Allen's unusual live format gets another twist in Australia and New Zealand, with her cello ensemble returning as the opening act before she performs West End Girl from beginning to end.

Tash Sultana has added second shows in Auckland, Wellington and Perth as the 2027 tour expands alongside new music from a forthcoming album.

Chris Isaak's 1996 album was more than a collection of acoustic covers. For its 30th anniversary, the album stands out as a rare moment when Isaak deliberately stripped back songs from his own catalogue and heard them differently.

Thirty years after Marilyn Manson's breakthrough album turned a volatile recording process into a defining statement of 1990s rock, Antichrist Superstar reaches its anniversary with its legacy now inseparable from serious allegations against Brian Warner.

Wilbur Wilde has announced the death of Richard 'Rockpile' Jones, the founding Ol' 55 guitarist and vocalist whose distinctive falsetto helped make Looking For An Echo one of the enduring Australian rock'n'roll revival recordings of the 1970s.

After declaring his touring career over, Elton John returned to the stage for an intimate London performance followed by two farewell concerts in Mexico City, with the final shows reconnecting him with a country he had been forced to miss during his farewell tour.

Daryl Braithwaite has returned to the studio with Garth Porter for a new Sherbet recording, almost 20 years after the band last recorded new material together.

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined The Strokes on stage for their first New York City headline show since 2023, turning a 40,000-capacity Queens concert into a distinctly New York political and musical homecoming.

Ruby Gill has released "Porchlight", the final preview of her third album *fishing is not about fishing*, a love song about learning to recognise a real relationship rather than seeing the ghosts of past ones.

Florida metalcore band Wage War have released "God Complex", the latest track from their forthcoming album Landfall, following a busy 2026 that has already taken the band through Australia.

Brooks & Dunn will return to Australia in March 2027 for their first shows here since 2009, bringing Ashley McBryde and rising Australian country artist Mack Geiger with them.

The Angels will celebrate 50 years of Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again with Boom Crash Opera, Eurogliders and Disgraceland at Sydney's Selina's on February 20, 2027.

The Portland band will bring their country-soul noir back to Australia in April 2027, with nine performances across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

Brian May has made his strongest statement yet that Queen will not return to the road, but he and Roger Taylor are still considering a very different way to bring the band's music to audiences.

After 20 years fronting Foreigner, Kelly Hansen has chosen his next band, joining The Dead Daisies for a new chapter that also reunites him with guitarist Doug Aldrich.