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Foo Fighters have started their current leg of ‘Sonic Highways’ world tour in Christchurch, New Zealand overnight with that set that included a classic rock cluster.

Nicki Minaj is ‘so sad’ after two of her crew members were stabbed during an altercation in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Foo Fighters have been officially announced at the Friday night headliner for Glastonbury 2015.

Mötley Crüe and Alice Cooper will tour Australia in May.

Vanilla Ice, aka Robert Matthew Van Winkle, has been arrested in Lantana, FL and charged with grand theft and burglary.

The Blues Hall of Fame has named Eric Clapton, Little Richard and Tommy Brown to be the newest inductees in their hall.

Amphlett Lane, named in honour of the late Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett, has been officially declared one of the streets of Melbourne.

Lou Reed was never one for conversation but when Joe Smith sat down Reed in 1987 he found the grumpy rock star in a talkative and articulate mood.

Van Morrison has re-recorded his classics for the duets album ‘Duets: Re-Working’ and one of the songs features Michael Buble.

Kid Rock will continue his cheap ticket concert with a US tour for $20 including support from Foreigner.

‘High Voltage’, the debut album for AC/DC, turned 40 this week.

Morrissey made a personal request for folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie to join him on tour and Buffy has accepted.

Vigils for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will take place in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth this Wednesday February 18 to plea for mercy for the lives of these two Australian citizen facing execution on death row in Indonesia.

Influential syndicated music program Passport Approved will air in Australia on Triple M Perth and Adelaide.

Public Transport Victoria CEO Mark Wild has torn into Soundwave boss AJ Maddah for his lack of planning of the event and failure to give punters advance warning of the transport debacle.

Lesley Gore touched a lot of lives, whether it be through the teen angst of It’s My Party or the empowerment of You Don’t Own Me.

Lady Gaga has revealed she ‘said YES!’ to her partner Taylor Kinney’s marriage proposal.

Michael Franti’s Soulshine concert has been dramatically downgraded from the 5445 capacity Festival Hall to the 950 capacity Prince Bandroom.

The Vines’ Craig Nichols and Empire of the Sun/PNAU founder Nick Littlemore have teamed to become White Shadows.

Lesley Gore, a major force in pop music of the early and mid-60’s, died on Monday morning at New York-Presbyterian Hospital after battling cancer. She was 68.

13th Floor Elevators will reunite in May for their first show in 45 years.

The songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland (Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland) received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony on Friday.

Neil Young’s Jimmy Fallon appearance last week has driven sales of his ‘Greatest Hits’ by 4000 units and moved the album up to the no 84 spot on the Billboard chart.

The Pure Gold Live show featuring 12 acts from the 70s, 80s and 90s is a complete sell-out and a second show has now been added.

Paul Weller will release his 12th album ‘Saturns Pattern’ through iconic UK label Parlophone.

Australians would rather see TISM represent their country at Eurovision is the two polls at Charge.org last week are anything to go by.

The cast of the Rocky Horror Show has been unveiled with Craig McLachlan back in the fishnets as Frank N Furter and Bert Newton, well back in the fishnets as well, as the Narrator.