Australian songwriting legend Paul Kelly has been announced as a keynote speaker for Bigsound 2018.

Guitar legends Albert Lee, Ian Moss and Kevin Borich lead an impressive list of world-class musicians logged in to appear at the 2018 Gympie Music Muster.

Alex The Astronaut, Justin Marshall, Lachlan Skipworth, Zindzi Okenyo and Sandy Evans are the five recipients of the PPCA and Australia Council recording grants for 2018.

Panic! At the Disco land their second No.1 album in Australia this week as their sixth studio album "Pray for the Wicked" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

5 Seconds of Summer log a sixth week atop the ARIA Singles Chart with "Youngblood", becoming the equal third longest running Aussie performed No.1 for this decade.

Major new titles coming this week from: Drake, The Gorillaz, Florence + the Machine, Fates Warning, Ray Davies, David Bowie (live), The Milk Carton Kids, Pendulum, Bruce Dickinson (live), The Rubens, The Vines, Judith Durham and the new 100% Hits compilation.

Sony Music has taken over the Prince catalogue and will reissue his 35 albums starting with 18 titles immediately.

Australia’s prestigious live performance awards The Helpmanns is shaping up as a massive event for 2018 with the affair happening over two nights in Sydney with the second night broadcast on the ABC.

Bloc Party will perform their debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in Australia from November 24.

Geelong’s magic Dirt will reform for the 2019 Hotter Than Hell festival around Australia.

Sheryl Crow has turned her back on the major labels and will be releasing her new single via digital distribution service Stem.

RocKwiz adjudicator Brian Nankervis will host a night in Melbourne to find four rock trivia geniuses to be part of the next RocKwiz Salutes New York show being filmed in July.

It was all about the Indies on Thursday, June 21st at the 2018 A2IM Libera Awards, presented by SoundExchange with a special celebration of Merlin’s 10 Year Anniversary, held at The PlayStation Theater in NYC.

The third studio album for local rock-pop act 5 Seconds of Summer and "Youngblood" becomes their third successive No.1 studio album to debut at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

5 Seconds of Summer log a fifth straight week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with "Youngblood", while the song holds for a third week in New Zealand and their same-titled album debuts at the top of the LP charts too.

Major new titles coming this week from: Panic! at the Disco, Bebe Rexha, Street Dogs, The Sea Within, Dan + Shay, Marshmello, Nine Inch Nails, Ne-Yo, Indigo Girls (live) and Soulwax.

The Bigsound music conference and festival has announced the first 75 acts to play the the event for 2018.

This week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com Suzanne Vega recalls stories of her Solitude Standing and 99.9 Degrees Fahrenheit albums ahead of her Australian tour in July and August for Lennard Promotions.

New music distribution service GYROstream has launched in Australia.

In its inaugural year, CHANGES unites talent from America to unpack the varying facets of how Australia and the US have built such a fruitful relationship over music. To deliver crucial insight into the state of the international music business, CHANGES is hosting a series of dedicated discussions as part of the Music Passport program.  

Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), a San Francisco-based organization dedicated to the advancement of women in music production and the recording arts, presented the first-ever recording arts conference for women in Los Angeles on June 9, 2018 at the legendary Capitol Studios, sponsored by Capitol Music Group, The Recording Academy Producers and Engineers Wing, and Cloudinary.  

Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney, Amand Van Helden and Midnight Oil are just some of the artists nominated for Helpmann Awards for 2018.

Unearthed High is back for the 11th year, which means that national broadcaster Triple J is once again searching for the best High School act in the country. The high school competition has been incredible successful for over decade, unearthing now established acts such as Gretta Ray, Japanese Wallpaper, Tia Gostelow and Stonefield.

The second studio album for family group Sheppard titled "Watching the Sky" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, becoming the bands first No.1 set locally.

5 Seconds of Summer log a fourth straight week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with the title track from their just released third studio album "Youngblood".

Major new titles coming this week from: 5 Seconds of Summer, Jess & Matt, Christina Aguilera, Cosmo's Midnight, Johnny Marr, Mayday Parade, Chromeo, Glenn Frey (GH), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the new Winter So Fresh compilation.

Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, MAKE MUSIC DAY is now held on the same day (June 21) in more than 750 cities in 120 countries.

WAMFest is back for 2018 and packed with huge opportunities for West Australian artists! Last year over 300 artists performed to more than 40,000 punters and music industry delegates from all over the world, and this year it's all happening again from 31 October - 4 November (plus, regional & local council events in the weeks leading up, to be revealed).

The eighth studio album for Kanye West simply entitled 'ye' becomes his second chart topping set in Australia, debuting at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Local rock-pop act 5 Seconds of Summer hold for a third week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with the title track from their 15th of June due third studio album "Youngblood".