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One Direction are reportedly rehearsing for their Take Me Home world tour to the sound of screaming girls.

Despite being seven months out, David Bowie is the overwhelming favourite to land the Mercury Music Prize according to Paddy Power for his stunning comeback album The Next Day.

Mötley Crüe is returning to the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas for a second residency.

We Set Sail, Death Mattel and Harmony have been announced as support acts for Public Image Limited in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

The songwriting team of Elton John and Bernie Taupin are to be awarded the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Almost a year ago today, Reelin’ in the Years Productions announced that they had acquired the video of all of the music performances from The Merv Griffin Show, over 2,000 hours of music from between 1962 and 1986.

The Beatles ‘Let It Be … Naked’ album has been released through iTunes with music videos for ‘Get Back’ and ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ included as bonus content.

Former Powderfinger singer Bernard Fanning will release his second solo album in June.

The Rolling Stones ’50 Years and Counting’ world tour will kick off in Seattle in May is leaked dates are correct.

Before their was ZZ Top, Billy Gibbons played in a psychedelic blues-rock band called the Moving Sidewalks with Don Summers, Dan Mitchell and Tom Moore.

Queens of the Stone Age returned to the stage for the first time in 18 months on Saturday night in Brazil and played a new called ‘My God Is The Sun’.

Legendary studio band that eventually branched out to become full rock stars, Toto, will celebrate their 35th anniversary with a series of 29 European dates followed by a tour of the U.S.

It seems the fight to make the best new Queensrÿche album is taking its toll on both groups.

The early 70’s gave us two iconic pop culture phenomenons. 1973 saw the debut of KISS and 1974 brought us Hello Kitty. Two years ago, the two joined forces in an agreement between the group and the Japanese company Sanrio.

Eric Clapton is in the midst of his Fifty Years Further On Up the Road tour celebrating his 50th year in the business, bringing the show to Gwinnett Arena in Atlanta, GA on Wednesday night.

Michelle Shocked took her strange behavior of the last few weeks to a new level Thursday night, protesting the cancellation of her show at a Santa Cruz club after anti-gay comments during a San Francisco performance.

Former BBC producer Wilfred De’ath says that Operation Yewtree, the operation set-up to bring child sex offenders tied to Jimmy Savile to justice, is “arresting the wrong people”.

Phil Ramone, the producer to the superstars like Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Paul Simon and Billy Joel, died in a Manhattan hospital while being treated for an Aortic Aneurysm.

Bluesfest director Peter Noble has announced the inaugural Boomerang Festival for October on the Bluesfest site.

Never before have so many major music names been in Australia at one time. Without question, Australia is the music centre of the universe right now and that is with thanks to three people … Peter Noble, Michael Chugg and Rob Potts.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performed the second night at Hanging Rock, Victoria on Sunday night and once again Jimmy Barnes got up with The Boss.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is currently hosting an exhibition featuring items from the David Bowie Archive.

Smokey Robinson has been signed by the legendary Verve label by its chairman, David Foster, and is preparing his 29th career album in the form of a duets set.

The CBC has named their list of the 25 Greatest Canadian Singers Ever, topping the list with k.d. lang.

The unnamed 82-year old British based Australian entertainer who was arrested in child sex offences on Thursday has gone into hiding.

Sydney’s Lime Cordiale has opened day two of the inaugural Deni Blues and Roots Festival in Deniliquin, New South Wales.

Phil Ramone, the producer of some of the greatest albums of the 20th Century, has died in New York after being admitted to a Manhattan hospital for surgery.

Breaking the eight week running one-week-at-the-top for number one albums by staying at the top for a second week is Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience”, beating the one week his previous album stayed at the top back in 2006.

Current tourist Passenger scores his eighth international number one placement by moving up one spot to the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with his hit “Let Her Go”.