Tony Jouvin

James will return to Australia and New Zealand in October 2026 for their first tour of the region in eight years, performing songs from their landmark album Laid alongside a career-spanning set of hits, fan favourites and deeper catalogue selections.

Tame Impala lead a diverse line-up of artists on Sending Hearts To All My Dearies, a new tribute album celebrating the music and influence of The Smashing Pumpkins.

Fleshwater will return to Australia this November for a five-date national tour, bringing their acclaimed second album 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky to local audiences alongside American hardcore outfit Ingrown and Sydney band Secret World.

Justin Cary, longtime bassist for Sixpence None The Richer and a key contributor to the band's biggest hits including Kiss Me, has died at the age of 50 following complications from a stroke.

Johnny Marr has announced his fifth solo album, The Age Of Everything, marking his first full-length studio release since 2022's Fever Dreams Pts 1-4. The former Smiths guitarist has also released the album's lead single, Spin, ahead of the record's October release through BMG.

Thirty years after its release, Beck's Odelay remains one of the defining albums of the 1990s, a record that fused hip-hop production, folk, rock, electronic music and pop into a sound that reshaped alternative music.

Forty years after its release, The Smiths' landmark third album The Queen Is Dead remains one of the most influential records in alternative music, its reputation continuing to grow long after the band's brief career ended.