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APRA has announced the recipients of its 2015 Professional Development Awards with Tim Carroll of Holy Holy, Ngaire and Briggs just some of the artists benefiting from the APRA initiative.

Bluesfest sideshows for Brian Wilson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Taj Mahal and more have been announced across Australia for March and April.

Yoko Ono will release a limited edition vinyl of her and John Lennon’s classic ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ with The Flaming Lips.

US President Barack Obama features on Coldplay’s new song.

Singer Sia struggled to hit the high notes when singing at Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s wedding and her voice came out as a squeak.

Céline Dion paid tribute to the victims of the Paris terror attacks with an emotional performance at the 2015 American Music Awards on Sunday (22Nov15).

Singer Rihanna is going on tour with her rumoured boyfriend Travis Scott.

One Direction nabbed the top prize at the 2015 American Music Awards on Sunday night (22Nov15), when they were named Artist of the Year for the second time in a row.

‘Jerry’s Girls’, the latest production for The Production Company, may just be the show that sets the treasured Melbourne theatre company off in a new direction.

Adele’s remarkable voice can be appreciated by listening to the raw vocal feed from the Saturday Night Live desk this week.

Felix Riebl of The Cat Empire has stepped out solo for a four track EP and a couple of live dates.

Miss Piggy has covered Adele’s Hello’ during a commercial break in the American Music Awards.

Stereosonic will kick off the festival touring cycle this Saturday in Sydney and the 38 track ‘Stereosonic Festival Anthems 2015’ album has been released to coincide.

Foo Fighters has released a free five-track EP ‘Saint Cecilia’ for fans to download.

Spiderbait will reform for a 25th anniversary tour in February 2016.

AC/DC and John Farnham were two of 10 inductees for The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame for 2015.

Cold Chisel continues to circle Australia on the One Night Stand national tour and Melbourne was the destination last week.

Jamie Lawson will return to Australia and New Zealand for his third tour in as many years in 2016.

Adele’s ‘25’ has been certified double platinum in Australia for sales of over 140,000 in just three days.

Eagles of Death Metal’s Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme have spoken publicly for the first time about the terrorist attack at their show at the Bataclan in Paris a week ago where 89 people were killed.

‘Molly – Do Yourself A Favour’, the mini-series about the life of Countdown star Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum, will be accompanied with a massive 3CD soundtrack featuring 60 songs.

Musical sales had purpose and direction last week when new titles from Justin Bieber and One Direction accounted for one third of the sales in the Top 500 albums.

November 22 2015 marks the 18th anniversary of the death of Michael Hutchence.

The 2015 ARIA Awards will be held in Sydney this Thursday. Once again the show is all about TV ratings and totally misrepresents the Australian Music Industry.

Mumford & Sons are to headline the 2016 British Summer Time Hyde Park in London on Friday 8th July 2016.

For a fourth week Adele holds onto the No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart with her track “Hello”, which could topple next week as her new album “25” came out on Friday, so people will be buying that and not so much the albums lead single.

It was a big week of releases, but two acts battled for the top spot this week, One Direction and the eventual winner Justin Bieber with his fifth studio album “Purpose”, which becomes his third No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Benjamin Clementine has been announced as the 2015 Mercury Prize winner.

Billboard has announced that Missy Elliott, who graces this week’s cover will be honored with the brand’s first ever ‘Innovator’ award at this year’s Women in Music event, to be televised on Lifetime on December 18.