Open Door Management has relaunched as Immortal Music Group, marking a bold new era for one of Australia's most active heavy music management companies. The rebrand, announced this month, introduces a broader creative vision, an expanded roster, and new senior hires that reinforce the company's commitment to longevity, innovation, and artist growth.

The next generation of Victorian music talent will take centre stage this November when SongMakers LIVE makes its debut at one of Australia's most iconic live music venues, The Espy in St Kilda. On Sunday 23 November, sixteen emerging bands from across the state will showcase their original songs in a special all-ages event designed to give young artists their first taste of performing on a professional stage.

New Zealand's acclaimed indie-rock outfit The Beths have made their long-awaited U.S. late-night television debut, performing the title track from their latest album Straight Line Was A Lie on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The appearance marks another major milestone for the Auckland quartet, who are currently riding high on the success of their fourth studio record and are set to bring their biggest-ever Australian headline tour to fans in April 2026.

It's been a long time coming, but UK alt-rock heavyweights Maxïmo Park are finally returning to Australian shores - and they're bringing a milestone celebration with them. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne trio will perform a series of intimate headline shows across Australia in April 2026, marking the 20th anniversary of their acclaimed debut album A Certain Trigger.

Australia's most diverse and globally celebrated music and arts festival, WOMADelaide, has revealed the first 49 artists for its 2026 edition, promising a journey across continents, cultures and sounds. Returning to Adelaide's Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla from 6 to 9 March 2026, the festival's 29th year will once again transform the city into a melting pot of rhythm, art and discovery.

The Horrors will make a long-awaited return to Australia in April 2026 for their first national headline tour in more than a decade, marking the band's most extensive run of shows in the country since 2012.

The 2025 Screen Music Awards celebrated the best in Australian screen composition at a glittering ceremony at Brisbane's Fortitude Music Hall last night, recognising a powerful year in music for film, TV and games.

A monumental new book will bring the full story of Australia's most loved music television program, Countdown, to life. COUNTDOWN - A Complete Episode Guide, a lavish 460-page hardcover coffee table book, will be released in the first week of December 2025, paying tribute to the show that shaped a generation and forever changed Australian pop culture.

Australia's own Ocean Alley will hit the road again in March 2026 for AUS Coastal 2026, a new SummerSalt series presented by Face To Face Touring and Live Nation. The run of outdoor shows promises to bring the band's sun-drenched sound to some of the country's most picturesque coastal locations, joined by a stacked bill featuring Skegss, Babe Rainbow, Allah-Las, The Grogans, Mid Drift, Le Shiv and Seaside.

Angus and Julia Stone, Vika and Linda Bull, Mark and Nick Seymour, Donna Simpson and Vikki Thorn, and Elroy and Liam Finn made for a very family affair at Berry's biggest Red Hot Summer ever.

Brisbane's people powered radio station 4ZZZ turns 50 this year, and the party is shaping up to be a city-sized celebration of the weird, the wild and the wonderfully loud. ZED50 will take over Roma Street Parklands on Saturday, 25 October 2025, with two stages, no crossovers, and a line up that reads like a who's who of Queensland music history, plus a few sharp newcomers.

Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer will return to the global stage in 2026 with their Everyone's A Star! World Tour, marking the beginning of a bold new era for the Sydney-born pop-rockers. The announcement arrives alongside the release of their brand-new single Telephone Busy, the latest preview from their forthcoming sixth studio album Everyone's A Star! due out 14 November.

Teddy Swims entered the Rod Laver Arena stage on Wednesday night to a tribal beat, an anthemic guitar overture followed by a curtain drop that revealed the band and then Teddy himself, standing tall atop a lit-up ramp. Swims was back in Melbourne for the third time in three years, but this was his first time bringing a major production.

After selling out its debut in 2025, Mullum Roots Festival will return even bigger and more ambitious on July 11 and 12, 2026, with an expanded footprint across the village and a first wave of artists that mixes contemporary favourites with homegrown legends.

The much-loved Twilight At Taronga summer concert series will return to Taronga Zoo in February 2026, once again combining live music, family entertainment, and wildlife conservation in one of Sydney's most breathtaking outdoor venues.

When Oasis walked on stage in Goyang, South Korea, for their first show without founding guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs since reforming, the sense of history was impossible to miss. As 55,000 fans filled the Goyang Sports Complex for the band's long-awaited return, it was Mike Moore, best known for his work with Liam Gallagher's solo band, who stepped into one of the most iconic rhythm-guitar roles in British rock.

Finland's masters of melodic metal, Battle Beast, will finally unleash their full-throttle live fury on Australian soil in March 2026. Known for fusing the epic grandeur of classic heavy metal with 1980s-inspired hard rock and a cinematic pop sheen, Battle Beast have built a global reputation for turning stages into battlegrounds of melody and might.

Australian music powerhouses Sam Dainty and Paul Dainty AO, AM have launched a new artist management venture, marking a bold new chapter in the Dainty legacy. The pair's first signing, 22-year-old pop artist Charly Oakley, is already turning heads with their debut single Against The Odds, released through AWAL.

U2 bassist Adam Clayton has opened his first-ever public exhibition of bass guitars from his personal collection at Ireland's Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge, County Kildare. The exclusive showcase, titled Played, Worn, & Torn Featuring The Adam Clayton Collection, runs from 20 October to 9 November 2025 and offers a rare glimpse into the musical legacy of one of rock's most distinctive bass players.

After more than a decade cutting a distinctive path through Australia's live circuit, The Soul Movers have quietly reinvented themselves, announcing a name change that is at once pragmatic and symbolic. From now on the band will be known simply as Murray And The Movers, a switch explained by the group as a clarification of identity, and a reset for the next phase of their recording and live life.

Ed Sheeran is set to return to Australia and New Zealand in early 2026 with his colossal Loop Tour, and he's bringing along an impressive lineup of guests. Joining Sheeran for the summer stadium shows will be Australian chart-topper Vance Joy, rising powerhouse Mia Wray, Irish trad innovators Biird, and soulful newcomer Aaron Rowe.

AC/DC's long-awaited 2025 Australian tour has just grown louder with the addition of five powerhouse homegrown acts joining previously announced special guests Amyl & The Sniffers. The full-scale stadium run will now showcase a wall-to-wall celebration of Australian rock, with The Casanovas, Large Mirage, Oscar The Wild, Southern River Band and Headsend all confirmed as openers across the country.

When Paul Simon released Still Crazy After All These Years on 17 October 1975, he wasn't just releasing another solo record. He was putting a final full stop on the Simon & Garfunkel era, finding his footing in a changing world, and proving that introspection and pop craftsmanship could live side by side. Now, fifty years later, the album remains one of Simon's most enduring works - a record that captures the sound of 1970s New York with grace, wit and melancholy.

South Australia is about to turn up the volume and the revs, as The Bend Classic returns from October 24 to 26 at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park. Combining horsepower and homegrown hits, the festival brings together the best in Australian country music with a full-throttle celebration of cars, camping and culture that's shaping up to be one of the most uniquely Australian weekends of the year.

Pitch Music & Arts will return for its ninth edition in 2026, taking over the Grampian Plains beneath Gariwerd (The Grampians) from 6 to 10 March 2026. Now approaching its first decade, the festival has become one of Australia's most celebrated destinations for electronic music, design and creative culture.

As Oasis prepare to touch down in Australia for their sold-out Live ‘25 World Tour, fans are being gifted an immersive pre-show experience with the launch of two official Oasis Live ‘25 Fan Stores and special gallery exhibitions in Melbourne and Sydney.

The 2026 Greenstone Entertainment Summer Concert Tour will unite some of the most iconic names in rock music, with Iggy Pop, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Hoodoo Gurus, and Zed set to share the stage across New Zealand in January.

When London's most flamboyant pop festival lands in Australia for the first time, it's only fitting that one of pop's fiercest icons leads the charge. Kesha will headline the inaugural Mighty Hoopla Sydney, set to take over Bondi Beach on Saturday, 21 February 2026, promising a day of glitter, chaos, and unapologetic pop euphoria.

Canadian country singer-songwriter Cameron Whitcomb will make his long-awaited debut in Australia and New Zealand in May 2026 with his Hard Way Tour. The five-date run will take Whitcomb's explosive live show to Auckland, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, marking his first performances down under.

Australia's two signature outback music festivals are gearing up for a massive return in 2026 with stellar line-ups and desert spectacles that promise to reignite the magic. After a one-year pause, the Birdsville Big Red Bash returns July 7-9, while the Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash takes centre stage August 20-22, both unveiling rosters stacked with Australian music royalty.