Oasis will mark the 25th anniversary of their first live album Familiar To Millions with new limited-edition 2CD and 3LP formats, arriving 14 November through Big Brother Recordings.

SongHubs, the flagship songwriting program of APRA AMCOS, is set to make history this October with its first-ever edition in Africa. In a groundbreaking partnership, the African Music Academy (AMA), the Composers Authors and Publishers Association (CAPASSO) and the South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) have joined forces to launch African SongHubs.

Russell Crowe will bring his globally roaming music collective Indoor Garden Party home to Sydney for one very special performance this December. The Academy Award-winning actor will swap film sets for the stage on Saturday 20 December 2025 at the Enmore Theatre, marking the band's only live appearance for the year.

Helmet, the pioneering New York noise rock and alternative metal band, will make a long-awaited return to Australia in April 2026 for a run of national dates, marking more than three decades of connection with their fiercely loyal Australian audience.

US indie folk songwriter Iron & Wine will return to Australia in February and March 2026 for his first visit in eight years. Presented by Handsome Tours and Double J, the tour will feature headline shows in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, as well as festival appearances at WOMADelaide and the Port Fairy Folk Festival.

Finnish rock favourites The Rasmus have turned a war-zone performance into a powerful act of charity, raising more than $84,000 for Ukraine's Okhmatdyt National Children's Specialised Hospital - and they'll be heading to Australia for their first ever headline shows in January 2026.

On 30 September 1985, Tom Waits released Rain Dogs, his ninth studio album and one that would become a cornerstone of his career. Forty years on, the record still stands as one of the most daring and distinctive works in American music, an album that transformed Waits from a beat-poet barfly into a true avant-garde songwriter.

Extreme metal veterans Soulfly are gearing up for the release of their thirteenth studio album Chama on 24 October 2025 through Nuclear Blast Records. Ahead of the record, the band have unveiled a punishing new single, ‘Nihilist', featuring a guest appearance from Todd Jones of Nails.

German thrash metal pioneers Kreator are set to unleash their sixteenth studio album Krushers Of The World on 16 January 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. Four decades into their career, the Essen-born metal titans remain as uncompromising and ferocious as ever, with frontman Mille Petrozza and drummer Jürgen “Ventor” Reil still driving the band's relentless charge.

Kylie Minogue is giving fans the chance to relive the biggest tour of her career with the release of Tension Tour//Live 2025, a definitive live album celebrating her 2025 global run. The set is available now digitally via Mushroom Music, with special edition vinyl and CD formats due 13 February 2026.

NOFX have dropped what may be one of their last ever new songs, teaming up with Codefendants for a furious punk collaboration titled “What Are We Doing This For”.

Singer-songwriter Ace Enders, best known as the creative force behind The Early November, has unveiled a deeply personal new track, Wide Awake. The single is lifted from his forthcoming solo album Posture Syndrome, coming 31 October via Pure Noise Records.

Australian music royalty Harry Vanda, one of the true architects of the nation's sound, has today released his first-ever solo single, ‘Devil Loose', at the age of 78. The release is a landmark moment for a figure whose influence stretches from the 1960s Easybeats era through to the global rise of AC/DC and beyond.

Scotland’s pop-rock icons Deacon Blue will return to Australia in January and February 2026, celebrating four decades together with their new studio album The Great Western Road and their first visit down under since 2023.

Australian country music icon James Blundell has teamed up with rising duo Patsy & Dave for a stirring new single, After the Storm, a song that captures resilience, unity and the strength of community in the wake of Australia's natural disasters.

Irish indie-folk trio Kingfishr have confirmed their very first Australian live shows, bringing the Halcyon Tour 2026 to four major cities in March.

Argentinian singer-songwriter Natalia Clavier has released her most intimate work yet, a Spanish-language EP titled Boticaria de Canciones. Out now through emeraldwave by Green Hill, the project arrives during Hispanic Heritage Month and serves as a companion to her recent English-language release Song Apothecary.

Prog-rock supergroup DarWin have unleashed their brand-new studio album Distorted Mirror, a sprawling follow-up to last year's Five Steps On The Sun.

Heavy metal has always thrived on moments that defy expectation, and today one of the genre's most historic collaborations has landed. Shortly before his death, Ozzy Osbourne teamed with fellow British metal pioneers Judas Priest for a brand-new charity version of Black Sabbath's immortal classic War Pigs.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Hall is heading back on the road for a new run of US shows, and he's bringing along Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze as special guest. The west coast dates kick off on 19 October in Reno, Nevada at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino and wrap on 4 November in Denver, Colorado at the Paramount Theatre.

On 26 September 2025, the John Lennon estate premiered a brand-new music video for Lennon and Yoko Ono's hard-hitting protest anthem “Sunday Bloody Sunday (Ultimate Mix)”, reintroducing one of the most controversial yet vital tracks from Lennon's New York era. The video arrives just weeks before the release of the expansive Power To The People (The Ultimate Collection) box set, due 10 October, and places renewed focus on Lennon's uncompromising political voice.

This week marks the 60th anniversary of one of The Rolling Stones' most important early works ‘Out of Our Heads’. First released in the US on 30 July 1965 and later in the UK on 24 September of the same year and confirmed the band's global arrival.

When the AFL announced that Snoop Dogg would be the Grand Final's pre-match entertainment, the backlash was instant. Fans were fired up. Why bring in an American rapper when Australia has so many icons who could own the stage? Think Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, hey if it has to be Hip-Hop Hilltop Hoods have a Top 10 album right now. Fair argument. It felt like another case of the AFL overlooking its own backyard.

Paul McCartney launched his 2025 tour in Santa Barbara, California on Friday night (26 September 2025), treating fans to a historic moment with the return of The Beatles' classic Help! to his setlist for the first time since 1990.

Snoop Dogg is in town and ready to turn the MCG into a party. The rap icon will headline the Telstra pre-game show at the AFL Grand Final this Saturday, promising fans a performance packed with classics, surprises, and even a touch of Australian flair.

Melbourne alternative innovators Schism 21C have released their brand-new single and music video ‘Delta V', the third track to arrive from their long-awaited comeback album Only The Shell Remains.

Kevin Parker has unveiled another glimpse into the next era of Tame Impala with the release of his brand-new single Dracula. The track arrives today (26 September), just three weeks before the launch of Parker's fifth full-length album Deadbeat, due out 17 October through Columbia Records.

Perth's indie-rock favourites Death By Denim are back with a brand-new single, ‘Ketamine Dream', and news of their upcoming third studio album, Ladybug, due mid-November 2025.

Australian country music rising star Katie Jayne has teamed up with seasoned singer-songwriter Luke Austen for a brand-new single, “Let's Get It Wrong Together”, out now via RTC Records.

Mo'Ju has released one of the most powerful projects of their career with the arrival of Mo'Ju with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Double J Live at the Wireless), a live album recorded at Melbourne's Hamer Hall and now out via ABC Music.