Triple J is in serious discussions to shift the Hottest 100 away from Australia Day, in response to a growing campaign to move it out of respect to Indigenous Australians.

He didn't come for a decade and now The Boss is back for his third tour in five years.

Melbourne rising artist Tash Sultana suffered a major setback to the sold-out European leg of her world tour when a Jetstar Australia connecting flight to Berlin lost thousands of dollars worth of her equipment in transit.

Skeleton Tree never directly addresses Nick Cave's unimaginable loss but a powerful evocation of grief and bone-deep sadness still haunts.

To hear Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr tell it, The Beatles wrote the most beloved songs in rock history to avoid being upstaged by rival cover bands.

Clowntime is over for one presidential nominee in the eyes of the woman with a number one album around the world.

After more than three decades with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, concertmaster Dene Olding, 59, is stepping down to focus on family life, other musical pursuits, and, surprisingingly, the Japanese martial art Aikido.

A large crowd showed dance music crosses all boundaries, but is this the last glimpse of it in our new daddy state thanks to the lockout laws?

In the beginning Meat was the voice and Jim wrote the songs.

No Tony Bennett here and the Lady is filling all the spaces with a big voice and a banging sound.

Five years on the sonic depiction of the mutiny on the Bounty resonates even more strongly

The Sydney composer prefers you make your own interpretation of her music that's attracting classical and pop audiences.

Conductor Douglas Boyd and a masterful MSO cast bring control and vivaciousness to Beethoven, Haydn, Schoenberg and more.

Will he? Won't he? When will he? There's a book and a CD to come but it is Bruce Springsteen tour speculation that's everywhere. What do we know and how much is true?

Watch out - Kanye West and Drake have confirmed they're going to join forces on a new album.

Kevin Parker is looking to flex his skills outside his group – and has teamed up with stars including Lady Gaga.

Jim Heath is no man of the cloth but his rockabilly trio, Reverend Horton Heat, has earned itself its fair share of disciples

Dave McCormack does a mean Katy Perry vocal. "California girls are undeniable, daisy dukes and bikinis on top," expertly sings the Custard frontman, as a way of explaining what kind of music his young daughters enjoy listening to.

From leading electronic duo Flight Facilities teaming up with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra to breakouts Hayden James and Foy Vance, we have your week in live music covered.

The Cult, Even, Crowded House's ARIA induction, Melbourne Prize for Music, Gold Class and more.

Crime procedurals and pop bands may seem like unlikely bedfellows.

Britney offers to give us what we want; Olafur Arnalds collaborates with Iceland's finest, Lydia Loveless delivers songs with bite and pianist Chris Abrahams releases the second of two albums in as many months, plus a boxed sets from pianist Julius Katchen and Joan Baez.

It's no secret that Lady Gaga has an army of adoring fans, but the lengths they will go to, to ensure they hear her latest single on the radio as soon as possible is bordering manic.

Duelling new albums promised a cross-generational battle at the top of the charts between Britney Spears and Barbra Streisand. It was no contest.