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.

Today's flashback features guest vocals from Gin Wigmore.

Pink was left flustered when she came face-to-face with her crush Johnny Depp on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

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.

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.

Britney Spears was craving a cheeseburger after the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday.

Today's flashback is a 2005 favourite from Dave Dobbyn.

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".

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.

If a a trip to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival didn't quite make it into your 2016 budget planning, no matter.

Tauranga means "continuous settlement". It is a place my whanau has stayed, long before the arrival of settlers to the area.

The hills of Dairy Flat are alive with the sounds of music whenever James Wong, 7, and music therapist May Clulee get together.

Today's flashback was directed by Tony Holden.