The organisers of Australia's Spilt Milk Festival have quietly removed US artist d4vd from their 2025 line-up following shocking developments in an ongoing case in Los Angeles.

Motion City Soundtrack have officially ended their decade-long wait between records with the release of The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, out now via Epitaph Records. It marks their first studio album since 2015's Panic Stations and captures ten years of growth, change, and reflection.

In 1996, The Wedding Present veered into new territory with the release of Mini, an EP of six songs, each linked thematically to the open road and the art of driving. Almost three decades later, frontman David Gedge has decided it's time to rev the engine again. On 5 December, the band will deliver Maxi, a brand-new six-track collection cut from the same conceptual cloth but with an altogether more expansive sound.

Scottish alternative rock favourites Travis are set to return to Australia in January 2026 for the first time in almost a quarter of a century. The band will perform their landmark 1999 album The Man Who in its entirety, along with a selection of hits from across their 30-year career.

Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Hamish Stuart are set to release their brand-new EP A Hundred Years or More on 14 November 2025.

Trinity Woodhouse gets that life isn’t a straight line. The Hunter Valley alt-country artist has just released her new single “Pills”, and it might be her most personal song yet.

Daniel Johns is stepping back into the spotlight this November with What If The Future Never Happened?, a semi-autobiographical short film that fuses reality and fantasy, wrapped in a live storytelling and music event series across Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Sydney's Chuck Sics is staking his claim as one of Australia's must-watch emerging artists, dropping his latest single I've Been Thinking today ahead of the release of his debut EP Slipstream on September 23.

Hardy has fans buzzing once again, unveiling the highly anticipated track “Dog Years” ahead of his new album Country! Country!, out next Friday, September 26 via Big Loud. The song, written over a decade ago before Hardy even had a publishing deal, resurfaced last year after a standout performance at Miranda Lambert's MuttNation charity event, and fans have been clamouring for an official release ever since.  

The Saints are preparing to release what will stand as their final album with Chris Bailey, Long March Through The Jazz Age, due 28 November through Fire Records. The second single, Judas, has now been unveiled - a haunting, string-laden ballad where Bailey's unmistakeable voice is draped across the shimmer of a 12-string guitar.

Canadian country heavyweights The Washboard Union will play their first ever Australian shows this October, lining up festival sets and headline gigs to mark the release of their brand-new single Somebody To Love.

Mei Semones has taken out the prestigious Anchor Award at the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, marking a career-defining moment for the rising Japanese-American artist.

South London's own Joy Crookes has dropped her highly anticipated second album Juniper, marking the next chapter in one of the UK's most distinctive new voices. The release comes hot on the heels of Crookes being named War Child's newest ambassador and selling out a string of intimate in-store shows across the UK.

Elton John has taken his legendary songwriting into the world of high fashion with the Original West End Cast Recording of The Devil Wears Prada, now available on CD, digital and vinyl.

The Red Hot Summer Tour is set to turn up the heat in 2026 with a scorching all-Australian line-up headlined by one of the nation's most iconic and enduring singer-songwriters, Paul Kelly.

Def Leppard fans, get ready to relive the roar of Sheffield. The legendary rockers are releasing their hometown stadium show, captured during the 2023 European tour with Mötley Crüe, in multiple formats this November.

Mississippi-born singer-songwriter Colin Stough is back, and he's cranking up the Southern rock-country vibe with his latest single, “20 Bucks,” out now.

Ray Charles' legendary 1970 album Love Country Style is set to return for the first time in more than 50 years as part of the ongoing Tangerine Master Series, a carefully curated collection of reissues celebrating the 17x GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, pianist, and producer. The album will be released on Friday, October 24.

Texas country singer Drake Milligan has rolled out a brand-new single, Tumbleweed, out everywhere now. The track, written by Bobby Pinson, Cam Newby and Ian Christian, was produced by Trent Willmon and hand-picked by Milligan because it mirrors his own lifestyle-living like a tumbleweed, drifting across the globe with over 300 shows under his belt in the past three years.

Taylor Acorn is fuelling her pop-punk comeback with the release of her new single and video Crashing Out, ahead of her debut Fearless Records album Poster Child.

KennyHoopla has levelled up. The Cleveland-born rocker has today dropped his new EP conditions of an orphan// via The Orchard, with production from Paramore's Zac Farro and Mike Elizondo (Turnstile, 50 Cent).

You can’t make this up. Iggy Pop’s parrot Biggy has given Hoodoo Gurus the ultimate seal of approval.

David Byrne's Who Is The Sky? tour, named after his brand-new album, is officially underway.

Knotfest has confirmed it will not be staged in Australia in 2026. After three consecutive years that brought the biggest names in metal to local stages, the festival will take a pause before returning in 2027.

Rising artist d4vd has cancelled his upcoming U.S. tour after the body of a missing teenage girl was discovered in a Tesla registered to his name.

Waterparks have kicked off the next era of their career with their brand-new single If Lyrics Were Confidential, a confessional, no-filter track that frontman Awsten Knight calls one of the most personal songs the band has ever written.

Canadian electro-pop icon Lights is set to close out 2025 in a big way. Today she revealed plans for A6EXTENDED, a deluxe edition of her latest album A6, adding eight brand-new tracks to the project.

Mirador, the new band co-founded by Greta Van Fleet's Jake Kiszka and Ida Mae's Chris Turpin, have dropped their debut self-titled album via Republic Records.

All Time Low are back with a brand-new single, Butterflies, the latest taste of their upcoming tenth album Everyone's Talking!, due out October 17 through Basement Noise Records / Photo Finish / Virgin.

Lil Yachty has released his brand new track ‘Silver Lining' featuring Sauce Walka, alongside a cinematic video directed by AMD and Little Miles.