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Headsend perform live during their 2026 international touring campaign

Headsend Announce Second EP A Delicate Balance And New Australian Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Headsend have announced their second EP A Delicate Balance for November 6, alongside new single Biopsy Of An Unknown Growth and Australian headline shows.

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Dingo Music and Arts Festival 2026

Dingo Music & Arts Festival Announces Inaugural Bangalow Program

by Paul Cashmere

Dingo Music & Arts Festival has revealed its inaugural lineup, with Hiatus Kaiyote, Kokoroko, Miss Kaninna and more set to perform across Bangalow and Byron Bay in October.

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Andy Jans-Brown

Andy Jans-Brown Releases ‘Airport Departure Lounge’ Ahead Of New Album

by Paul Cashmere

Andy Jans-Brown has unveiled the title track and video for Airport Departure Lounge, the forthcoming album due on 26 June 2026, exploring themes of transition, uncertainty and modern life.

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Peter Noble of Bluesfest - Image By Ros O'Gorman, noise11.com, photo

Bluesfest Creditors Face Long Wait As Liquidator Investigates Festival Collapse

by Paul Cashmere

New liquidator reports reveal Bluesfest creditors may receive less than 11 cents in the dollar while investigations continue into potential insolvent trading and related-party transactions involving founder Peter Noble.

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HEADSEND Photo By Maclay Heriot copy

Headsend Announce First Headline Tour Of North America, UK And Europe

by Paul Cashmere

Byron Bay trio Headsend have announced their first headline tour of North America, the UK and Europe following the release of their debut EP Angel Glands and support slots with Eagles Of Death Metal.

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Festival Of The Stone 2026 lineup on stage at Stone & Wood Brewery, Byron Bay

Stone & Wood Presents Festival Of The Stone 2026 Lineup

by Paul Cashmere

Stone & Wood announces Festival Of The Stone 2026 in Byron Bay with Pacific Avenue, Ruby Fields, Dear Seattle, Eliza & The Delusionals, and Liquid Zoo

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Taj Farrant photo from TJ Entertainers and TJF Management Group

Byron’s Easter Music Takeover Rebuilds After Bluesfest Collapse

by Paul Cashmere

Byron Bay replaces Bluesfest with a multi-venue Easter music takeover featuring The Wailers The Living End and Taj Farrant across the Shire.

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Bluesfest 2026

Bluesfest Crisis Deepens As Touring Sideshows Remain In Limbo

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest’s collapse has triggered a $23 million crisis and left the status of national touring sideshows unclear, raising serious concerns for fans and the Australian music industry.

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Bluesfest 2026

Bluesfest Cancellation Raises Questions For Australian Festival Economy

by Paul Cashmere

The collapse of Bluesfest 2026 has triggered wider questions about the financial stability of music festivals and whether audiences will continue buying tickets months in advance.

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Bluesfest 2026

Bluesfest Byron Bay Enters Liquidation As Ticket Holders Are Advised To Seek Credit Card Chargebacks

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest Byron Bay has entered liquidation with ticket holders advised to seek credit card chargebacks from their banks as the most viable refund option for the cancelled 2026 event.

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Bluesfest 2026

Bluesfest Cancellation Official Statement

by Paul Cashmere

Official Statement Byron Bay Bluesfest will not return in 2026 after organisers confirmed the Easter festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The event has been staged in the Byron Bay region since 1990.

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Bluesfest 2026

Bluesfest Cancelled Due To Low Ticket Sales

by Paul Cashmere

Byron Bay Bluesfest will not return in 2026 after organisers confirmed the Easter festival has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The event has been staged in the Byron Bay region since 1990.

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Parkway Drive

Bluesfest 2026 Adds Parkway Drive, Erykah Badu And The Wailers To Expanding Lineup

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest 2026 announces Parkway Drive, Erykah Badu and The Wailers as major new additions, strengthening one of the most ambitious festival lineups in its history.

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Split Enz

Split Enz To Lead Byron Bay Bluesfest 2026 Return With First Australian Show In 20 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Split Enz will lead the 2026 Byron Bay Bluesfest line-up with their first Australian performance in 20 years, joined by Earth, Wind & Fire, Sublime, The Black Crowes, Buddy Guy and more.

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Rhydian Lewis

Rhydian Lewis Signs Management Deal With Dorsey Productions

by Noise11.com

Byron Bay based British born singer Rhydian Lewis has signed a worldwide management agreement with Dorsey Production who have offices on the Gold Coast and Los Angeles.

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Blind Boys of Alabama photo by Ros O'Gorman

Bluesfest Add 11 More Acts for 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has added another 11 acts for 2024 including Portugal The Man and Blind Boys of Alabama.

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KISS Photo by Ros O'Gorman

KISS Use Australian Flag At Austrian Concert

by Paul Cashmere

KISS made a pretty dumb mistake in Austria this week when they put the Australian flag instead of the Austrian flag on the screen.

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KISS Vallkree bike

KISS Launch Electric Bike

by Paul Cashmere

KISS have a launched their own branded electric bike with Australian company Vallkree.

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Bluesfest 2021

Bluesfest Shutdown Could Cost Over $10m In Losses For The Festival

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Bluesfest is expected to face more than $10 million in losses following the snap decision by the New South Wales government to shutdown the iconic event with less than one days notice.

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Bluesfest 2021

Statement From The Australian Festivals Association Following Bluesfest Cancellation

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The Australian Festivals Association has issued a statement following the last minute cancellation of Bluesfest.

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Bluesfest 2021

Bluesfest 2021 Cancelled One Day Out of Event

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The Bluesfest music festival in Byron Bay has been cancelled the day before it was due to begin.

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Damon Albarn photo by Ros OGorman

Splendour In The Grass Bumped To November

by Paul Cashmere

Splendour in the Grass has been postponed again due to Covid. It will now be on in November.

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Iggy Pop, photo Ros O'Gorman

Iggy Pop Cockatoo Biggy Pop Is Now Patron of Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital

by Music-News.com

Iggy Pop’s Australian pet, which he adopted 12 years ago, has been given the role by the animal medical facility in New South Wales and explained that he accepted the appointment because of how devastated he was by the Australian bushfires earlier this year, which saw 180 million birds and three billion native animals in Australia, including kangaroos, die in the widespread blazes.

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Bernard Fanning, Photo: Ros O'Gorman

Make It Rain Sells Out, But Online Auction Still On

by Tim Cashmere

Byron Bay’s two-night bushfire benefit gig Make It Rain has sold out both nights, but fans can still bid for a piece of memorabilia to help raise money.

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Tex Perkins

Byron Bay To Host Huge Bushfire Fundraiser

by Tim Cashmere

Byron Bay will play host to two huge lineups called Make It Rain to raise money for local branches of the Rural Fire Service.

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Ani DiFranco, Noise11, Photo

Ani DiFranco Returns To Australia For The First Time In Ten Years

by Tim Cashmere

American neo-folk artist Ani DiFranco will return to Australia for the first time in a decade with a quick run of shows across the country.

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Skegss

Skegss Have The Number One Selling Album In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Byron Bay surf rock band Skegss had the number one album in real sales in Australia this week, taking out the ‘experimental’ streaming figure.

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Ben Harper - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Peter Noble Reveals His 2019 Bluesfest 30th Anniversary Line-up

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest will turn 30 in 2019. Festival Director Peter Noble is pretty excited about his first announcement for the new season, especially with Jack Johnson and Ben Harper making return visits.

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11,Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Peter Noble Harpoons White Whale Neil Young For Bluesfest

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest boss Peter Noble has finally cross Neil Young off his bucket list for Bluesfest. Neil Young + Promise of the Real will headline Bluesfest 2017.

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Jackson Browne performs at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Friday 1 April 2016.

Bluesfest To Take All 2017 Tickets Off Sale Next Week

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest will take all 2017 off sale next week until the first round of artists is announced.

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