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Newton Faulkner returns to Australia in April 2026 with a national tour and a brand new single, Gravitational, ahead of the release of his new album Octopus.

Mirador, the new band co-founded by Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka and Ida Mae’s Chris Turpin, have dropped their debut self-titled album via Republic Records.

American songwriter Jesse Welles will bring his acclaimed folk-rock to Australian audiences for the first time in 2026.

After four years away from solo work, 11-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is back with her eighth studio album, Returning To Myself, due October 24 via Interscope Records/Lost Highway. The album, her first solo project since collaborations with musical legends, sees Carlile looking inward, reflecting on her life, and embracing a deeply personal artistic vision.

Newton Faulkner is heading back to Australia in November for a national tour starting in Fremantle on 15 November.

David Bridie’s first solo album in six years, The Wisdom Line’, will be accompanied by 11 short films for the 11 songs.

David Gray has previewed another track from his 2019 release ‘Gold In A Brass Age’ with ‘The Sapling’.

Damien Rice will perform again in Australia next year for the first time since 2007.

Cash Savage and the Last Drinks will launch their ‘Good Citizens’ album with two shows this weekend at The Croxton in Melbourne.

David Bridie has debuted the video for his new song ‘She’s Upped and Gone’ ahead of the release of his first solo album in almost years ‘The Wisdom Line’.

Suzanne Vega has delivered an absolutely stunning musical experience on her 2018 Australian tour.

Suzanne Vega’s current Australian tour is given fans a one-time chance to hear two of her classic albums ‘Solitude Standing’ and ‘99.9° Fahrenheit’ from start to finish.

Suzanne Vega has kicked off her fourth Australia tour with a well-played choice of Wollongong’s Anitas Theatre at Thirroul for opening night.

My Friend The Chocolate Cake have put together a two month run of performances for The Winter Revival Tour of 2018.

Australian brother and sister duo Angus & Julia Stone have revealed a new song ‘Snow’.

Australian act The Waifs land their first No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart with their eighth studio set entitled “Ironbark”.

The guitar that broke the hearts of many of Bob Dylan’s fans and ushered him into the electric phase of his career will be put up for auction.

The great Duke Robillard is out as guitarist on Bob Dylan’s current tour and the circumstances are a bit mysterious.

When Leonard Cohen learned today that two of his U.K. concerts were scheduled on days of solemn religious observance, he respectfully asked AEG to move the dates.

Jake Bugg returns with new single Broken, the latest track to be lifted off his platinum-selling debut long player ‘Jake Bugg’.

The double number one, multi-platinum, Brit nominated, acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner is about to make a bit of history, as the recording of his fourth album ‘Studio Zoo’ is being streamed live online, 24/7 for 5 weeks from next week – like The Truman Show, but this time it’s for real!

Ken Whaley, who was a member of such English groups as Help Yourself, Ducks Deluxe and Man, died on May 8 after battling lung cancer. He was 66.

Stephen Stills, Barry Goldberg and Kenny Wayne Shepherd have formed the new group The Rides and will release their first album, Can’t Get Enough, on August 27.

Ed Harcourt and Signature Brew are proud to announce Dark Heart, a very special collaboration beer.

Ray Jackson has formed a new and, as he calls it, permanent version of the classic folk-rock band Lindisfarne.

Mumford & Sons have a group hug before going out on stage.

Bob Dylan has been racking up the honors over the last decade or so from an Academy Award to the Presidential Medal of Freedom to France’s Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, but his latest honor may be the most rare and prestigious.