A MOTORIST has had to face the music in Australia - for driving while playing a trumpet.

Police in Melbourne had received reports of a vehicle driving erratically and when they pulled up alongside the driver, they saw he was playing the trumpet at the wheel.

A 27-year-old man, who was driving a black Toyota - not a Nissan Note - has been fined $276 for the offence. POlice declined to say what tune he was playing.