Steven Tyler rejected suggestions that Aerosmith had played their final shows, telling Bill Burr the band could not be gotten rid of before bringing Run-DMC onstage for a spectacular Walk This Way reunion at the Hollywood Bowl.

Savannah-born singer-songwriter Jonah Kagen will make his New Zealand debut and return to Australia for headline shows in April 2027, bringing his self-produced second album Eternity of Anything to audiences following his 2025 tour with Sam Barber.

Australian Crawl will open the expanded Sydney Opera House Forecourt concert series, which brings together 12 nights of Australian and international music, several sold-out performances and a renewed fundraising partnership with Support Act.

The acoustic Iron Maiden project will make its Australian debut in April and May 2027, with original guitarist Dennis Stratton joining the lineup for three shows and sharing stories from the band's formative years in special audience Q&A sessions.

The Melbourne metalcore band will headline and personally select the lineup for the second artist-curated heavy music event at St Kilda's Riviera Beach Club, bringing Stand Atlantic, Alpha Wolf, SACE6 and more to the beach on 20 February 2027.

The BRIT Award-winning songwriter will perform four headline shows across Australia, bringing her acclaimed 2026 album The Ground Above to local audiences for the first time.

The Australian alt-pop rocker challenges the Santa Claus tradition with a Christmas song about children who miss out, combining sleigh bells, heavy riffs, explosive breakdowns and an unapologetic lyrical message.

Marilyn Manson will return to Australia in February 2027 for his first headline tour in 12 years. The five-show visit also recalls an unlikely television encounter with Tim Minchin and David Duchovny on Californication, when three very different performers found themselves sharing the same rock 'n' roll universe.

Released in November 1976, James Taylor's best-selling album captured the singer-songwriter at the height of his rise, bringing together classics from Sweet Baby James, Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon and his later Warner Bros. albums.

A recording treasured by fans for almost three decades finally receives an official release as Gillian Welch and David Rawlings announce Boots No. 3: The Hickory Show, alongside their February 2027 Australian and New Zealand tour.

Full Flower Moon Band turn a song about partying hard into a deeper reflection on forgiveness, friendship and the people who keep independent music alive, as Kate Dillon and her Brisbane band prepare for career-defining support slots with Foo Fighters and Powderfinger.

Two generations of Australian hit-making will share the stage in 2027 as Eurogliders and Taxiride ft Jason Singh announce a six-date tour across Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, bringing together some of the most recognisable Australian pop and rock songs of the past four decades.

More than 300,000 tickets sold in six days for Powderfinger's original 26-date Australian tour have prompted a final run of shows, with Hobart and Canberra finally included, extra Melbourne and Perth dates and two outdoor concerts in Brisbane to close the tour.

The New Zealand seven-piece will return to the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne with special guests Sub-Tribe and PANIA for an outdoor concert celebrating their distinctive fusion of dub, reggae, soul and electronic music.

The New Zealand songwriter will celebrate five decades of Th' Dudes, DD Smash and a celebrated solo career with a one-night-only Sydney Opera House concert on 14 February 2027, following his knighthood in the 2021 New Zealand New Year Honours.

The Sunshine Coast punk trio will release Half Cut on 5 March 2027, preview it with new single Off It and return to smaller Australian venues for 17 shows across November and December.

Hypersonic has cancelled both Australian events three weeks before showtime, with organisers blaming the impact of moving Melbourne to a Friday on the viability of the all-day festival format. Ticketholders can claim automatic refunds or transfer eligible tickets to Dreamstate 2027.

Weezer will return to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2027 for The Gathering Tour, joined by Third Eye Blind and Fountains Of Wayne. The six-show run brings together three bands whose catalogues helped define alternative rock and power-pop across the 1990s and 2000s.

The Chicago metal band will perform their five-times platinum debut album *The Sickness* in full before a second set of career-spanning hits across seven arena shows in April and May 2027.

Adam Thompson was 13 when Meat Loaf's landmark album first opened a door to a world beyond regional Australia. Now, 50 years after its release, Chocolate Starfish will take their theatrical interpretation of the rock classic back on the road in 2027.

Mahalia Barnes and The Soul Mates will play 25 shows across five states from March to May 2027, marking an extensive national headline run for the soul singer since the release of their 2018 album Hard Expectations.

The songwriter behind She's So High reveals how John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison shaped his debut, including a musical detail borrowed from McCartney that connects three songs on the album.

The original trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph will play six shows across Australia and New Zealand in January, bringing their latest album *There Near* into a new run of live dates.

Craig David will perform his debut album Born To Do It in full across five Australian cities in May 2027, revisiting the record that established him as one of the defining British R&B artists of the early 2000s.

Joan Wasser will revisit every song from her 2006 debut, Real Life, on the March 2027 Australian tour, with Real Life Evolution featuring a version of "Save Me" recorded with Iggy Pop in a New Zealand hotel room.

Underworld will play exclusive headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in March 2027, with two sets planned for each night. The Australian dates sit alongside appearances at Electric Avenue in New Zealand, WOMADelaide and Golden Plains, extending the electronic duo's latest run of live activity.

The experimental folk collective will stage their immersive rituals across seven dates in March, supported by Lilith Max at most shows, while work continues on a fourth studio album after a period of hiatus.

After selling out capital city shows in 2026, Tania Doko and James Roche will take Bachelor Girl's reimagined debut album into regional Australia, with 30 dates across six states and territories planned for February to May 2027.

Bon Jovi will play Melbourne's Marvel Stadium and Sydney's Accor Stadium in March 2027, marking the band's first Australian dates in more than eight years as the Forever Tour expands globally.

The full Kerrigan family has been revealed for the Melbourne world premiere, with the season already extended through mid-May 2027 on the back of strong demand.