Polish death metal veterans Vader will bring their unrelenting live assault back to Australia in May 2026, marking the 25th anniversary of their two landmark releases, Reign Forever World and Litany. The tour, presented by Hardline Media, will see the Olsztyn-born icons deliver an uncompromising setlist from their extensive and brutal catalogue.

Following the huge success of his 15-date regional By Request tour, Diesel is keeping the momentum rolling into 2026, adding another 21 shows across Australia. The expanded By Request ‘26 Tour will see the much-loved singer-songwriter and guitarist return to stages from Tasmania to Queensland, finishing with a fitting hometown finale at the Sydney Opera House on 26 April 2026.

When Creedence Clearwater Revival's Stu Cook and his bandmates in Jackdawg sat down to create the Jackdawg album, they weren't thinking of just any Australian singer. They were thinking of Chrissy Amphlett, the defiant, magnetic frontwoman of Divinyls whose voice, attitude and stage presence captivated audiences across the world in the 1980s and 90s.

Australian indie rock favourites The Temper Trap have unveiled the stunning cinematic video for their latest single ‘Giving Up Air', filmed at London's iconic Trellick Tower and directed by Andrea Banjanin (The Vaccines, Geowulf). The emotionally charged clip captures the intimate story of a young father and his teenage son navigating grief and connection, mirroring the song's raw themes of struggle, responsibility and hope.

Love Police will introduce Australian audiences to one of the most quietly powerful songwriters to emerge from the American folk scene this century. Portland, Oregon musician Jeffrey Martin will tour Australia for the first time in March 2026, performing intimate shows in Melbourne and Sydney and appearing at the Port Fairy Folk Festival and Blue Mountains Music Festival.

Atlanta's uncompromising punk force Upchuck will unleash their raw and rebellious sound across Australia and New Zealand for the first time in March 2026. The tour will bring Upchuck to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Wellington, alongside a performance at Victoria's Golden Plains Festival.

Los Angeles psych-rockers Allah-Las will bring their distinctive sun-soaked Californian sound back to Australia in March 2026 for a long-awaited national tour. Presented by Handsome Tours, the five-date run will include headline shows in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Byron Bay and Perth, marking their first visit since the release of their 2023 album Zuma 85 and instrumental single Countryman ‘82 b/w Dume Room.

Finland's masters of melodic metal, Battle Beast, will finally unleash their full-throttle live fury on Australian soil in March 2026. Known for fusing the epic grandeur of classic heavy metal with 1980s-inspired hard rock and a cinematic pop sheen, Battle Beast have built a global reputation for turning stages into battlegrounds of melody and might.

Australian music powerhouses Sam Dainty and Paul Dainty AO, AM have launched a new artist management venture, marking a bold new chapter in the Dainty legacy. The pair's first signing, 22-year-old pop artist Charly Oakley, is already turning heads with their debut single Against The Odds, released through AWAL.

American indie folk artist Iron & Wine will bring his quietly powerful storytelling and richly textured soundscapes back to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2026, with new shows confirmed for Hobart, Auckland and Wellington.

Tucker Wetmore, country music's fast-rising star and 2025 CMA New Artist nominee, has announced The Brunette World Tour, a 22-stop headline run that will take him across the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe in early 2026. The tour follows the record-breaking arrival of his debut album What Not To, which established Wetmore as one of the format's breakout names this year.

Kenny Loggins has publicly condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for using his hit song Danger Zone in an unauthorised AI-generated video shared over the weekend on Trump's Truth Social account. The clip, which quickly spread across social media, depicted Trump wearing a crown while piloting a fighter jet labelled “King Trump” as it dropped sludge over protesters gathered in what appeared to be New York's Times Square.

U2 bassist Adam Clayton has opened his first-ever public exhibition of bass guitars from his personal collection at Ireland's Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge, County Kildare. The exclusive showcase, titled Played, Worn, & Torn Featuring The Adam Clayton Collection, runs from 20 October to 9 November 2025 and offers a rare glimpse into the musical legacy of one of rock's most distinctive bass players.

Multi-platinum pop artist Conan Gray is set to return to Australian and New Zealand arenas in 2026, bringing his Wishbone World Tour to this side of the globe for the very first time. The tour follows the runaway success of Gray's latest album Wishbone (Republic Records), which delivered his strongest chart debut yet, debuting at #1 on Billboard's Album Sales Chart and #3 on the Billboard 200.

Melbourne's own musical innovator Lance Ferguson returns with a soulful twist on Billie Eilish's haunting 2020 ballad My Future, this time reimagined through a 1970s Soul lens and powered by the stunning vocals of Rita Satch. The track is the latest single from Ferguson's forthcoming album Rare Groove Spectrum, Vol. 3, due for release on Friday 21 November.

Kirin Ichiban will fuse music, craftsmanship and culture in a rare sensory event this November, with the announcement of the Kirin Ichiban Listening Room curated by the legendary DJ, broadcaster and tastemaker Gilles Peterson. The event will take place on Sunday 16 November at Sydney's Ivy Penthouse, offering a high-fidelity experience that celebrates the purity of both sound and taste.

Wu-Tang Clan, the world's most influential hip-hop collective, will return to Australia for the last time in March 2026 with Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber Tour. The shows will mark the end of an era for fans who have followed the Clan's groundbreaking 30-year journey from the streets of Staten Island to the global stage.

For the first time in their more than 40-year career, Australian rock legends Hoodoo Gurus will perform with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in a one-night-only event at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Thursday 29 January 2026.

Sudan Archives, the Los Angeles-based violinist, singer, and producer who redefined modern R&B with her experimental edge, has released her third studio album The BPM today through Stones Throw Records. The album cements her reputation as one of the most inventive forces in contemporary music, combining her signature violin sound with global club rhythms and futuristic production.

Finnish metal powerhouse Battle Beast have returned with their seventh studio album, Steelbound, an audacious and high-energy record that stakes a claim for sheer theatricality and headbanging euphoria. Released as the band embark on a European run, the 38 minute album fuses power metal muscle with pop hooks and party-ready anthems, showcasing a group that have turned resilience into their signature sound.

After more than a decade cutting a distinctive path through Australia's live circuit, The Soul Movers have quietly reinvented themselves, announcing a name change that is at once pragmatic and symbolic. From now on the band will be known simply as Murray And The Movers, a switch explained by the group as a clarification of identity, and a reset for the next phase of their recording and live life.

Dog Trumpet, the long-running project of brothers Peter O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa, have released Waltz Of The Wind, the haunting new single from their latest album Live Forever. The song captures everything that has defined Dog Trumpet for more than three decades - understated poetry, luminous melodies and the bittersweet interplay of nostalgia and imagination.

Bon Jovi have unveiled We Made It Look Easy, a powerhouse new duet featuring British pop icon Robbie Williams, ahead of the release of Forever (Legendary Edition), a reimagined, star-studded edition of their 2024 album Forever, due 24 October.

A celebrated collaboration between a singular American songsmith and a Dutch visual auteur is back in print, this time in a more compact package. Originally released in 2013, Waits/Corbijn '77-'11 has been re-issued in an 8.1 x 11.4 inch format, bringing Anton Corbijn's stark portraits of Tom Waits, and Waits' own photographs collected under the title “Curiosities,” to a new generation of fans and collectors.

Richard Marx will return to Australia in April 2026 for a five-city national tour, bringing with him a career that has stretched across four decades, 14 number one singles and more than 30 million albums sold worldwide.

Ed Sheeran is set to return to Australia and New Zealand in early 2026 with his colossal Loop Tour, and he's bringing along an impressive lineup of guests. Joining Sheeran for the summer stadium shows will be Australian chart-topper Vance Joy, rising powerhouse Mia Wray, Irish trad innovators Biird, and soulful newcomer Aaron Rowe.

Melbourne’s Fed Square has revealed another huge wave of free outdoor music events, with Victorian psychedelic heavyweights King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Detroit house icon Moodymann, and local DJ legend DJ JNETT leading a packed summer schedule. The new series builds on an incredible run of major shows across the past year that have seen thousands gather in the heart of the city for some of Australia’s most memorable live moments.

AC/DC's long-awaited 2025 Australian tour has just grown louder with the addition of five powerhouse homegrown acts joining previously announced special guests Amyl & The Sniffers. The full-scale stadium run will now showcase a wall-to-wall celebration of Australian rock, with The Casanovas, Large Mirage, Oscar The Wild, Southern River Band and Headsend all confirmed as openers across the country.

When John Lennon released Shaved Fish on 24 October 1975 in the UK, it marked the end of one era and the beginning of another. The album arrived just as Lennon withdrew from the public eye to focus on family life, following the birth of his son Sean Lennon earlier that same month. It was also the final record he would release on Apple Records before the label shut down, making Shaved Fish not just a greatest-hits compilation, but a symbolic farewell to a turbulent chapter in his solo journey.

German electronicore provocateurs Electric Callboy have announced a triumphant return to Australia, locking in a five-city arena run for September 2026 that promises to be one of the biggest parties on the heavy music calendar next year. The Tanzneid World Tour will open in Perth on Friday September 4, before rolling through Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and finishing up at Brisbane's Riverstage on Saturday September 12.