Olivia Newon-John

The Michael Cassel Group, the powerhouse behind Hamilton and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is wrapping 2025 with a burst of theatrical brilliance and heart. The company will present its second annual A (Very) Musical Christmas, continue its Australian run of MJ The Musical, prepare for the return of Beetlejuice The Musical and bring Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical to the stage for the first time.

Forty years after John Farnham's Whispering Jack changed Australian music forever, his story will be told on stage with the world premiere of Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical, opening at Sydney Theatre Company in November 2026.

Belinda Carlisle is the latest artist to record Harry Nilsson’s classic song ‘One’ but while the song has been a US hit for Three Dog Night, an Australian hit for John Farnham and in pop culture covered for ‘The X-Files’ and ‘Magnolia’, the original Harry Nilsson version failed to make the Top 100.

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.

John Farnham is a grandfather. Jett James Farnham was born in Melbourne on June 18, 2025. The family has just now announced the news.

Peter Jones, renowned Australian keyboard player who has played on recordings for Little River Band, Crowded House, The Ferrets and John Farnham, has died.

Richard Marx has gifted Paul Stanley of Kiss the John Farnham classic ‘Whispering Jack’.