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Australia will welcome a powerful fusion of UK folk punk and Texan pop punk in May 2026, with Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls joining forces with Bowling For Soup for the co-headline Bowl My Bones Australian Tour. The two acts will travel across the country together next May, offering fans a rare chance to see two long-running and influential punk artists share a single bill.

Lenny Kravitz has started his southern return, and Auckland was first to witness his new tour in action. Lenny touched down with a setlist shaped by his three decade career, and Australia now has a predicted blueprint of what to expect next. Kravitz played Auckland on Saturday night, and the show leaned into classics, deep cuts, and a generous serve from his latest album Blue Electric Light.

Metallica ended their 2025 Australian tour in Sydney with a surprise that honoured two of the city's most influential rock acts, and the crowd at Accor Stadium erupted as the nods to AC/DC and Rose Tattoo rang out across the venue.

American heavies Born Of Osiris and Signs Of The Swarm will join forces for a crushing double-headline Australian tour in March 2026, marking the long-awaited return of Born Of Osiris six years after their last visit, and the first chance for Australian fans to witness Signs Of The Swarm in full flight since the band's global breakthrough.

Six time Platinum-selling indie artist Cavetown, the project of English singer and songwriter Robin Skinner, has released his new single NPC, the fourth preview from his upcoming album Running With Scissors, due 16 January 2026. The single arrives as Skinner prepares for an Australian visit next February, where he will appear at Laneway Festival alongside headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Aotearoa's fiercest punk force Dick Move will return to Australia in January and February 2026, armed with their third studio album Dream, Believe, Achieve and ready to deliver the kind of high-velocity chaos that has made them one of New Zealand's most vital contemporary punk exports.

Jimmy Barnes is extending the celebration of one of Australia's most defining rock albums, For The Working Class Man, adding three new shows to his already sold-out 40th Anniversary Tour. The expanded tour will now include performances at Sandstone Point Hotel in Queensland on 21 March, Centennial Vineyards in Bowral on 28 March, and Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 10 April.