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Paul Kelly performs Walking In The Rain at the APRA Awards 2026

APRA Celebrates 100 Years As Paul Kelly Performs Flash And The Pan Classic Walking In The Rain At 2026 APRA Awards

by Paul Cashmere

APRA marked its centenary at the 2026 APRA Awards with Paul Kelly performing Flash And The Pan’s Walking In The Rain, written by Harry Vanda and George Young.

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Harry Vanda releases his debut solo single ‘Devil Loose’ at 78.

Harry Vanda Releases First-Ever Solo Single ‘Devil Loose’ At 78

by Paul Cashmere

Harry Vanda, one of the architects of Australian rock, has released his debut solo single ‘Devil Loose’ at the age of 78, along with a companion three-part podcast telling his remarkable story.

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Angus Young AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Developers “Apologise” For Demolishing AC/DC Member’s Childhood Home

by Paul Cashmere

Burwood Square Pty Ltd general manager Leon Kmita has issued an apology for demolishing the childhood home of the Young brothers, Malcolm and Angus of AC/DC and their producer, brother and Easybeats co-founder George Young.

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Angus Young AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

AC/DC Tease ‘Demon Fire’ Off ‘PWR/UP’

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC have slipped out another sample of the upcoming ‘PWR/UP’ with 54 seconds of ‘Demon Fire’.

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Memo Music Hall to Present the Vanda and Young Anthology Show Disturbing The Peace

by Paul Cashmere

The Vanda & Young contribution to the great Australian songbook is never ending.

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R.I.P. George Young of The Easybeats Flash & The Fan and AC/DC Producer (1946-2017)

by Paul Cashmere

George Young, a co-founder for the legendary rock band The Easybeats, Flash & The Pan and co-producer of the early AC/DC albums, has died at age 70.

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Albert Productions Celebrates 50 Years With 102 Track 5 CD Compilation

by Paul Cashmere

Albert Productions mark its 50th year with a massive 102 track compilation documenting the company history in Australian music which gave us AC/DC, The Easybeats, Rose Tattoo, Billy Thorpe and The Angels.

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Angus Young of AC/DC. photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Young Family Joins Australia’s Richest Families List

by Paul Cashmere

The Young family, featuring Angus and Malcolm of AC/DC and George Young of The Easybeats and Flash & The Pan, is Australia’s 48th richest family.

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Bon Scott Letters Reveal AC/DC Life On The Road During Crucial 1978 Tour Period

A collection of personal correspondence written by AC/DC frontman Bon Scott during 1978 is providing a rare firsthand account of the band's relentless touring life at a pivotal stage in its international breakthrough. The archive, assembled by road manager and tour director Dawn M. Blouin and now being offered through RR Auction, contains seven signed letters and cards written from tour stops across the United States and Europe, revealing Scott's reflections on travel, friendships, drinking and the pressures of life on the road.

June 17, 2026
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Rose Carleo Finds Personal Loss, Rock History And Family Ties In New Album 42 Days

Rose Carleo has returned with ‘42 Days’, an album that combines personal grief with classic Australian rock influences, while drawing inspiration from figures including AC/DC's Malcolm Young family and Elvis Presley.

May 27, 2026
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AC/DC Who Made Who Turns 40 As Soundtrack Outlives The Film It Was Created To Serve

AC/DC's Who Made Who reaches its 40th anniversary this week, marking four decades since the soundtrack project for Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive became one of the band's most enduring catalogue titles and delivered one of its defining songs of the 1980s.

May 26, 2026
Stevie Young rhythm guitarist for AC/DC performs 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.
AC/DC’s Stevie Young Hospitalised in Buenos Aires but Expected to Perform

AC/DC guitarist Stevie Young has been admitted to hospital in Argentina, but the band says the veteran rhythm player remains on track to return to the stage for upcoming shows.

March 21, 2026
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INXS Lead Australia’s Push In 2026 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nominations

INXS are among the first-time nominees for the 2026 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, placing the Sydney band alongside Mariah Carey, Phil Collins and Joy Division/New Order on this year's ballot.

February 26, 2026
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Bon Scott 80th Birthday Celebrations Announced For 2026

The Bon Scott Estate has unveiled a global program of events, limited-edition releases and tributes to mark what would have been Bon Scott's 80th birthday on July 9, 2026, reaffirming the enduring legacy of the AC/DC frontman.

February 19, 2026
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GayC/DC Bring Their All-Gay AC/DC Tribute To Australia For First Time

There are tribute acts that faithfully recreate a catalogue, and there are those rare projects that reinterpret a body of work so convincingly it opens new cultural space around the songs themselves. GayC/DC sit firmly in the latter category. This February, the Los Angeles based outfit billed as The World's First And Only All-Gay Tribute To The Music Of AC/DC will tour Australia for the first time, bringing their high voltage celebration of rock history to six intimate venues across the country.

January 15, 2026