Howard Jones One To One 40th anniversary album artwork
Howard Jones’ One To One Turns 40 With Phil Collins Connection Still Standing Out

Howard Jones' third studio album marked a shift towards a more expansive adult pop sound, while its CD edition preserved one of the era's most notable collaborations with Phil Collins.

October 13, 2026
Berlin Count Three & Pray album cover featuring Terri Nunn, John Crawford and Rob Brill
Berlin’s Count Three & Pray Turns 40 With The Hit That Split The Band

Berlin's fourth album gave the world "Take My Breath Away", but the record's history is more complicated than its biggest hit suggests. Behind the Oscar-winning song was a band pulling in different creative directions.

October 13, 2026
Roger Waters played Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Saturday 10 February 2018. Roger Waters is performing his Us and Them Australian tour.
Harry Waters Takes The Lead On Roger Waters’ Pink Floyd Legacy Tour

Roger Waters has stepped aside from performing to let his son Harry steer a major new production of Pink Floyd's 1970s catalogue across more than 100 shows in 2027.

October 12, 2026
Converge in 2026 with album artwork for Hum Of Hurt visible
Converge Bring Rare Full Jane Doe Performance to Melbourne’s New Lucidity Festival

Massachusetts metalcore pioneers Converge will perform their 2001 album Jane Doe in full at the inaugural Lucidity Festival in Melbourne on 13 March 2027, marking the record's 25th anniversary and the band's first Australian appearance since 2019.

October 12, 2026
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Unpeople Release Debut Album We Are Unpeople

London alternative rock four-piece unpeople have released their debut full-length we are unpeople on SharpTone Records, accompanied by a new track and fan lyric video for haunted.

October 12, 2026
Marlon Funaki performing live on stage with guitar
Marlon Funaki Announces Debut Australian Tour For February 2027

Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist Marlon Funaki will play his first Australian headline shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane next February after a breakout year of major festival appearances and his Warner Records debut EP.

October 12, 2026
Icehouse perform at A Day In The Gardens in the Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne on Sunday 12 March 2017.
Icehouse Add Extra Man Of Colours Anniversary Shows After Melbourne Sell-Out

Extra dates in Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney confirmed as demand surges for the full-album celebration, with Suze DeMarchi and Michael Paynter joining as featured artists across the tour.

October 12, 2026
Powderfinger member Bernard Fanning at Big Day Out 2005 by Ros O'Gorman
Powderfinger Dates For 2027 National Tour 17 Years After Final Show

Powderfinger will play stadium-sized big tops in six cities from September, the first time the original line-up has shared a physical stage since the Sunsets Farewell Tour closed in 2010.

October 12, 2026
Russell Hitchcock Air Supply Melbourne Town Hall 13 September 2025
Air Supply Receives Hollywood Walk of Fame Star After 51 Years of Musical Harmony

Air Supply, the iconic duo that has serenaded audiences for over five decades, was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 8, 2026. The ceremony took place at 6126 Hollywood Boulevard, marking the 2,859th star awarded in the category of Recording. Emcee Lisa Foxx was joined by notable speakers including Pat Sajak and David Foster, who praised the duo's enduring impact on music.

October 11, 2026
Donna Summer Four Seasons Of Love 1976 album cover
Donna Summer’s Four Seasons Of Love Turns 50 With Four Songs That All Ruled Disco

Donna Summer's 1976 concept album turned a love affair into the changing seasons, with every major song reaching No. 1 on the US disco chart even though only two were released as singles.

October 11, 2026
ABBA Arrival album cover marking the 50th anniversary of the 1976 album
ABBA Arrival Turns 50 With A Legacy That Now Belongs In The National Recording Registry

ABBA's fourth album was the record that turned a successful Swedish group into a global pop force, and 50 years later its significance has been formally recognised by the US Library of Congress.

October 11, 2026
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V.Spy V.Spy Albums Score Dual ARIA Top 10 As Band Debuts New Line-Up In Perth

Harry's Reasons and A.O. Mod. T.V. Vers. both enter the ARIA albums chart inside the top ten this week, four decades after their original release, while the band returns to the stage with a fresh line-up featuring Bob Spencer (The Angels, Skyhooks, Finch, Rose Tattoo).

October 10, 2026
Trivium The Crusade album cover 20th anniversary
Trivium The Crusade Turns 20 With The Album That Changed Their Sound

Released between Ascendancy and Shogun, The Crusade found Trivium deliberately stepping away from metalcore and embracing thrash, cleaner vocals and more direct songwriting.

October 10, 2026
Rod Stewart performing songs from Still The Same... Great Rock Classics Of Our Time
Rod Stewart Revisited 13 Rock Classics On Still The Same

Twenty years ago, Rod Stewart stepped away from The Great American Songbook and went back to rock, choosing 13 songs that connected him with artists including Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Seger, The Pretenders, Badfinger, The Eagles and Cat Stevens.

October 10, 2026
The Monkees in 1966 during the era of their debut self-titled album
The Monkees’ Debut Album Turns 60 With A Surprising Credit Story

Released on October 10, 1966, The Monkees became a chart phenomenon, but the record also captured the unusual reality behind a television band whose members were initially largely kept away from the instruments.

October 10, 2026
Nickelback on stage during a live arena performance
Nickelback Announce Australian Arena Dates For 2027 Everything Under The Sun Tour

The Canadian rock band will bring their eleventh studio album to Australian arenas in October 2027 with Don Broco as special guests, tickets going on sale from mid-October following the record's October 30 release.

October 10, 2026
Things of Stone and Wood
Things Of Stone And Wood Release Title Track From Second 2026 Album The Final Forest

The Melbourne band follow their Top 10 ARIA return Rae Street with a 70s piano-led studio album, new single and video, and a national tour that now includes Tasmania.

October 9, 2026
Slash. image by Ros O'Gorman
Slash Receives 2026 Les Paul Spirit Award In Hollywood

The Guns N' Roses guitarist collected the honour at United Recording Studios, where media also heard the first tracks from his next album with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators.

October 9, 2026
Guns N Roses play the MCG on their 2017 Not In My Lifetime Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Guns N’ Roses Join Aerosmith As Special Guests For Hollywood Bowl Shows

The hard rock giants will share the stage for two exclusive nights in Los Angeles as part of Aerosmith's long-awaited return, joining an already packed bill of rock, metal and hip-hop names.

October 9, 2026
Rose Carleo Band Dirt Bound radio edit featuring Pontus Snibb of Bonafide
Rose Carleo Band Cover Dirt Bound With Pontus Snibb Of Bonafide

Dirt Bound from the 42 Days album is out today, with the Swedish hard rocker adding his voice remotely from Stockholm while the band recorded in Sydney.

October 9, 2026
Chris Welsh of Died Pretty performing on drums
Chris Welsh Of Died Pretty Dies After Multi-Year Cancer Battle

The longtime drummer, whose powerful playing helped define the band's classic albums, has died following a prolonged fight with lung cancer. His passing comes three years after the death of frontman Ron Peno.

October 9, 2026
Powderfinger Bernard Fanning Darren Middleton reunion announcement video 2026
Powderfinger Confirm Australian Reunion Tour From September 2027

Sixteen years after their final public concert, the five members end the mystery campaign with a direct video message promising shows across the country and full details next week.

October 9, 2026
The Cat Empire new single Rocket reunites band with producer Jan Skubiszewski
The Cat Empire Reunite With Steal The Light Producer For New Single Rocket

Felix Riebl and the band reconnect with Jan Skubiszewski nearly two decades after the album that took them global, delivering a percussive new track while their orchestral tour continues.

October 9, 2026
Albert Hammond Jr. during the Yours To Keep era
Albert Hammond Jr.’s Yours To Keep Turns 20 With Sean Lennon And Julian Casablancas Inside The Story

Albert Hammond Jr.'s first solo album gave the Strokes guitarist a space of his own, but the record was hardly made in isolation. Sean Lennon played bass, piano and backing vocals, while Julian Casablancas also stepped away from The Strokes to contribute.

October 9, 2026
Powderfinger member Bernard Fanning at Big Day Out 2005 by Ros O'Gorman
Powderfinger Break Their Silence With A Cryptic Video Pointing Back To 2010

Powderfinger have broken their silence on the reunion speculation, using a coded video, a refreshed website and one very specific date to turn the mystery campaign into their clearest signal yet.

October 8, 2026
Hugh Cornwell supplied Troubadour Presents
Hugh Cornwell Cancels Australian Tour After December Reschedule

Former The Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell has cancelled his Australian tour, just months after the postponed dates were moved to December 2026.

October 8, 2026
Aerosmith in Melbourne Australia 2013 photo by Ros O'Gorman
Aerosmith To Return To Hollywood Bowl With An Extraordinary Cast Of Friends

Aerosmith will return to the Hollywood Bowl for two concerts in October and November, bringing together a remarkable list of guests from rock, metal, hip-hop and country for their first full shows since 2023.

October 8, 2026
Dolly Parton Storyteller Hotel
Dolly Parton’s Nashville Hotel And Museum Opens With Her Life Told In Her Own Story

Dolly Parton's SongTeller Hotel and Dolly's Life of Many Colors Museum have officially opened in downtown Nashville, bringing together 240 hotel rooms, live music venues and the most comprehensive exhibition yet devoted to Parton's life and career.

October 8, 2026
Starset performing live during their cinematic rock era
Starset Turn Restraint Into Heavy Impact With “Transfusion”

Starset have followed two new songs with "Transfusion", a track that begins with unusual restraint before building into the kind of cinematic heaviness that has defined the Columbus band's music for more than a decade.

October 8, 2026
The Church by Adam Nicholas
The Church Take A Detour Into Country With Two New Songs From Lacuna

Steve Kilbey calls "Sky And Hill" his closest attempt at country and western, while "Forever" takes The Church into a darker, piano-led space on the road to their new album *Lacuna*.

October 8, 2026