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Madness will return to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2027 for the All Abroad For The Madness Hit Parade Tour, their first Australian tour since 2017 and first New Zealand shows since 1981.

Randy Feltface will take his new stand-up show Gimmick across Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2027, with 20 performances scheduled from Wellington to Darwin.

The comedian, actor, writer and director will bring his new Hypothetical stand-up show to Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in September and October.

New Zealand band Six60 will return to Melbourne in November for a one-off performance at the Royal Botanic Gardens as part of the 2026 Live At The Gardens concert series, marking the group's first Melbourne headline appearance in several years.

Jonathan Bree has released the fourth and final preview of his forthcoming double album, with the hypnotic new single 'Game' offering another glimpse into the New Zealand artist's evolving blend of minimalist pop, electronic music and cinematic aesthetics.

New Zealand's long running Rhythm and Vines festival will stage its final event at Waiohika Estate in Gisborne this summer, bringing to a close a 24 year chapter that helped establish the event as one of the country's defining New Year's music festivals.

New Zealand actor Sam Neill, whose career spanned five decades across cinema, television and Australian productions, has died in Sydney at the age of 78, leaving behind one of the most respected acting legacies in the Southern Hemisphere and beyond.