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Miley Cyrus Tour Bus Crashes And Kills Driver
A tour bus carrying the entourage of Miley Cyrus has crashed in Virginia, killing the driver Bill Douglas.
21 November, 2009
VIDEO: Oprah Winfrey Gives Emotional Farewell Announcement
Oprah Winfrey said that 25 years is “the exact right time” to end her show in an emotional announcement today.
21 November, 2009
Daryl Hall and John Oates To Appear On The Cleveland Show
Daryl Hall and John Oates will star as angel and devil this weekend on The Cleveland Show on Fox in the USA.
20 November, 2009

Daft Punk Tour Dates Leaked
A source close to the band has leaked Daft Punk’s proposed tour dates for 2010, including dates in Melbourne and Sydney. MORE
20 November, 2009

Tabitha Foundation To Host Fundraiser In Melbourne
Musicians are uniting to raise money for the Tabitha Foundation in Melbourne in January and need your help. MORE
20 November, 2009

Susan Boyle Has Biggest Selling Pre-order On Amazon
The Susan Boyle `I Dreamed A Dream` album is officially the biggest selling pre-order ever for amazon.com. MORE
20 November, 2009

Ringo Starr Recruits Paul McCartney for Y Not
Paul McCartney has contributed to a couple of tracks on the new Ringo Starr album `Y Not`. MORE
20 November, 2009

Green Day Re-Record 21 Guns With American Idiot Cast
Green Day returned to the studio this week to record a new version of their song `21 Guns` with the cast of the musical American Idiot. MORE
20 November, 2009

Marianne Faithful Adds Headline Shows In Australia
Marianne Faithful has announced two Australian theatre shows in February in Melbourne and Brisbane. MORE
20 November, 2009

Oprah Winfrey To End Her Talk Show
Oprah Winfrey will step down from her long-running `The Oprah Winfrey Show` on September 9, 2011. MORE
20 November, 2009

Early Lady Gaga Finds Its Way To YouTube
Back in 2005, Lady Gaga was still Stefani Germanotta. She went on Ultraviolent Live, a New York University talent contest and came in third place. MORE
20 November, 2009

Danger Mouse Dark Night of the Soul Is A Bit Torrent Hit
One of the greatest albums of 2009 wasn`t even released. It was the Dangermouse/Sparklehorse/David Lynch collaboration `Dark Night of the Soul` currently unavailable due to a legal dispute but readily found on Bit-Torrent sites. MORE
20 November, 2009

Free Kiss Tickets
Kiss are giving away tickets to their show in Oakland this Sunday. MORE
19 November, 2009

Angus Young Has A Signature Gibson
Gibson Guitar is releasing an Angus Young signature model. MORE
19 November, 2009

Stone Temple Pilots Cancel Tour
Stone Temple Pilots have cancelled their December and January tour dates to continue work on their new album. MORE
19 November, 2009

REM Return To Studio With Jacknife Lee
REM are going back into the studio with producer Jacknife Lee. MORE
19 November, 2009

Wilco To Tour Australia
Wilco will return to Australia next April for an east coast tour. MORE
19 November, 2009

Final Golden Plains Tickets On Sale Tomorrow
Golden Plains is a mighty popular festival this year, with the ballot tickets being snapped up in a second, but if you missed out, you might just have a second chance. MORE
19 November, 2009

Patrick Stump Heads Over To Daryl Hall House
Fall Out Boy frontman was spending some quality time with Daryl Hall while Pete Wentz was in Australia. He is the latest guest on Live From Daryl`s House. MORE
19 November, 2009

INTERVIEW: Janet Jackson Confirms Michael Jackson Drug Addiction
Janet Jackson has spoken openly for the first time about how her brother Michael Jackson was a drug addict. MORE
19 November, 2009

Todd Rundgren Plans More Album Shows
Todd Rundgren will perform four shows in California next month featuring the 1973 classic `A Wizard, A True Star` in its entirety. MORE
19 November, 2009

Nash Edgerton Directs Bob Dylan Christmas Video
Australian director Nash Edgerton has directed the video for the Bob Dylan Christmas song. MORE
18 November, 2009

Deftones To Play Benefit Gigs For Bass Player
Chi Ling Cheng, bass player for the Deftones, is still in a coma one year after a car accident on November 2, 2008. MORE
18 November, 2009

Painters & Dockers Return For The EG Awards Friday
When Painters & Dockers take to the stage at the Prince Bandroom on Friday night it will be their first performance in more than 20 years. MORE
18 November, 2009

Sharon Osbourne Has A Novel But Is It About Dannii?
Sharon Osbourne has written her first novel. Could it be about Dannii and Kylie Minogue? MORE
18 November, 2009

Tom Waits` `Orphans` Reinvented For Vinyl
Tom Waits` `Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards` will be re-released as a seven LP box set this December through Anti. MORE
18 November, 2009

The Temper Trap To Play SXSW 2010
The Temper Trap will return to SXSW in 2010, after grabbing buzz-band attention for their showcases this year. MORE
18 November, 2009

Rolf Harris Joins Status Quo
Rolf Harris is no stranger to rock. He once did a biting version of Led Zeppelin’s `Stairway To Heaven`. Now the legendary Australian entertainer has teamed with Rick Parfitt of Status Quo for a Christmas song. MORE
18 November, 2009

Jack White To Produce Wanda Jackson Album
Jack White has been confirmed as the producer of the next Wanda Jackson album. MORE
18 November, 2009

The Rolling Stones Get Lickered Up
The Rolling Stones could have called it Jagger Juice, but no, instead their new wine is simply called `Forty Licks`. MORE
18 November, 2009

Lime Spiders Infest East Coast
The mighty Lime Spiders are back together again for a quick run up the east coast of Australia. MORE
18 November, 2009

Rogue Traders Have A New Singer
Mindi Jackson is the new singer for Rogue Traders. MORE
17 November, 2009

Charlie Parr Returns To Australia
Charlie Parr is returning to Australia after wowing audiences across the country earlier this year. MORE
17 November, 2009

Lucinda Williams Debuts New Song At Joplin Tribute
Songstress Lucinda Williams has debuted a new song written in honour of Janis Joplin at a concert called Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin last night. MORE
17 November, 2009

Jet Added To Green Day Tour
Jet will tour Australia with Green Day in December. MORE
17 November, 2009

Kav Temperley of Eskimo Joe Shortlisted for Songwriter Award
Eskimo Joe frontman Kav Temperley is one of 12 songwriters shortlisted for the first Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition. MORE
17 November, 2009

Leona Lewis Sings Theme For Avatar
Leona Lewis will be heard across the credits of the new movie `Avatar` when it is released in November. MORE
17 November, 2009

One Great Night On Earth Planned For Victoria
One Great Night On Earth is a music event for Victoria to support the damage from the extreme weather conditions the state has faced in the past year and will face in the years to come. MORE
17 November, 2009

Peter Gabriel Covers Up
Peter Gabriel will release a covers album in January. MORE
17 November, 2009

The Likes Of You Presents Alex Smoke, Format: B and Arnaud Le Texier
Sydney will take on The Likes Of You in December with the likes of Alex Smoke, Format: B and Arnaud Le Texier. MORE
17 November, 2009

Zakk Wylde Heads To Allans With His New Gibson
Black Label Society and former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde is heading to Allans Music in Sydney for the launch of his new Gibson guitar models. MORE
17 November, 2009

Edward Woodward Dead at 79
Edward Woodward, one of the UK’s greatest actors, has died at the age of 79. MORE
17 November, 2009

Ron Wood Down His Last $60 million
Ron Wood is a poor guy by rich rock star standards. According to what was exposed at his divorce hearing, the Rolling Stones guitarist is down to his last $US 60 million. MORE
17 November, 2009

Pearl Jam Tour TV Takes You To Showtime
Pearl Jam kicked off their Australian tour in Perth on Saturday night and Pearl Jam Tour TV captured opening night. MORE
16 November, 2009

REVIEW: Weezer - Raditude
If reviews were based solely on the album cover and title, then Weezer’s ‘Raditude’ would be five big shining stars universally. Unfortunately, Weezer have turned into a lame paint-by-numbers parody of themselves. MORE
16 November, 2009

Beck Covers Skip Spence For Record Club
Skip Spence’s album ‘OAR’ has been the latest project of Beck’s ever-exciting Record Club. MORE
16 November, 2009

Bruce Springsteen Has A Spinal Tap Moment
Bruce Springsteen stole a scene from Spinal Tap on the weekend at his Michigan concert. The Boss kept referring to Ohio. MORE
16 November, 2009

The Who To Play Superbowl
The Who are going to step up to the plate and be the next Rolling Stones, Prince or Bruce Springsteen and provide the halftime entertainment at The Superbowl. MORE
16 November, 2009

Dan Deacon Hospitalised, Shows Cancelled
Dan Deacon has been hospitalised after suffering severe pains in his back and leg, forcing him to cancel the remaining dates of his tour. MORE
16 November, 2009

Jarvis Cocker Is A Doctor
When you next see Jarvis Cocker, you can refer to him as Dr. Cocker. MORE
16 November, 2009

Rove McManus Bows Out OF TV Show Gracefully
After weeks of speculation as to the future of Rove, Rove McManus has announced he will not return to his show next year. MORE
16 November, 2009

U2 Fined For Being Too Loud
Fancy U2 being fined for noise pollution. Shock, horror, gasp, amazement. How could you St Bono? MORE
15 November, 2009

Dale Bozzio Of Missing Persons Jailed
Dale Bozzio, singer for 80s band Missing Persons, has been jailed for animal cruelty. MORE
15 November, 2009

Janet Jackson To Open The AMAs
Janet Jackson will appear on the American Music Awards, opening the show. MORE
15 November, 2009

Carbon/Silicone Give Away Free Album
Carbon/Silicon featuring ex-Clash member Mick Jones and Tony James of Generation X have a free album to download from their website. MORE
15 November, 2009

Joel Madden Grows A Beard
Okay, so its a slow news day. We might as well tell you Joel Madden has grown a beard. MORE
15 November, 2009

Gurrumul Records With Sting
Australian singer Gurrumul has recorded a version The Police hit `Every Breath You Take` with Sting. MORE
15 November, 2009

INTERVIEW: Michael Anthony Talks Chickenfoot and Van Halen
In 1974, Michael Anthony, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth became known as Van Halen. That decision took up the next 30 years of Anthony`s life. MORE
14 November, 2009

Son of Paul McCartney Forms A Band
The son of Paul McCartney has put a band together. MORE
13 November, 2009

Sting Slags Off X-Factor
Sting is not a fan of X-Factor. MORE
13 November, 2009

The Robbie Williams and Take That Reunion Did Not Happen
Robbie Williams did not get together with Take That last night in London. MORE
13 November, 2009

Katy Perry and Russell Brand Record
Lily Allen has recorded a song with Russell Brand. MORE
13 November, 2009

Royal Crown Revue Phone In Before Their Tour
It has been twenty years since the kings of the L.A. swing revival Royal Crown Revue first pulled themselves into a room to jam and thus spark a worldwide phenomenon of quiffs and vintage dresses dresses as people relived. MORE
13 November, 2009

Kings of Leon and Lady Gaga Win MP3 Awards
MP3 Music Awards 2009 Winners have been announced and 15 winners were chosen by public vote using MMA’s Judging Jukebox Player and premium rate numbers. MORE
13 November, 2009

Michael Jackson This is It Passes $200 Million Mark
The Michael Jackson `This Is It` documentary has now exceeded $200 million in ticket sales worldwide. MORE
13 November, 2009

James Taylor Cannot Wait To Get To Australia
James Taylor seems so excited about his forthcoming Australian tour with Carole King that he has even posted the television commercial on his website before the tour has even been officially announced. MORE
13 November, 2009

The Crucifixion of Britney Spears Continues
The Australian press can get pretty ugly at times. Look at the consistent, inaccurate reporting about Britney Spears in Australia. Are they incapable of accepting that they are not getting a headline from a scandal because Britney is content spending time with her kids? MORE
13 November, 2009

Jo and Ronnie Wood Officially Divorce
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is now free to run around with any teenage girlfriend he wants. His indiscretion with 20-year old Ekaterina Ivanova has cost him his marriage to wife Jo. MORE
12 November, 2009

Neighbours Star Sam Clark Performs At Instores
Sam Clark, known to many as Ringo from Neighbours, will head around the country this month and next, to perform his new song `Broken` for fans. MORE
12 November, 2009

Jason Donovan Offered A Return To Neighbours
Jason Donovan says he was asked to come back to Neighbours to reprise is role of Scott Robinson. MORE
12 November, 2009

The Aerosmith Soap Opera Continues
Less than a week after Steven Tyler announced he was through with Aerosmith and Joe Perry announced they were looking for a new singer comes the news that Aerosmith really is not changing at all. MORE
12 November, 2009

Cheryl Cole To Join Snow Patrol
Cheryl Cole will team with Snow Patrol for the charity gig Children In Need. MORE
12 November, 2009

Robbie Williams and Take That Reunion Expected Today
The Robbie Williams and Take That reunion may happy as early as later today. (12.11.09) MORE
12 November, 2009

Them Crooked Vultures Started From Blind Date
A blind date got Them Crooked Vultures together. MORE
12 November, 2009

Michael Jackson Farewell Cost $1 million
The private funeral of Michael Jackson cost his estate $1 million. MORE
12 November, 2009

Queenscliff: Ed Kuepper and Chris Jagger Out, The Veils In
Both Ed Kuepper and Chris Jagger have been last minute cancellations to the Queenscliff Music Festival. MORE
12 November, 2009

Digital and Vinyl Sales Fuel Music Biz
The music business has had a turn-around this year fuelled by increased sales for digital and vinyl releases. MORE
12 November, 2009

REVIEW: Britney Spears in Melbourne November 11, 2009
Lets start by getting one thing straight. Rebekah Devlin, who started what quickly developed into Britney-gate this week in Australia, clearly got it very, very wrong. At the Britney Spears show tonight at Rod Laver Arena, there were no mass walk-outs, there were no disgruntled fans and the audience was genuinely entertained. MORE
12 November, 2009

James Taylor and Carole King To Start Tour In Australia
James Taylor and Carole King will team up for a world tour in March 2010 and it will begin in Melbourne, Australia. MORE
11 November, 2009

Iggy Pop and James Williamson Era Stooges Go Live
Iggy Pop has reactivated The Stooges following the death of Ron Asheton in January this year. MORE
11 November, 2009

Aerosmith Will Search For New Singer
Aerosmith is not breaking up and will continue with a new singer following the sudden departure of Steven Tyler after 40 years of fronting the band. MORE
11 November, 2009

Keith Urban Nominated For Four CMAA Awards
Keith Urban has been nominated for four Country Music Association of Australia awards this year. MORE
11 November, 2009

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Stay Friends
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are remaining close despite a change in their relationship. MORE
11 November, 2009

Air Force Rescue Take That
Take That were bailed out by the Royal Air Force this week. MORE
11 November, 2009

Robbie Williams Cops A Massive Earnings Fall
Robbie Williams has seen his income drop by 30 million pounds in just two years. MORE
11 November, 2009

The Ting Tings To Team With Jay-Z
The Ting Tings will be working with Jay-Z on their next record. MORE
11 November, 2009

John Mayer Gets Journalist To Sod Off
John Mayer has hit back at a wannabe journalist who just had too many stupid questions. MORE
11 November, 2009

Britney Spears Is Here For The Fans
Britney Spears really does not care what the media opinion of her show is. MORE
10 November, 2009

Seal Updates Hits Album
Seal will update his greatest hits album adding in songs from the recent `Soul` album. MORE
10 November, 2009

The Veronicas Represent Steve Irwin Day
This Sunday, November 15 will be the first annual Steve Irwin Day. The Veronicas are the ambassadors for the day. MORE
10 November, 2009

Rihanna Sends Back $10k Champers
Rihanna knocked back a 10 grand bottle of champagne because she did not know the people who bought it for her. MORE
10 November, 2009

Usher Divorce Goes Through
Usher and wife Tameka are now officially divorced. MORE
10 November, 2009

Jerry Fuchs Plunges To Death In Lift Shaft
Jerry Fuchs died on Saturday night after plunging to his death in a lift shaft. MORE
10 November, 2009

50 Cent To Star In Movie
Imagine 50 Cent playing a romantic role in a movie. He wants to do it. MORE
10 November, 2009

REVIEW: NAS, Charlie 2na, Low Budget & L-Fresh, The Palace, 28th of October 2009
There was huge anticipation from the crowd in seeing one of the most important and respected MC’s of all time NAS live with a 7 piece band. MORE
10 November, 2009

Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman To Marry In Movie
Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman will play a married couple in their next movie. MORE
10 November, 2009

Morrissey Chucks Another Hissy Fit
Morrissey walked off stage after just two songs in Liverpool on the weekend after someone threw a plastic beer glass at him. MORE
9 November, 2009

The Wellingtons To Launch Album Saturday In Melbourne
Melbourne`s own power-pop band The Wellingtons will launch their new album `Heading North For The Winter` this Saturday in Melbourne. MORE
9 November, 2009

Gary Rabin and Vic Davies To Be Farewelled This Week
The Australian music and radio industry was dealt a double blow last week with the passing of former Mondo Rock manager Gary Rabin and radio personality Vic Davies. MORE
9 November, 2009

Bluesfest Sideshows 10CC, Roger Hodgson, Buddy Guy, Gipsy Kings
10CC has been added to Bluesfest and will also perform sideshows with Roger Hodgson in Australia. MORE
9 November, 2009

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