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U2 Release Days Of Ash EP As Bono Targets ICE, Putin And Netanyahu

U2 have released Days Of Ash, their first collection of new songs since 2017, addressing global protest movements, war and political unrest ahead of a new album later in 2026.

Tagged as: 2026 releases, Adam Clayton, Bono, Days Of Ash, Ed Sheeran, Irish Rock, Larry Mullen Jr, Taras Topolia, The Edge, U2

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Rai Thistlethwayte Joins Toto As New Keyboard Player

by Paul Cashmere

Thirsty Merc frontman Rai Thistlethwayte has been recruited by Toto as their new keyboard player and backing vocalist, marking another milestone in his expanding international career.

Tagged as: Australian music, Fabulous Caprettos, Rai Thistlethwayte, Rock Music, Sammy Hagar, Sun Rai, Thirsty Merc, Toto

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Amy Taylor And Amyl & The Sniffers Face New Copyright Counterclaims From Photographer Jamie Nelson

by Paul Cashmere

Photographer Jamie Nelson files counterclaims against Amy Taylor and Amyl & The Sniffers over unauthorised use of her Vogue Portugal images

Tagged as: Amy Taylor, Amyl & The Sniffers, copyright, fine art prints, Jamie Nelson, legal dispute, photography

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Will Swenson as Neil Diamond in A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical

Neil Diamond Musical A Beautiful Noise Unveils Australian Cast

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne welcomes the Australian cast of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical alongside Broadway star Will Swenson for the 2026 premiere.

Tagged as: A Beautiful Noise, Australian cast, Broadway, Melbourne, musical, Neil Diamond, Princess Theatre

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Dylan Alcott’s Ability Fest Returns To Melbourne With Electronic Lineup At The Timber Yard

by Noise11.com

Ability Fest returns to Melbourne on April 11, 2026, with a new venue, electronic lineup, and full accessibility features

Tagged as: Ability Fest, accessible festival, Dylan Alcott, electronic music, inclusive events, Melbourne

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Amanda Pelman Reflects On An Evolving Music Industry In Four Weddings And An Encore

by Paul Cashmere

Amanda Pelman’s memoir Four Weddings And An Encore charts her family life, four marriages and decades in music, from Melbourne to Woodstock and France.

Tagged as: Amanda Pelman, Australian music, Billy Thorpe, Four Weddings And An Encore, memoir, Molly Meldrum, Mushroom Records, music industry, Taylor Swift

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Glen Hansard Announces Don’t Settle Transmissions East & West

by Paul Cashmere

Glen Hansard has announced Don’t Settle – Transmissions East & West, a 22 song live retrospective recorded at Berlin’s Funkhaus, with Transmissions East (Vol. 1) arriving 24 April 2026.

Tagged as: album announcement, Don’t Settle, Funkhaus Berlin, Glen Hansard, irish music, The Frames, The Swell Season, Transmissions East, Transmissions West

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Amélie Farren Announces Airheaded Launch Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Amélie Farren will launch her debut album Airheaded with east coast Australian shows this April after a breakout year touring with Amy Shark and Rag’n’Bone Man.

Tagged as: Airheaded, Alt.Folk, Amélie Farren, Australian Tour, Brisbane Music, indie pop, Melbourne gigs, Sydney concerts

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Bad//Dreems Launch Gather Sounds Festival Ahead Of Ultra Dundee Release

by Paul Cashmere

Bad//Dreems announce the inaugural Gather Sounds festival in Adelaide as they prepare to release Ultra Dundee and tour nationally.

Tagged as: Adelaide, Australian music, Bad//Dreems, Gather Sounds, Gutto Records, live music, Ultra Dundee

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Ryan Bingham Returns With They Call Us The Lucky Ones

by Paul Cashmere

Ryan Bingham will release They Call Us The Lucky Ones with The Texas Gentlemen on May 15, marking his first full-length album in more than seven years.

Tagged as: Americana Music, Ballad Of The Texas Gentlemen, new album, Ryan Bingham, The Texas Gentlemen, They Call Us The Lucky Ones, Yellowstone

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Howard Jones To Join Rod Stewart For US Dates As Live At The Marquee Captures 1983 Breakthrough

by Paul Cashmere

Howard Jones returns to the United States in April for select dates with Rod Stewart and headline shows as his newly released Live At The Marquee captures his 1983 breakthrough.

Tagged as: 80s music, Dream Into Action, Howard Jones, Human’s Lib, Live At The Marquee, Rod Stewart, synth-pop, US tour

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Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons Cancel Australian And European Tour On Medical Advice

by Paul Cashmere

Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons have cancelled their Australian and European shows from March to May 2026 following medical advice received by Phil Campbell.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, hard rock, heavy metal, Kings Of The Asylum, Lemmy, Motorhead, Phil Campbell, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, The Age Of Absurdity, We’re The Bastards

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Moodring Share Visualiser For Anywhere But Here Ahead Of Death Fetish Album

by Paul Cashmere

Moodring unveil the visualiser for Anywhere But Here as Hunter Young prepares to release the new album Death Fetish on March 27 via SharpTone Records.

Tagged as: alternative metal, Anywhere But Here, Death Fetish, Hunter Young, industrial rock, Moodring, nu-metal, SharpTone Records

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Dave Grohl Foo Fighters at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Foo Fighters Announce 2026, 2027 Australia And New Zealand Stadium Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Foo Fighters have announced a nine-date 2026, 2027 stadium tour of Australia and New Zealand, returning after their record-breaking Tasmania show.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Frontier Touring, new zealand tour, Rock News, Stadium Tour

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Billy Steinberg Dies At 75, Songwriter Behind Like A Virgin, Eternal Flame And I Touch Myself

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Steinberg, the songwriter behind Like A Virgin, Eternal Flame and Divinyls’ I Touch Myself, has died aged 75.

Tagged as: Billy Steinberg, Cyndi Lauper, Divinyls, Heart, Madonna, Songwriters Hall Of Fame, The Bangles, Whitney Houston

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Health Announce Australian Headline Tour 2026 With Perturbator And King Yosef

by Paul Cashmere

HEALTH have announced a six-date Australian headline tour for September 2026, joined by Perturbator and King Yosef.

Tagged as: Australian tour 2026, Conflict DLC, Destroy All Lines, health, industrial rock, King Yosef, Perturbator, Rat Wars

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Bryan Martin Announces First Ever Australian Headline Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Bryan Martin has announced his first ever Australian headline tour for April 2026, with shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne following his breakout hit We Ride and latest album Years In The Making.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Bryan Martin, CMC Rocks, country music, Jason Aldean, Morgan Wallen, We Ride, Years In The Making

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La Dispute Announce No One Was Driving The Car Australian Headline Tour 2026

by Paul Cashmere

La Dispute return to Australia in October 2026 for the No One Was Driving The Car headline tour, with seven dates and a strong focus on all ages shows.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Epitaph Records, Jordan Dreyer, La Dispute, No One Was Driving The Car, post-hardcore, Special Features

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Robert Finley Announces First Australian Tour With Victorian Venue Change

by Paul Cashmere

Robert Finley will make his first ever Australian tour this May, performing in Sydney, Melbourne and at Blues On Broadbeach following the release of Hallelujah! Don’t Let The Devil Fool Ya.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Blues Music, Blues On Broadbeach, Dan Auerbach, Easy Eye Sound, Oxford Art Factory, Robert Finley, soul music, Thornbury Theatre

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On The Banks Announces Full Support Line-Up For Brisbane Riverside Series

by Paul Cashmere

On The Banks has announced the full support line-up for its 2026 Brisbane riverside concert series at South Bank, featuring international icons and Australian favourites.

Tagged as: Bernard Fanning, Brisbane Live Music, De La Soul, Grace Jones, King Stingray, Marina, Marlon Williams, On The Banks, QPAC, South Bank

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Jon Anderson And The Band Geeks Announce UK Yes Epics, Classics & More Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks will bring their Yes Epics, Classics & More tour to the UK in September and October 2026, performing classic Yes material and songs from True.

Tagged as: Frontiers Records, Jon Anderson, progressive rock, The Band Geeks, True, UK tour, Yes

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Manchester Orchestra Drummer Timothy Very Dies Aged 42

by Paul Cashmere

Manchester Orchestra drummer Timothy Very has died aged 42. The longtime member joined the band in 2011 and played on Cope, A Black Mile To The Surface and The Million Masks Of God.

Tagged as: A Black Mile To The Surface, Andy Hull, Andy Prince, Cope, Manchester Orchestra, Robert McDowell, Super Canoe, The Million Masks Of God, The Valley Of Vision, Timothy Very

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The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando Hospitalised Amid Mental Health Crisis

by Paul Cashmere

Evan Dando of The Lemonheads has entered hospital care following allegations of sending unsolicited videos to a fan, highlighting his mental health history.

Tagged as: Evan Dando, hospitalised, Love Chant, mental health, The Lemonheads

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OneRepublic Thrill Melbourne Crowd At Sidney Myer Music Bowl

by Paul Cashmere

OneRepublic brought their Sweet Escape tour to Melbourne, performing hits like “Apologize,” “Counting Stars,” and “Secrets,” with Ryan Tedder sharing stories and connecting with fans.

Tagged as: live music, Melbourne, OneRepublic, Ryan Tedder, Sweet Escape Tour

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Josiah and the Bonnevilles Announce New Album As Is

by Paul Cashmere

Josiah and the Bonnevilles will release their new album As Is on May 8 via Rounder Records, with lead single “Hell Without The Flames”

Tagged as: As Is, Hell Without The Flames, Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Josiah Leming, Rounder Records

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The Hellacopters Release Cream Of The Crap! Collected Non-Album Works . Volume 3

by Paul Cashmere

The Hellacopters compile rare and non-album recordings from 1998 to 2005 on Cream Of The Crap! Collected Non-Album Works • Volume 3.

Tagged as: Cream Of The Crap, Dregen, Eyes Of Oblivion, garage rock, Nicke Andersson, Overdriver, Swedish Rock, The Hellacopters

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Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

Fifty years after release, Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 remains the biggest selling album in US history with 40 million sales, ahead of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

Tagged as: 1976 Albums, Asylum Records, Bernie Leadon, Don Felder, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, RIAA, Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975

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Bob Bongo Starkie supplied by Peter Green

Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie Celebration Concert At Archie’s Creek Hotel Goes Live Online

by Paul Cashmere

Newly released footage from the Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie Celebration Concert at Archie’s Creek Hotel captures performances of SKYHOOKS classics by Ross Wilson, Frankie J Holden and more.

Tagged as: Archie’s Creek Hotel, Australian music, Bob Bongo Starkie, Ego Is Not A Dirty Word, Frankie J Holden, Living In The 70s, Ross Wilson, Skyhooks

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Mental As Anything Return To Melbourne For 50th Anniversary At St Kilda Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Mental As Anything founders Peter O’Doherty and Reg Mombassa return to Melbourne for the band’s 50th anniversary with a hit-filled set at St Kilda Festival.

Tagged as: Australian rock, Get Wet, Live It Up, Mental As Anything, Peter O'Doherty, Reg Mombassa, St Kilda Festival

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IVE Announce World Tour For Australia And New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

South Korean K-pop group IVE will perform in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland in June 2026 as part of IVE WORLD TOUR . Tickets on sale 19 February.

Tagged as: Australia, IVE, K-Pop, Live Nation, New Zealand, world tour

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Descendents Run Down Under Celebrating 30 Years of Everything Sucks

The So Cal punk icons Descendents return to Australia and New Zealand this June, revisiting a career-defining album and bringing decades of melodic hardcore to local stages

February 3, 2026

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening Announces Australia and New Zealand Dates for Physical Graffiti 50th Anniversary Tour

The world tour celebrating the landmark album wraps up in April 2026 with a seven-city run across Australasia

January 22, 2026

Kesha Teams Up With Australian Pop Trio Blusher For “Glow.” Remix Ahead Of Down Under Tour

Multi-platinum pop superstar Kesha has unveiled a brand-new version of her fan favourite “Glow.” featuring Melbourne trio Blusher, released today via Kesha Records.

January 16, 2026

Festival Tickets Could Surpass $427 By 2030 As Prices Outpace Inflation

Australia's festival season is heating up, but for music fans, the cost of entry is rising faster than ever. New analysis by Culture Kings of ticket data from 11 major Australian music festivals shows that prices have surged dramatically beyond inflation and are projected to continue climbing over the next decade.

December 23, 2025

A Day To Remember And Papa Roach Announce Big Rock Tour With Landmvrks Down Under

Two of rock's most enduring heavyweights are set to shake arenas across Australia and New Zealand in 2026, as A Day To Remember and Papa Roach join forces for the Big Rock Tour. French modern metalcore act Landmvrks will also be on board as special guests, delivering a stacked line-up of high-energy performances.

December 15, 2025

Faithless Return To Australia And New Zealand In 2026 For First Shows In 15 Years

British electronic innovators Faithless will return to Australia and New Zealand in March 2026, marking their first visit to the region in fifteen years, as they bring their signature mix of house, trip-hop and dub to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland. Their last appearance on Australian soil was at the Good Vibrations festival in 2011, a moment remembered for showcasing one of the most influential acts in global club culture.

December 4, 2025