We already knew John Fogherty was coming to Bluesfest 2012 to play Cosmo's Factory. But for those of you that can't make it to Bluesfest, you will now have a chance to share the goodtimes with the announcement of a national tour.

Here’s the deal… three acts, three studios in one Drive Time show, for a full week! Featuring blistering live in-studio performances from a bunch of talent, there’s sure to have a lot of something for everyone. Acts kicking off the opening Drive Live 2012 juggernaut will be Graveyard Train, Howl At The Moon and Ben Salter.

The big question for any Bruce Springsteen fan after the recent "Wrecking Ball" tour announcements is Who will play sax?" With the loss of Clarence Clemons in 2011 it is understandable that he can never be replaced, however what will the show be like without all those magic sax solo's that almost define the sound of Springsteen song of old?

Billboard has announced its first list of the top 100 most powerful people in the music industry. Number 1 most powerful is Irving Azoff. Azoff is the chairperson for "Live Nation" the worlds biggest artist management group, ticketing agency and promoter.

Motörhead is responsible for some of the greatest all-time hard rock/heavy metal songs ("The Ace of Spades," "Overkill," etc.) and albums ('Ace of Spades,' 'No Sleep 'til Hammersmith,' etc.) – not to mention featuring one of rock's all-time great characters in their ranks, Lemmy Kilmister. As a result, Motörhead fans are always on the hunt for uncommon and rare items to complete their collection. And now, the group is offering a treat for their fans, known as "The Motör-Bag."

Steel Panther have just executed a fabulous marketing coup that will engender anger from womens groups but sell a whole lotta records in the process.

Rdio, the music streaming service from the founders of Skype was launched in Australia and New Zealand last week. To celebrate Vice are taking over the entire Beach Rd Hotel in Bondi for Chateau Rdio on February 4th.

Girlschool’s second album, Hit And Run, out in 1981, was a classic. To this day, a number of tracks off Hit And Run feature on the live setlist of the band which consists of the original line-up – with the exception of the late Kelly Johnson, who sadly passed away in 2007 (she was replaced by guitarist Jackie Chambers in 2000). Girlschool released the re-recorded version of Hit And Run in 2011, complemented by two awesome bonus tracks.

The Cherry Bar in ACDC Lane Melbourne will host a special Benefit Gig for The Ox That Rocks, Adriano Tiatto, GUT lead singer, former Australian Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and St Kilda music scene icon.

As predicted, Gotye took out the top spot in JJJ's Top 100 yesterday with 'Somebody That I Used To Know' featuring Kimbra.

'Rising Below' is the first track taken from Dirty Three's new album Toward The Low Sun, set for release on 24 February 2012.

OK, so if you are a "truly independent artist", there doesn't seems to be a "true" definition of this anywhere (could mean you record albums by peddling your own power source?) You have the chance to compete in the MusicOz Awards 2012!

Gotye’s smash hit Somebody That I Used To Know is a dominant $1.11 favourite to take the number one spot in Triple J’s annual Hottest 100 countdown on Australia Day.

It is obviously with great bile and sadness that I type " Final Show at East Brunswick Club Announced" . It should never be typed in the first place. However the East Brunswick is going out with a bang you won't want to miss.

Lionel Ritchie will release an album of 13 of his international hit singles re- recorded with the likes of Shania Twain, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Jimmy Buffett.

The new album " Wrecking Ball" will be released on March 6th 2012. To coincide with the release Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced 19 tour dates across the U.S.A from March through to May 2012

Wolf & Cub wil release their double A-side single in February this year. Check out the teaser for The Light // All Through The Night .

Husband and wife team, Neil and Sharon Finn started Pajama Club as bit of a laff after a wine fuelled dinner. The resulting self titled debut album fleshed out by musician Sean Donnelly is, according to Rolling Stone; “Only in the hands of Neil Finn – the antipodean Paul McCartney- can a lounge-room jam become a thing of such rich complexity."

As has been widely reported today, Chris Cornell spoke to the gathering crowd in front of the Soundgarden stage at the Big Day Out about the music coming from a neighbouring stage, saying "there's children playing music there, retarded children, retarded as in held back. There's no other word for it." The music he was referring to was Kanye West's performance.

Steve Tyler of Aerosmith has been copping a bit of flack over his performance of " The Star Spangled Banner " at a Baltimore Ravens / New England Patriots AFC title game a couple of days ago.