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Melbourne has been confirmed as the songwriting capital of Australia with the inner-city suburb of Brunswick containing the greatest concentration of songwriters in the country.

Madonna has defended calling the leak of 13 of her tracks “artistic rape”, insisting she is being “essentially terrorized”.

Phil Rudd of AC/DC says he isn’t out of the band just yet.

Joe Cocker OBE, one of the greatest singers and performers of a generation, has lost his battle with lung cancer and died at age 70.

Reformed Dallas Crane will give fans a taste of their upcoming album with live dates in Australia throughout January.

The Brewsters’ unique pairing of generations ‘Brothers Demons and Angels’ has added new dates for 2015.

Singer songwriter Rose Carleo will tour with Screaming Jets guitarist Paul Woseen through-out January.

Lance Bass has wed fiancé Michael Turchin.

The Fairfax and Macquarie radio networks have agreed to merge placing Sydney rivals 2UE and 2GB into the one network with Melbourne’s top rating talk station 3AW.

Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform their first two albums, in their entirety, at a Jacksonville, FL for release on home video.

KISS have recorded two new songs with the Japanese Idol winners Momoiro Clover Z (also known as Momoclo).

Darlene Love has sung for Christmas classic ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ for David Letterman for the last time.

Sir Elton John and David Furnish have married.

X Factor winner Ben Haenow officially has the number one song in the UK for Christmas.

The Australian Radio Network has purchased Perth radio station 96FM to create Australia’s number one metropolitan radio network.

Madonna’s Beyonce-like stealth Rebel Heart release has jumped to an immediate number one on iTunes charts in 36 countries.

Nazareth was forced to cancel the last four dates of their European tour last week after lead singer Linton Osborne came down with a virus of his vocal chords.

Frank Sinatra would have been 100 on December 12, 2015. One year of events to mark the occasion have just begun.

Six tracks from Madonna’s already leaked new album Rebel Heart have been released stealth style.

Taylor Swift returns to the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums chart this week with “1989”, which by going back to the top for a fourth non-consecutive week is now her longest run at the top of the Australian Albums chart.

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars stay at No.1 for a second week on the ARIA Singles chart with “Uptown Funk”, moving Bruno’s tally of weeks at the top in Australia to six now, the same amount as Pink (3 #1’s), Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift (2 #1’s each) have notched up this decade.

The campaign to use Iron Maiden to block Simon Cowell’s X Factor winner Ben Haenow from topping the UK chart is set to fail with Haenow’s ‘Something I Need’ now set for a certain number one.

The Rolling Stones have sent a Christmas message to fans suggesting the show will go on in 2015.

Stephen Colbert has concluded with an all-star ‘We’ll Meet Again’ featuring everyone from Michael Stipe and Willie Nelson to Bill Clinton and astronauts at the space station.

Julian Casablancas has pulled out of the Falls Festival citing that old Christmas chestnut “unforeseen circumstances” as the reason to cancel the tour.

The City of Melbourne will feature 100% Melbourne music when it brings in the new year with the fireworks on New Years Eve.

John Fry, an iconic member of the Memphis’ music scene and mentor to the band Big Star, died on Thursday afternoon after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 69.

Larry Henley, whose career spanned from being lead singer of the Newbeats to writing the international hit Wind Beneath My Wings, died on Thursday after battling both Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. He was 77.

Billy Corgan has revealed two new members of the Smashing Pumpkins touring band are Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine and Mark Stoermer of The Killers.