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Leo Sayer turned 70 this year and while he is now five years past retirement age in Australia there are no signs he is slowing down.

Queen + Adam Lambert will tour North America again in 2019.

Midnight Oil will perform again at The Big Red Bash in the Simpson Desert in 2019.

Fairgrounds has been and gone to Berry for a third time and left the small south coast town with a touch of pride with its international sized event.

The Johnnys will return to the Melbourne stage for the first time in almost a decade with a show at MEMO Music Hall in St Kilda in February.

Beyonce wowed fans in South Africa on Sunday night with a breathtaking performance at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100.

Divinyls co-founder Mark Entee has put together a new Divinyls line-up to tour in 2019 in celebration of the life of Chrissy Amphlett.

Legendary UK Kiss FM DJ, Paul Trouble Anderson has passed away, after a long battle with cancer. Tributes have poured in from his dedicated following in Ibiza, London and UK.

Rocker Tommy Lee is confident he will prevail if he takes rapper Travis Scott to court over their shared onstage roller coaster design.

Kelly Clarkson has slammed Dr. Luke for allegedly lying about writing her hit songs.

Rocker and activist Bono has come to cherish his unlikely friendship with former U.S. President George W. Bush after working together to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.

‘Starfish’ may not have been the best album for The Church but most would place it definitely in their Top 3.

Take That may be celebrating their 30th anniversary but they show no signs of slowing down – their new album Odyssey lands straight in at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart with massive opening week numbers.

It’s been another mighty seven days for Ariana Grande as thank u, next holds on to Number 1 for a fourth week.

The soundtrack for the film ‘A Star is Born’ logs a sixth week atop the ARIA Albums Chart, two weeks shy of the eight weeks set in January and February for the years other long-running No.1 soundtrack in “The Greatest Showman”.

The Ariana Grande run at the top continues in Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada (all third week), England and Ireland (both 4 weeks) for her song “thank u, next”, which got a video clip release on Saturday (1st of Dec.)

Day one of Fairgrounds has transformed the town of Berry on the New South Wales south coast into a major music hub usually reserved for the capital cities.

Eric Clapton has made a music video for ‘For Love On Christmas Day’, his new original song from his first ever Christmas album ‘Happy Xmas’.

Marilyn has a new song ‘All That Glitterz’ produced by Boy George and sit sounds very, very Culture Club.

Robert Plotnik (aka Bleecker Bob) has died in New York. He was 76 years old.

Three Sydney acts plus one each from Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle, Perth and Auckland have been added to the SXSW line-up for 2019.

Gang of Youths will start their first headline tour of the USA in Nashville on Tuesday.

Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus have made a song together. ‘Nothing Breaks A Heart’ was co-written by them both with Ilsey Juber, Thomas Brenneck, The Picard Brothers and Conor Rayne Syzmanski also taken a cut of that booty.

David Gray has previewed another track from his 2019 release ‘Gold In A Brass Age’ with ‘The Sapling’.

Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek has nailed the persona of Freddie Mercury when he called him “the Marvel character of rock stars.

Labor has promised to overhaul current laws in relation to ticket sales for live music and events if (make that a when) it assumes power in May 2019.

John Power, a longtime member of Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, has died from suspected heart failure.

Hugh Jackman is bringing his one-man show back to the stage for a world tour.

Major new titles coming this week from: The 1975, Clean Bandit, David Bowie (Live), Neil Young (Live), Bryan Ferry, Alessia Cara, Damien Dempsey, Buddy Holly & Royal Philharmonic Orch., Mel Parsons and Dolly Parton’s soundtrack for ‘Dumplin”.