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SOUL legend Stevie Wonder will tour Australia in October, his first Down Under visit in more than a decade.

That Billy Joel T-shirt commemorating his 1987 USSR tour may be a nostalgic keepsake. But politically and socially, it's as out ...

DMX has been arrested at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on outstanding warrants.

Sixteen years in the making, Peter Gabriel's Big Blue Ball is now out on Real World records. This all-star collaboration began in 1992 during a "Recording Week" at Real World Studios when Gabriel opened the doors to 75 international artists from over 20 countries. This series of weeklong residential sessions continued over three years. "The idea was to put rock musicians together with musicians from all over the world and see what happened," Gabriel says. "We ran the studio like a dating service with a 24-hour cafe." The 11 tracks on ...

After backing Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis, The Watson Twins shouldn't be overshadowed much longer. "Waves" features the crystalline, aqueous beauty of Chandra Watson's voice, perfectly set off by music that seems to hum just below the surface.

Last weekend it was Radiohead and Linkin Park we look ahead to a busy weekend of live action plus spend a day with Nick Cave.

Album review of With A Buzz In Our Ears We Play Endlessly by Sigur Ros reviewed by Matthew Jennings.

A brilliant festival spoilt only by a few minor organisational problems

The legendary songwriter produced some of pop music's lushest and most iconic hits in the 1960s and '70s. With a crew of vocalists, he takes the piano bench to perform some of his most popular work, live at Walt Disney concert Hall.