As the spring sun begins to shine, international superstar Mariah Carey puts the finishing touches on Merry Christmas II You, her second career album of holiday tunes, arriving November 8th on Universal Music.

Yani Johanson and James Dann present The Peopleʼs Choice - "Shake Rattle n Rap", a hip-hop track about their local body election campaign.

Duffy is back with one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year. On November 29 the acclaimed British singer releases Endlessly, the follow-up to the enormously successful multi-platinum selling album Rockferry.

The fourth edition of Wellingon's Homegrown music festival next March will set the scene for some goodbyes and some new beginnings.

Susan Boyle's favourite song is a New Zealand classic and she's covered it for her latest album, British newspapers have reported.

Unfortunately due to ill health Andr Rieu has had to postpone his Australia and New Zealand concert dates which were due to commence mid-October in Melbourne. Andr has been suffering from a viral infection of the vestibular nerve which has left him unable to carry out his tour commitments.

The Frontier Touring Company wish to advise that Owl City's upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand has had to be postponed until further notice.

On Monday September 20, Metallica are releasing the Australia/New Zealand themed EP Six Feet Down Under. This release coincides with their massive forthcoming tour down under and celebrates the band's amazing history in this part of the world.

The Rock radio station had an exclusive interview with megastars Bono and The Edge from U2 that will air tomorrow at 7.30am.

This has been the only New Zealand interview to promote The U2 360° Tour that will come to Auckland on 25 November this year.

The Naked and Famous are spearheading Auckland's emerging electro-pop scene. JULE SCHERER of NZPA talks to the Silver Scroll short-listed band about their debut album Passive Me, Aggressive You, being an indie band and why they almost retired last year.