Australian blues guitarist Ray Beadle will make his first-ever UK festival headline appearance when he closes the Saturday night programme at the Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival in Colne, Lancashire, in August 2026.

Olivia Rodrigo has announced Daisy Chain Fields, a new one-day music festival in California featuring an all-women and female-fronted line-up, with net proceeds directed to organisations supporting women and girls.

Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, has signed a new partnership with Rhymesayers Entertainment, beginning with the first reissue of his acclaimed 2009 album The Ecstatic in more than 15 years.

Bruce Springsteen has welcomed the opening of the Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music at Monmouth University, a new cultural institution designed to place his work within the broader story of American music and its influence on society.

Shooter Jennings has revealed Diamonds, a new collection of previously unheard recordings by his father Waylon Jennings, including a newly released title track featuring a surprise appearance from the late Glen Campbell.

Roger Taylor has unveiled Violence Insane In A Beautiful World, the Queen drummer's seventh solo album, led by the new single Come On Summer (It's Party Time) featuring South Africa's Ndlovu Youth Choir.

Music video director Nigel Dick, the filmmaker behind clips for Britney Spears, Oasis, Guns N' Roses, Cher and Paul McCartney, will publish his memoir Music Video Mischief on September 15, 2026, chronicling four decades at the centre of the music video revolution.

Fleshwater will return to Australia this November for a five-date national tour, bringing their acclaimed second album 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky to local audiences alongside American hardcore outfit Ingrown and Sydney band Secret World.

Clive Davis, the architect behind the careers of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Santana, Alicia Keys and countless others, has died at the age of 94 after more than six decades shaping the modern music business.

Mudhoney will return to Australia in October to headline Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ's ZED51 festival, leading a line-up that spans Australian rock, hip hop, punk and alternative music.

Anthony Callea will return to stages across Australia this October and November with The Connection Tour, a new national run of intimate live performances designed to bring audiences closer to the songs, stories and experiences that have shaped his two-decade career.

Forty years after its release, David Bowie's soundtrack for Labyrinth remains one of the most enduring entries in his catalogue, bridging his commercial 1980s peak with his work in film and helping transform a box office disappointment into a multi-generational cultural phenomenon.

Forty years after its release, Rod Stewart's Every Beat Of My Heart remains one of the defining records of his mid-1980s period, producing major international hits including the title track and Love Touch while showcasing collaborations with some of the era's most successful songwriters and producers.

Beartooth have unveiled 'Bullshit', the third preview of their forthcoming album Pure Ecstasy, as the Ohio heavy rock outfit prepares for a major world tour and an Australian return in January 2027.

Justin Cary, longtime bassist for Sixpence None The Richer and a key contributor to the band's biggest hits including Kiss Me, has died at the age of 50 following complications from a stroke.