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The Living End frontman Chris Cheney has struck a new publishing deal with BMG, transferring ownership of a catalogue that helped define Australian rock across three decades.

Thirty years ago, on 3 June 1996, John Farnham released Romeo's Heart, an album that arrived at a pivotal point in his career. The record became Farnham's first studio album in three years following Then Again... and continued a remarkable commercial run that had transformed him from a veteran performer into one of Australia's most successful recording artists. Romeo's Heart reached No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart, achieved four-times platinum certification and produced one of the biggest hit singles of Farnham's post-Whispering Jack era.

Melbourne producer and DJ Dom Dolla has sold out his September 24, 2026 headline show at Marvel Stadium, with presale allocations exhausted within hours and all remaining tickets snapped up immediately when general public sales opened. The event, presented by Untitled Group and Frontier Touring, will also serve as the world premiere of a new stadium-scale production that will debut exclusively in Australia before a hometown audience.

Things Of Stone And Wood have unveiled the first video from Rae Street, their first studio album in 23 years, following a national tour that delivered the band's strongest chart result in more than three decades.

ARIA Award winning Gamilaraay artist Thelma Plum will return to stages across Australia this July and August for her first national acoustic tour, revisiting songs from across her catalogue in a stripped back live setting.

Dom Dolla will return to Melbourne for an Australian exclusive stadium event in September, bringing a new large scale production to his hometown after becoming the first electronic artist to headline an Australian stadium show.

Tash Sultana has signed the first global label partnership of their career, entering an exclusive worldwide recording agreement with BMG after nearly a decade of building an international audience independently.