Musicians and performers across generations have remembered Dolly Parton following her death at 80, with tributes highlighting her songwriting, generosity, humour and influence far beyond country music.

Anthony Albanese's tribute to Dolly Parton following her death has recalled a remarkable chapter in Australian touring history, when the then Federal Transport Minister intervened to prevent Parton's 2011 Australian tour from being cancelled over the size and configuration of her American tour buses.

From Bill Clinton and Barack Obama to George W. Bush, Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump, political leaders have set aside their differences to honour Dolly Parton following her death at 80.

Dolly Parton, the country music legend whose seven-decade career produced some of popular music's most enduring songs and a philanthropic legacy that transformed lives, has died aged 80 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Former entertainment and AFL manager Ralph Carr has been sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against a former employee.

Yamaha Music Australia has reopened applications for its Main Stage Grant, with three Australian music creators to receive $5,000 cash and $5,000 worth of Yamaha equipment.

Bonnaroo will not take place in 2027, with organisers giving the festival grounds in Manchester, Tennessee, a year to recover after repeated severe weather events.

Melbourne International Jazz Festival will bring more than 550 artists from 18 countries to the city from 16 to 25 October, with 150-plus events across 30 venues.

Paul Stanhope, Alex Turley, Mindy Meng Wang, Monica Lim, Nat Bartsch and Liza Lim AM were among the major recipients as Australia's art music community gathered in Melbourne for the 2026 Art Music Awards.

XMusic will stage three nights of Australian rock, hard rock and metal at Soapbox in Fortitude Valley from September 1 to 3, marking five years of the independent label.

Dave Marsh, the influential American rock critic, author and broadcaster whose work helped shape the way generations of readers understood Bruce Springsteen and the wider history of rock music, has died at his home in Connecticut aged 76.

Australian music and television figure Johnny Young, the creator and host of Young Talent Time and the singer behind the 1966 number one hit Step Back, has died aged 79 following a short illness with pancreatic cancer.

Midnight Oil's 1990 album Blue Sky Mining is being paired with a limited clear blue vinyl pressing and a 100-page photography book featuring previously unpublished images by guitarist Jim Moginie from the band's 1990 world tour.

Guy Sebastian and his former manager Titus Day have reached an agreement ending their long-running Federal Court dispute, with Day acknowledging failures to account for and pass on payments owed to the singer and apologising to Sebastian and his family.

New 396-page hard-cover book traces the history of Melbourne Saturday morning music programs Uptight and Happening 70, 71 and 72 through archival photographs, presenter recollections and surviving programme information.

Bill Armstrong AM, the pioneering Australian recording engineer, studio owner, producer and broadcaster who helped establish the country's modern recording industry and was a founder and managing director of Melbourne's EON-FM, has died aged 97.

Released in August 1976, *All I Can Do* marked the closing chapter of Dolly Parton's creative partnership with Porter Wagoner and set the stage for the commercial breakthrough that followed with *Here You Come Again* just a year later.

Thousands gathered inside and outside Dublin's St Patrick's Cathedral as family, friends and fellow musicians celebrated the life of Glen Hansard, with performances and tributes reflecting the Irish songwriter's influence across generations.

ZZ Top have cancelled their scheduled Hollywood Bowl concert with Cheap Trick due to what management has described as "unforeseen personnel matters", with automatic refunds to be issued for all ticket holders.

Internationally acclaimed composer, educator and researcher Professor Liza Lim AM will receive the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music at the 2026 Art Music Awards in Melbourne on 19 August.

The Bures Band will release their third studio album Ozonia on August 28 through Love Police Records & Tapes, with new single "Delta" available now and an Australian east coast tour scheduled for October.

Long-time Australian entertainment and sports manager Ralph Carr, also known as Ralph Carnovale-Carr, has been publicly identified after abandoning a bid to extend a suppression order following his conviction on two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault in the County Court of Victoria.

Vicki Wickham, the influential television producer, artist manager and music executive whose career helped shape British pop culture from the 1960s onwards, has died. Best known for transforming Ready Steady Go! into Britain's defining music television programme and for guiding the career of Dusty Springfield, Wickham remained an influential figure in music for more than six decades.

Melbourne International Film Festival has announced the nominees for its 2026 awards, with more than $300,000 in prize money to be presented across feature films, Australian directing, First Nations screen creatives, youth programming and short filmmaking.

Brisbane songwriter and producer STACKS has been named the recipient of the 2026 Diana Torossian Emerging Songwriter Award, receiving industry mentoring and songwriting opportunities valued at more than $20,000 alongside a $3,000 cash prize.

Australian music historian, broadcaster, author and longtime Billboard Australia editor Glenn A. Baker has died, with the news confirmed by his friend and longtime collaborator Stuart Coupe. Baker's influence on Australian music extended across journalism, broadcasting, artist management, publishing and music preservation for more than five decades.

Ninajirachi emerged as the biggest winner at the 20th Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) Awards in Adelaide, collecting five awards as the annual event marked two decades of recognising Australia's independent recorded music sector.

V.Spy V.Spy's first two albums are returning on vinyl and CD through Songland Records, with pre-orders closing Friday 31 July 2026 before manufacturing numbers are finalised.

For the first half of The Beatles' recording career, fans in the United States often bought albums with different titles, different covers and dramatically different track listings from those released in the UK and Australia. The changes were driven by commercial decisions, royalty structures and differing market expectations rather than by the band themselves.

The collapse of Leading Edge Group into voluntary administration has raised fresh concerns about the future of Australia's independent retail sector, with regional record stores among the businesses facing immediate disruption after the buying group's central billing model was frozen.