Rostam releases Hardy featuring Clairo from American Stories due May 15 via Matsor Projects, with the new single arriving alongside concert film rollout and YouTube premiere plans

Deep Purple have unveiled Arrogant Boy, the first single from their forthcoming studio album SPLAT!, arriving July 3 via earMUSIC, as the band expands the concept behind their new record exploring transformation rather than apocalypse.

Split Enz launched their Forever Enz reunion tour at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena with a career-spanning performance featuring Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Eddie Rayner and Noel Crombie, revisiting landmark material from across their catalogue in a tightly staged, visually rich production.

Pink Floyd has become the latest British music institution recognised by The Royal Mint, with a new commemorative coin built around the prism artwork from The Dark Side Of The Moon.

The Australian Independent Record Labels Association has announced the nominees for the 2026 AIR Awards, with Ninajirachi, Folk Bitch Trio and Way Dynamic among the most recognised artists ahead of the ceremony in Adelaide this July.

Jet have expanded their long-running relationship with BMG, with the publisher acquiring interests in the catalogue of key members of the Melbourne rock band behind Are You Gonna Be My Girl and Get Born.

Manly's North Head Sanctuary will once again host Night At The Barracks in 2026, with the award-winning open-air concert series returning for a fifth consecutive season featuring Aloe Blacc, Ben Folds, The Temper Trap, Boy & Bear, PNAU, Sneaky Sound System, The Cruel Sea and more under the stars.

Icehouse will perform a landmark Sydney Harbour show at Fleet Steps on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, marking their only Sydney concert of the year, with special guests Little Quirks joining the bill. Tickets go on sale via Ticketek on Monday, 25 May at 12.00pm.

Thirty years after its release, Elvis Costello's 1996 album All This Useless Beauty is being reassessed as one of the pivotal records in his catalogue, marking the end of his long partnership with The Attractions and the close of his Warner Bros. era.

Jack Douglas, the American producer and engineer whose credits ranged from John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy to Aerosmith's breakthrough 1970s catalogue, has died at the age of 80 after complications from lymphoma. Douglas was one of the defining studio figures of classic rock, shaping landmark recordings for Lennon, Aerosmith, Patti Smith, Cheap Trick and the New York Dolls.

Beck opened his 2026 Australian tour at Melbourne's Palais Theatre with a two-hour orchestral performance that reimagined material from across his catalogue, before pivoting into a looser encore set with longtime collaborators including Jason Falkner of Jellyfish.

The Waterboys will open the vault on the Fisherman's Blues era with Atlantic Rain, a newly compiled set of previously unheard recordings from the band's pivotal late 1980s sessions.

Neil Finn and Eddie Rayner appear to have revealed that Paul McCartney will perform at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix, which would mark McCartney's first ever concert appearance in Singapore.

South Korean singer-songwriter LeeHi will make her Australian and New Zealand concert debut in August and September 2026 with the &CO International Tour, featuring appearances from Bizzy, DOK2, ROLLDICE and SZN.

Thirty years on from its original release, George Michael's Older is being reassessed as a pivotal mid-career statement, arriving after a prolonged legal dispute and delivering a run of UK chart records that reshaped his commercial standing in the 1990s.