Michael Cassel

ARIA’s first six months of published music charts are projecting Australian music chart figures for 2025 will be a disaster. All that recent fluff about changing the chart formula looks like just ‘deck chairs being rearranged on the Titanic’ based on how Australian artists have performed on the ARIA chart so far in 2025.

Former Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons sax player Wilbur Wilde has a few words for the thieves who broke into the home of Joe Camilleri and stole thousands of dollars of equipment.

Melbourne’s Horizon, the band featuring John Farnham Band members Angus Burchall and Brett Garsed with Lee Bradshaw, Rich Panaia and the late Stuart Fraser, have a new song ‘Primitive’ ahead of their Melbourne performance in August.

Movies about Jimmy Barnes, Jeff Buckley and Butthole Surfers will be featured at the 2025 Melbourne Internation Film Festival.

If you saw the Cold Chisel ‘The Big Five-O’ tour multiple times you may have noticed a random rotation of Ian Moss songs from concert to concert.

Hilltop Hoods will release their ninth album ‘Fall From The Light’ 1 August and then hit the road for the Never Coming Home tour in February 2026.

Joe Camilleri’s home in regional Victoria has been broken into and the thief has taken nine of his prized guitars.