Country musician Merle Haggard, who emerged from prison to become the poetic voice of the American working man with hits such as "Mama Tried" and "If We Make It Through December," died on Wednesday, his 79th birthday, said manager Frank Mull.

Eighties legend Rick Astley has blown fans away with his comeback single. The Never Gonna Give You Up hit-maker appeared on ITV's Lorraine to promote the new track, titled Keep Singing. And it appears those tuning in at home were completely won over by his first release in more than ten years. "Rick Astley's............back? In 2016? And it sounds nothing like Never Gonna Give You Up? And it's pretty good? WHAT?" tweeted one fan afterwards.

"This whole industry f**king sucks and this little get-together you guys have here is like a private boys' club ... it's a bunch of jackasses and jerks and f**king gangsters and crooks who've f**king stolen everything from a f**king artist telling the artist to come out here and tap dance."

Steve Miller's gripes against the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — for which the rocker was inducted Friday night — extended past the podium into the backstage area later that night. "The whole process is unpleasant," Miller told reporters. "The whole process needs to be changed from the top to the bottom." Talking to Rolling Stone, Miller widened his targets, throwing barbs not just at the Rock Hall — though there were many choice words about that — but at his record label rep...

The former Beatles' drummer joins Bruce Springsteen in canceling his upcoming show over the recent legislation. Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr on Wednesday announced he has canceled a summer tour date in North Carolina in protest over the state's recently passed anti-gay legislation. "I'm sorry to disappoint my fans in the area, but we need to take a stand against this hatred," Starr said in a statement. "Spread peace and love.”

Prince transformed how we understood music — this complex and iconic artist who transcended genre, gender, race, fashion, and culture died on Thursday at the age of 57. It's hard to find any artist or music fan who wasn't influenced by him. Even President Obama addressed Prince's death yesterday. "As one of the most gifted and prolific musicians of our time, Prince did it all," the president said in a statement. "Nobody's spirit was stronger, bolder, or more creative."

An ancient song repertory will be heard for the first time in 1,000 years this week after being ‘reconstructed’ by a Cambridge researcher and a world-class performer of medieval music. There have been times while I’ve been working on this that I have thought I’m in the 11th century, when the music has been so close it was almost touchable.

The most trusted voice in music. In January, fans speculated the album was imminent when it emerged the group had registered a new company, Dawn Chorus LLP. Another entity, Dawnnchoruss Ltd., was established near the end of February. It was notable because the band also established companies before the surprise releases of In Rainbows and The King of Limbs.

The former drummer of US thrash metal band Megadeth, Nick Menza, has died after collapsing on stage. The 51-year-old is thought to have suffered a heart attack while he performed on stage with his band at a Los Angeles club, the Baked Potato. Mike Simpson, a fan who said he was at the gig, said Menza had collapsed before the band’s third song. “Thoughts and prayers going out to drummer Nick Menza," he wrote on Facebook. “I was watching his band OHM...

Ed Sheeran allegedly plagiarized his Top 10 hit "Photograph," according to a new lawsuit. A lawyer representing songwriters Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard and their company HoloSongs filed a lawsuit seeking more than $20 million on Wednesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter, claiming that the single, which appears on Sheeran's X LP, bore "verbatim, note-for-note" similarities to their song "Amazing," which The X Factor winner Matt Cardle recorded in 2012.

Former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge has said that he quit the band to focus on investigating the apparent threat of UFOs. DeLonge quit Blink-182 in January 2015, and has since released 'Sekret Machines', a book that blends sci-fi elements with real life accounts of purported UFO sightings and alien abductions. But he now says that UFOs are a 'national security issue', and claims that he was unable to combine his investigations with guitar duties in Blink-182.

The music industry is ramping up its campaign against YouTube. Musicians, including Katy Perry and Billy Joel, sent a petition earlier this year to the U.S. Copyright Office to amend the U.S. Copyright Act. Now there’s an open letter to Congress signed by stars like Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and U2 expressing a similar sentiment. Music labels like BMI, Sony Music and Universal Music Group have also endorsed the letter, which will be featured in ads on political websites like Politico and The Hill.

Led Zeppelin have won a lawsuit that alleged that they had plagiarized the music to "Stairway to Heaven" from Spirit's instrumental "Taurus."

Baltimore City police have confirmed the death of 23-year-old Tyrice "Lor Scoota" Watson, of Clifton Avenue following what police call a "targeted" shooting after the he was shot while driving Saturday evening. Sources say Lor Scoota one of Baltimore's fastest up and coming rappers was leaving the "Touch The People Pray For Peace in these Streets Charity Basketball Game," when he was shot and subsequently killed.

Lead attorney is billing at $330 an hour, says it's “below” going rate.

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been cleared of cancer after revealing he is finally in remission. The 68-year-old, who was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer in 2012, revealed the good news during a plaque-unveiling at Spire Parkway Hospital's Specialist Care Centre in Solihull, where he'd been receiving treatment. "I am in remission and hopefully, this situation will continue," he shared.

Reddit says it won't give Atlantic Records the IP address of a Reddit user who posted a link on the site of a single by Twenty One Pilots a week before the song's planned release. The song, "Heathens," was originally uploaded on June 15 to the file-sharing site Dropfile. That same day, the file landed on Reddit. According to a lawsuit (PDF) in New York State Supreme Court, the file was posted to the Twenty One Pilots subreddit with the title “[Leak] New Song – ‘Heathens' at...

D.C. rapper Swipey, who had amassed a dedicated fan base in the region and thousands of followers online, was shot and killed early Sunday in Prince George’s County, police said. Swipey, whose real name was Douglas Brooks, was found shortly after 1 a.m. outside a home in the 3600 block of Parkway Terrace Drive in Suitland. Police had responded to a call of gunshots and found Brooks, 18. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Police said Sunday that they do not believe the shooting was random but that they were still working to determine a suspect and motive.

The Misfits have announced a new drummer for their forthcoming reunion shows – and it’s none other than Dave Lombardo, the former drummer of Slayer. He will be joining the punk rock group on stage in September, and play on their festival dates. The Misfits, whose original lineup is Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only and Doyle Wolfgang, first split up in 1983, but bassist Only revived the name in 1995.. Lombardo and Glenn Danzig know each other since 1988, when Glenn’s band at the time, Danzig, played four shows with Slayer in the US.

The new teaser by Sia leaves our minds free to speculate about the possibility that the singer will soon amaze her fans with a new single called “We Are Your Children.” She posted a 15-minute clip on Twitter and wrote “The Greatest – Coming Sept. 6.” So the question is: is Sia preparing a compilation of her Greatest Hits?