Rose Carleo has returned with ‘42 Days’, an album that combines personal grief with classic Australian rock influences, while drawing inspiration from figures including AC/DC's Malcolm Young family and Elvis Presley.

Judith Owen returns with Suit Yourself, her 14th studio album, a New Orleans recorded project that places the Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist deeper into jazz, blues and big band traditions while adding a guest appearance from Joe Bonamassa.

Hugh Cornwell has postponed his Australian tour, with the former Stranglers frontman now set to return for a rescheduled run of dates in December 2026.

Alex James says Britpop was less a genre than a moment in time, one shaped by British songwriting traditions and a reaction to changing rock culture. Speaking to Noise11 ahead of the 2026 Australian Britpop Classical tour, the Blur bassist reflected on how the movement emerged and why its music continues to resonate decades later.

The music industry's move away from the physical single helped create record revenues at the end of the 1990s, but many analysts argue the same strategy accelerated the collapse of the traditional music business and permanently changed how audiences consume music.

Paul McCartney says an unreleased recording of The Beatles classic The Long And Winding Road by Prince has resurfaced, and the former Beatle now wants to explore completing it for release.

Lorna Shore will return to Australia in October 2026 for their biggest headline run in the region to date, with the New Jersey deathcore band also confirming its first ever New Zealand performances.

Melbourne artist Grace Cummings has announced her fourth studio album, Bloodhorse!, with the first track from the record, My God, introducing themes of control, fear and modern disconnection ahead of the album's August release.

Melbourne band Fancy Weapon, featuring members drawn from several generations of Australian underground music, have released third single "27 Minutes" as the group prepares for its debut album and a run of high profile live appearances.

Aloe Blacc will return to Australia in September with his Wake Me Up Tour, marking the Grammy nominated singer's first full national run across the country in more than seven years.

Night At The Parkland returns to Brisbane in September with Aloe Blacc joining an expanded line-up that stretches the Roma Street Parkland concert series across three weekends and nine performances.

Forty years after Run-D.M.C. released Raising Hell, the landmark album remains one of the defining moments in hip-hop history, helping push rap from an emerging movement into the centre of popular culture.

BTS emerged as Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards 2026, while Sabrina Carpenter secured Album of the Year honours in a ceremony that reflected the increasingly broad genre mix shaping contemporary music.

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.