Australia

Hilltop Hoods To Headline New Music Festival One Street One Day In Townsville

Far north Queensland is the home of a brand new music festival One Street One Day with headliner Hilltop Hoods.

Tagged as: Australia, Brad Cox, COTERIE, DMAs, Hilltop Hoods, In Heart's Wake, Meg Mac, Mia Wray, music festival, One Street One Day, Townsville

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Recruits Josh Piterman For The Music of Billy Joel

by Paul Cashmere

Former Ten Tenor, UK Phantom and Corny Hairspray star Josh Piterman will join Phil Burton, Alinta Chidzey and Jess Hitchcock to perform the music of Billy Joel with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in November.

Tagged as: Alinta Chidzey, Australia, Billy Joel, classical, Jess Hitchcock, Josh Piterman, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, MSO, Phil Burton, pop, rock

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The Ferguson Rogers Process Release Space & Time Dub Remix of ‘A Long Year’

by Paul Cashmere

The Ferguson Rogers Process, the collective of Lance Ferguson of The Bamboos and Tim Rogers of You Am I, have slipped out a Space and Tim Dub mix of ‘A Long Year’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Ferguson Rogers Process, indie, Lance Ferguson, rock, The Bamboos, Tim Rogers, You Am I

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Crowded House To Headline The Next Red Hot Summer Series

by Paul Cashmere

Crowded House will perform more live shows for 2025 for Red Hot Summer, as well as Mannum’s Sounds by the River and Mackay’s Legends on the Lawn.

Tagged as: Angus and Julia Stone, Australia, Crowded House, Cruel Sea, Face To Face Touring, Legends on the Lawn, live music, Mark Seymour, Sounds By The River, The Church, Vika and Lina

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Australian Music Pioneer Marcie Jones Passes Aged 79

by Paul Cashmere

Marcie Jones, the Marcie from 60s Australian girl group Marcie and the Cookies, has died at the age of 79.

Tagged as: 60s, Australia, Marcie and the Cookies, Marcie Jones, pop, The Go Show

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ABBA Confirm Voyage Is Coming To Australia, And Four Songs Added To Show

by Paul Cashmere

After much rumour and speculation, it is confirmed that ABBA Voyage will come to Australia.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Australia, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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Swanee To Release All-Star Duets Album And First Album In 11 Years

by Noise11.com

John Swan (Swanee) has been working for the last few years on a special project. ‘Believe’ is a duets album featuring John famous friends and family and we have Brian ‘Frog’ Harris at Songland Records in Canberra for making it all happen.

Tagged as: 80s, Alan Barnes, Australia, Colin Hay, Dave Gleeson, Diesel, Ian Moss, Jack Jones, Jimmy Barnes, Joe Camilleri, John Swan, Kevin Borich, Mahalia Barnes, Melinda Schneider, Rick Springfield, rock, Russell Morris, Swanee, Wendy Matthews

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New Music from Jimmy Barnes ‘That’s What You Do For Love’

by Paul Cashmere

With Jimmy Barnes’ 21st solo album ‘Defiant’ just a week away, here is another preview. The opening track ‘’That’s What you Do For Love’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Cold Chisel, Defiant, Jimmy Barnes, rock, Thats What You Do For Love

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Tash Sultana Releases Return To The Roots EP With Guest City and Colour

by Paul Cashmere

Tash Sultana’s six track ‘Return To The Roots’ has been released. City and Colour join her for ‘Ain’t It Kinda Funny’ and there’s another five tracks to get into.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, City And Colour, indie, Return To The Roots, Tash Sultana

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James Reyne Releases First New Music In Five Years With ‘Going Back To Nashville’

by Paul Cashmere

James Reyne has released his first new music since 2020 with the very unNashville sounding ‘Going Back To Nashville’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Australian Crawl, Going Back To Nashville, James Reyne, rock, Tony Joe White, Willie Nelson, Wynonna Judd

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Brisbane’s Open Season Expands Its 2025 Program

by Paul Cashmere

Brisbane will be treated to a special event with Iceland’s Sigur Rōs performing tonight at QPAC.

Tagged as: Australia, Brisbane, Open Season, Sigur Ros

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Tropical Fu*k Storm Have a New Song, an Album Release Dates and A New Tour To Do

by Paul Cashmere

Tropical Fu*k Storm will release their fourth album ‘Fairyland Codex’ on June 20 and that means they are back touring.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Gareth Liddiard, indie, Tropical Fu*k Storm, Tropical Fuck Storm

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Pendulum To Release First Album In 15 Years

by Music-News.com

Pendulum have announced their first studio album in 15 years, ‘Inertia’.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, electronica, Pendulum

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Russell Morris Sets About Planning His Final Tour Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

Russell Morris will is just two months away from his Farewell Tour kicking off in Bendigo and the job of curating the setlist has begun.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, rock, Russell Morris, The Farewell Tour

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Steve Lucas Reforms X For At Home With You 40th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Steve Lucas has dusted off legendary Aussie punk band X for some shows to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1985 album ‘At Home with You’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, punk, Steve Lucas, X

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OneRepublic To Headline Lookout Festival and Major Venues in 2026

by Paul Cashmere

OneRepublic will tour Australia for a fifth time and this time headline outdoor show on the Lookout Festival.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, live music, Live Nation, Lookout Festival, OneRepublic, pop, Ryan Tedder, USA

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Kisschasy Release First Song In 16 Years ‘Lie To Me’

by Paul Cashmere

Kisschasy have new music. ‘Lie To Me’ is the first song from the Mornington, Victoria band in 16 years.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Kisschasy, Lie To Me, punk, rock

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The Radiators Release 2025 Remastered Best of ‘Radiology’

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s The Radiators catalogue has been long out of print and only select titles are on streaming services. Finally, Frog at Songland Records in Canberra has driven a remastered reissue of The Radiators best of album ‘Radiology’.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Brian Frog Harris, Brian Nichol, Canberra, indie, Possum Records, Radiology, rock, Songland Records, The Radiators

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Ian Kenny Will Rock Out With Karnivool On Another Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Kenny has sent his Birds on a holiday to Tokyo and resurrected Karnivool for an Australian tour.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Birds Of Tokyo, Karnivool, metal, rock

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Melbourne’s Reclink Community Cup To Feature Frente and Spiderbait

by Paul Cashmere

Frente will reform to perform their 1993 classic ‘Ordinary Angels’, the theme for the 2025 Reclink Community Cup, at the Reclink Community Cup on June 15.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Frente, indie, Reclink Community Cup, rock, Spiderbait

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Davey Lane Has A New Solo Record ‘Finally, A Party Album’ On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

Davey Lane is getting close to the release of a new solo album ‘Finally, A Party Album’ set for sometime around midyear.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Davey Lane, indie, rock, Todd Rundgren, You Am I

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Dave Graney ‘N’ The Coral Snakes To Tour ‘The Soft ‘N’ Sexy Gound for 30th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Graney ‘N’ The Coral Snakes will take the fifth Coral Snakes album ‘The Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound on the road in October to mark the 30th anniversary of the album.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Coral Snakes, Dave Graney, indie, The Soft n Sexy Sound

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Mariah Carey To Headline Fridayz In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Mariah Carey will return to Australia to headline an all-star line-up for Fridayz.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Eve, Fridays, James Packer, Jordin Sparks, Lil Jon, live music, Mariah Carey, Pitbull, R&B, Tinie Tempah, USA, Wiz Khalifa

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Angus Young AC/DC performing at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday 6 December 2015. They are in Australia on the final leg of their Rock Or Bust World Tour. photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC Postpone Nashville Show Due To Bad Weather

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC were forced to postpone their Nashville show on 20 May by 24 hours his week after a tornado warning was issued for the area.

Tagged as: 70s, AC/DC, Australia, Nashville, Power Up, rock, tour, USA

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Nick Littlemore of PNAU and Ladyhawke Premiere New Teenager Collaboration

by Paul Cashmere

Two decades in, PNAU’s Nick Littlemore is back with Ladyhawke as Teenager.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Electronic, Ladyhawke, New Zealand, Nick Littlemore, Teenager

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Sigur Rós Perform With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Hamer Hall Melbourne #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

Sigur Rós has always been a spellbinding experience. Add the enchantment of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and you have one of the greatest MSO collaborations ever. It was simply beautiful.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, classical, Iceland, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sigur Ros

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Second Annual Bon Scott AC/DC Tribute Planned For New York

by Paul Cashmere

Corey Glover and Living Colour will be part of the second annual birthday bash for Bon Scott of AC/DC’s 79th. The date has been set for July 9 at the Bowery Electric, New York. This is an official event endorses by the Estate of Bon Scott.

Tagged as: 70s, 79th, AC/DC, Australia, birthday, Bon Scott, New York, rock

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Tommy Emmanuel Awarded Honorary Doctorate By Newcastle University

by Paul Cashmere

The University of Newcastle has awarded Tommy Emmanuel an honorary doctorate.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, country, doctorate, jazz, rock, Tommy Emmanuel, University of Newcastle

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The Cat Empire Reveal August September Tour Dates

by Paul Cashmere

The Cat Empire have a stack of shows coming up for August and September with special guests Little Quirks.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, indie, The Cat Empire

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Matt Lucas Drops Out Of Les Misérables In Melbourne Mid-Show

by Paul Cashmere

British comedian Matt Lucas was forced to withdraw from his performance in Les Misérables after Act One in Melbourne on Friday night.

Tagged as: Australia, Les Misérables, Matt Lucas, theatre

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Robbie Williams at A Day On The Green Geelong 2023 photo by Winston Robinson

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Dual Grammy Award winner Laufey returns to Australia and New Zealand this July and August with her biggest shows yet, bringing the A Matter Of Time Tour to arena stages nationwide.

March 4, 2026

IVE Announce World Tour For Australia And New Zealand

IVE Confirm Their Global Phenomenon Status With Sydney, Melbourne And Auckland Dates

February 16, 2026

Descendents Run Down Under Celebrating 30 Years of Everything Sucks

The So Cal punk icons Descendents return to Australia and New Zealand this June, revisiting a career-defining album and bringing decades of melodic hardcore to local stages

February 3, 2026

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening Announces Australia and New Zealand Dates for Physical Graffiti 50th Anniversary Tour

The world tour celebrating the landmark album wraps up in April 2026 with a seven-city run across Australasia

January 22, 2026

Kesha Teams Up With Australian Pop Trio Blusher For “Glow.” Remix Ahead Of Down Under Tour

Multi-platinum pop superstar Kesha has unveiled a brand-new version of her fan favourite “Glow.” featuring Melbourne trio Blusher, released today via Kesha Records.

January 16, 2026

Festival Tickets Could Surpass $427 By 2030 As Prices Outpace Inflation

Australia's festival season is heating up, but for music fans, the cost of entry is rising faster than ever. New analysis by Culture Kings of ticket data from 11 major Australian music festivals shows that prices have surged dramatically beyond inflation and are projected to continue climbing over the next decade.

December 23, 2025