Mikkey Dee, widely-respected drummer with Motörhead for the 23 years before Lemmy's death last December, has joined German rock giants Scorpions full-time.
Björn Ulvaeus is joining fellow pop songwriters Max Martin and Niclas Molinder to form Music Rights Awareness, to educate musicians about their rights.
John Fogerty will co-headline the Colorado Remembers 9/11 free concert tomorrow (11) in Denver, with Colorado's own Big Head Todd and the Monsters.
Four new songs written by Ben Earle of UK country pacesetters the Shires, and performed by rising names in the genre, are released today (9) by Decca.
Featuring rare and unreleased recordings, ‘Live At The Hollywood Bowl’ captures The Beatles at the height of Beatlemania and is released on 9 September.
Influential bluesman Slim Harpo is celebrated in the new biography Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge by Martin Hawkins.
The 'King of Ska,' Prince Buster, born 24 May 1938 in Kingston Jamaica, passed away on 8 september 2016, aged 78. Prince Buster RIP
Garth Brooks, Don Felder of the Eagles and Ricky Skaggs are among the notable artists to be inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame on 26 October, 2016.
Charlie Grönvall, grandson of ABBA's Benny Andersson, impressed judges when he auditioned for the Sweden's Idol TV talent show, aired last night (5).
Jon Anderson was guest of honour at last night's (1 September) Progressive Music Awards 2016, where he was named Prog God.
Released on 23 September, ‘ZAPPAtite’ collects some of the tastiest tracks from Frank Zappa’s wide-ranging career.
The late blues giant Johnny Winter's collection of guitars, song notebooks and memorabilia is to be auctioned in Manhattan.
A play about Louis Armstrong by the Mosaic Theater Company, based at the Atlas Performing Arts Centre in Washington, is winning press acclaim.
Trevor Horn will collect the Outer Limits Award as one half of early 1980s prog-synth pop duo the Buggles, at the Progressive Music Awards 2016.