Damian Cafarella

Two decades on from its release, Sarah Blasko's second album remains a pivotal chapter in her catalogue: a darker, more searching record that delivered her first ARIA Award and platinum status in Australia.

After selling out capital city shows in 2026, Tania Doko and James Roche will take Bachelor Girl's reimagined debut album into regional Australia, with 30 dates across six states and territories planned for February to May 2027.

Released on 20 October 1986, John Farnham's Whispering Jack remains the highest-selling album by an Australian artist and the third biggest of all time in this country. Its story of near-collapse, a mortgaged house, a suburban garage and one unstoppable song still resonates four decades later.

Sydney band Youth Group have released Forever Young - Remixed and Reimagined, a five-track EP marking two decades since their cover of the Alphaville song topped the Australian charts. The release pairs new band versions with remixes from favoured artists and coincides with a short run of east coast shows.

Tame Impala brought a spectacular arena production to Melbourne, where the Australian live debut of Deadbeat material exposed the distance between Kevin Parker's electronic present and the psychedelic rock that first built his audience.

Thirty years have passed since Midnight Oil released their ninth studio album, Breathe, defying expectations with a stripped-back organic aesthetic that shifted the focus from arena-filling political anthems to intimate, atmospheric introspection. by Paul Cashmere

A chance meeting with a fan who had lyrics tattooed in memory of his late wife prompted Mick Thomas to revisit the last single from Weddings Parties Anything's final album nearly three decades later.