Rising rap star Chance the Rapper says he'll perform in New Zealand for the very first time during his world tour later this year.

Today's flashback is one of our favourite local love songs.

Midge Marsden is one of many Kiwi music veterans lending their treasures to Auckland Museum.

The Pacific Music Awards is coming up, and today the recipient of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award is announced.

The New Zealand International Film Festival has announced five of the music-themed movies in the programme for the July event.

Tonight Auckland Museum has announced an extensive exhibition dedicated to celebrating and commemorating the last 70 years of music in New Zealand.

Plans for Drake's new home in Toronto have been unveiled - and they're exactly what you'd expect from a chart-topping rapper.

Brian Johnson has revealed crystallised fluids "eating away at my ear" accelerated the hearing loss which forced him off the road.

Selena Gomez is coming to New Zealand for her first headlining show.

Selena Gomez talks fame, finding her identity and Jennifer Lopez.

Two people claiming to be heirs of Prince's estate are objecting to having to take blood and genetic tests to prove their relationship to the musician.

Adele is reportedly due to sign a $US90 million record contract, landing the biggest deal ever handed to a British musician.

Sir Paul McCartney has revealed he started drinking heavily and came close to quitting music after The Beatles broke up.

Florence Welch has staged a special bedside concert for a dying fan.

Kanye West is being sued by a prominent Hungarian rock singer who accused the hip-hop star of sampling one of his compositions without permission.

Christina Aguilera, Usher, Ellie Goulding, Joan Jett, Dave Matthews and Steven Tyler are going to lend their voices to nature.

Madonna has defended herself amid growing criticism surrounding her tribute to Prince at the Billboard Music Awards.

Harry Styles is reportedly at the centre of a bidding war between record labels as he is to Simon Cowell's record label.

Taylor Swift and her superstar friends have been threatened with death threats from the same internet troll.

Justin Bieber was "just being honest" when he slammed awards shows as "fake".

Prince once asked Celine Dion for advice about doing a Las Vegas residency.

The biggest stars in pop are arriving at the Billboard Music Awards, where organisers have defended their decision to choose Madonna to pay tribute to Prince.

Today's flashback was the beginning of the road to Australasian pop stardom for singer Jenny Morris.

Slipknot tickets go on sale this morning and Lamb of God just gave you an extra reason to buy them.

Rapper and songwriter, Iggy Azalea reveals her thoughts on social media bullying as she performs at the Mawazine festival in Morocco.

Experiencing Stephen Hough's magisterial Brahms Second Piano Concerto brought back a conversation in which the Englishman talked of the power that came from the work's sense of emotional containment.

Fans say seeing Ashley Graham in a music video for Joe Jonas' band DMCE is spreading an important message about body positivity.

Maroon 5 have axed their North Carolina shows over the American state's anti-LGBT "bathroom bill".

Jesse Hughes alleged Bataclan security knew the Paris terror attack was coming, now his band's been dropped from two festivals.

Today's flashback is a song that is famous for the work of a talented backing singer.