Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant have headed to court for the first day of a copyright trial over Stairway to Heaven.

From tours by old favourites Smudge, Brandy and Big Country, to Urthboy's victory lap, we have your week in live music covered.

James Corden continues to surpass himself with his Carpool Karaoke segment, which takes celebrities out of the usual show business junkets and succeeds in exposing a refreshingly natural side of famous faces.

Sydney Sings, a new festival featuring a host of big-name international stars and fronted by Leo Schofield, will not now go ahead at the end of July.

Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork are heading to Australia and New Zealand for a tour celebrating 50 years of the band. 

Three Australian acts with nothing obviously Australian about them except a vision well beyond our limitations.

A heartbroken Adam Levine has offered to pay for the funeral of murdered singer Christina Grimmie whom he coached on the The Voice in 2014.

This was exhilarating and tinged with greatness. Shorter and his colleagues are closer to perfection than most artists dare dream of.

When a great is feted, some legends return - with help from new kids - and an album arrives 17 years late, plus there's still room for new electronica and sentimental pop.

Making southern rock while at home four babies are awaiting your return can be tricky to get right. Ben Bridwell is trying to get it right.

British singer Adele broke down in tears on Sunday as she dedicated her Antwerp concert to the victims of the Orlando gay nightclub shooting in which 49 people were killed.

David Bowie's producer Tony Visconti has apologised to Adele after suggesting her latest album 25 may have been digitally manipulated.

Tasmania's Dark Mofo winter festival entertains with its adventurous artistic program and devil may care attitude.

The Wayne Shorter Quartet were in full flight at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival

Iggy Azalea, one of Australia's most successful artists performing abroad, is set to return to home.

Though Lang Lang's mastery of pianistic technique is undoubted, his performances nurture a cult around his own persona rather than explore the music itself.

Eric Clapton has revealed he is living in pain and struggles to play the guitar after being diagnosed with nerve damage.

He's one of the biggest male performers on the planet but Zayn Malik has cancelled his first headline gig at the eleventh hour, blaming crippling anxiety.

Christina Grimmie's love of video-games and growing up with a mother battling cancer turned her into a more than just another voice for her fans.

Selena Gomez was forced to cancel a meet-and-greet with fans at her Miami concert and barely made it through her performance following the shooting death of her friend and fellow singer Christina Grimmie.

Christina Grimmie's suspected killer traveled to Orlando, it seems, with a single purpose: to kill her.

An '80s hit band preceded by a '70s cover band made 2016 feel both comfortable and uninspiring.

As Christina Grimmie is mourned by those who knew her, one word keeps coming up again and again: 'kind.'

The gunman who shot dead Christina Grimmie as she signed autographs had no connection to the pop star but had planned to kill her, police said.

A 12-piece band and Boy George's flawless vocals and warm wit united a crowd looking for more than guilty pleasure.