ZZ Top have cancelled their scheduled Hollywood Bowl concert with Cheap Trick due to what management has described as "unforeseen personnel matters", with automatic refunds to be issued for all ticket holders.

The St Louis progressive rock band, led by David Surkamp and joined by Iain Matthews, will present their 1975 debut album in its entirety across five Australian cities in July 2027.

Daniel Caesar has expanded his Son Of Spergy Tour with Australian and Latin American dates, bringing his first headline arena tour to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in November 2026 following the release of his fourth studio album.

A new Australian production of Noël Coward's classic comedy Private Lives, starring Hugh Bonneville and Lisa McCune, has added a Melbourne season following record first-day ticket demand for its Sydney premiere.

Grammy-nominated instrumental duo DOMi & JD BECK will return to Australia in November for three East Coast theatre shows supporting their second album WHO ASKED?.

Massive Attack's first Australian headline tour in 16 years is set to begin this week after the Bristol collective revealed the setlist performed at their South Korea show on August 1, offering a preview of a career-spanning performance built around Mezzanine favourites, Blue Lines essentials, Heligoland material and unexpected cover versions.

Canadian punk band Propagandhi will return to Australia and Aotearoa in January and February 2027 for their first regional tour in almost eight years, with dates across Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Barwon Heads, Melbourne, Wellington and Auckland supporting their latest album At Peace.

The 2003 Christmas film will be screened with a live symphony orchestra in four Australian cities this December, with performances featuring the score by Craig Armstrong alongside the film's soundtrack.

Paul Kelly will return to Sydney's Kings Cross for a one-off performance at the Potts Point Hotel on 30 August, coinciding with the release of the expanded edition of his 2025 album Seventy and marking another chapter in his long association with the neighbourhood that helped shape his songwriting.

Jimmy Barnes will headline the 2026 One Electric Day festival at Werribee Park, joined by The Living End, Ian Moss, Baby Animals, Chocolate Starfish and Bachelor Girl when the event returns to Victoria this November.

Things of Stone and Wood have released "Fade Away", the latest single from their comeback album Rae Street, while confirming more Australian performances and signalling that a second new studio album will follow later in 2026.

Jason Donovan will be joined by Nadine Garner and Jeremy Proulx when the full cast is unveiled for the new Melbourne production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, opening at the Athenaeum Theatre in November.

Peter Gabriel has unveiled 'One By One', the latest preview of his forthcoming album O\I, continuing the lunar release strategy that first defined I/O and offering further insight into the conceptual themes behind his next studio project.

Australian musical theatre performers Catherine Alcorn, Sally Bourne, Lena Cruz and Chelsea Gibb will lead the cast of the 2026 Australian production of Menopause The Musical, with the long running international hit returning to Australian stages from August.

Michigan post-hardcore band Chiodos will return to Australia for the first time in more than a decade this November, performing their landmark 2005 debut album All's Well That Ends Well in full across five headline shows with Rain City Drive and The Beautiful Monument.

Wildlands Festival has announced its 2026/27 lineup, bringing together major international electronic artists including John Summit, Skepta, WORSHIP, KI/KI and Disco Lines for New Year's Eve in Brisbane and a January 2027 event in Perth.

SIX The Musical has opened in Melbourne for its third season, bringing the Tudor wives of Henry VIII back to the Comedy Theatre in a pop concert-style production that has developed a dedicated following since its Australian debut in 2022.

ABC will return to Australia in March 2027 for their first full national tour in more than a decade, with Martin Fry leading a six-date celebration of The Lexicon of Love and the band's catalogue of classic pop songs.

Christopher Nolan's acclaimed science fiction film Interstellar will be presented in concert across Australia in March 2027, with Hans Zimmer's celebrated score performed live by a 65-piece orchestra while the complete film is screened in full.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared the title track from their forthcoming album Alien Metal, offering a second preview of a record built around modular synthesis while confirming a series of Australian shows for October.

Australian electronic producer Ninajirachi has teamed with Porter Robinson for their first official collaboration, 'WannaCry', following months of live previews and more than a decade after Robinson inspired her first concert experience.

Sheri Moon Zombie has stepped into music as a solo recording artist with the release of her debut single, I Love My Robot, accompanied by a music video directed by her husband, Rob Zombie, and an exclusive limited edition vinyl release through Nuclear Blast.

Beyond The Valley has revealed the full artist lineup for its 2026 edition, with John Summit, Black Eyed Peas, KI/KI and Skepta leading the bill when the Victorian festival returns to Barunah Plains from 28 December 2026 to 1 January 2027.

Don McLean has expanded his Australian tour celebrating the 55th anniversary of American Pie, adding a Geelong performance and confirming Australian artists Gaudion and 1927 as support acts for selected dates.

Thirty years after becoming one of Australia's defining films, The Castle is heading to the stage with the original Working Dog creative team writing the adaptation for a Melbourne premiere in March 2027.

Australia's biggest country music festival will mark its 20th anniversary when CMC Rocks QLD returns to Willowbank Raceway in Queensland from 17 to 21 March 2027, with organisers promising a milestone edition of the long running event.

Lisa McCune, Belinda Giblin and an outstanding six-woman ensemble prove Robert Harling's timeless stage classic remains as powerful on stage as it has been on screen for nearly four decades.

Former Home And Away actor Jake Speer will step into one of musical theatre's most recognisable roles after being cast as Daniel Hillard and his alter ego Mrs. Doubtfire for the Australian production of 'Mrs. Doubtfire', opening in Melbourne this November before transferring to Sydney in 2027.

Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley have expanded their Together Alone Tour into Australia's capital cities for 2027 while also confirming the release of the live album Together Alone: Live At The Ulumbarra Theatre, recorded during their 2022 collaboration.

System Of A Down will return to Australia for their first headline tour in more than a decade in January and February 2027, joined by fellow American heavy music pioneers Faith No More for three stadium concerts in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.