David McCormack's TRS80 will release new single Home Surgery and perform three Australian shows in September with Trevor Ludlow And The Hellraisers, The Stress Of Leisure and Map Ends.

The Weeknd has abandoned, at least for now, plans to retire the stage name and persona he had been considering phasing out since early 2025.

Travis Barker has confirmed that Blink-182 are working on the follow-up to 2023's One More Time..., with recording activity planned for 2026.

Boy George has defended his controversial pro-Israel song We Will Dance Again, saying artificial intelligence allowed him to make the track without the objections he expected from human musicians.

Caroline Rose has announced the new album Gentling The Horse At The Walt Whitman Mall, due October 23 on their newly established SUCK records label, alongside the release of the new single “Chow Mein”.

Tom Waits' 1976 album Small Change will be reissued on vinyl on October 2 to mark its 50th anniversary.

Limp Bizkit will headline Good Things Festival 2026, with the nu metal pioneers leading a major alternative music lineup across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this December. The festival will also feature Simple Plan, Spiritbox, Polaris, The All-American Rejects, Bad Religion, Alexisonfire, Grinspoon, Millencolin, Ministry, MxPx, Neck Deep, P.O.D., The Devil Wears Prada and a broad selection of Australian and international acts.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will mark its 121st year in 2027 with a season combining major symphonic repertoire, new Australian commissions, international artists and performances designed to broaden access to orchestral music across Melbourne and Victoria.

Songs That Defined A Generation will bring the music of the 1960s and 1970s to Queensland stages in January 2027.

The comedian, actor, writer and director will bring his new Hypothetical stand-up show to Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in September and October.

Mike King will investigate the psychology of high-control groups across six Australian cities, with tickets on sale August 13.

The sixth single from Stanley Simmons' forthcoming debut album Dancing While The World Is Ending is accompanied by a new music video directed by Greg Furman.

Former Models drummer Barton Price explores the connection between composition, memory and visual art in a new exhibition opening in Melbourne on 19 August.

Phil Jamieson has cancelled his entire 2026 PJ Air Tour after slipping on stage during a performance on Friday night and fracturing his L1 vertebra. The Grinspoon frontman was unable to continue the show and was taken by ambulance to Latrobe Regional Hospital, where medical tests confirmed the lower-back injury. Jamieson has been prescribed bed rest and faces an extended recovery period, forcing the cancellation of his national tour just days before the release of his second solo album, 10Charlie.

Anthrax have released ‘Everybody's Got A Plan', the third single from their forthcoming album Cursum Perficio, due September 18.