In this issue: Mariah Carey, KISS, Keith Urban, Tina Arena, Guy Sebastian, Black Sabbath and Ash Grunwald announce extra tour dates, Swedish House Mafia sell out in 30 seconds and loads more..

KISS AND MÖTLEY CRÜE - 2ND AND FINAL SYDNEY SHOW ON SALE MONDAY!

In this issue: The Oh Sees add more dates to Australian tour, Swedish House Mafia coming to Melbourne, Boyz II Men final Melbourne show announced, Pink adds more dates to tour and more!

Thee Oh Sees add more dates to Australian tour

In this issue:Blink 182 add another show in Melbourne and release extra tickets in Brisbane, Bombay Bicycle Club change their tour itinerary, Foals add a second show in Sydney and more!

Blink 182 second Melbourne show added and extra Brisbane tickets released

No matter what may happen on stage, there's always something happening behind the stage: we do that every week here on The State of Affairs. This week: Sam Sparro gives producers an opportunity to remix his music, an opportunity to educate yourself to get into DIY audience expansion, and a bunch of Australian artists grab a heap of grants to tour around Australia and provide workshops.

In the column this week: more awards of the triple j kind, Psy remains at the top (when will it end?), and classical musicians get an opportunity at to head to Austria.

This week in the column: opportunities galore for electronic artists, SXSW process get confirmed, and the AGE EG awards are announced.

After a week away, it’s time now to delve into what’s been happening in the world of industry once again. This week: conferences ahoy! The ARIA Week announces its events prior to its big awards show, and Gossling gets signed to Dew Process, plus more.

This week we have new release news from The Rolling Stones, Swedish House Mafia, Woods, City Riots, Redcoats, Birds Of Tokyo, Coldplay and more! Check it all out below.

Another month has gone by so quickly and so much has happened in the last 30 days! What are those events exactly? Well... you’re about to find out…

1. The Rolling Stones unleash logo to commemorate their 50 year anniversary (Pictured Above)

New Order

Today we bring you five new music videos that have caught our eye.