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Peter Gabriel will finally complete his Scratch My Back project, which he started in 2010.

Nick Cave will deliver a keynote address at the Bigsound music industry conference in Brisbane in September.

70s New York innovators Television will perform headline shows in addition to their ATP Release The Bats dates in Australia in October.

Ted Nugent has become the poster boy for outrageous commentary over the last few years and he kept up that “honor” in a couple of recent interviews.

The Young family, featuring Angus and Malcolm of AC/DC and George Young of The Easybeats and Flash & The Pan, is Australia’s 48th richest family.

Laura Imbruglia is heading out around Victoria in September.

The remarkable voice of Linda Ronstadt will not be heard when she hits the talk circuit this September to promote her new book Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir.

Metallica has always made it clear that their new 3D film, Through the Never, will have story elements included with the concert footage. Skeptics said “So what? So was Spice World.”

A Flock of Seagulls are short $70,000 worth of equipment and the drives containing 18-months worth of work on a new album, the result of an overnight heist of their tour van.

The band’s classic 1972 double album, Rock of Ages, is being expanded to four-CDs and 1-DVD for Live at the Academy of Music 1971, out on September 17 from Capitol/UMe. A shorter 2-CD set will also be released.

Elton John has issued a thankyou note to his fans for all of the well wishes during his current medical situation.

The first Elvis Costello & the Roots collaboration has surfaced. ‘Walk Us Uptown’ is the first taste of the upcoming ‘Wise Up Ghost’ album due in September and for Elvis, working with others is now preferable to doing his own thing.

UK singer/songwriter Birdy will release her second album ‘Fire Within’ in September.

Avicii could be headed for a fourth a week at No.1 with his track “Wake Me Up”, but there are a bunch of British boys who are challenging him for the top spot in Australia this week, One Direction and their new track “Best Song Ever”.

Influential 70s New York band Television will perform their art punk classic Marquee Moon in Melbourne for All Tomorrow’s Parties in November.

Platinum selling Grammy nominated rapper Game will play pub gigs in Australia next month.

Willie Nelson will perform his classic 1978 ‘Stardust’ album in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in August.

Stereophonic’s Melbourne concert tonight has been cancelled because lead singer Kelly Jones has fallen ill. (July 23, 2013).

Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum gave birth to a baby girl.

Johnny Rzeznik wanted to push the envelope for the tenth Goo Goo Dolls album so he brought in four producers to get the energy happening.

Sacha Baron Cohen had one vision for the biopic of Freddie Mercury while the other members of Queen had another.

Yoko Ono will head Australia in November for the spoken word ‘In Conversation With Yoko Ono – War Is Over (If You Want It).

The artists that built A&M Records in the mid-60’s, Herb Alpert and Sergio Mendes, came to the Hollwood Bowl last Wednesday with special guest, Alpert’s wife, Lani Hall.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) have been forced to cancel the balance of dates on their current tour when drummer Malcolm Holmes became ill after their Toronto show on Saturday night. Holmes was hospitalised after the incident.

Elton John has been selected as the recipient of the inaugural BRITs Icon Award.

The Rolling Stones have released a memoir from their London concerts a few weeks ago. ‘Hyde Park Live’ is a download only album available through iTunes.