The Who are digging deep for their final shows, pulling out songs rarely, and in some cases, never performed before.

GRAMMY-winning duo Twenty One Pilots have released their new single Drum Show, the second track from their forthcoming album Breach, out 12 September 2025 through Atlantic Records. The track arrives with an equally powerful video shot in the band’s hometown of Columbus, Ohio, directed by longtime collaborator Mark Eshleman.

Fire Records will release Long March Through the Jazz Age, the last recordings of Chris Bailey and The Saints, on 28 November 2025. The release will arrive just days after what would have been Bailey’s 69th birthday, serving as a poignant final chapter in the story of one of Australia’s most important and influential bands.

Melbourne’s beloved power-emo trio Camp Cope have announced the launch of their final live performance on vinyl and digital formats – a fitting farewell to one of Australia’s most fiercely independent bands.

Midge Ure’s postponed 2025 Australian tour has been rescheduled for October 2026.

Hayley Williams has added two new music videos to her surprise set of 17 singles released earlier this month, marking her first major project under her own label Post Atlantic.

Major music events from 19 August. On this day in music history:

The Beatles may have broken up more than half a century ago, but the mythology surrounding them shows no sign of slowing down. At this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, one of the most talked-about titles was TWST: Things We Said Today, a new documentary from Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujică.

When Oasis decamped to a remote recording studio on the Cornish coast in 1994, the Gallagher brothers and their bandmates could scarcely have imagined that the house in which they cut their teeth would one day go on the market as a rock ’n’ roll landmark. Yet three decades later, the property known as Sawmills Studio in Golant, Cornwall, the house where Oasis recorded their game-changing debut Definitely Maybe, is being offered for sale at $2.64 million (£1.95 million).

In September, Australian audiences will finally experience the artistry of one of rock’s most visionary guitarists, Uli Jon Roth, as he embarks on his long-awaited debut tour of the country.

Ronald Reid “Ronnie” Rondell Jr., the fearless Hollywood stuntman whose fiery handshake graced the cover of Pink Floyd’s legendary 1975 album Wish You Were Here has died at age 88.

On 17 August 2025, British actor Terence Henry Stamp passed away at the age of 87, as confirmed by his family and representatives. His family requested privacy during this time, noting he “leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an actor and as a writer that will continue to touch and inspire people for years to come.”

Alfred Hitchcock may not have imagined his taut 1935 espionage thriller The 39 Steps reborn as a Monty Python-flavoured stage spoof, but that is exactly what Patrick Barlow’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning adaptation delivers.

Wildlands Festival is officially returning for Summer 2026, with organisers confirming two massive editions in Brisbane on New Year’s Day and Perth on January 3rd.

Miranda Young’s Olivia: Grace and Gratitude has been updated for 2025. The new edition—published by Melbourne’s Wilkinson Publishing, adds fresh perspective to a story that continues to expand long after Olivia Newton-John’s passing. It also includes a brand-new chapter that reframes Olivia’s legacy through today’s lens, deepening the book’s tribute to one of the city’s most adored cultural figures.

Here are the key events that happened on this day in music for 18 August:

On August 15, 2025, Neil Young officially severed his official Facebook presence. The move was a direct response to revelations that Meta’s AI chatbots were permitted to engage in “romantic or sensual” conversations with minors.

Here are the key events that happened on this day in music for 17 August:

Bearings from Ottawa, Canada are starting to gain momentum on the other side of the planet.

"Tell us a story" ...That’s how Paul Kelly begins his forthcoming album SEVENTY, an invitation as old as childhood, whispered from the back seat of a family car or around a glowing campfire. Who better to ask than Australia's master storyteller himself? For more than 45 years, Paul Kelly has chronicled lives, characters and contradictions with matchless insight and heart.

Here are the key events in Music on August 16:

In 2026, Brisbane audiences will be given a rare and remarkable opportunity: the southern hemisphere premiere of The Last Ship, the acclaimed musical written and composed by Sting.

The Strokes and The War On Drugs are coming To Australia but you’ll only see then see them in Adelaide.

One album that slipped through the cracks in July was Dave Stewart’s ‘Dave Does Dylan’, an album for Dylan covers from the Eurythmics co-founder.

Here is a list of notable albums released 15 August 2025.

Dave Mustaine is pulling the plug on Megadeth after one final album and a world tour.

The most memorable Ted Bullpitt Kingswood Country line is “You’re not taking the Kingswood”. “Pickle Me grandmother” comes in a close second place. Now there is new Kingswood country.

John Lennon’s next box set is ‘Power To The People’, a 9CD/3 Blu-Ray disc set featuring a remixed version of the 1972 double album ‘Sometime In New York City’, studio outtakes, and the One To One concerts from Madison Square Garden.

Here are the key music highlights for 15 August.

Daryl Hall and John Oates—one of music’s most successful duos have finally brought closure to their highly publicized legal dispute.