The Ivors Academy has today announced that the four original members of Bloc Party are set to receive an Ivor Novello Award in the Outstanding Song Collection category. This award recognises the pioneering indie-rock band’s exceptional ability and legacy in songwriting throughout their 25-year career. Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong will be honoured with the award at The Ivors with Amazon Music which takes place at Grosvenor House in London on Thursday 22 May 2025.

Franz Ferdinand will return to Australia in November for their first tour since 2018.

Dr Jim Chalmers, the newly elected and returned Treasurer of Australia, can take 100 of his mates to the Illy concert in Canberra in August.

Fun fact: The Rolling Stones made the Tequila Sunrise famous first, not Eagles.

Pink Floyd are on course to claim their seventh UK Number 1 album this week, as Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII dominates the midweek Official Albums Chart.

The Damned guitarist Brian James has been buried at sea.

The Jesus Lizard will return to Australia in 2025 for their third Australia tour and first since 1998.

Andre 3000 released a surprise album after stepping out at the Met Gala.

Keith Urban will be honoured with the Triple Crown Award at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards.

A footnote video explaining the making of Britney Spears’ ‘Oops…I Did It Again’ video has been released to mark the 25th anniversary of the song.

James Baker, a founding member and drummer for The Hoodoo Gurus, later with Beasts of Bourbon and The Dubrovniks, has died at the age of 71.

Just a week after accepting the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australia Music from APRA, Kylie Minogue artifacts have gone on display at the Australian Music Vault in Melbourne.

Lorde has released the music video for ‘What Was That’, the first preview of her upcoming fourth album ‘Virgin’.

The Speaker Wars have released a third song ahead of the release of their self-titled album on 30 May 2025. Check out ‘The Forgiveness Tree’.

Cold Chisel’s 2024 performance from the iconic Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne last November will screen on the 7 Network in Australia this Sunday.

Ricky Martin will hang around in Melbourne for a little longer in November. Ricky will perform a second Melbourne show on 2 November.

Pavlov’s Dog will tour Australia for the very first time to mark their 50th anniversary.

Wolfgang Van Halen has out-thrillered Michael Jackson will an all-star hilariously gory video ‘The End’ with his band Mammoth’.

R.E.M. have released a special edition five track ‘Radio Free Europe’ EP to mark the 75th anniversary of the first broadcast Radio Free Europe, the American broadcaster out of New York into Europe to balance the propaganda of communism.

JD Fortune is back and will tour a setlist of INXS songs for Australia in October.

Samantha Fish is back on the road heading through Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri this week but with the new album ‘Paper Doll’ out now for 2025, Samantha has had to make a few sacrifices to the setlist to include the new music.

David Lee Roth has performed for the first time in five years at the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, Maryland.

Kylie Minogue felt "very emotional" as she finished her first ever US and Canada arena tour on Friday (02.05.25).

Oasis will reportedly not play the song Hello on their reunion tour due to the song's associastions with convicted paedophile Gary Glitter.

Beyoncé has been slapped with a cease-and-desist letter over video footage that appears during her new Cowboy Carter tour.

Lewis Capaldi has returned to the stage for the first time in nearly two years at a charity gig in his native Scotland.

Anderson .Paak is working on new music with Mariah Carey.

Considering his success in Australia, Gilbert O’Sullivan has been a rare sighting in this country. In fact, this 2025 tour is only his second Australian tour. It took over 40 years to get Gilbert to Australia the first time when he toured in 2018.

On May 30 Mick Thomas will release First Step in a New Direction, the first EP of seven songs ahead of a new album later in the year.

On 1 May 1975 Ronnie Wood made a spectacular debut with The Rolling Stones performing ‘Brown Sugar’ on the back of a Flat Bed truck. He was 27 years old at the time.