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Here is the latest list by Forbes detailing the World’s Highest-Paid Musicians of 2015.

Eagles of Death Metal got back on stage in Paris with U2 last night.

Kula Shaker have finally emerged from the silence and mark their return with a new album a series of special live dates throughout the UK & Beyond.

Pope Francis has debuted on America’s Billboard chart.

Jimmy Barnes latest hit is pretty crumby … literally. The Barnes family is manufacturing their own brand of Shortbread for Christmas.

The Russell Morris ‘Sharkmouth’ album has clocked up three years on the ARIA chart this week. That is 156 weeks in total.

Pop star Justin Bieber hopes making “good music” will be enough to help him win his first Grammy.

Primal Scream release the follow up to their critically acclaimed ‘More Light’ album on March 18th. ‘Chaosmosis’ is released on the band’s own First International label through Ignition Records.

Ash will tour their ‘Kablammo’ album for Australia in 2016.

Bluesfest is rolling out more sideshows across Australia with national tours and select dates revealed for Don McLean, D’Angelo, Blind Boys Of Alabama and Blackberry Smoke.

Ozzy Osbourne is all for gender equality when it comes to the pay cheques women and men receive.

Australia-based artists Courtney Barnett, Hiatus Kaiyote and Tame Impala have been nominated for Grammy Awards for 2016.

Directed by Jesse Kanda, the 2D video for ‘Mouth Mantra’ puts the viewer inside of Björk’s mouth as she sings the song from her global hit record ‘Vulnicura’.

One Direction singer Niall Horan has won the right to pursue his libel case against Britain’s Express Newspapers.

Adele loves spending time with her new A-list pals, according to insiders.

British pop star Ed Sheeran will kick off the New Year (16) with surgery after bursting his ear drum during a recent boating excursion.

The count down to ‘The Voice’ Frank Sinatra’s centenary birthday has begun! The icon would have been celebrating his 100th birthday this Saturday 12 December and in celebration, Universal Music shines a light some of his greatest records.

Edgar Winter has been around the block, playing everywhere from tiny Texas bars to European and US stadia and he has learned his stagecraft and how to put an audience in palm of his hand.

Selena Gomez is reportedly reticent about her rekindled romance with Justin Bieber as she’s petrified he’ll hurt her.

Each member of One Direction has a unique goal to pursue in 2016, as the pop stars have offered up what they plan to conquer as part of their New Year’s resolutions.

The Bureau, the music festival curated by Dagger Wolf and Tim O’Sullivan, is over before it even began.

Rick Ross made a remix of Adele’s hit new song Hello as a “way of reaching out” for a potential collaboration.

U2 paid a touching tribute to the victims of November’s (15) terror attacks on Sunday night (06Dec15) as they returned to Paris for the first time following the Bataclan theatre concert horror.

Soundwave still may or may not return for 2016. The business is struggling to survive.

Zayn Malik is reportedly keen to win Gigi Hadid’s trust by opening up about his relationship history.

Legendary band Uriah Heep was formed in 1969 and still actively tours the world today.

Country music star Keith Urban lost his father Robert to cancer on Saturday 5 December (15).

Adele ‘25’ has sold a further 65,719 albums in Australia in the second week on sale bringing its tally to 191,782 sales.

It certainly was a long way to the top for AC/DC. I remember the band posters displayed up and down President Ave in Sutherland in 1974. Even then they were building their army of fans. Students would talk about the ‘amazing guitarist in the school uniform’. AC/DC quickly became one of Sydney’s most popular bands.

PPL, the organisation responsible for licensing recorded music played in public (shops, nightclubs, pubs, offices etc.) and broadcast (TV, radio and online) across the UK, can reveal for the first time what the nation was tuning into this time last year, in the exclusive PPL Most Played Christmas Tracks chart.