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Adam Thompson was 13 when Meat Loaf's landmark album first opened a door to a world beyond regional Australia. Now, 50 years after its release, Chocolate Starfish will take their theatrical interpretation of the rock classic back on the road in 2027.

Australian Crawl returned to the stage for the first time in 40 years and Men At Work for the first time in 25 years when the Red Hot Summer Tour opened in Toowoomba on 17 October 2026, with James Reyne, David Reyne and John Watson carrying the Crawl name and Colin Hay leading Men At Work.

COG will close out 2026 with three December shows after spending the year working on new music at Byron Bay's Key Sound Studios.

Thirty years after Spiderbait turned an unlikely blend of punk, pop, grunge and experimental rock into their biggest album, Ivy And The Big Apples remains defined by the song that changed Australian radio history. by Paul Cashmere

Powderfinger will play stadium-sized big tops in six cities from September, the first time the original line-up has shared a physical stage since the Sunsets Farewell Tour closed in 2010.

Harry's Reasons and A.O. Mod. T.V. Vers. both enter the ARIA albums chart inside the top ten this week, four decades after their original release, while the band returns to the stage with a fresh line-up featuring Bob Spencer (The Angels, Skyhooks, Finch, Rose Tattoo).

Dirt Bound from the 42 Days album is out today, with the Swedish hard rocker adding his voice remotely from Stockholm while the band recorded in Sydney.