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Engelbert Humperdinck, Dave Stewart and Slash Head To The Studio
There could be more to the Engelbert Humperdinck, Slash and Dave Stewart union that meets the eye. The trio were spotted in the studio laying down music this week.
13 March, 2010
Gorillaz Prepare For The Road
Damon Albarn is taking Gorillaz on the road for a run of UK shows starting March 21.
12 March, 2010
Muse To Play SXSW
Muse will perform on the final night of SXSW at Stubbs BBQ.
12 March, 2010

Lisa Mitchell Wins Australian Music Prize
Lisa Mitchell has won the Australian Music Prize. MORE
12 March, 2010

Pink Floyd Win Court Case Against EMI
Pink Floyd have been successful in their court action against EMI for allowing their albums to be sold by individual track on iTunes. MORE
12 March, 2010

Engelbert Humperdinck Dave Stewart and Slash Form Supergroup
Engelbert Humperdinck might be the new singer for Velvet Revolver. Then maybe again, he won`t. But he did perform with Slash and Dave Stewart this week. MORE
12 March, 2010

Julian Casablancas Announces Australian Tour
The Strokes singer Julian Casablancas will tour Australia solo in May. MORE
12 March, 2010

Robert Pattinson Plans Making An Album
Twilight star Robert Pattinson looks like being the next actor to embark on a recording career. MORE
12 March, 2010

Meet The Chevelles At SXSW
Australian garage band The Chevelles will join Undercover`s Paul Cashmere for an interview from the SXSW studio in Austin on Friday, March 19. MORE
11 March, 2010

The Cult To Make Love In Australia
The Cult will tour Australia in May and perform their classic `Love` album from start to finish. MORE
11 March, 2010

Pink Floyd Sues EMI
Pink Floyd is taking legal action against their record label EMI because people can now download their individual tracks instead of an entire album. MORE
11 March, 2010

Madonna Has Dance-Off With Gerard Butler
Madonna was in party mode after the Oscars on Sunday. MORE
11 March, 2010

Kiss Challenge U2 and The Stones To A Duel
Kiss want to go head to head with Bono and Mick Jagger to show them how its done. MORE
11 March, 2010

Diddy Sprays Nightclub With Fragrance
Diddy had his posse spray an entire nightclub in London with his fragrance. MORE
11 March, 2010

Amy Winehouse To Remarry
It looks like Amy Winehouse is planning on marrying her former husband in Las Vegas. MORE
11 March, 2010

Corey Haim Dead at 38
Lost Boys star Corey Haim has been found dead from a drug overdose at the age of 38. MORE
11 March, 2010

Hilary Duff To Become A Children’s Author
Hilary Duff has signed a deal with book publisher Simon and Schuster to write a series of young adult-fiction books. MORE
10 March, 2010

Tom Morello To Rage Against The Iron Man Machine
The Iron Man 2 movie will feature a score written by Rage Against The Machine`s Tom Morello. MORE
10 March, 2010

Sharon Osbourne Says Food Makes A Great Sex Life
Sharon Osbourne does her grocery shopping for the bedroom, not the kitchen. MORE
10 March, 2010

will.i.am Says Charity Comes With Success
will.i.am is a big believer than with success also comes the responsibility to give to charity. MORE
10 March, 2010

Butch Vig To Produce Foo Fighters
Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana `Nevermind` will be back working with Dave Grohl on the next Foo Fighters album. MORE
10 March, 2010

Squeeze To Receive Heritage Music Award
Squeeze will be honoured by the PRS for Music Heritage Award. MORE
10 March, 2010

The Production Company 2010 Shows Revealed
Chairman Jeanne Pratt and General Manager Ken Mackenzie-Forbes revealed the 2010 productions from The Production Company today (March 9, 2010) in Melbourne. MORE
9 March, 2010

Lisa Mitchell To Headline Theatre Tour
Lisa Mitchell will headline her first theatre tour of Australia in April and May. MORE
9 March, 2010

Flaming Lips To Make Another Film
Following the huge success of ‘Christmas On Mars’, Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne is perching himself in the director’s chair once again. MORE
9 March, 2010

Jared Leto Is More Movie Star Than Rock Star
Jared Leto puts more emphasis on his movie career than his music career. MORE
9 March, 2010

Ke$ha Wears A Placenta
Ke$ha has announced that she wears a placenta around her neck. MORE
9 March, 2010

Robbie Williams Wedding Postponed
Robbie Williams postponed his wedding after information was leaked. MORE
9 March, 2010

Lily Allen Breaks Down At Concert
Lily Allen broke down and cried at a show on Sunday night after witnessing a fight in the audience. MORE
9 March, 2010

Jim Kerr To Release His First Solo Album
Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr is working on his first ever solo record. MORE
8 March, 2010

Neil Young Trunk Show Is Finally Being Released
It was exactly 51 weeks ago that I got to spend an afternoon in an Austin theatre in the presence of film-maker Jonathan Demme, our friend the late L.A. Johnson and Neil Young manager and business partner Elliot Roberts to watch the first ever big screen viewing on `Neil Young Trunk Show`. MORE
8 March, 2010

Music Matters 2010 Speakers Announced
The Music Matters conference in Honk Kong in May will once again feature a line-up of speakers from all over the world talking about music and technology. MORE
8 March, 2010

Ryan Bingham Wins An Oscar
Singer songwriter Ryan Bingham has followed up his Golden Globes win by winning an Academy Award for his song `The Weary Kind` in the movie `Crazy Heart`. MORE
8 March, 2010

George Michael Plays A 90 Second Gig
The George Michael appearance at the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in the early hours of Sunday morning turned out to be nothing more than a token appearance. MORE
8 March, 2010

Sparklehorse Singer Commits Suicide
Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse has taken his life. MORE
7 March, 2010

Travis Barker Gets DJ AM Tattoo
Travis Barker has a new tattoo, a tribute to his late friend DJ AM. MORE
7 March, 2010

Jackson Browne and David Lindley To Release Live Album
Jackson Browne and David Lindley have a live album together coming out in May. MORE
7 March, 2010

Lady Gaga Ticket Prices Escalade
Lady Gaga ticket prices have doubled in the UK since the start of her tour. MORE
7 March, 2010

Ash Compile The Singles Collection
Ash will go from start to finish with their new compilation. MORE
7 March, 2010

Katherine Jenkins Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber
Katherine Jenkins has recorded the title song for the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. MORE
7 March, 2010

Katy Perry, Smurf
Katy Perry may be feeling a little `blue` soon. MORE
7 March, 2010

Yoko Ono Exploits John Lennon For French Car Commercial
Yoko Ono and her son Sean Lennon are in serious damage control after exploiting old interview footage of John Lennon for a television commercial. MORE
7 March, 2010

China A Focus of SXSW 2010
Archie Hamilton, head of Split Works in Shanghai, will discuss the topic `Can China Build A Better Business` at SXSW in Austin this month. MORE
7 March, 2010

Steve Wonder Receives French Honour
Stevie Wonder has received his Commander of the Arts and Letters by the French Government 29 years after being named for the honour. MORE
7 March, 2010

Cold Chisel Start Work On New Album
Cold Chisel returned to the studio this week to start work on their first album since `The Last Wave Of Summer` in 1998. MORE
6 March, 2010

Ray Davies To Play SXSW
The legendary Ray Davies of Kinks fame will play a showcase gig at SXSW in a few weeks. MORE
6 March, 2010

Mick Jagger And Angelina Jolie Got Their Ya Yas Out
A soon to be released book claims that Mick Jagger and Angelina Jolie got their rocks off together back in 1997. MORE
6 March, 2010

Jermaine Jackson Gathers The Stars for Michael Jackson Tribute
Jermaine Jackson has trying to gather an all-star cast to pay tribute to his late brother Michael Jackson in London. MORE
6 March, 2010

Chris Brown Reads For The Kids
It looks like Chris Brown going to do a good deed. MORE
6 March, 2010

Lady Gaga Shouts For Fish and Chips
Lady Gaga has awarded her entourage a fine UK meal. MORE
6 March, 2010

Shakira Awarded Medal From United Nations
Shakira has been given a medal from the United Nations for her work in the community. MORE
6 March, 2010

Steve Poltz Releases License Plate Eyes
The first taste of the new Steve Poltz album `Dream House` is a little thing he likes to call `License Plate Eyes`. MORE
6 March, 2010

Paul Weller To Play First Ever Show In Norway
Paul Weller will perform at the Oya Festival in Norway. MORE
6 March, 2010

The Temper Trap To Play SXSW and V Festival UK
The Temper Trap will perform and SXSW this month and V next month. MORE
6 March, 2010

Muse Track Boned From Eclipse
Muse have been dropped from the third Twilight movie. MORE
6 March, 2010

Kate Nash Names Her Next Album
The next Kate Nash album has a name. MORE
6 March, 2010

Hairspray To Play In Melbourne
Promoter Paul Dainty and producer Joel Pearlman have teamed up to bring Hairspray to the Australian stage. MORE
5 March, 2010

George Michael To Perform At Mardi Gras After Party
George Michael has confirmed he will be the guest performer at the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras After Party in Sydney this weekend. MORE
5 March, 2010

Ted Nugent Paid Meat Loaf $1000 For Free For All
It was our great pleasure to have Meat Loaf lock us in a room and play his new album from beginning to end today. MORE
5 March, 2010

Mumford and Sons Ready To Start Next Album
Mumford and Sons have rolled out a few new songs in concert and are now ready to start recording. MORE
5 March, 2010

Jimmy Barnes Tour Cancelled
Jimmy Barnes ‘The Rhythm and the Blues’ tour has been cancelled due to issues with some of the American members of the band. MORE
4 March, 2010

Johnny Cash Returns From The Grave
Johnny Cash has the highest debut of the week on the US chart this week. MORE
4 March, 2010

Download The New Hole Song
Courtney Love is giving away the new Hole single today only (March 4, 2010). MORE
4 March, 2010

REVIEW: George Michael, Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (March 3rd, 2010)
George Michael played the final show of his three year ’25 Live’ tour last night at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia in front of thousands of adoring fans. MORE
4 March, 2010

Elton John And Leon Russell Album Goes Vocal
The basic tracks for the upcoming album for Elton John and Leon Russell have been laid down in Los Angeles and the dynamic duo has now started putting down the vocals. MORE
4 March, 2010

Robbie Williams Quits Smoking
Robbie Williams has given up smoking to please her upcoming bride. MORE
3 March, 2010

Paul McCartney Confirmed For Isle Of Wight
Paul McCartney will headline the Isle of Wight festival. MORE
3 March, 2010

Ke$ha Wants To See What John Mayer Has To Offer
Ke$ha is calling for John Mayer to drop his dacks and show her what he has. MORE
3 March, 2010

Lady Gaga Talks Up Celibacy
Lady Gaga says celibacy is a good thing. MORE
3 March, 2010

Christina Milian Becomes A First Time Mother
Christina Milian has had her first child. MORE
3 March, 2010

Leona Lewis Designs Her Own Tramp Stamp
Leona Lewis is designing herself a Tatto. MORE
3 March, 2010

John Lydon Attacks Arctic Monkeys
Sex Pistol John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten is now bagging Arctic Monkeys. MORE
3 March, 2010

Sean Paul, Jay Sean, Eve Join Jamfest
The Jamfest line-up is even bigger now with the addition of Jay Sean, Sean Paul and Eve joining the previously announced Akon and Kelly Rowland. MORE
3 March, 2010

Madonna Australian Tour Imminent?
A hoax email is claiming Madonna is ready to announce an Australian tour. MORE
3 March, 2010

Guru In Coma
Gang Starr emcee Guru (Keith Elam) is in a coma in a New York hospital after suffering a heart attack. MORE
2 March, 2010

More Unreleased Jimi Hendrix To Come
The new Jimi Hendrix album `Valleys of Neptune` will not be the last unreleased music we hear from the legendary guitarist who died 40-years ago this year. MORE
2 March, 2010

Jeff Beck Says He Is Not Nigel Tufnel
It has been widely written over the years that the Nigel Tufnel character in the rock and roll spoof Spinal Tap was based on Jeff Beck. Jeff says it is not him. MORE
2 March, 2010

John Mayall Is A Foo Fighters Fan
Blues legend John Mayall says that his favourite band at the moment is Foo Fighters. MORE
2 March, 2010

Glee Goes On Tour
The cast of Glee are gearing up for their first tour. MORE
2 March, 2010

Sade and Lady Antebellum Fight It Out For Top Spot
The number one album in the USA this week is too close to call as Sade and Lady Antebellum head into the final stretch of this week`s race. MORE
2 March, 2010

AC/DC Accident Leaves Quadriplegic Blinded
A 31-year old quadriplegic has lost the sight in one of his eyes after a Brisbane accident at the AC/DC concert in Brisbane this year. MORE
2 March, 2010

Paul McCartney To Quit Touring At 70
Paul McCartney is preparing for one final farewell tour. MORE
2 March, 2010

Amy Winehouse Buys A New House
Amy Winehouse has just bought herself a multimillion pound mansion. MORE
2 March, 2010

Pussycat Doll Walks
Ashley Roberts is no longer a Pussycat Doll. MORE
2 March, 2010

U2 Were The Biggest Earners of 2009
U2 were the big money makers of 2009. MORE
2 March, 2010

Daryl Hall and John Oates Talk About The Death Of T-Bone Wolk
Daryl Hall and John Oates have issued a statement marking the passing of their bass player T-Bone Wolk on the weekend. MORE
2 March, 2010

Stone Temple Pilots To Play SXSW
Stone Temple Pilots will perform their first 2010 American show at SXSW this month. MORE
2 March, 2010

T-Bone Wolk Dies From Heart Attack
Bass player Tom T-Bone Wolk, best known for his work with Hall and Oates, died Saturday from a heart attack at age 58. MORE
1 March, 2010

Thom Yorke Names Side Project
Thom Yorke has put a name to his Radiohead side-project. It has officially been named Atoms of Peace. MORE
1 March, 2010

Bomb Squad Called To Ozzy Osbourne Book Signing
There were fireworks at an Ozzy Osbourne book-signing in Florida on the weekend because of a man with fireworks. MORE
1 March, 2010

Dinosaur Jr Add Brisbane After Festival Cancelled
The Lost Weekend Festival going down for Brisbane will not stop Dinosaur Jr hitting the city. MORE
1 March, 2010

Aussie BBQ Heads To Sydney
The snags will be fired up for the Aussie BBQ at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney tomorrow night (Tuesday March 2). MORE
1 March, 2010

Jeff Beck Talks About The Band
Jeff Beck has gathered some of the world`s best musicians for his touring band for the upcoming Australian visit. MORE
1 March, 2010

Prince Debuts New Song
Prince has put a new song out for the fans. MORE
28 February, 2010

Aerosmith Add More European Festival Dates
The one-off Aerosmith reunion has turned into a full-on Festival tour of Europe. MORE
28 February, 2010

Son Of Marie Osmond Suicides
Michael Blosil, the 18-year old son of Marie Osmond, died on Friday (February 26) by jumping from his apartment in Los Angeles. MORE
28 February, 2010

Carly Simon Reveals David Geffen Was Vain
The mystery surrounding the subject of the classic Carly Simon song `You`re So Vain` has finally been revealed. MORE
27 February, 2010

Scissor Sisters To Play SXSW
Scissor Sisters will perform a showcase gig at SXSW in March. MORE
27 February, 2010

Janie Hendrix Recalls The Moment She Heard Jimi Hendrix Died
Janie Hendrix, the sister of Jimi Hendrix and CEO of Experience Hendrix LLC, the company that controls Jimi`s music, spoke to Undercover on the eve of the release of the new Hendrix project `Valleys of Neptune`. MORE
27 February, 2010

Joe Bonamassa and Glenn Hughes Supergroup No Longer Has A Name
The Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, Derek Sherinian project is currently without a name. Forget everything you may have read about the Bonamassa supergroup being called Black Country. Another band by than name is objecting to them using it. MORE
27 February, 2010

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