Having made his reputation with words and melodies, the British singer/songwriter is now hoping for silence and no words he can understand.

Thursday's episode of The Ellen Show is a bit different than originally planned.

Without even having toured here yet, one woman has dominated the charts for the second year in a row. What might happen if she teamed up with Michael Buble?

After a sold-out run of shows last April, Philadelphia emo-rockers Modern Baseball return to play bigger stages on the back of one of the albums of 2016, Holy Ghost.

The absence of a noisy band behind him means Kirk Brandon will be working harder than ever on his Australian tour.

Parisian singer-songwriter promises to bring light and shade to the Australian summer festival.

A decade-long hiatus has come to an end with a tight live show.

From David Bowie to Debbie Reynolds, the number of well-known people across many fields who died last year seemed to have more impact than usual.

The laughter hasn't stopped for the singer as late night TV jumps on the parody bandwagon.

James Corden, America's popular late night TV host, has paid an emotional tribute to his friend, George Michael.

Becoming BFFs with Elizabeth Taylor, inspiring Michael Jackson's moonwalk ... on the anniversary of David Bowie's birth - and death - a glossy, meticulously researched oral history shows the reach of the star's influence.

The fallout from 2016 just won't go away.

Grab your flower crowns - Coachella Valley Music Festival has just announced it's 2017 lineup. Beyonce will be headlining the festival along with Kendrick Lamar and Radiohead. This will be Queen Bey's first time performing at the desert festival, following the release of her critically acclaimed  visual album Lemonade. The singer's 2016 performance resume is impressive, including both the Super Bowl half time show and headliner at Glastonbury.  

German production veterans Booka Shade and Kiwi electro-pop outfit The Naked and Famous are among the acts to watch this week.

US songwriter Weyes Blood tackles the state of our planet in her own, otherworldly way.

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Mariah Carey's appalling New Year's Eve performance is just one more example of a star treating their audience with utter disdain.

Henry Rollins, Adalita and Josh Pyke are among the A-listers getting their dag on with Damian Cowell's Disco Machine.

Oh, the drama.

After a year's hiatus from social media, singer Ed Sheeran has rung in the new year with a video message on Twitter – that a new album is on the way.

We are all Robbie Williams, washing our hands of 2016.

A year after Bowie's death, musicians and singers who spent decades playing with him are happy to celebrate his legacy and influence.

It started with a big thunderstorm and was marred by Friday night's crowd crush that left scores injured, but the 2016 Lorne Falls Festival ended with fireworks, supreme music and a lot of happy campers.

More than 60 people were injured, 19 seriously, during a human crush at the Lorne leg of the Falls Festival after some crowd members slipped, triggering a stampede on Friday night.

Still not sure what to do with yourself this New Year's Eve? Want to avoid the CBD crush?