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Powerfinger’s Bernard Fanning and Something for Kate’s Paul Dempsey are cooking up something together and we don’t know yet quite what.

When Billy Corgan put the call out for a new guitarist for The Smashing Pumpkins in January he was overwhelmed with applicants.

The Rolling Stones have announced their opening acts for the 2024 ‘Hackney Diamonds US tour.

Motley Crue have a new song ‘Dogs of War’ and a video to go with it. The video was directed by Nick DenBoer based on a concept by Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse are back on the road in the USA with the 2024 kicking off with two shows in San Diego this week.

Jimmy Barnes will make his first appearance back in Victoria since his heart surgery this weekend when he headlines Red Hot Summer in Bendigo.

Former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora has released ‘I Pray’ with a new song coming every week for the next four weeks.

The full tracklisting for the tribute to the Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ movie has finally been revealed with Miley Cyrus and Lorde in there with appearances from Norah Jones and Money Mark along the way.

Drake has been threatened with legal action by Tupac Shakur’s estate over his new song Taylor Made Freestyle.

David Gilmour has unveiled his first album in nine years, ‘Luck and Strange’.

Billy Idol takes viewers behind-the-scenes of the official music video for his first top 10 hit, “Eyes Without A Face,” in the latest instalment of Vevo Footnotes.

Florence Welch hinted she could pop up at one of Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ shows in London.

Louis Tomlinson has dropped a surprise new album, ‘LIVE’.

Neil Finn has sold his songwriting catalogue to Primary Wave. Primary Wave now own Neil’s songs with Split Enz (including I Got You), Crowded House (including Don’t Dream Its Over) as well as Neil’s solo catalogue.

R.I.P. Mike Pinder, a founding member of The Moody Blues.

Shelved recordings of Johnny Cash from 1993 have been unearthed, cleaned up and will be released as ‘Songwriter’ on June 28.

Ringo Starr attended a launch for his new EP ‘Crooked Boy’ at Amoeba Records in Hollywood this week and took along the songwriter of all four track, Linda Perry.

Gretel Killeen has been revealed as the final Rocky Horror narrator when this current Australian season wraps up.

Hayley Mary’s new song ‘One Last Drag’ was co-written with her husband, Johnny Took of DMA’s.

Maya Rudolph has admitted it used to be “painful” to be reminded of her late mother Minnie Riperton’s song Lovin’ You.

Hayley Williams is excited to be joining Taylor Swift on the road, following the release of her longtime pal’s 11th studio album.

Green Day played ‘Dookie’ and ‘American Idiot’ in full at an intimate club show.

Stevie Nicks has revealed the first wave of special guests for her upcoming show at American Express presents BST Hyde Park.

The Weeknd Australia and New Zealand tour has been officially cancelled eight months after being announced and six months after being postponed in November, 2023.

In 2019, Normie Rowe cover the 1927 hit ‘Compulsory Hero’ as a tribute to Australia’s servicemen and women. As ANZAC Day 2024 approaches, Normie’s version of the song has become a comment of the time made even more poignant because he is also a returned serviceman.

Split Enz have been honored by the New Zealand Post Office with a series of stamps based on their classic album ‘True Colours’.

Gospel/R&B artist Montell Fish makes a lot of music in quick succession. In 2022, his two albums ‘Her Love Still Haunts Me Like A Ghost’ and ‘Jamie’ where not all Montell had in mind. The two will soon become a trilogy with another record ‘Charlotte’ on the way.

The inductees for the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of fame have been announced and once again, controversy surrounds the announcement this year as it has done every other year.