Zach Bryan performing live on stage
Zach Bryan Confirms First Australian Headline Stadium Tour For December 2027

American songwriter Zach Bryan will play six stadium shows across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in December 2027, his first Australian headlining run, with Vance Joy and Emma Ogier as special guests.

October 15, 2026
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

Tame Impala brought a spectacular arena production to Melbourne, where the Australian live debut of Deadbeat material exposed the distance between Kevin Parker's electronic present and the psychedelic rock that first built his audience.

October 15, 2026
David Surkamp of Pavlov’s Dog performing on stage
Pavlov’s Dog Frontman David Surkamp Dies Aged 73

The distinctive voice behind the St Louis progressive rock band's 1970s albums that reached the Australian charts has gone, with the group confirming his unexpected death on 13 October.

October 15, 2026
Peter Garrett at St Kilda Festival 2025 photo by Serge Thomman
Golden Plains Nineteen Line-Up Lands With Underworld, Geese And Peter Garrett

Second-round ballot open until 10:19pm AEDT Monday 19 October for the March 2027 return to Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, as the single-stage festival unveils an eclectic bill spanning electronic pioneers, rising American rock, desert blues and Australian heavyweights.

October 14, 2026
WOMADelaide 2027 first lineup announcement for 35th anniversary festival at Botanic Park Adelaide
WOMADelaide Unveils First Lineup For Its 35th Anniversary

Underworld, returning pioneers from the festival's earliest years and a host of international debuts will take the stages at Adelaide's Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla from 5 to 8 March 2027.

October 14, 2026
Lorna Shore supplied Destroy All Lines
Lorna Shore Launch Biggest Australian Headline Arena Tour This Friday With Whitechapel

The New Jersey deathcore band return for their largest Australian run yet, adding first-ever New Zealand dates as Perth and Auckland shows sell out ahead of the opening night in Melbourne.

October 14, 2026
Bess Atwell performing live with acoustic guitar
Bess Atwell Announces March 2027 Australian Tour and New Single ‘The Act’

Brighton singer-songwriter Bess Atwell returns to Australian stages in March 2027 with a new album due in February and a freshly released single written about her time in Quebec.

October 14, 2026
Story of the Year and Silverstein Camp Screamo Australian Tour 2027 poster
Story of the Year and Silverstein Confirm Camp Screamo Australian Tour for February 2027

Missouri's Story of the Year and Canadian veterans Silverstein will co-headline the Camp Screamo tour across five Australian cities next February, with Los Angeles support act Point North joining the run.

October 13, 2026
Luka Bloom performing live with acoustic guitar
Luka Bloom Reveals He Toured Australia With A Secret Heart Condition

The Irish songwriter carried a major diagnosis through his longest Australian run in 2024, underwent open heart surgery months later, and now returns in 2027 with The Second Wind Tour after releasing his 25th album.

October 13, 2026
A$AP Rocky performing live on the Don’t Be Dumb World Tour
A$AP Rocky Returns To Australia After Eight Years With Don’t Be Dumb Tour

The Harlem rapper confirms four arena shows in December following a record-breaking European run and the release of his first album in eight years.

October 13, 2026
Mick Thomas performing with Roving Commission during a live show
Mick Thomas Revives Nearly Forgotten Weddings Parties Anything Song For New Split Single

A chance meeting with a fan who had lyrics tattooed in memory of his late wife prompted Mick Thomas to revisit the last single from Weddings Parties Anything's final album nearly three decades later.

October 13, 2026
Amyl and The Sniffers performing live on stage
Amyl and The Sniffers Confirm 2027 Australian Summer Tour Dates

Melbourne rock band Amyl and The Sniffers will play a run of outdoor shows across Brisbane, Fremantle, Sydney and Melbourne in February and March 2027, with $5 from every ticket directed to a group of Australian charities .

October 13, 2026
SUPAGLOO at Melbourne Park features 2charm, Blusher, Robert Baxter and emerging Australian artists in a new all-ages concert series.
Frontier Touring Launches SUPAGLOO To Put Emerging Australian Artists In The Spotlight

New all-ages Melbourne Park concert series opens with 2charm, Blusher and Robert Baxter before Larissa Lambert headlines an R&B-focused edition in April .

October 13, 2026
Roger Waters played Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Saturday 10 February 2018. Roger Waters is performing his Us and Them Australian tour.
Harry Waters Takes The Lead On Roger Waters’ Pink Floyd Legacy Tour

Roger Waters has stepped aside from performing to let his son Harry steer a major new production of Pink Floyd's 1970s catalogue across more than 100 shows in 2027.

October 12, 2026
Converge in 2026 with album artwork for Hum Of Hurt visible
Converge Bring Rare Full Jane Doe Performance to Melbourne’s New Lucidity Festival

Massachusetts metalcore pioneers Converge will perform their 2001 album Jane Doe in full at the inaugural Lucidity Festival in Melbourne on 13 March 2027, marking the record's 25th anniversary and the band's first Australian appearance since 2019.

October 12, 2026
Marlon Funaki performing live on stage with guitar
Marlon Funaki Announces Debut Australian Tour For February 2027

Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist Marlon Funaki will play his first Australian headline shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane next February after a breakout year of major festival appearances and his Warner Records debut EP.

October 12, 2026
Icehouse perform at A Day In The Gardens in the Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne on Sunday 12 March 2017.
Icehouse Add Extra Man Of Colours Anniversary Shows After Melbourne Sell-Out

Extra dates in Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney confirmed as demand surges for the full-album celebration, with Suze DeMarchi and Michael Paynter joining as featured artists across the tour.

October 12, 2026
Powderfinger member Bernard Fanning at Big Day Out 2005 by Ros O'Gorman
Powderfinger Dates For 2027 National Tour 17 Years After Final Show

Powderfinger will play stadium-sized big tops in six cities from September, the first time the original line-up has shared a physical stage since the Sunsets Farewell Tour closed in 2010.

October 12, 2026
Craig Bloxom of VSpy VSpy
V.Spy V.Spy Albums Score Dual ARIA Top 10 As Band Debuts New Line-Up In Perth

Harry's Reasons and A.O. Mod. T.V. Vers. both enter the ARIA albums chart inside the top ten this week, four decades after their original release, while the band returns to the stage with a fresh line-up featuring Bob Spencer (The Angels, Skyhooks, Finch, Rose Tattoo).

October 10, 2026
Nickelback on stage during a live arena performance
Nickelback Announce Australian Arena Dates For 2027 Everything Under The Sun Tour

The Canadian rock band will bring their eleventh studio album to Australian arenas in October 2027 with Don Broco as special guests, tickets going on sale from mid-October following the record's October 30 release.

October 10, 2026
Things of Stone and Wood
Things Of Stone And Wood Release Title Track From Second 2026 Album The Final Forest

The Melbourne band follow their Top 10 ARIA return Rae Street with a 70s piano-led studio album, new single and video, and a national tour that now includes Tasmania.

October 9, 2026
Guns N Roses play the MCG on their 2017 Not In My Lifetime Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Guns N’ Roses Join Aerosmith As Special Guests For Hollywood Bowl Shows

The hard rock giants will share the stage for two exclusive nights in Los Angeles as part of Aerosmith's long-awaited return, joining an already packed bill of rock, metal and hip-hop names.

October 9, 2026
Powderfinger Bernard Fanning Darren Middleton reunion announcement video 2026
Powderfinger Confirm Australian Reunion Tour From September 2027

Sixteen years after their final public concert, the five members end the mystery campaign with a direct video message promising shows across the country and full details next week.

October 9, 2026
The Cat Empire new single Rocket reunites band with producer Jan Skubiszewski
The Cat Empire Reunite With Steal The Light Producer For New Single Rocket

Felix Riebl and the band reconnect with Jan Skubiszewski nearly two decades after the album that took them global, delivering a percussive new track while their orchestral tour continues.

October 9, 2026
Powderfinger member Bernard Fanning at Big Day Out 2005 by Ros O'Gorman
Powderfinger Break Their Silence With A Cryptic Video Pointing Back To 2010

Powderfinger have broken their silence on the reunion speculation, using a coded video, a refreshed website and one very specific date to turn the mystery campaign into their clearest signal yet.

October 8, 2026
Hugh Cornwell supplied Troubadour Presents
Hugh Cornwell Cancels Australian Tour After December Reschedule

Former The Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell has cancelled his Australian tour, just months after the postponed dates were moved to December 2026.

October 8, 2026
Aerosmith in Melbourne Australia 2013 photo by Ros O'Gorman
Aerosmith To Return To Hollywood Bowl With An Extraordinary Cast Of Friends

Aerosmith will return to the Hollywood Bowl for two concerts in October and November, bringing together a remarkable list of guests from rock, metal, hip-hop and country for their first full shows since 2023.

October 8, 2026
Jakob Dylan performing with The Wallflowers during the Bringing Down The Horse 30th Anniversary Tour
The Wallflowers Bring Jakob Dylan’s Tom Petty Connection To Australia

The Wallflowers' first Australian tour will pair the 30th anniversary of Bringing Down The Horse with a full performance of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Long After Dark, an album with a deeply personal connection to Jakob Dylan.

October 8, 2026
Lamb Of God performing at John Cain Arena Melbourne during the 2026 Australian co-headline tour with Trivium and Bleed From Within
Lamb Of God And Trivium Turn Melbourne Into A Mini Soundwave

Lamb Of God, Trivium and Bleed From Within turned John Cain Arena into a night of sustained metal intensity, with two co-headliners taking very different approaches to their catalogues.

October 7, 2026
Lily Allen performs West End Girl with Dallas Minor Sextet opening
Lily Allen Brings Dallas Minor Sextet To Australia And New Zealand

Allen's unusual live format gets another twist in Australia and New Zealand, with her cello ensemble returning as the opening act before she performs West End Girl from beginning to end.

October 7, 2026