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Robert Rigby, the managing director of Jon English’s record label Ambition Entertainment was heartbroken by the news of the passing of Jon English today.

Singer songwriter and actor Jon English has died after complications from surgery.

Ringo Starr has paid tribute to Sir George Martin after news of the death of The Beatles producer at age 90 today.

Courtney Barnett has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Australian Music Prize.

Sir George Martin, The Beatles producer, has died at the age of 90.

Carole King will perform her classic album ‘Tapestry’ for the very first time in July.

GANGgajang have debuted the music video for ‘Circles In the Sand’, the first music video approved by the indigenous people of Uluru.

Aaron Huffman, one of the two founders and the bass player for Harvey Danger, died from respiratory failure on Sunday at the age of 43.

Ross Hannaford was an inspiration to so many musicians across Australia but in Melbourne he was revered as one of the greats.

Aretha Franklin and producer Alan Elliott are finally close to an agreement to release his documentary Amazing Grace.

Original Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Angus Young has got to be kidding. After replacing his co-founder and brother Malcolm Young, after replacing the timekeeper Phil Rudd and now having to accept the resignation of singer Brian Johnson, AC/DC wants to continue with another singer? How greedy can one man be?

Pop star Janet Jackson has postponed dates on her European tour three weeks before it was due to start.

On 16 April, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will release an exclusive, limited edition 12” picture disc for Record Store Day – El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion’ Remixes) – featuring previously unreleased remixes of The Mexican by The Reflex.

Major Lazer – the collaborative project of Diplo, Walshy Fire and Jillionaire – performed Sunday, March 6 to an estimated 400,000 fans at Tribuna José Martí in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba.

Country music legend Dolly Parton fears she’ll die before she achieves all of her dreams.

Ross Hannaford and Ross Wilson were barely teenagers when they met. The meeting of the two Ross’s would create one of the most iconic partnerships in Australian music history.

Henry Rollins Australian dates will be a return to the talk circuit for the one-time Black Flag singer.

The Production Company line-up for 2016 has been revealed with a revival of the Dusty Springfield bio-musical ‘Dusty’ making its long overdue return.

Ross Hannaford, the guitarist for legendary Australian band Daddy Cool, has lost his battle with cancer at age 65.

AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson has been told to stop touring immediately of risk permanent deafness bringing AC/DC to an immediate halt.

It has been confirmed that Morrissey, 56, has been asked to run for Mayor of London with the singer “seriously considering” the political post.

Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach has pushed out the release date for his new book and announced a North American tour.

Bob Dylan will release his 37th studio album, Fallen Angels, on May 20 and, to promote the new set, has announced a new list of tour dates.

Bugle Boys will return to Melbourne for a Melbourne Comedy Festival run this month.

Melbourne’s Tinpan Orange will “lap the map’ from April as their fifth album ‘Love Is A Dog’ is released.

Jimi Hendrix first compilation ‘Smash Hits’ will be reissued on vinyl with an alternate cover.

Reports are emerging that Lana Rae Meisner, the wife of former Eagles member Randy Meisner, was shot in the head and killed in the couple’s home in Los Angeles.

It has not been confirmed what Daisy Ridley, Star Wars’ Rey, was doing with Barbra Streisand in a recording studio, but Billboard has suggested that they recorded together.