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John Mellencamp will return to Australia in February for his first tour since 2008.

Natalie Merchant is returning to where it all started for her as a solo artist, the 1995 album Tigerlily.

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Gary Rossington has been released from the hospital and is resting at home following a heart attack last Thursday.

Chris Isaak performed his brand new song, Please Don’t Call, recently on Australia’s version of The X Factor.

Violent Femmes will help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Golden Plains music festival in March 2016.

Graham Bonnet will tour Australia and New Zealand in April 2016.

Fatboy Slim will headline Electric Gardens outside Perth in January 2016.

Australia’s Soulfest has been cancelled two weeks out from its proposed kick off date.

Melbourne’s Tinpan Orange have revealed the first track from their upcoming album due in April 2016.

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington has been sidelined after suffering a heart attack.

Sir Elton John is making music with Clean Bandit.

Dave Stewart will tell-all in his upcoming memoir ‘Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This – A Life In Music’.

Dame Shirley Bassey is going for Christmas number one.

Music legend Engelbert Humperdinck was shocked to learn to Tom Jones used the ‘C’ word when talking about him to a British newspaper last week.

In support of Amnesty International’s campaign against disappearances in Mexico, world-renowned singer and songwriter Sting met this weekend with relatives of some of the thousands who have gone missing in the country.

Singer Ed Sheeran has been nominated for the coveted Artist of the Year American Music Award.

Country star Trisha Yearwood will perform at Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, on November 20, 2015.

David Bowie continues to make new music, as seen last week with his theme for the British TV show The Last Panthers, but he will not be doing any further touring.

This morning on Capital Radio Ed Sheeran cleansed his soul with Dave and Lisa ahead of him becoming an ordained minister.

On October 30th Island Records will be releasing the soundtrack to the universally acclaimed documentary ‘Amy’. The emotional film directed by BAFTA winner director Asif Kapadia is absent from all narration and just lets Winehouse’s lyrics do the explaining, from the help of the beautifully formed soundtrack.

Rihanna doesn’t have time to stroke a guy’s ego and be in a relationship, preferring to focus on her family and music.

Delta Goodrem’s new single Wings is due to impact on October 30th. It recently soared up the ARIA chart to claim the Number 1 spot. Wings is Delta’s 9th Number 1 single since releasing her first Number 1 hit in 2002 with Born To Try.

Lady Gaga can’t believe she’s only 29 years old as she feels like she’s lived 100 of them.

Colin Hay, Archie Roach and Steve Earle have joined the Port Fairy Fold Festival.

Sturgill Simpson, Steve Earle and The Selector have announced Bluesfest sideshows.

Dallas based blues guitarist Smokin’ Joe Kubek has died just minutes before he was to take to the stage to perform in North Carolina.

Grammy Award winning Kendrick Lamar will headline the Thursday night of Bluesfest 2016. The two time Grammy winner will play on March 24 at Bluesfest.