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Liverpool singer Colin Vearncombe aka Black is listed as critical and in a coma following a car crash on Sunday.

Motorhead star Lemmy died from prostate cancer and congestive heart failure.

Singer/actor Tyrese is stepping up his call to boycott the Oscars next month (Feb16) over a lack of diversity among the top nominees, insisting “enough is enough”.

Lady Gaga is teaming up with Sir Elton John to work on new music together this week.

James Taylor is coming off one of the best years of his career with his album Before This World hitting the top of the Albums chart for the first time in his career.

Singer Celine Dion will reportedly return to the Las Vegas stage on Saturday (23Jan16), just one day after the funeral of her husband Rene Angelil.

Splendour In The Grass will happen again in July and the dates have been finalised.

David Bowie albums accounted for 26.1% of all sales in the Top 500 in Australia last week.

JD Souther, Glenn Frey’s other songwriting partner for over 40 years, has issued a statement about the passing of Frey.

Eagles albums have been selling consistently today following the death of Glenn Frey with one album back in the Top 10.

Keith Urban has used a video, shot in what appears to be his home, to salute the late Glenn Frey.

Singer/songwriter Linda Perry has apologised to Lady Gaga for suggesting the Paparazzi singer is unworthy of an Oscar nomination.

Sting and Peter Gabriel will travel North America this June and July with the Rock Paper Scissors Tour.

Bette Midler will return to Broadway next year in a revival of Hello Dolly!

Snoop Dogg is the latest star to boycott the Oscars.

Sir Elton John never analyses his “strange” way of writing songs because all he cares about is that it works.

Clarence “Blowfly” Reid, who was a songwriter and producer for numerous artists while, at the same time, recording explicit “party records” under the name Blowfly, died on Sunday from liver cancer. He was 76.

Lenny Kravitz has turned the master bedroom of his plush pad in Paris, France into a shrine to all his musical heroes and wakes up to the keepsakes he has collected for years.

Nile Rodgers’ belief that the 1983 David Bowie album he produced, Let’s Dance, is cursed has been reaffirmed in the wake of legendary singer’s death.

Iron Maiden has partnered with Roadhouse Interactive and 50cc Games for Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, a new free-to-play RPG on both iOS and Android platforms.

Dolly Parton turns 70 today.

Eagles fans at the Bossier City show in Louisiana on July 20, 2015 would have had no idea that the show they were watching would be the last ever Eagles concert.

Stars including Judd Apatow and Niall Horan have paid tribute to Eagles founder Glenn Frey, who passed away on Monday.

Mic Gillette, brass player for the Tower of Power, Cold Blood and the Sons of Champlin, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack at the age of 65.