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Midnight Oil play the Bowl on their Great Circle Tour 2017 Monday 6 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Rob Hirst 1955-2025: Midnight Oil Drummer And Australian Music Icon Dies Aged 70

The global music community mourns the loss of Midnight Oil co-founder Rob Hirst, a formidable drummer, songwriter and activist whose work helped shape Australian rock and carried its voice to the world.

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Gotthard
Gotthard Share New Single ‘Smiling In The Pouring Rain’ Ahead of More Stereo Crush

Swiss rock institution Gotthard return with a reflective new song that finds optimism in adversity, continuing a legacy built on melody, resilience and connection.

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Larry Fleet Announces ‘Another Year Older’ Album And Launches Global Tour With ‘American Made’ Single

The Tennessee songwriter opens a new chapter with a reflective album and an international tour that stretches from the US to Europe and the UK.

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Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham
Felicity Urquhart And Josh Cunningham Release ‘Stone In Your Heart’ Ahead Of New Album

Award-winning duo continue their rich creative partnership with a new single leading into the forthcoming album Everything Around You.

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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds 2013 by Ros O'Gorman
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Play First Aussie Show Of 2026 In Western Australia

The Wild God Tour returns Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to Australian stages for the first time since 2017, opening with a sold out Fremantle Park performance that drew deeply from the band's new album Wild God while surveying four decades of music history.

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Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells
Tubular Bells In Concert Brings Mike Oldfield Masterpiece To Australia For 50th Anniversary Tour

The landmark instrumental work that launched Virgin Records and reshaped modern music returns to the stage with an expansive live production celebrating five decades of Tubular Bells.

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APRA Professional Development Awards
APRA Professional Development Awards 2026 Finalists Announced

61 Australian Songwriters And Composers Recognised Across 13 Categories As Career-Shaping Awards Near

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Lime Cordiale photo by Mark Gambino
Lime Cordiale Present Climate-Focused Lime Green Festival

Lime Cordiale unveil Lime Green Festival, an ambitious off-grid music event combining live performance, community and climate action in Adelaide.

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Phil Campbell of Motörhead in interview with Paul Cashmere at Noise11
Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons Celebrate 50 Years Of Motörhead With Family Led Australian Tour

Phil Campbell brings his family band Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons to Australia in March 2026 to celebrate 50 years of Motörhead, joined by support act Willie J’s 6V6’s.

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Keith Urban, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2014 photo by Ros O'Gorman
Keith Urban Rising Star Scholarship Applications Now Open

Global Superstar Partners With Tamworth Country Music Festival To Create Career-Defining Nashville Opportunity For Emerging Australian Artists by Paul Cashmere

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Kreator announce new album Krushers Of The World and release new single Seven Serpents
Kreator Release Dystopian Video For Title Track Of New Album ‘Krushers Of The World’

The German thrash titans have dropped the official clip for the album's title track, filmed in a post-apocalyptic Berlin, as their 16th studio album lands now.

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Lost Society photo by Sam Jamsen
Lost Society Announce New Album Hell Is A State Of Mind

A new era of Finnish metal arrives as the band unveil their most ambitious record yet, led by the single “Blood Diamond” and a cinematic shift in sound by Paul Cashmere

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Immolation by Stephanie Gentry
Immolation Announce New Album Descent Out April 10 With New Single Adversary

New York death metal institution Immolation return with their twelfth studio album Descent, unveiling the record's first single Adversary and detailing a release that further consolidates their legacy as one of extreme metal's most enduring forces. by Paul Cashmere

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Cosmic Psychos
Cosmic Psychos Close In On Tour Finale As Knighty Wraps Season One Of HOW YA GOIN?

As Cosmic Psychos push deeper into the final stretch of their sprawling 40-plus date Australian tour, the band's momentum shows no sign of easing. The run, launched in support of their latest album I Like Beer, has coincided with a parallel creative outlet for frontman Ross Knight, whose podcast How Ya Goin? has quietly become one of the most engaging music discussion series currently circulating in Australia.

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David Byrne photo by Ros O'Gorman
David Byrne Kicks Off Australian Tour In Brisbane

David Byrne opened his Australian tour with a tightly choreographed, career-spanning set in Brisbane on Saturday, 17 January 2026, reminding the crowd just how wide and restless his musical world still is.

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Matchbox Romance photo by Anthony Saint James
Matchbook Romance Returns With New Single “Something Worse Than the Night” Ahead of 20th Anniversary VOICES | VISIONS Deluxe

Matchbook Romance have announced a digital deluxe reissue of their seminal 2006 album VOICES, marking its 20th anniversary with the release scheduled for February 13 via Epitaph. The reissue, titled VOICES | VISIONS, expands the original record with two previously unreleased tracks that were first recorded during the album's initial sessions but left unfinished for nearly two decades.

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Silents Synced Brings R.E.M. and Buster Keaton to Cinemas in New Live Scored Event

Silents Synced, the cinema experience that pairs iconic silent films with landmark alternative rock albums, is set to return to Australian screens in February 2026, this time pairing Buster Keaton's 1924 comedy classic Sherlock Jr. with R.E.M.'s mid-1990s albums Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi. The nationwide screenings begin on 5 February 2026, promising a reimagined cinema event that blends early 20th-century filmmaking with the era-defining sound of 1990s alternative rock.

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Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition 2025 Top 50 Announcement
Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition 2025 Winners Revealed

The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition has announced the winners of its 2025 edition, spotlighting songwriting excellence from across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Scotland, the Netherlands and the United States. With more than 4,000 songs entered from 52 countries, the competition again demonstrated its reach as one of the world's most significant platforms for discovering and supporting contemporary songwriting talent.

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Ralph McTell
Ralph McTell Returns To Australia For Farewell Tour Somewhere Down The Road

Ralph McTell will return to Australia in May for what has been confirmed as his final tour of the country, marking a significant moment in the shared history between the British folk icon and Australian audiences. The Somewhere Down The Road farewell tour arrives almost fifty years after McTell first toured Australia, closing a chapter that has seen generations connect with his songs, stories and distinctive finger-picking guitar style.

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Split Enz at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne 11 June 2006
Split Enz Reunite For Forever Enz Tour As Second Melbourne Show Added For May 2026

Split Enz will return to Australian stages in May 2026 for their first full tour in almost two decades, confirming the Forever Enz Tour as one of the most significant live events on the local music calendar next year. With overwhelming demand already evident, the first Melbourne show has sold out and a second date has now been added at Rod Laver Arena.

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LØLØ photo by Whitney Otte
LØLØ Announces Sophomore Album God Forbid A Girl Spits Out Her Feelings And Unleashes New Single 007

Canadian pop-rock artist LØLØ has confirmed the release of her sophomore album God Forbid A Girl Spits Out Her Feelings, due out April 17 via Fearless Records, marking a significant next step in a career that has steadily gathered global momentum. The announcement arrives alongside the release of a new single, 007, which sets the tone for an album rooted in diaristic songwriting, sharp emotional detail, and a refined balance between pop immediacy and alternative rock grit.

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Cavetown releases new single Npc ahead of Running With Scissors
Cavetown Releases Running With Scissors As A Coming Of Age Statement

Cavetown, the long running project of UK born artist Robin Skinner, has released his new album Running With Scissors, out now via Futures Music Group and Virgin Music Group. The record arrives as a defining chapter in Skinner's evolution, expanding the intimate bedroom pop foundations that first drew listeners to his work into a broader, more confrontational and emotionally layered statement about adulthood, responsibility and self definition.

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Paul Kelly AWITG on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Red Hot Summer Tour Adds New Stops With Paul Kelly Headlining All-Australian Line-Up

The Red Hot Summer Tour has once again expanded its footprint across Australia, confirming four new dates that will see the festival land in Mornington, Hervey Bay, Hillarys and Sandstone Point. The 2026 run will continue the event's long-standing tradition of delivering a star-studded, all-Australian bill across some of the country's most scenic outdoor venues, and this year's edition is anchored by one of the nation's most revered storytellers, Paul Kelly.

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Dom Dolla
In 2025 Not A Single Australian Song Hit The Top 20

Taylor Swift had 10 Top 10 singles; Australia had none by Jeff Jenkins No Australian song hit number one in 2025. In fact, an Australian single failed to crack the Top 20. It’s believed to be the first time in chart history that a homegrown hit has not reached the Top 20.

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Mike Finnigan
My Credit Didn’t Go Through Introduces Final Album From Blues Master Mike Finnigan

A previously unreleased recording from the late Mike Finnigan has emerged, offering a powerful preview of a long awaited final statement from one of American music's most respected behind the scenes figures. My Credit Didn't Go Through is the first track released from Mike Finnigan, a posthumous, self titled album due on March 20 via Forty Below Records.

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Ghost Release Its A Sin As Lachryma Earns Grammy Nomination

Swedish theatrical rock institution Ghost have opened another chapter in their meticulously curated mythology, officially releasing their cover of Pet Shop Boys' Its A Sin to digital streaming platforms for the first time. The track, long considered a collector's item, was previously available only as a 7-inch vinyl bonus single included with deluxe editions of Ghost's 2018 album Prequelle. Its arrival on streaming services now places the song firmly back into the band's active canon, coinciding with the launch of the latest instalment in Ghost's ongoing webisode series.

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Audrey Hobert photo by Kyle Berger
Audrey Hobert Confirms North American Headline Tour And Major Festival Appearances

Rising American pop artist Audrey Hobert has confirmed her first full North American headline tour, marking a major new chapter in a career that has rapidly moved from behind-the-scenes songwriting to centre-stage performances. The tour follows a run of intimate, completely sold-out club shows across the United States and Canada late last year and positions Hobert as one of the most closely watched emerging artists of 2026.

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Jay Buchanan Releases New Single True Black From Solo Album Weapons Of Beauty

Jay Buchanan has stepped further into his own creative orbit with the release of True Black, the second song revealed from his forthcoming debut solo album Weapons Of Beauty, due on February 6, 2026. Best known as the voice and primary lyricist of Grammy nominated rock band Rival Sons, Buchanan's solo work finds him exploring a more intimate, spiritually charged sound that draws deeply on American roots music and personal reflection.

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Bif Naked Channels Documentary Momentum Into New Single Snowblinded

Fresh from an extraordinary run of sold out documentary screenings across Canada, Bif Naked has returned with new music that draws a direct line between reflection and confrontation. The Canadian icon has released the new single and music video Snowblinded, lifted from her 2025 studio album Champion, extending a period of renewed creative focus that has reconnected her with audiences on multiple fronts.

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Black Stone Cherry photo by Jimmy Fontaine
Black Stone Cherry Unite With Tyler Connolly For ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ Cover Ahead Of Celebrate EP

Black Stone Cherry have joined forces with Theory Of A Deadman frontman Tyler Connolly for a new recording of ‘Don't You (Forget About Me)', placing a distinctly modern hard rock lens over the Simple Minds classic. The track arrives as the latest preview from the band's forthcoming EP Celebrate, due for release on 6 March via Mascot Records.

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