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Madonna is auctioning her tour costumes to benefit those affected by Hurricane Sandy.

The Recording Academy has announced that Elton John, Mavis Staples, Mumford and Sons, Zac Brown and Britney Howard of the Alabama Shakes will be doing a special salute to the late Levon Helm of the Band on this Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

The legendary Eric Burdon has been added as a speaker at SXSW next month in Austin, Texas.

Tool, featuring vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey and bassist Justin Chancellor, will return to Australia and New Zealand in April but there is no new music.

Music sales in Australia in 2012 increased by 4% giving the Australian Music Industry its first upward trend since 2009.

Prince has used his mysterious new social media character, 3rd Eye Girl, to release his second new website in less than a month, complete with a brand new song called ‘Breakfast Can Wait’.

Michael Gudinski celebrated the 40th anniversary of the start of Mushroom with a 7-hour showcase of the labels new acts and the announcement of the promotion of his son, Matt.

Peter Frampton has attacked record labels saying their days are numbered after still waiting more than two months for the release of his duet on The Voice with Terry McDermott.

HBO have released a trailer for ‘Phil Spector,’ the biopic of the legendary record producer who is now in jail for murder.

Graveyard Train, Tony Joe White and Ross Wilson are just some of the acts scheduled to play Carnival of Suburbia in Melbourne in March.

Morrissey has been forced to postpone two additional dates on his current tour on the advice of his doctors.

Johnny Marr is coming to North America for the Coachella Festival and has built a tour of 16 original dates around the shows.

They Might Be Giants will perform sideshows around Australia in addition to their Groovin’ The Moo headline slot.

The Nederlander Organization and Estefan Enterprises are joining together to produce a new Broadway show inspired by the music of Gloria Estefan and her musician/producer husband Emilio Estefan.

Justin Bieber’s mom is apparently ‘pushing’ him to reunite with ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez.

Beyoncé is still reeling from her ‘magnificent night’ at the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Thom Yorke has tweeted that he intends to play London with Radiohead and Atoms for Peace superproducer Nigel Godrich on February 22.

Zayn Malik was seen showing his full love and support to girlfriend Perrie Edwards at her recent concert.

Biffy Clyro have got their first ever UK number one album with Opposites..

Parlophone Label Group are excited to announce the release of a 40th anniversary edition of David Bowie’s groundbreaking Aladdin Sane – the follow up to 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars.

There’s no business like shoe business and the members of Metallica now each have their own brand of shoe to prove it.

70’s American punk band The Descendents will kick off their Australian tour tomorrow (February 6, 2013).

Mushroom Records founder Michael Gudinski has made it official. He is “not fucking retiring”.

Dave Grohl has said in interviews that he will be showcasing his Sound City Players at SXSW next month and today John Fogerty let slip that he will be playing SXSW as well.

Extreme are no longer coming to Australia and that means Richie Kotzen is scratched as well.

SXSW registrants, showcasing acts and anyone considering heading to Austin for SXSW are invited to attend the Meet N Greet information night in Sydney and Melbourne next Tuesday.

Melbourne singer songwriter Henry Wagons has appeared on the SXSW Music schedule.

Mick Fleetwood recently told BBC 6 Music that he and Lindsey Buckingham wrote new material to get Stevie Nicks interested in once again working with Fleetwood Mac.

Irish chanteuse Camille O’Sullivan has been performing Shakespeare’s ‘The Rape of Lucrece’ in Melbourne for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Blues singer Eddie C. Campbell is in a very precarious position both medically and financially and is asking for help from his fans and the blues community.