Macklemore and & Ryan Lewis continue thier dominance on the charts, but Flume isn't too far behind. The Coopers Amp Prize rolls on with website content, and Josh Pyke giving you an opportunity to be mentored by him, all this in this weeks State of Affairs.

Welcome to this weeks album news, we have new album announcements from the likes of Bon Jovi, David Bowie, SBRTKT, Strange Talk and much more! stay tuned for more in next weeks issue.

Sydney’s A-Team Tour was held yesterday afternoon at the Metro Theatre. Hosted by Timothy Delaghetto and Ricky Shucks, Andrew Garcia was the opening act for the show. Garcia is a member of YTF – a multi-talented Youtube group consisting of Ryan Higa, Chester See, Victor Kim, DTRIX and JR Aquino, and successfully opened the show by performing Justin Bieber’s ‘Somebody to Love’ and one of Maroon 5’s classics, ‘Sunday Morning’.

If you thought there was pandemonium when Lady Gaga played an exclusive, intimate show at the Sydney Town Hall last year - imagine the chaos when Justin Bieber comes to town to do a similar sort of shindig?

A big week for album releases, with some big acts the likes of Bloc Party, Ricki-Lee and Justin Bieber. This week also sees a release from the hit show, The Voice and a debut or two from local artists such as Blue Sun and The Rubens.

Canadian wunderkind Justin Bieber seemed to have been left in the dust recently, what with the craze generated over new kids on the block, One Direction. Not to be left behind though, the teenager has announced that he will be returning to the Australian fan base which screamed and fainted for him during his first tour out here last year, for a promotional trip in July.