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As news broke that HMV would close all of their stores in Ireland and an additional 37 stores in the U.K., a major name in music stepped forward to try and save the record store chain.

Blink 182 returned to active duty last night (February 20, 2013) after performing their first show of 2013 in Sydney.

There has been a surge in demand for Robbie Williams’ tour tickets after the singer’s supreme performance at last night’s BRIT awards.

Jared Leto would need only his ‘mind and a machete’ in a zombie attack.

Adam Levine’s romance is rumoured to be on the rocks.

will.i.am has reportedly splashed out nearly $1 million on a new ride.

Lady Gaga is undergoing an operation.

Adam Ant is very serious about his comeback.

John O’Donnell has returned to EMI to head the new operation of the company within Universal Music.

The BRIT Awards were handed out in London tonight (February 2) and Mumford & Sons, Coldplay and Adele took home awards.

SXSW 2013 will host a Tribute to Levon Helm on the final night of the festival on March 16.

Kevin Ayers, a founding member of UK 60s psychedelic band Soft Machine, has died at the age of 68.

What was Michael Gudinski going to do to top bringing out Bruce Springsteen? The only bigger name he could sign would be Jesus Christ and that’s exactly what Gudinski has done.

Sydney’s inaugural Stone Music Festival has added Icehouse and Guy Sebastian but subtract Baby Animals.

Journey guitarist Neal Schon could be back working with Santana again. He says he is talking to Carlos about a new music project.

Michael Bublé reveals that his father gave him the secret to sustaining a fulfilling marriage.

While his time in the spotlight was short, Tony Sheridan left a huge impression on those people with which he worked and who admired him.

The nominees for the 2013 Juno Awards were announced on Tuesday morning.

Papa Roach, Rise To Remain, Gogol Bordello, Lit, Escape The Fate and Blitz Kids are amongst the 49 new acts added to the Download 2013 line up, in what is set to be THE biggest weekend in the rock calendar.

Harry Styles has reportedly ‘always liked’ UK correspondent Billie JD Porter.

Paddy Power expects Emeli Sande to dominate proceedings offering virtually unbackable odds of 1/6 and 1/10 to pick up Best Album and Best Female respectively.

Britney Spears is apparently getting close to a ‘normal’ guy she met through friends.

War Child and O2 hosted a sold-out gig at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire yesterday with over 2000 British music fans enjoying an intimate gig headlined by Muse and supported by The Vaccines.

Michael Jackson’s son Prince Michael has paid tribute to his late father’s parenting skills saying ‘dad raised me right’.

It’s that time of year when all the big festival lineups are announced and today’s includes the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival to be held from June 13 to 16 in Manchester, TN.

Kraftwerk will perform eight of their albums for Sydney’s Vivid Live in May.

Jessica Ducrou’s Village Sounds has been appointed the sole Australian booking agent for Re Harvey’s Crucial Music roster.

Six Feet Under are no longer coming to Australia for Soundwave.

Maybe…probably not….definitely no.

A Carole King live show is nothing but music. There was no flash set, loud costumes or special effects. This was Carole King, music and a A-list band including Danny Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel and Bob Glaub.