Several songs from U2's forthcoming album were leaked onto the internet after they were heard being played all-too-loudly from Bono's home in the south of France... More

Bloc Party have followed in the footsteps of peers such as Radiohead and The Raconteurs by releasing the digital version of their album months ahead of the physical release... More

The first round of acts for the much-anticipated Global Gathering festival has been revealed, with Mark Ronson and the Version Players and electronic pioneers Kraftwerk heading the bill... More

Ben Folds has come clean on a number of fake songs he leaked on the internet ahead of his upcoming new album... More

The Australian tour by hip-hop star Timbaland has been cancelled because he hasn't shown up... More

Legendary American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne is going head-to-head with presidential hopeful John McCain for the unlawful use of one of his songs... More

Despite swirling whispers that Lenny Kravitz is set to become the new frontman for rock gods Velvet Revolver, the soulful singer has come out in denial of the rumour... More

Franz Ferdinand leads the first announcements of acts for the Falls, Southbound, and the return of the Byron Bay Music and Arts festivals... More

Legendary soul singer and producer Isaac Hayes died in his Tennessee home on Sunday... More

Global Gathering, one of the UK's largest and most successful electronic music festivals, is set to hit Australia in November... More

American R&B big-shot Alicia Keys will head to Australia to perform at two A Day on the Green concerts and her own sideshows in December... More

Madonna is planning to repeat her scandalous lesbian kiss with Britney Spears but this time is planning to lock lips with latest pop sensation Katy Perry... More

This year's Great Escape festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales... More

Rumours of unrest within the Wolfmother camp have been confirmed with the resignation of two band members... More

The Stooges have had all of their gear stolen from their truck on the street outside their hotel in Montreal... More

All of the original Jackson Five except Michael are confirmed to re-form to headline an awards show... More

Seems things behind the scenes have reached breaking point for Grammy Award-winning Sydney rockers Wolfmother and rumours regarding the band's future have been running rampant... More

Sting will play a string of special concerts in Australia this November and December in support of his acclaimed classical album Songs from the Labyrinth... More

Management of hard-rock heroes AC/DC have revealed that the band will be embarking on an 18-month world tour to coincide with the release of their new album... More

A new petition has been crated online with the aim to make U2 frontman Bono retire from public life... More

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have reportedly stopped plans to release the Beatles' 1970 fly-on-the-wall documentary film Let It Be on dvd... More

American indie-rock band the Dandy Warhols have announced that they will be touring Australia in late October/early November... More

US rapper Ludacris is facing criticism for the use of lyrics in his latest song 'Politics as Usual'... More

Supergrass will run free across Australia this October with four Great Escape sideshows announced... More

Trans-Tasman music legends Crowded House have been announced as the headliners for 2008's Homebake, to be held in Sydney on December 6... More

Courtney Love is facing a $1 million lawsuit for apparently duping an LA-based management company out of profits from the sale of a portion of Nirvana publishing rights back in 2006... More

Christian hardcore metal juggernaut Haste the Day has parted ways with guitarist and founding member Jason Barnes after he chose to part ways with God... More

Bloc Party's Kele Okereke emerged from the recent Summercase festival with facial bruises and a split lip after getting into a backstage altercation with John Lydon and his entourage... More

Black Francis has confirmed he will play a series of dates across the country this September and October... More

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steve Adler was arrested in Los Angeles last Friday for alleged possession of drugs... More

Fabrizio Moretti, drummer for the Strokes, is set to release an album with his new project, Little Joy... More

Late '80s/early '90s alternative rock pioneers Jane's Addiction has hinted at the possibility of an official reunion in coming months... More

Canadian alt-rockers Barenaked Ladies (c'mon you remember their late-'90s hit, 'One Week' - "chickity China the Chinese chicken, you have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'" etc) have hit a snag with the arrest of frontman Steven Page... More

American rockabilly trio the Stray Cats return to Australia in February 2009 as part of their final world tour... More

After an initial postponement, the Australian segment of Mary J Blige's tour has been cancelled altogether... More

Gerri Halliwell has decided her life is spiced up enough as she announced she had no desire to perform music any more... More

Modular Records will showcase their rising stars when they hit the road this August... More

Legendary West Coast hip-hop label Death Row Records has sold at auction to New York-based Global Music Group for a reported US$24 million... More

Debonair Brooklyn duo We Are Scientists have announced three sideshows for their return trip to Australia to play the Great Escape festival in October... More

The piano man Billy Joel is set to return to Australian shores for a limited run of concerts in November... More

The music of Johnny Cash is set to be remixed by a host of hip-hop and dance artists for a new album called Johnny Cash Remixed... More

The winners of the previously reported Panic at the Disco tour support competition have been announced... More

In an announcement that equals some of my greatest dreams from the year 1989, New Kids on the Block are set to collaborate with the king of pop, Michael Jackson... More

Beyonce Knowles is the latest celebrity to suffer at the hands of dodgy snooping; the singer and actress' privacy has been put at risk due to criminals illegally accessing her passport... More

Amy Winehouse has again been accussed of assault... More

Joan Wasser, aka Joan As Police Woman, has announced a series of dates across the country following her appearance at the Great Escape festival in October... More

Joan Wasser, aka Joan As Police Woman, has announced a series of dates across the country following her appearance at the Great Escape festival in October... More

Australia's pop princess, Kylie Minogue, has collected her Order of the British Empire at a reception held at Buckingham Palace... More

The headstone of legendary former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis has been stolen from a Cheshire cemetery this week... More

The previously rumoured tour by music legend Stevie Wonder, aka Stevland Hardaway Judkins, has been confirmed for October... More

Two members from revolutionary rock outfit Rage Against the Machine are set to release solo albums in the coming months... More

Unique collaborations were the order of the night as the latest batch of musicians were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in a special ceremony in Melbourne... More

Boy George has had to cancel his planned North American tour as authorities declined him a visa to enter the country... More

Wyclef Jean and New Zealand's Scribe have banded together to produce a remix of Jean's new track 'Fast Car'... More

Another year of the Glastonbury Festival has come to a close with no small amount of drama... More

LL Cool J is set to release a new album Exit 13... More

After completing a recent successful world tour, reunited Scots the Jesus and Mary Chain are now releasing a four-disc box set of rarities and B-sides... More

Metal supergroup Down will play three shows along the east coast this October... More

Canadian indie-popsters and supergroup of sorts The New Pornographers have announced a run of shows to coincide with their appearance at this year's The Great Escape Festival... More

Axl Rose has hit back at the person responsible for last week's leak of tracks from Guns N' Roses' forthcoming Chinese Democracy album... More

To celebrate the launch of their fifth studio album, Melbourne lads The Living End have announced a national tour... More

Details about the comeback album by The Verve have been revealed... More

The long wait for the new album by Oasis is almost over, with the Brit megagroup announcing that it will see the light of day on October 6... More

The Shins are set to take musical matters into their own hands by releasing their upcoming fourth album via their own label... More

Liverpudlian lads the Wombats are set to appear in an episode of Neighbours... More

The front man for Something for Kate has been writing and recording tracks for a new solo album... More

Amy Winehouse, who recently spent a week in hospital after collapsing at home, is reportedly showing early signs of emphysema... More

The highly anticipated fourth studio album from the Kings of Leon is finished and ready to be released... More

The full line-up for this year's Smirnoff Experience Parties have now been confirmed, with international heavyweight DJ Yoda and Jedi Knights Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard heading the bill... More

Re-formed hair-metal heroes Poison have joined forces to sue their former record labels and embark on a 40-city US tour... More

Albert Hammond Jr will play three extra dates when he heads to Australia for Splendour in the Grass... More

Re-formed hair-metal heroes Poison have joined forces to sue their former record labels and embark on a 40-city US tour... More

Music legend Stevie Wonder is rumoured to be making a long-awaited visit to Australia later this year... More

Legendary label Alberts is set to release a series of reissues of some of the greatest Australian albums of all time... More

Music legend Stevie Wonder is rumoured to be making a long-awaited visit to Australia later this year... More

Legendary label Alberts is set to release a series of reissues of some of the greatest Australian albums of all time... More

Albert Hammond Jr will play three extra dates when he heads to Australia for Splendour in the Grass... More

Tracks from Guns N' Roses' infinite work-in-progress, Chinese Democracy, have appeared online... More

To coincide with the release of their second album, 2, Sneaky Sound System is taking to the road and stopping in at capital cities along the east coast this winter... More

A US band are set to make history by releasing the first-ever seven-inch vinyl made entirely of chocolate... More

Illness to member Julian Hamilton has caused The Presets to postpone a number of shows on their sold-out Apocalypso tour... More

National touring dance festival Parklife will feature Goldfrapp, Peaches, 2 Many DJs and Does it Offend You, Yeah? as part of its 2008 line-up... More

Pioneer trip-hopper Adrian Thaws, aka Tricky, is set to blaze up the Australian east coast this winter to celebrate the release of his new album West Knowle Boy... More

The Grates are set to celebrate the release of their second full-length album with a string of secret surprise parties... More

Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns was crowned Songwriter of the Year at the 2008 APRA Awards last night, making him the only artist in APRA history to take out the honour three times... More

Panic at the Disco will be giving local Aussie talent the chance to open for them on their upcoming Australian tour... More

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Metal icons Metallica have gotten over their collective St Anger as they deliver their new album in September... More

The final inductee for this year to the ARIA Hall of Fame has been announced, with composer, performer and national living treasure Rolf Harris snaring the honour... More

Coldplay's forthcoming UK launch show in support of their new album could be in jeopardy, following an injury front man Chris Martin sustained during a recent rehearsal... More

The first announcement of bands for The Great Escape festival, to be held in Sydney over the October long weekend, has been made... More

Hard-working pop kids Operator Please are further stretching the pull of their debut album Yes Yes Vindictive by releasing yet another single... More

The already impressive Splendour in the Grass line-up has been topped up with the many-membered wonder of the Polyphonic Spree... More

To celebrate a century of shoemaking, Converse has enlisted the help of N... More

British indie pop-rockers The Kooks have proven their popularity in Australia by selling out their upcoming east coast tour... More

Infamous Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten, aka John Lydon, is facing a lawsuit over allegedly beating a woman... More

Cult Perth band The Triffids and trans-Tasman singer-songwriter Max Merritt are the latest names to be announced as inductees into the ARIA Hall of Fame... More

London electro-popsters New Young Pony Club just can't seem to get enough of Australia, announcing another visit for August... More

Worldly rapper MIA is apparently getting hitched to her beau Ben Brewer, of New York indie outfit The Exit... More

The Drones have maintained the rustic standard of their recording accommodation by utilizing a mud-brick house in country Victoria for laying down their upcoming album... More

Radiohead have made their back catalogue available for digital download for the first time on Apple's online store... More

Unwritten Law are touring in support of their forthcoming debut live album and DVD Live and Lawless to be released in August... More

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley has died of heart failure in his Florida home at the age of 79... More

Cult superstar Pop Levi is back with a brand new album Never Never Love... More

Vampire Weekend have sold out both of their Splendour in the Grass sideshows... More

In an ironic twist, guitarist Sharin Foo of Danish duo The Raveonettes, has had to pull out of the remainder of her band's Lust Lust Lust world tour, as she is pregnant... More

Brighton band The Kooks are heading to Australia this August on the back of their chart-topping album Konk... More

The Whitlams are gearing up for the release of their forthcoming 'best of' compilation by giving Aussies a freebie this weekend... More

Polish your energy domes, Devo have announced more Australian tour dates to coincide with their performance at Splendour in the Grass... More

Newlywed Guy Sebastian has cancelled his planned Queensland Memphis Tour dates to spend time at home ahead of the worldwide release of his album... More

Sigur Ros will release their latest album Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust on June 23... More

Nominations for the 2008 APRA Awards, the annual celebration of Australian songwriters, have been announced... More

Electro-rock crossover act The Faint are set to return to Australia this September... More

The Brian Jonestown Massacre have sold out their Sydney and Melbourne shows and have added additional dates in both cities... More

Sydney quartet The Vines have announced more details about their forthcoming fourth album Melodia... More

Frenzal Rhomb's Lindsay McDougall, aka Triple J's The Doctor, is attempting to record the world's longest pop song... More

The man behind the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync, Lou Pearlman, has been jailed... More

Italian metal monsters Lacuna Coil have announced the cancellation of their upcoming Australian tour, which was due to start in Perth on Thursday, June 19... More

KISS bassist Gene Simmons is due to release a book on the history of prostitution... More

Former Beach Boys icon Brian Wilson is releasing his first new album in four years... More

Jason Mraz fans will get another chance to catch the San Diego songwriter this year when he heads back to Australia this August... More

South Carolina natives Band of Horses are set for shows in Sydney and Melbourne when they hit up Australia in August for Splendour in the Grass... More

Australian hip hop collective The Herd drop their new album Summerland on May 24... More

Eight of the world's top dance musicians including Tiesto, Jay-J and Benny Benassi have written new songs for a new Coca Cola campaign celebrating the forthcoming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games... More

Paul Weller, one of the most celebrated and influential artists in British pop, will tour Australia in August... More

Two of the five 2008 inductees into the ARIA Hall of Fame have been announced, with Dragon and Russell Morris to be honoured... More

Frontman Luke Pritchard of British rock outfit the Kooks has spoken up about an ongoing feud that exists between his band and Arctic Monkeys' singer Alex Turner... More

Melbourne band Borne are donating all the profits from their latest release to the Oaktree Foundation, a charity that is working to creating long-lasting change in East Timor... More

It appears that Oasis have secured the services of a new drummer from the unlikeliest of sources; arch enemy Robbie Williams... More

Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst will release a solo album in August... More

Legendary music icon Neil Young has been celebrated in the biological world by having a new breed of spider named after him... More

Joining the ever-growing list of celebrity fashion lines is MIA who recently released her own clothing label... More

Energetic Aucklanders Cut Off Your Hands have cancelled their impending Australian tour as they complete work on their debut album... More

American four-piece VHS Or Beta are asking fans to turn on the creative parts of their brains and create the video for their latest single... More

Hip-hop star DMX, aka Earl Simmons, was arrested on Tuesday after speed-enforcement cameras caught him doing 114 miles per hour in a 65 mph zone... More

Hip-hop star Common will feature in the fourth instalment of the Terminator movie franchise... More

Blondie's seminal classic Parallel Lines is to be reissued to mark its 30th anniversary this June... More

A special concert featuring Queen, Amy Winehouse and Eminem is being held in London's Hyde Park to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday... More

The Police have once again decided to pull stumps on their musical career by announcing their last-ever gig will take place in New York this year... More

Something For Kate will make a rare live appearance in Sydney this July... More

The Dandy Warhols will release their sixth studio album this July... More

Sydney's post-disco darlings Van She are set to release their single Strangers this June... More

Tina Turner is to dig out the tassels and revoke her retirement, returning to the stage aged a sprightly 68... More

If you haven't yet grown sick of notoriously attention-seeking 'Party Boy' Corey Worthington, here's your chance to witness his latest publicity stunt... More

Manchester indie legends New Order are set to release a live DVD spanning their career... More

Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger has been fined C$600 and banned from driving for a year after being caught driving under the influence... More

Alex Lloyd has responded to claims that his hit song 'Amazing' was stolen from a truck driver after the pair allegedly met in a Rozelle pub and wrote the lyrics and melody together on beer coasters... More

New Zealand folk-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords have scored big in the US, with their new album entering the pop charts at number three... More

Frenzal Rhomb guitarist and Triple J presenter Lindsay "The Doctor" McDougall says he was "completely taken out of context and defamed" in a video designed to discourage illegal file sharing... More

Robert Van Winkle, aka white-boy rapper extraordinaire Vanilla Ice, is no longer facing domestic battery charges due to an incident that occurred on April 10... More

The Cure are to release their new album on the 13th of September and will precede the release with four singles released on the 13th of every month... More

Coldplay have released 'Violet Hill', the first single from their new album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends as a free digital download... More

New Zealand soul singer, Hollie Smith, has announced two Sydney dates to coincide with the Australian release of her debut solo album Long Player... More

LA punk band Goldfinger have announced that their upcoming Australian tour has been postponed... More

Michael Jackson has taken the extraordinary step of banning his children from the studio and declining any personal relationships until he completes his new album... More

News of the sad death of TISM guitarist James Paull (aka Tokin' Blackman) have emerged after a long battle with cancer... More

American neo-psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre has announced a three-date Australian tour for August... More

The Smashing Pumpkins have been honoured with a fresh piece of footpath on Hollywood's Rockwalk, the musical equivalent to the Hollywood Walk of Fame... More

The Preset's latest album Apocalypso has debuted at number one on the Motorola ARIA albums chart... More

Australia's masters of original live funk The Bamboos have announced that they will tour the nation in June... More

Applications for the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy to be held in Barcelona close on the 5th of May... More

The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd features on a special new single 'From Little Things Big Thing Grow' by The GetUp Mob... More

AC/DC are set to release their first album in more than eight years... More

The Beasts of Bourbon have once again parted ways after playing the penultimate gig of their European tour... More

UK outfit Stereolab have confirmed details for their next studio album... More

Having recently announced their engagement, the world's dreamiest couple, Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson, are reportedly expecting a child... More

Gold Coast teen pop juggernaut Operator Please have parted company with keyboardist Sarah Gardiner... More

Welsh metalcore outfit Bullet For My Valentine have had to cancel the remaining dates on their current US tour after bassist Jason James returned home to be with his hospitalised daughter... More

Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, one half of hip hop outfit Outkast, is performing in a hip hop ballet in the US... More

Alicia Keys has hit out at a recent magazine article that she believes makes her out to be racist and a conspiracy theorist... More

Oasis' Noel Gallagher has criticised the organisers of the Glastonbury Festival for booking Jay-Z as one of the headlining acts for this year's event... More

The Mars Volta have added a second Melbourne show after tickets to their June 23 show sold out... More

Feist has stopped in on Sesame Street where she performed her educational and catchy hit single '1 2 3 4' with the Muppets... More

Details have been confirmed for the much anticipated fourth album by UK band Coldplay... More

Legendary folk icon Bob Dylan has been honoured with a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize board... More

Elton John has performed a concert to raise money for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign... More

The Vines have announced that first single from their forthcoming fourth album will be called 'He's A Rocker'... More

Could it really be true? Could Guns N' Roses be finally finished working on the long-awaited Chinese Democracy? It's being reported by various sources that Axl Rose has delivered a finished version of the album to Geffen Records... More

Your favourite brother and sister duo from Sydney's Northern Beaches return from Europe in June for an Australia-wide tour... More

Iggy Pop has recorded a version of Johnny O'Keefe's 'Wild One' with Melbourne rockers Jet to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking track... More

Eminem's mother, Debbie Nelson - whose biography about her rapper son is due for a US release this week - is reportedly being sued by a man claiming he is owed portions of the book's profit... More

Babyshambles front man and former Moss gatherer Peter Doherty has been sentenced to 14 weeks in jail after violating his probation conditions... More

The Breeders are heading back to Australia for the first time in five years with their new album, Mountain Battles... More

A major music channel have attempted to feature Guns N' Roses front man Axl Rose in a reality TV show following the creation and release of the much-anticipated album, Chinese Democracy... More

Eclectic singer Feist took out five awards at Canada's prestigious Juno awards in Calgary, Canada... More

Devo have let the cat out of the energy dome by prematurely revealing their Australian tour plans for July/August this year... More

The Mars Volta is set to tour Australia on the back of their acclaimed fourth album, The Bedlam in Goliath... More

Jackson United, the band led by Foo Fighters' guitarist Chris Shiflett, will play a small run of shows in Australia to coincide with his other band's national tour... More

Jay-Z and Beyonce are reportedly set to tie the knot within the next day after applying for a marriage license in New York this week... More

The Rolling Stones are set to release a live album to coincide with the opening of Shine a Light, their Martin Scorsese-directed documentary... More

Velvet Revolver have announced that they are parting ways with eccentric singer Scott Weiland... More

Animal rights organization PETA have approached troubled pop-star Britney Spears to work for the company as a secretary after she convincingly played the role for a US sitcom... More

Fans of Radiohead have been offered the chance to remix the band's latest single, 'Nude', in a special online competition... More

DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist are set to release the DVD Hard Sell At Hollywood Bowl... More

Sir Elton John has announced three Australian dates, including his first ever show in Darwin... More

UK ska legends The Specials have announced they will be reforming... More

Canadian songstress Celine Dion has been forced reschedule her Australian tour due to illness... More

Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora was arrested in California on suspicion of drink driving on Tuesday March 25... More

Following on from their massive co-headlining tour with Silverchair in 2007, Powderfinger have announced their first national tour for 2008... More

Las Vegas popsters Panic at the Disco will head to Australia in August in support of their second album Pretty... More

Celine Dion has cancelled tonight's scheduled Brisbane Entertainment Centre show due to illness... More

The Smashing Pumpkins are suing their former record label, Virgin Records, for a breach of contract... More

Fleetwood Mac have tried to quell rumours about their future by announcing they will be writing new songs and touring again in 2009... More

Kimya Dawson, provider of the smash soundtrack to indie hit film Juno, is embarking on her first ever Australian tour in June... More

The latest offering from British mega-band Coldplay will be called Viva la Vida... More

American indie act The Mountain Goats have cancelled their Australian tour... More

Jack White and Brendan Benson's side project band The Raconteurs (or Saboteurs as they are known in Australia) have given one week's notice for the release of their latest album... More

US rapper 50 Cent has been given hosting and performing duties for the Australian MTV Awards taking place in April... More

American prog-rock giants Mars Volta recently announced tour dates in Japan for their The Bedlam in Goliath tour... More

Former Go-Between Robert Forster has re-emerged with his first solo album in 12 years... More

The new album from Joan As Police Woman will be released this June... More

One of progressive house's biggest acts, Paolo Mojo, is set to return to Australia for a string of club dates... More

Hip-hop superstar and mogul 50 Cent will make a flying visit to Australia and New Zealand in April... More

The Mess Hall have won the third Australian Music Prize for their album Devil's Elbow... More

On top of having just completed the album Dig, Lazarus Dig!!! with The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave has a new screenplay completed and a second novel in the pipeline... More

Lisa Marie Presley is suing UK tabloid rag the Daily Mail for alleging the singer was "piling on the pounds"... More