Australian Tour

Stereolab, the French-British proponents of lounge, krautrock, electronic music, packed out the Forum theatre at their sold-out show on Thursday night. Their thirty plus career attracted a myriad of generations and all manner of music fans. Stereolab devoted roughly half their set to the new album; Instant Holograms on Metal Film, showcasing material from their latest release with focused performances, replete with their distinctive syncopated electronic rhythms.

Simple Minds and Gary Numan's Australian and New Zealand tour for 2027 is now officially on sale, with arena dates confirmed across Australia and New Zealand as part of the band's 50th anniversary celebrations.

Plain White T's will return to Australia for their first headline tour in more than ten years, with the Chicago pop rock band set to play four east coast and South Australian dates in October and November 2026 alongside special guests Teenage Joans.

Alabama metalcore band Gideon have released their new five-track EP 4x4, accompanied by a visualiser for the track ‘YEEHAW', just months before returning to Australia as special guests on Bury Tomorrow's September tour.

American singer, songwriter and multimedia artist Oliver Tree has died aged 32 after a mid-air helicopter collision in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His death brings an abrupt end to a career that blended alternative pop, hip-hop, comedy and visual performance, and has resulted in the unexpected cancellation of his scheduled Australian and New Zealand tour dates for October.

The Sharp will return to stages across Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales later this year, with the Melbourne band's September performances set to become the centrepiece of a new live album.

American singer-songwriter Cat Power has announced an Australian tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of her landmark 2006 album The Greatest, with a series of national performances culminating in a special appearance at Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens as part of the Live at the Gardens concert series.