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John Farnham Celebration Concert cast performing at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne

Mahalia Barnes + The Soul Mates Confirm 25-Date Australian Tour For 2027

by Paul Cashmere

Mahalia Barnes + The Soul Mates will play 25 Australian shows from March to May 2027, with dates across NSW, the ACT, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.

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Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Randy Bachman performing live

Tal Bachman’s Beatles Obsession Can Be Heard All Over His 1999 Debut Album

by Paul Cashmere

Tal Bachman discusses his love of The Beatles and reveals how Paul McCartney’s songwriting influenced three tracks on his 1999 debut album, including You’re My Everything and Beside You.

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Dinosaur Jr Australia And New Zealand Tour 2027

Dinosaur Jr Confirm January 2027 Australia And New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Dinosaur Jr will play six shows across Australia and New Zealand in January 2027. The original trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph will tour following the release of There Near.

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Craig David performing live during the Born To Do It World Tour.

Craig David Announces Born To Do It Australian Tour For May 2027

by Paul Cashmere

Craig David returns to Australia in May 2027 to perform his debut album Born To Do It in full, with five shows confirmed for Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.

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Joan As Police Woman performing Real Life Evolution on her 2027 Australian tour

Joan As Police Woman Reworks Debut Album For 2027 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Joan As Police Woman will tour Australia in March 2027 with Real Life Evolution, reimagining every song from her 2006 debut after two decades of performance and collaboration. The project includes a version of Save Me recorded with Iggy Pop in a New Zealand hotel room.

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Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith announce 2027 Australian headline shows and festival appearances.

Underworld Confirm 2027 Australian Headline Shows With Two Sets Each Night

by Paul Cashmere

Underworld will play three Australian headline shows in March 2027, featuring two sets each night, alongside festival appearances at Electric Avenue, WOMADelaide and Golden Plains. General ticket sales begin 27 October 2026.

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Heilung perform live ritual with elaborate costumes and ancient instruments

Heilung Confirm 2027 Australia And New Zealand Tour With Two Nights At Sydney Opera House

by Paul Cashmere

Heilung return to Australia and New Zealand in March 2027 for seven ritual performances, including two nights at the Sydney Opera House, as they prepare a fourth studio album after hiatus.

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Bachelor Girl's Tania Doko and James Roche announce the Waiting For The Day Redux Tour 2027

Bachelor Girl Take Waiting For The Day Redux Tour Into Regional Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Bachelor Girl will take their reimagined debut album into regional Australia in 2027, with 30 Waiting For The Day Redux Tour dates from Moruya to Melbourne.

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Jon Bon Jovi, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Bon Jovi Confirms March 2027 Australian Stadium Shows for Forever Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Bon Jovi will play Marvel Stadium in Melbourne and Accor Stadium in Sydney in March 2027, the band’s first Australian stadium shows since 2018 as the Forever Tour expands.

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Justin Smith and Christie Whelan Browne announced as Darryl and Sal Kerrigan in The Castle stage adaptation

Justin Smith And Christie Whelan Browne Lead Cast Of The Castle Stage Adaptation

by Paul Cashmere

The full Kerrigan family cast has been revealed for the Melbourne world premiere of The Castle stage adaptation, with the season extended through mid-May 2027.

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Just For Laughs Sydney 2026 All-Star Gala lineup announcement at Sydney Opera House

Just For Laughs Sydney 2026 Full Lineup Revealed With All-Star Gala And New Showcases

by Paul Cashmere

Just For Laughs Sydney has dropped its full 2026 lineup, locking in the All-Star Gala with Tom Cardy, the return of Women Aren’t Funny, and new showcases covering First Nations, Asian and LGBTQIA+ comedy.

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Australian Crawl and Men At Work on Red Hot Summer Tour 2026 stage

Australian Crawl and Men At Work Play First Australian Shows in Decades on Red Hot Summer Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Australian Crawl and Men At Work returned to Australian stages for the first time in 40 and 25 years respectively when the Red Hot Summer Tour opened in Toowoomba, with James Reyne, David Reyne and John Watson carrying the Crawl name.

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Powderfinger 2027 Australian tour announcement

Powderfinger 2027 Tour Sells Out in Six Days as Extra Dates Confirmed Coming

by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger’s 26-date 2027 Australian reunion tour has sold out completely after the general public onsale, with more than 300,000 tickets claimed in six days. Extra shows are being locked in.

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Kings of Leon 2027 Australian and New Zealand tour poster with Ocean Alley

Kings of Leon Confirm Ninth Australian Tour for 2027 With Ocean Alley

by Paul Cashmere

Kings of Leon return to Australia in early 2027 for outdoor shows in Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne with Ocean Alley as special guests, following the release of their tenth album O My Beloved.

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Swapmeet 2026 South Australian Music Awards nominations lead

Swapmeet Leads 2026 South Australian Music Awards Nominations

by Paul Cashmere

Swapmeet leads the 2026 South Australian Music Awards nominations with six nods as more than 100 acts and industry figures are recognised ahead of the 10 November ceremony at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

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Bonnie Dalton, Supergloo general manager, discussing the new Australian artist showcase from Frontier Touring and Melbourne Park.

SUPAGLOO Aims To Connect Australian Artists With New Audiences And Industry Opportunities

by Paul Cashmere

Can a new live music series help solve two challenges at once: getting emerging Australian artists in front of new audiences and making concerts more accessible to younger fans? SUPAGLOO general manager Bonnie Dalton explains the industry thinking behind the partnership between Frontier Touring and Melbourne Park

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Steve Miller performing with jazz ensemble at Rose Theater Lincoln Center October 2026

Steve Miller Turns Hits Into Jazz At Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater

by Paul Cashmere

Steve Miller completed his tenth year at the Rose Theater with a set that moved between re-imagined Steve Miller Band songs and deep blues covers, supported by Joseph Wooten and a strong jazz ensemble.

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Sydney Festival 2027 program highlights including Hannah Gadsby, ONEFOUR and waynapuni pools at Barangaroo

Sydney Festival 2027 Unveils Program With Hannah Gadsby, ONEFOUR and Car-Turned Pools

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney Festival has unveiled its 2027 program running 7-25 January, with Hannah Gadsby’s new show, ONEFOUR teaming with the Penrith Chamber Orchestra, cars turned into plunge pools at Barangaroo, and more than 10,000 tickets available for $49 or less.

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Powderfinger 2027 Australian tour announcement

Powderfinger Presale Demand Leaves Limited Tickets as More Shows Planned for 2027 Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Overwhelming demand for Powderfinger’s 2027 Australian tour has left only limited tickets for Monday’s general public onsale. The band confirms more shows are being planned.

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Twilight at Taronga 2027 concert series Sydney Harbour stage at sunset

Twilight at Taronga Marks 30 Years with 2027 Summer Line-Up

by Paul Cashmere

Foy Vance, Jessica Mauboy, King Stingray, Pete Murray and a Rolling Stones Revue featuring Adalita, Phil Jamieson, Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers headline the anniversary series at Sydney’s harbour-side venue.

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Aaron Rowe performing live on stage

Aaron Rowe Confirms March 2027 Australian Headline Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Irish singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe has confirmed a five-date Australian headline tour for March 2027, returning after selling out shows earlier this year. Tickets go on sale next week.

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Troy Cassar-Daley performing live with acoustic guitar

Troy Cassar-Daley To Make Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Debut For NAIDOC Week 2027

by Paul Cashmere

Troy Cassar-Daley will perform newly arranged orchestral versions of his songs with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Hamer Hall on 10 July 2027 as part of a NAIDOC Week celebration, with further dates in Brisbane and Sydney.

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COG performing live, ahead of the band's December 2026 annual holiday shows in Queensland and Byron Bay.

COG Bring Annual Holiday Shows Back To Queensland And Byron Bay For December 2026

by Paul Cashmere

After a year of touring and studio work in Byron Bay, COG will return for three December shows with Kodiak Empire, plus Elko Fields in Queensland and Jackrabbit in Byron Bay.

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Zach Bryan performing live on stage

Zach Bryan Confirms First Australian Headline Stadium Tour For December 2027

by Paul Cashmere

Zach Bryan will play his first Australian headlining tour in December 2027, with back-to-back stadium nights in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and special guests Vance Joy and Emma Ogier.

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Tame Impala perform live at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 14 October 2026 during the Deadbeat Australian tour.

Tame Impala Melbourne Review: Kevin Parker’s Deadbeat Era Meets The Classics

by Paul Cashmere

Tame Impala’s Melbourne concert brought Kevin Parker’s electronic evolution into sharp focus. A spectacular laser production, the Australian live presentation of Deadbeat and the enduring power of Elephant revealed the distance between the band’s psychedelic beginnings and its current direction.

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David Surkamp of Pavlov’s Dog performing on stage

Pavlov’s Dog Frontman David Surkamp Dies Aged 73

by Paul Cashmere

David Surkamp, Pavlov’s Dog, progressive rock, Pampered Menial, Australian charts, music news, death

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Peter Garrett at St Kilda Festival 2025 photo by Serge Thomman

Golden Plains Nineteen Line-Up Lands With Underworld, Geese And Peter Garrett

by Paul Cashmere

Golden Plains has dropped the line-up for its nineteenth edition, placing Underworld, Geese and Peter Garrett on the single stage at Meredith in March 2027. The second ballot closes Monday night.

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WOMADelaide 2027 first lineup announcement for 35th anniversary festival at Botanic Park Adelaide

WOMADelaide Unveils First Lineup For Its 35th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

WOMADelaide has revealed the first wave of artists for its 35th anniversary in March 2027, bringing Underworld and several festival pioneers back to Adelaide’s Botanic Park alongside a strong list of international first-timers.

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Lorna Shore supplied Destroy All Lines

Lorna Shore Launch Biggest Australian Headline Arena Tour This Friday With Whitechapel

by Paul Cashmere

Lorna Shore open their biggest Australian headline arena run this Friday in Melbourne, bringing Whitechapel for the Australian dates and The Acacia Strain across Australia and New Zealand, with several shows already sold out.

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Bess Atwell performing live with acoustic guitar

Bess Atwell Announces March 2027 Australian Tour and New Single ‘The Act’

by Paul Cashmere

Bess Atwell announces March 2027 Australian headline dates and releases new single ‘The Act’, written about her time living in Quebec, ahead of a February 2027 album.

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