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Singer Ed Sheeran has given up smoking after worrying that he was getting to “the point of no return” with his nicotine habit.

Loretta Lynn will release her first new album in ten years, Full Circle, on March 4 via Legacy Recordings.

Edward “Fast Eddie” Hoh, whose drumming graced recordings for artists from the Monkees to the Modern Folk Quartet, died on Saturday, November 7 from natural causes. He was 71.

Elton John believes all gay men carried an “internalised stigma” while he was growing up.

Alanis Morissette didn’t have a penny to her name while writing Jagged Little Pill, which she penned in a mouse-infested apartment.

Reggae star Maxi Priest will tour Australia in 2016.

Jeff Lynne’s ELO, formerly known as the Electric Light Orchestra, officially launched their new album on Monday night in an intimate show at Porchester Hall in London.

Adele keeps her haul of awards in her bathroom to remind her of her hard work every time the singer uses the toilet.

Rock ’n’ roll legend Dion (DiMucci) has teamed with Paul Simon for a song for his next album coming February.

Mumford & Sons will strap on the football boots for a charity soccer match in Sydney this Friday.

Emma Louise will open for Sam Smith on his upcoming Australian tour and before that has released a haunting new song called ‘Underflow’.

The ABC’s youth network Triple J has lost market share consistently across Australia in the radio ratings released today but still has a story to tell in Perth.

Tom Jones will tour Australia when he is in the country for Bluesfest next Easter.

U2’s Larry Mullen, Jr. may not have too much to worry about when it comes to the group’s income from streaming but he certainly sees it as a problem for younger and lesser known artists.

The Tea Party’s Jeff Martin has an intimate dinner and show event planned at Melbourne’s newest venue The Croxton Bandroom in Thornbury.

Irving Azoff has been selected as the honoree at this year’s Pre-Grammy Gala on Sunday, February 14 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.

Mariah Carey has reportedly moved in with her new boyfriend James Packer.

Steven Tyler has started a new philanthropic initiative aimed at helping girls who have been abused and neglected.

Louis Armstrong House Museum announced that Dr John, music icon and Cyril Neville, legendary musician and activist will be presented with the ‘Louie Award’ for their dedication to preserving and promoting the cultural legacy of Louis Armstrong at the Museum’s annual gala on December 2, 2015.

British folk icon Roy Harper has been cleared of all charges associated with an alleged sexual relationship with a 12 year old girl in the mid-70’s.

Billy Idol is the latest artist to set up a residency in Las Vegas.

The biggest fans of Keith Emerson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer have just been given a look into the beginnings of Keith’s musical career.

Charlie Dick, the widower of Patsy Cline and the man who kept her legacy alive over the years, died earlier on Sunday at the age of 81.

Two people were stabbed on Saturday morning in the home of Wu Tang Clan rapper RZA (born Robert Fitzgerald Diggs) in Millstone, NJ.

Police in England have once again interviewed Cliff Richard over links to an unnamed 1980’s era sex crime.

The latest Tom Jones album, Long Lost Suitcase, will hit the North American shores on December 4.

Bernard Fanning, John Collins, Darren Middleton and Ian Haug of Powderfinger performed together on Saturday night but it was “not a reunion folks”.

Scott Weiland, former frontman of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has said to look for a reunion of the original Guns N’ Roses lineup and a possible breakup of his original band.

A 1972 Daytona Ferrari, once owned by Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, was stolen in Melbourne on Friday and later found torched.

Sex Pistol Glen Matlock will be joined by Stray Cat Slim Jim Phantom and notorious John Lennon/Bowie lead guitarist Earl Slick for an Australian tour in February.