Colin Hay at Melbourne Recital Centre 29 June 2026 photo by Winston Robinson
Colin Hay Brings Men At Work Back To Australia After 20 Years

Colin Hay leads a new Men At Work touring lineup through Australia, revisiting the catalogue that made the band an international success, alongside a selection of his solo material.

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The first ten songs inducted into the National Songbook, including Beds Are Burning, Treaty and Waltzing Matilda.
Australia’s National Songbook: 10 Songs That Missed The First List

Cold Chisel, Archie Roach, Paul Kelly, Goanna, Icehouse and Men At Work are among the artists whose songs could have joined the inaugural National Songbook selections.

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The first ten songs inducted into the National Songbook, including Beds Are Burning, Treaty and Waltzing Matilda.
First 10 Songs Named For The National Songbook Include Midnight Oil, Yothu Yindi And Waltzing Matilda

Beds Are Burning, Treaty, I Am Woman and My Island Home are among the inaugural selections for a new national archive recognising the songs that have helped shape Australia's cultural identity.

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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America original motion picture soundtrack featuring Isaac Hayes, AC/DC and Red Hot Chili Peppers, marking 30 years in 2026.
Beavis And Butt-Head Do America Soundtrack Turns 30: AC/DC, Engelbert And The Chili Peppers Lead A Very 1996 Collection

Three decades after Mike Judge took his MTV slackers to the big screen, the soundtrack remains an unlikely meeting point for funk, heavy metal, punk and alternative rock, with AC/DC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ozzy Osbourne and Isaac Hayes sharing one distinctly mid-90s collection.

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Johnny Cash Unchained 1996 album cover, American Recordings, Rick Rubin.
Johnny Cash’s Unchained Turns 30: The Album That Made His Comeback A Career Renaissance

Johnny Cash's second collaboration with Rick Rubin brought Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers into the studio, recruited musicians from Fleetwood Mac and Red Hot Chili Peppers, and established the American Recordings series as one of the defining chapters of Cash's career.

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The Presidents Of The United States Of America II album cover, marking the 30th anniversary of its 1996 release.
The Presidents Of The United States Of America’s II Turns 30: The Election Day Album That Reached Number Three In Australia

Released on the day Americans voted in the 1996 presidential election, the Seattle trio's second album continued their extraordinary mid-90s success, reaching number three in Australia while bringing songs from their earliest independent recordings into the major-label era.

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The Jacksons 1976 self-titled Epic Records debut album cover marking 50 years since the group's departure from Motown.
The Jacksons’ Epic Debut Turns 50: The Album That Gave Michael Jackson His First Songwriting Credit

Fifty years ago, the Jackson brothers left Motown, replaced Jermaine with Randy and began a new chapter with Epic Records. Their self-titled debut introduced Michael Jackson as a songwriter, gave the group unprecedented creative freedom and established the foundations for the music that would follow on Destiny and beyond.

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John Lennon Menlove Ave. 1986 album cover featuring Andy Warhol portrait, 40th anniversary.
John Lennon’s Menlove Ave. Turns 40: The Album That Took Him Back To Liverpool

Named after the Liverpool street where John Lennon spent his formative years with Aunt Mimi, the 1986 posthumous collection brought together recordings from two very different periods of his solo career. With Yoko Ono overseeing the release and Andy Warhol supplying the artwork, Menlove Ave. remains one of the more personal chapters in Lennon's posthumous catalogue.

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Rose Carleo Band announce three Queensland dates for the 42 Days National Album Tour in January 2027.
Rose Carleo Band Take 42 Days National Album Tour To Queensland

Rose Carleo Band will launch their national tour for 42 Days with three Queensland shows in January 2027, taking the ARIA-charting album to Ipswich, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba.

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V.Spy V.Spy Bring 1986 Australian Rock Anthems Back To Life At Sold-Out Corner Hotel

Craig 'Bloxy' Bloxom leads a revitalised V.Spy V.Spy through a sold-out Melbourne show, with Bob Spencer adding another dimension to a set dominated by the band's landmark 1986 albums.

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Kate Ceberano performing at Hamer Hall Melbourne during the Australian Made Tour
Russell Morris Joins Kate Ceberano For One-Off Brisbane Performance

Russell Morris will make his first stage appearance since retiring in 2025 when he joins Kate Ceberano at QPAC on 14 November. The special guest appearance is a one-off, not a return to touring or performing. Fanny Lumsden also joins selected Queensland dates.

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The Animals Boom Boom: The Ultimate Animals 1963-1966 eight-CD and DVD box set cover.
The Animals’ Boom Boom Box Set Uncovers Long-Lost Film And Complete BBC Sessions

The eight-CD and DVD collection, Boom Boom: The Ultimate Animals 1963-1966, brings together the band's classic recordings, 59 surviving BBC performances, previously unreleased studio material and a rediscovered 1965-66 documentary, The World Of The Animals.

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Sevendust Australian tour 2027 with Caligula's Horse
Sevendust End Nearly A Decade Wait With Australian Theatre Tour

The Atlanta hard rock band will bring their fifteenth studio album ONE to Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in February 2027, with Brisbane progressive metal group Caligula's Horse as special guests.

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MUNA performing live during their Gets So Hot Tour supporting Dancing On The Wall.
MUNA Confirm First Melbourne Headline Show On Gets So Hot Tour

MUNA will make their Melbourne headline debut at the Forum on 15 February 2027, adding an exclusive Victorian show to their Australian return for Laneway Festival as they tour their fourth album, Dancing On The Wall.

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Rico Nasty performing live on stage.
Rico Nasty Announces First Australian Headline Shows For February 2027

Rico Nasty will return to Australia for the first time in more than seven years, adding debut headline performances in Sydney and Melbourne to her Laneway Festival 2027 appearances.

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