More than five years after *Intruder*, Gary Numan is preparing to return to the studio with artificial intelligence on his mind, and he admits the pressure of making his next album has never been greater.

A Perfect Circle have followed their first new song in six years with another 2026 recording, while Billy Howerdel says there is "more to come" and the band prepares to return to Australia.

A new 3CD edition brings Brian Johnson's pre-AC/DC recordings with Geordie back into circulation, alongside early Bon Scott material and a disc of AC/DC covers, but its history of the two singers is far from complete.

Fifty years after its release, Billy Joel's Turnstiles is being expanded into a 4CD and Blu-ray collection containing 67 audio tracks, including the previously unheard "Oklahoma", the first official audio release of "Handball" and four recordings from an abandoned session with Elton John's rhythm section.

Fontaines D.C. return after four years while Hayley Williams makes her Australian solo debut, with Slayyyter, Kim Petras, MUNA, Rico Nasty and more joining the 22nd Laneway Festival.

Twenty years after Jet released their second album, Shine On remains defined by the deeply personal song Nic Cester wrote after his father's death, a track the band recorded in a single take.

A previously unreleased collaboration between Chrissy Amphlett and Tim Finn, recorded in Sydney and New York, will finally be heard more than 30 years after the songs were written.

Fishbone brought four decades of genre-defying energy to Melbourne, with Angelo Moore leading a 22-song set that moved from ska and funk to punk and thrash metal.

After more than six decades on the road, Rod Stewart will make his final major touring run in 2027, while leaving the door open for new music and occasional performances.

Melbourne's Black Market Clash will devote a full two-hour performance to The Clash this Friday, with a three-piece horn section and a vinyl collection spanning 10 LPs adding new depth to the live presentation.

Four previously unreleased recordings from the 1976 sessions have been personally selected by Stevie Wonder, including songs featuring musicians who were at the beginning of major careers.

From First Nations songlines and protest music to pop anthems, jingles and digital disruption, a new anthology examines how Australian songwriting has reflected and influenced the country across a century.

The Avalanches are back with a new album, a new live chapter and HAAi joining them for six shows.

Chicago faced a major lineup change on Chicago 18, replacing Peter Cetera with Jason Scheff while turning to some of Los Angeles' most sought-after session guitarists for the album.

New Order's fourth studio album arrived at a pivotal point in the band's evolution, dividing its music between guitar-driven post-punk and electronic experimentation. Forty years later, Brotherhood is being revisited with a new anniversary vinyl edition.

Iggy Pop's 1986 album Blah-Blah-Blah gave him one of his biggest commercial breakthroughs, but the record also marked the final studio collaboration between Pop and David Bowie.

Iron Maiden will mark 40 years of Somewhere In Time with a new limited-edition vinyl pressing, bringing one of the band's most distinctive studio albums back into focus four decades after its original release.

Olivia Rodrigo opened The Unraveled Tour in Hartford with a set built around the four seasons, 12 songs from her new album and several catalogue choices that leave some of her biggest hits on the bench.

Sabrina Carpenter is returning to the big screen as Ginger Rogers in a Fred Astaire biopic that also brings an overlooked chapter of Astaire's career back into focus.

Michelle Branch and Maren Morris have reworked one of Branch's defining songs, with Kristin Cavallari returning to the story in a video that recreates the Laguna Beach moment that helped give the track a second life.

Eric Church will make his first Australian headline appearances in March 2027, bringing Parker McCollum with him for Melbourne and Sydney shows before heading to CMC Rocks Queensland for the festival's 20th birthday.

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist Michael G. Jones has returned with a new single that draws directly on the tension between pursuing a dream and keeping a relationship intact.

Fifty years after the album changed the scale of Stevie Wonder's ambitions, he will perform Songs In The Key Of Life in full across 18 concerts in the UK, Europe and the United States.

Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja was arrested outside the Labour Party conference after holding a placard supporting Palestine Action, a group proscribed as a terrorist organisation under UK law.

Shinedown finally returned to Melbourne after 16 years, using their first John Cain Arena show to revisit the songs Australian fans had been waiting to hear rather than turning the night into a showcase for the new album.

Eight of Bush's 14 songs at Melbourne's John Cain Arena came from albums released between 2020 and 2025, revealing a set built less around nostalgia than the emotional territory Gavin Rossdale is writing about now.

Soundgarden have released the official footage of their September Seattle performance, giving fans their first full look at the band's return to the stage with Taylor Momsen and Mike McCready.

Kylie Minogue brought three decades of hits, a striking collaboration with William Barton and an airborne finale to the AFL Grand Final at the MCG.

Brandon Flowers set out to make a record that captured the experiences that had shaped him, but The Killers' second album initially divided critics before developing a very different reputation.

Evan Dando rebuilt The Lemonheads with the rhythm section of Descendents for the band's first album in nine years, bringing together a cast that also included J Mascis and Garth Hudson.