Rat Scabies says punk music did not arrive with a defined rulebook, recalling a period when The Damned and Sex Pistols were still playing to small audiences and the scene was only beginning to understand what it was becoming.

Sonny Rollins, the American tenor saxophonist whose seven decade career reshaped modern jazz and produced standards including "St. Thomas", "Oleo" and "Airegin", has died aged 95.

Ozzy Osbourne has been formally recognised in the United States Congressional Record, with Representative Victoria Spartz paying tribute to the late Black Sabbath frontman's impact on music, popular culture and American life.

Chris Botti is reshaping his live repertoire again, introducing Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' global hit ‘Die With A Smile' into Australian tour performances as the Grammy-winning trumpeter continues to blur the lines between jazz, pop and cinematic orchestration.

The Huxton Creepers will mark the 40th anniversary of their debut album 12 Days To Paris with a vinyl reissue and their first national tour in 15 years, performing the record in full for the first time in the band's history.

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.

Paul McCartney used BBC Radio's Tracks Of My Years with Vernon Kay to map the records that shaped his life, from Gene Vincent and Chuck Berry to John Lennon, while sharing stories about Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and the artists he sees carrying global pop culture today.

Jason Donovan will return to Melbourne, the city where his career began, to lead a new stage production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at the Athenaeum Theatre in a limited season beginning in November.

Hans Zimmer will return to Australia in October 2026 with Hans Zimmer Live: The Next Level, a newly designed arena production that follows a major European run and marks the composer's latest evolution of his large scale live concert format.

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.

AC/DC's Who Made Who reaches its 40th anniversary this week, marking four decades since the soundtrack project for Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive became one of the band's most enduring catalogue titles and delivered one of its defining songs of the 1980s.

Forty years after Europe released The Final Countdown, the album that transformed the Swedish hard rock act into an international force remains one of the defining rock records of the 1980s and the source of one of popular music's most recognisable opening riffs.

Stephen Colbert stepped back in front of the cameras less than 24 hours after signing off from The Late Show, resurfacing on Monroe, Michigan public television with a surprise cast that included Jack White, Jeff Daniels and Eminem.

Elvis Costello's obscure 1970s demo "Jump Up" was never a hit, never a single and rarely played live, yet it became one of the most discussed songs of the final episode of Stephen Colbert's Late Show. The track's political satire, its unusual history and Colbert's long-standing affection for the song explain why an overlooked recording resurfaced for television's farewell moment.

No Cure have set July 10 for the release of their first full length album, It Is Going To Get Dark, with the Alabama hardcore band introducing the record through the new single Convulsing In The Dark.

Ocean Grove will bring their Oddworld Underground Australian Tour to stages around the country this August, with Melbourne's heavy music collective returning home for a six date headline run alongside Cane Hill, Deficit and Blinder.

Iron Maiden have played the first show of their Run For Your Lives world tour in Athens, Greece, giving Australian fans their clearest picture yet of what to expect when the band returns in November 2026. The opening night leaned heavily on the earliest chapters of the band's catalogue and restored several classics absent from their previous Australian visit.

The Sisters Of Mercy will return to Australia in late 2026 with a five date national tour, bringing Andrew Eldritch and the long-running dark rock outfit back to local stages for their first Australian shows in several years.

The Pretty Reckless have released the title track from their forthcoming fifth studio album Dear God, with Taylor Momsen describing the song as an expression of desperation and survival ahead of the record's June 26 release.

Paul McCartney became the final interview guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, using the programme's closing chapter to revisit The Beatles' first American visit and reflect on childhood memories that continue to shape his songwriting.

Ed Sheeran has confirmed he has left Warner Music after 15 years, closing a relationship that took him from pub gigs and sofa surfing to becoming one of the most commercially successful recording artists of the streaming era.

Forty years after its release, Poison's debut album Look What The Cat Dragged In remains one of the key commercial and cultural documents of the 1980s hard rock era, a record that transformed a self-financed Los Angeles club band into an international act.

The Script will return to Australia in March 2027 for a three city arena run as the Irish band prepares to launch a new album era with The User's Guide To Being Human.

Mike D has released new solo track ‘What We Got', continuing a rare return to recording activity from the Beastie Boys co-founder as a run of intimate live shows unfolds in New York and California.

Ed O'Brien has released Blue Morpho, his second solo album and first issued under his own name, marking a shift in how the Radiohead guitarist presents his work outside the band.

Bleachers have released their fifth studio album, Everyone For Ten Minutes, with Jack Antonoff and the now fully established six member line-up shifting the project further toward a band identity after more than a decade of evolution.

Paul McCartney has shared the story behind ‘Home To Us', a new track from his upcoming album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, revealing how an unfinished Ringo Starr drum session evolved into a completed collaboration. During an intimate Los Angeles listening event in April 2026, McCartney also reflected on memories from before The Beatles, including a hitchhiking trip with George Harrison that became part of the album's personal narrative.

Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo have released a final preview of their upcoming album Historia with the new song "Caballero", arriving as the group expands a wider campaign that also includes a new documentary and an international tour schedule.

Paul McCartney has released two previously unseen performances from the Saturday Night Live Season 51 finale, with post credits renditions of Beatles classics ‘Help!' and ‘Drive My Car' now available online after they were omitted from the original broadcast.

NOFX will release the companion soundtrack and original score for its documentary *40 Years Of Fuckin' Up* in August, with two new songs positioned as part of the band's post-retirement legacy and Australian cinema screenings scheduled for July and August.