Major new titles coming this week from: Delta Goodrem, Bad Wolves, Charlie Puth, Sevendust, Derek Smalls, Joan Armatrading, Ty Dolla $ign, Arctic Monkeys, Dan Sultan, Simian Mobile Disco and Loreena McKennitt.

Jon Stevens has lined up a mini RockFest for Corner Hotel show with The Heartache State featuring Nick Barker and J.R. Reyne joining the bill.

Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, and Florida Georgia Line lead the list of nominees for the 2018 CMT Music Awards with four apiece.

The second studio album for American rapper Post Malone entitled "Beerbongs & Bentleys" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week, plus it also entered at the top in England, Ireland, New Zealand, The Netherlands and Norway (so far).

After nine weeks of waiting for a No.1 berth the Post Malone track with Ty Dolla $ign and "Psycho" climbs back up two places to land its first week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart this week, plus it is now 2x▲Platinum in sales.

With upcoming tours for Def Leppard with Scorpions, Foreigner with an orchestra and Suzanne Vega without one there is a stack of artists to play this week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Major new titles coming this week from: Parkway Drive, Reef, Leon Bridges, Tove Stryke, The Lulu Raes, Plan B, Shinedown, Lake Street Dive, Frank Turner, Belly and Live TV version of Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack.

The annual Reclink Community cup will return to Collingswood’s Victoria Park on Sunday June 24.

Australia’s performance awards the Helpmann Awards will be held over two nights for the first time this year.

The Australian music industry has had another victory this week in Victoria with the pro-active Dan Andrew’s Labor Government announcing new legislation to create a force of ‘ticket cops’ to enforce the illegal sale tickets at inflated prices.

The fifth studio album for US singer and rapper J. Cole entitled "KOD" becomes his first No.1 album in Australia and now his second Top 10 placing.

Five years after making her first chart appearance in Australia (1st of April, 2013) Ariana Grande returns to the chart this week with her first No.1 song, debuting at the top with "No Tears Left to Cry", also her first release since the bomb attack at her Manchester Show in May 2017.

Major new titles coming this week from: Post Malone, Keith Urban, Missy Higgins, DMA's, Godsmack, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson. Foreigner, Matt Cardle, Anne-Marie, Janelle Monae, Kasey Chambers and Neil Young (live).

Veteran music artists just received a huge boost towards reclaiming the rights to their older recordings.

Wa Wa Nee’s Paul Gray has lost his battle with myeloma at age 53.

Festival Hall will play host to The Wombats upcoming Melbourne show in July.

For only the fourth time this century, one artist has knocked themselves off the top spot of the ARIA Singles chart with another of their tracks, as Drake replaces himself at No.1 with "Nice for What", the song also climbing to the top in New Zealand and debuts at the summit in America and Canada (it was No.1 in the UK last week).

Local indigenous artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu achieves something after his passing in July of 2017 which he didn't do while he was still alive, and that is score a No.1 album locally, as his fourth studio album and first posthumous release "Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Amy Shark and Shane Nicholson have picked up first prizes from the International Songwriting Content.

Sydney DJ Alexandra Sholler (aka Alison Wonderland) has the number one Dance/Electronica album in the USA this week with ‘Awake’.

Major new titles coming this week from: Samantha Jade, Kimbra, A Perfect Circle, Pennywise, Sting & Shaggy, The Shires, Mya, Thievery Corporation and the soundtrack for the new Amy Schumer film "I Feel Pretty".

The Australian National University in Canberra has awarded music producer Mark Opitz the HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship for 2018.

Canadian Music Week will host the Music Cities Summit in Toronto in May.

Melbourne music entrepreneur Albert Dadon has bought the name and assets of The Basement in Sydney.

10cc founder Graham Gouldman tells a remarkable story this week at iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

Music Victoria is expanding to create the Victorian Music Development Office and it needs a General Manager.

Arts Centre Melbourne together with the Australian Music Vault will present the day-long workshop Process Lab in May.

Alex Lahey, Baker Boy, Jen Cloher, Stella Donnelly and The Jungle Giants are the nominees for Best Independent Artist for the 2018 AIR Awards.

Drake is being applauded around the world for having one of the longest running number one hits in history. In the UK NME has the complete bullshit headline ‘Drake breaks The Beatles’ UK chart record’.

Kylie Minogue ‘Golden’ physical sales well and truly proved that the CD is still the music format of choice for fans in Australia.