Spirit of the Anzacs

Australian artists including Troy Cassar-Daley, Clare Bowditch, Amy Sheppard, Busby Marou, Kasey Chambers and Russell Morris have remembered Dolly Parton following her death at 80, reflecting on her music, generosity and personal connection with Australian audiences.

Anthony Albanese's tribute to Dolly Parton following her death has recalled a remarkable chapter in Australian touring history, when the then Federal Transport Minister intervened to prevent Parton's 2011 Australian tour from being cancelled over the size and configuration of her American tour buses.

Dolly Parton, the country music legend whose seven-decade career produced some of popular music's most enduring songs and a philanthropic legacy that transformed lives, has died aged 80 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Buckcherry have confirmed that all band members and touring crew are safe after their tour bus was involved in a fatal multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 26 in South Carolina.

TV On The Radio's 2006 hit “Wolf Like Me” has become part of the Spider-Man story, appearing early in Spider-Man: Brand New Day while the song's original video director Jon Watts has his own history with the franchise.

Michelle Branch and Gregg Alexander have reunited for a new recording and video of The Game Of Love, more than two decades after the song became a Grammy-winning hit for Santana featuring Branch and now there is a video.

The Weeknd has abandoned, at least for now, plans to retire the stage name and persona he had been considering phasing out since early 2025.