Led Zeppelin founders Jimmy Page and Robert Plant lost their bid to avoid a trial that may rewrite the history of rock 'n' roll over song-writing credit for the 1971 classic Stairway to Heaven.

After months of estrangement, Madonna has been reunited with her 15-year-old son, Rocco, in London.

Brian May has branded Sacha Baron Cohen an a*** and says he is now looking for a "real actor" to replace the Ali G star in a new film about Freddie Mercury.

The Black Eyed Peas are getting back together and will.i.am says they "shouldn't have ever" disbanded.

The New Zealand music industry has experienced an annual growth in revenue for the first time in 15 years, the increase coming from streaming services.

Fleetwood Mac's drummer one of the surprise guests for show at vintage suburban theatre ...

Letters home give a revealing insight into Janis Joplin, a complicated woman.

Two attractive new releases feature Valencia, alongside Katherine Austin, mining the repertoire for cello and piano, both substantial and stocking-filler.

I'm tempted to borrow a phrase from French composer Francoise Sagan and greet Nicola Benedetti and Leonard Elschenbroich with a cheery "Aimez-vous Brahms?" as the couple are about to play Sagan's Double Concerto.

There was plenty of noise in the studio during the recording of the Sacramento rockers' latest album.

After 15 seasons, American Idol is coming to an end. Here are the best and worst contestants from the show.

Jennifer Lopez has unveiled the artwork for her new single Ain't Your Mama online, but it hasn't taken long for fans to pick up on one detail from the stunning single cover.

Sad Ben Affleck has given Simon and Garfunkel new life on the music charts.

From the reggae-rock punch of the title track to the closing caress of the lullaby-soul Dream, this is an album Smith is running on best instincts.

A Japanese girl group that mixes heavy metal riffage with pop choruses has made their US television debut.

Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as Okie From Muskogee and Sing Me Back Home, has died at 79, on his birthday.

Among the stars of a local Bowie tribute show is one who recorded with him and one who had him as a babysitter.

Blues-rock guitar fans will be delighted to hear that prolific New York artist Joe Bonamassa is returning to NZ for one show, at the ASB Theatre in Auckland.

Dr Luke has branded Kesha's claims she was offered her "freedom" in exchange for saying she lied about him sexually abusing her a "publicity stunt".

Taylor Swift paid a gushing tribute to boyfriend Calvin Harris at the iHeart Radio Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Lena Dunham felt she was "in the presence of otherworldly greatness" when she attended Rihanna's ANTI tour this week.

Singer-songwriter-mother Anika Moa tells Greg Bruce why she doesn't like happy endings.

Kesha has suggested she would be allowed out of her recording contract - if she admitted she "lied" about being sexually assaulted.

Leonardo DiCaprio was "a great sport" about James Corden's Carpool Karaoke prank.

The former One Direction star's Mind of Mine has hit the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums countdown with sales of 157,000.

The veteran American singer-songwriter's Auckland show didn't just cater to his older fanbase.

Jennifer Lopez is the latest celebrity to take the passenger's seat alongside talk show host James Corden in his wildly popular gig "Carpool Karaoke".

A 70-piece LA-based orchestra will perform a mash-up of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Kanye West to create, Yeethoven.

Lukas Graham might be on the cusp of world domination right now and they're no overnight sensation.

Paramore star Hayley Williams has been slapped with legal action from former bassist Jeremy Davis.