Rolf Harris Stripped Of Order Of Australia Honour

The Weeknd has abandoned, at least for now, plans to retire the stage name and persona he had been considering phasing out since early 2025.

Phil Jamieson has cancelled his entire 2026 PJ Air Tour after slipping on stage during a performance on Friday night and fracturing his L1 vertebra. The Grinspoon frontman was unable to continue the show and was taken by ambulance to Latrobe Regional Hospital, where medical tests confirmed the lower-back injury. Jamieson has been prescribed bed rest and faces an extended recovery period, forcing the cancellation of his national tour just days before the release of his second solo album, 10Charlie.

John Douglas, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter with Scottish indie favourites Trashcan Sinatras, has died at the age of 63 following a brief illness, only days after the band released its first studio album in a decade, Ever The Optimist.

Forty years after its release, Lionel Richie's third solo album Dancing On The Ceiling remains the final studio release from the most commercially successful period of his career, completing a remarkable run that dominated pop music throughout the 1980s.

Canadian punk band Propagandhi will return to Australia and Aotearoa in January and February 2027 for their first regional tour in almost eight years, with dates across Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Barwon Heads, Melbourne, Wellington and Auckland supporting their latest album At Peace.

Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman and Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto has denied allegations of sexual assault and misconduct after a BBC documentary detailed accusations from multiple women, including four alleging criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers.

Bernie Taupin will release The Sea Has No Mercy on 23 October, marking his first solo album in almost four decades and his first collection written entirely from his own perspective.