA Albums Chart with his fourth No.1 set "No.6 Collaborations Project", the set also logging a fourth week at the top in both England and New Zealand, and a third week in Canada.

It's a second week at the lofty top of the ARIA Singles chart tree for the Tones and I single "Dance Monkey", plus she now has three songs within the Top 30 this week.

Major new titles coming this week from: Elvis Presley (Live), Half Alive, P.P. Arnold, Rick Ross, Slipknot, Safia, Marc Cohn, Shadow, Trippe Redd, Tori Kelly, Seeker Lover Keeper, Gina Jeffreys, Ufo361 and the soundtracks for Angry Birds 2, Blinded by the Light and the TV series ‘Chernobyl’.

ANNOUCEMENT: The Music Victoria Awards is excited to be returning to the Melbourne Recital Centre in November 2019 for its 14th year continuing as one of the most anticipated music industry events on the Melbourne Music Week calendar.

It's a third week at the top in Australia for Ed Sheeran's fourth No.1 set "No.6 Collaborations Project", with the album also at the top again in New Zealand, England (also 3rd week), America and Canada (2nd week in both regions).

It's been 50 weeks since an Australian act has sat at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart, and this week Tones and I sees her second entry "Dance Monkey" swing into the top branch of the charts this week, in the process her song picks up a ▲Platinum certification too.

Diesel will be visiting the Melbourne Guitar Show this weekend, meeting fans and signing vinyl copies of his new E.P. ‘Sunset Suburbia’.

Major new titles coming this week from: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Mabel, Northlane, Tyler Childers, Holy Holy, The Bamboos, Volbeat, Nerija, Diesel (EP), The Teskey Brothers, The Claypool Lennon Delirium and a Flume (EP).

Steve Miller Band keyboard player and singer, songwriter and author Joseph Wooten will host radio.com’s Opening Act Competition.

After six months of a roller-coaster ride of misfortune the Woodstock 50 music festival has been officially cancelled.

Ash Grunwald has been one of Australia’s most successful independent songwriters but that is all changing. After 20 years of “minding his own business”, Ash Grunwald has signed his first record deal with Michael Gudinski’s Bloodlines.

The Wooten brothers, Victor, Regi and Joseph where a cool alternative to New York’s heatwave last week when they chilled the city’s historic Blue Note Jazz Club.

Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations Project takes a second week on the Albums Chart top spot with another big week of sales.

Ed Sheeran holds for a second week with his fourth No.1 album here "No.6 Collaborations Project", while the set also hold again in both England and New Zealand and debuted at the summit in the U.S. and Canada.

It's been over two months since a new No.1 song in Australia, and this week "Senorita" for Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello climbs from it's runner-ups spot of the past four weeks to take out the top berth on the ARIA Singles Chart and score a ▲Platinum sales certificate.

The initial line-up for the Melbourne Guitar Show Triple M Jam has been announced with more names yet to come.

Courtney Barnett won two AIR Awards this week while haring one with Gurrumul.

Major new titles coming this week from: Of Monsters and Men, Kaiser Chiefs, DJ Snake, Andy Grammer, NF, Thy Art is Murder, The Flaming Lips, Kevin Bloody Wilson (GH), Ziggy Alberts (EP), Violent Femmes, New Order (live), Lloyd Cole and Chance the Rapper.

Memo Music Hall will open its doors for the Opening Party for the Live N Local Festival in the City of Port Phillip in August.

Thelma Plum, Alex Lahey and Julia Jacklin are included in the first 20 artists and albums nominated for a 2019 Australian Music Prize.

The teaming of Shane Nicholson with support from Michael Waugh has people talking.

Brisbane’s Bigsound will kick off 3 September for three days. Here’s a list of who you can see for 2019:

Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande are leading the MTV Video Award nominations for 2019.

When John Farnham performs at Sydney’s Cockatoo Island for One Electric Day it will be the second time in as many years John has played on the historic grounds.