For more than five decades, the creative engine of Deep Purple has been driven by one of rock's longest-running songwriting partnerships. As the band prepares to release its 24th studio album, SPLAT!, bassist Roger Glover says the process of making new music still comes back to the unique chemistry he shares with vocalist Ian Gillan.

Madonna has revisited one of the defining moments of her career with Confessions II, a sequel to 2005's Confessions On A Dance Floor that reconnects the Queen of Pop with the club culture, autobiographical storytelling and emotional candour that first made her a global force.

Lorde has marked the first anniversary of Virgin by releasing 49 demo recordings, photographs and personal notes from the album sessions, while revealing the eating disorder, breakup and PMDD diagnosis that shaped the record.

Beyoncé has unveiled the previously unreleased track ‘Morning Dew (Donk)', launching a 60 day countdown to the 20th anniversary reissue of her second solo album, B'Day.

Oasis will bring their reunion story to the big screen with Don't Look Back In Anger, a new feature documentary chronicling the band's Live '25 comeback tour and featuring Liam and Noel Gallagher's first joint interview in more than two decades.

Western Australia's Wave Rock Weekender will stage its final event in September 2026, bringing to a close a 21-year run that has become one of Australia's most distinctive independent music festivals.

Maleny Music Festival will return to the Sunshine Coast hinterland in November 2026 after receiving a record number of artist applications and being named Queensland's People's Choice Festival of the Year.

The Beach Boys' 1976 album 15 Big Ones reaches its 50th anniversary as the recently released We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years box set revisits one of the band's most commercially successful and critically divisive periods.

Rapper Eminem has lost a key round in an Australian trademark dispute after Sydney beachwear company Swim Shady successfully challenged the scope of his "Shady" trademarks in Australia.

The Dead Daisies have released a six-song concert film featuring Glenn Hughes performing Deep Purple classics and band favourites, captured at the Arcada Theatre in Illinois.

The Living End have sold out seven dates on their 2026 I Only Trust Rock N Roll Regional Tour, with limited tickets remaining for Newcastle, Cairns and Canberra.

Murray & The Movers, featuring original Wiggles member Murray Cook, have released a new interpretation of the classic song ‘I Put A Spell On You', drawing inspiration from both Nina Simone and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

Spiderbait have announced a line-up of female and gender diverse local opening acts as the band's Ivy & The Big Apples 30th Anniversary Tour kicks off in Brisbane this weekend.

The Kinks founders Ray Davies and Dave Davies will reunite for a new art exhibition, Brothers, at Gibson Garage London, revisiting a 1968 photograph of the brothers through a series of paintings created with artist Christian Furr.

Against The Current will return to Australia for the first time in four years when the New York trio brings its Till Death & Back Tour to Melbourne and Sydney in January 2027.