Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues 2026
The Rolling Stones Release Bonus Track Bad Luck Hideaway From Foreign Tongues

The Rolling Stones have made “Bad Luck Hideaway” available as a bonus track from the Foreign Tongues era, giving fans access to a previously unavailable recording featuring the songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

July 16, 2026
Beck at The Palais Melbourne 13 May 2026 photo by Winston Robinson
Beck Announces New Album Ride Lonesome With New Single “In The Night”

Beck will release his first collection of new original material since the Grammy-winning ‘Hyperspace’ with ‘Ride Lonesome’, a new album recorded with key collaborators from ‘Sea Change’, ‘Morning Phase’ and ‘Mutations’. The album is set for release on September 18 via Capitol Records, with new song “In The Night” now available.

July 16, 2026
Ruby Rodgers
Ruby Rodgers Announces Sixteen EP And Shares New Title Track

Ruby Rodgers has announced her second EP, Sixteen, due for release on 6 November, with the title track unveiled as the first single. The release follows a year that has seen the emerging songwriter recognised with the 2025 Environmental Music Prize People's Choice Award and appointed Lead Youth Patron of the Next Up Music Awards.

July 16, 2026
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Casey Barnes Releases ‘She Does’ Ahead Of New Album And National Tour

Australian country artist Casey Barnes has released the new single 'She Does', the final preview of his forthcoming album Made For This, which will be released on 7 August ahead of his biggest Australian headline tour to date.

July 16, 2026
Cast of A Beautiful Noise The Neil Diamond Musical photo by Winston Robinson
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical Explores The Man Behind The Songs Ahead Of Australian Premiere

The creative team behind A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical says the production was built around Neil Diamond's personal journey rather than simply assembling his catalogue of hits, with rehearsals now underway in Melbourne ahead of the Australian premiere.

July 16, 2026
Dexter and the Moonrocks photo by Derek Hockeymeyer
Dexter and The Moonrocks Release Reflective New Single ‘If You Could Talk’ Ahead Of Australian Debut

US alternative rock band Dexter and The Moonrocks have released the new single ‘If You Could Talk', continuing the momentum created by breakthrough hit ‘Freakin' Out' as the Texas group prepares for its first Australian performances this October.

July 16, 2026
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Fat Mike Releases First Single From NOFX Documentary Score Ahead Of Australian Cinema Screenings

Fat Mike has released the first music from the original orchestral score to NOFX's career-spanning documentary, with Australian cinema screenings of 40 Years of Fuckin' Up beginning later this month ahead of the soundtrack's August release.

July 16, 2026
Tonic Lemon Parade
Tonic Lemon Parade Turns 30 As The Album That Defined The Band’s Career

Tonic's debut album Lemon Parade reaches its 30th anniversary this month, marking three decades since the record launched the American rock band onto the international stage with the enduring hit If You Could Only See, while its founding members have since built careers that extend well beyond the band's original success.

July 16, 2026
Del Amitri in Melbourne 23 February 2023 photo by Bron Robinson
Del Amitri Announce 2027 Australian And New Zealand Greatest Hits Tour

Scottish band Del Amitri will return to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2027 for their first local tour in four years, celebrating more than four decades of music with a career-spanning set built around the songs that established them as one of Britain's most enduring alternative rock bands.

July 15, 2026
Red Hot Summer Australian Crawl Men At Work
Red Hot Summer Tour Hunter Valley Show Sells Out As Demand Continues Across 2026 Run

The Red Hot Summer Tour has recorded another sell-out, with the Hunter Valley event at Roche Estate reaching capacity as demand continues for Australian Crawl's first official performances in 40 years and a rare reunion with Men At Work.

July 15, 2026
AXS
AXS Named Ticketing Partner for Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion

AXS will become the official ticketing partner for Sydney's Hordern Pavilion from 10 August 2026, expanding the company's Australian footprint while introducing its mobile ticketing and fan management platform to one of the country's best known live music venues.

July 15, 2026
Jane's Addiction in Melbourne 2023 photo by Bron Robinson
Yoshiki Adds Perry Farrell To Walt Disney Concert Hall Classical Concerts

Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell has joined the guest line-up for the first night of Yoshiki's two concert residency at Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall, expanding an already diverse bill that also features Korn's Jonathan Davis and singer Josh Groban.

July 15, 2026
Nickelback Announce Everything Under The Sun Album With John 5 Collaboration
Nickelback Announce Everything Under The Sun Album With John 5 Collaboration

Nickelback will release their first studio album in four years, Everything Under The Sun, on October 30, introducing the project with the new single "Rattle The Cage" featuring guitarist John 5 and beginning a new partnership with Virgin Music Group.

July 15, 2026
Dara O Briain
Dara Ó Briain Brings New Re:Creation Tour To Australia

Irish comedian and broadcaster Dara Ó Briain will return to Australia this November with his latest stand-up show, Re:Creation, following an extensive run of performances across the UK and Europe.

July 15, 2026
Jimmy Barnes Cold Chisel perform at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Thursday 19 November 2015. photo by Ros O'Gorman
Jimmy Barnes To Headline MotoGP At Phillip Island

Jimmy Barnes will return to the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix stage for the first time in more than 30 years when he headlines the Saturday night entertainment at the 2026 MotoGP at Phillip Island.

July 15, 2026
Queens of the Stone Age by Andreas Neumann
Queens Of The Stone Age Announce Australian And New Zealand Tour With Primus And Tropical Fuck Storm

Queens Of The Stone Age will return to Australia and New Zealand in December 2026 for their first local shows in two years, joined by Primus and Tropical Fuck Storm for a seven date arena and outdoor tour.

July 15, 2026
Frente Shape
Frente! Shape Turns 30, The Album That Redefined The Band’s Sound

Thirty years after its release, Frente!'s second album Shape stands as one of the boldest stylistic pivots by an Australian band of the 1990s, trading the acoustic charm of Marvin The Album for a darker, more atmospheric sound.

July 15, 2026
Yardbirds Roger The Engineer
The Yardbirds’ Roger The Engineer Turns 60, The Album That Changed British Rock

Sixty years after its release, The Yardbirds' Roger The Engineer remains one of the defining recordings of the British rock explosion, capturing Jeff Beck's only complete studio album with the band and laying the foundations for psychedelic rock, hard rock and heavy metal.

July 15, 2026
Red Hot Summer Australian Crawl Men At Work
Red Hot Summer Tour Adds Two More Sold Out Shows As Demand Continues

The 2026 Red Hot Summer Tour has added two more sold out events, with Berry Showground in New South Wales and Sandalford Wines in Western Australia's Swan Valley now reaching capacity ahead of the national tour.

July 14, 2026
The Rolling Stones, Ros O'Gorman photographer, Rod Laver Arena
Mick Jagger Says John Lennon Talked Him Out Of Meeting Elvis Presley

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has revealed that advice from John Lennon after The Beatles met Elvis Presley convinced him never to meet the King of Rock and Roll, a decision he now says he regrets.

July 14, 2026
Bryan Adams at Rod Laver Arena 6 Feb 2024 photo by Richard Nicholson supplied by Frontier Touring
Bryan Adams Announces 2027 Australian And New Zealand Arena Tour With Natalie Imbruglia

Bryan Adams will return to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2027 for a new arena tour supporting his latest studio album Roll With The Punches, with Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia joining every date as special guest.

July 14, 2026
Rose Tattoo play Palms Crown Casino on Friday 27 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Rose Tattoo Announce Final Year Of Touring

After five decades as one of Australia's defining hard rock bands, Rose Tattoo will spend 2026 on the road for the final time, bringing an end to a touring career that has taken them from Sydney pubs to international stages.

July 14, 2026
Gabriel Iglesias
Gabriel Iglesias Announces Australian Dates For The 1976 Tour

Gabriel Iglesias will return to Australia later this year with The 1976 Tour: A Fluffy Celebration, marking his first local performances since the release of his latest Netflix special, Gabriel Iglesias: Legend Of Fluffy. The tour includes arena shows in Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne, with the Sydney performance also forming part of the Just For Laughs Sydney Comedy Festival.

July 14, 2026
The Hellacopters
The Hellacopters And Gluecifer Announce Joint Australian Tour For 2027

Swedish rock band The Hellacopters will return to Australia in March 2027 for their first local tour in more than a decade, joined by Norwegian rock veterans Gluecifer, who will make their Australian debut as part of a four-date co-headline run.

July 14, 2026
Mike Browning of Morbid Angel photo from Profound Lore Records
Former Morbid Angel and Nocturnus Founder Mike Browning Dies Aged 62

Mike Browning, one of the pioneering figures of American death metal and the founder of the influential sci-fi death metal band Nocturnus, has died aged 62.

July 14, 2026
Bob Dylan Knocked Out Loaded
Bob Dylan Knocked Out Loaded Turns 40 As One Of The Most Divisive Albums In His Catalogue

Forty years after its release, Bob Dylan's Knocked Out Loaded remains one of the most debated records in his extensive catalogue, remembered as a commercial disappointment that nevertheless produced the enduring epic Brownsville Girl.

July 14, 2026
Jennifer Finch of L7
Jennifer Finch To Miss L7 Farewell Tour After Brain Cancer Diagnosis

L7 bassist Jennifer Finch has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, forcing her to withdraw from the band's upcoming farewell tour while she undergoes treatment. Friends, family and bandmates have launched a fundraising campaign to help cover the costs of her ongoing medical care and rehabilitation.

July 13, 2026
Keith Richards The Rolling Stones, Ros O'Gorman photographer, Rod Laver Arena
Keith Richards Explains Why Charlie Watts And Ringo Starr Were In A League Of Their Own

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has offered a revealing assessment of some of rock's most celebrated drummers, praising Charlie Watts and Ringo Starr for their musical intelligence while arguing that the explosive styles of Keith Moon and John Bonham were not always suited to every musical situation.

July 13, 2026
Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues 2026
Rolling Stones’ Amy Winehouse Considered a Foreign Tongues Highlight

The Rolling Stones have revisited Amy Winehouse's landmark song You Know I'm No Good, connecting one of the most influential bands in rock history with one of the defining voices of 21st century soul.

July 13, 2026
Howard Jones Stand Up
Howard Jones Releases New Single ‘Stand Up’ Ahead Of 2027 Album And Summer Tour

Howard Jones has released the new single Stand Up, his first new studio recording from the forthcoming album Global Citizen, while preparing to launch his extensive North American Things Can Only Get Better Tour.

July 13, 2026