The Mamas & The Papas' second album turns 60 on August 30, 2026, preserving a pivotal chapter in the group's brief but influential run of 1960s hits.

Garry Spry, the Australian manager, booking agent, promoter and venue entrepreneur who helped establish Melbourne as a major live music centre, has died aged 85.

Alex Orbison has transformed an unpublished Johnny Cash poem for June Carter Cash into a new recording featuring Erika Orbison, with Roy Orbison's sons and John Carter Cash completing the music.

Steve Cropper's final recordings bring together an exceptional group of guitarists, with Brian May and Billy F. Gibbons joining Cropper on the soulful tribute My Angels Are Calling.

Motörhead's 18th studio album, Kiss Of Death, reached No. 4 in Germany and extended the band's heavy sound under producer Cameron Webb.

U2 have recorded The Pogues' 1988 song Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah for 20th Century Paddy: The Songs Of Shane MacGowan, with the official lyric video now released ahead of the November tribute album.

Prince's Estate has released Timeless, a 10-track collection spanning recordings from 1977 to 2016, alongside the official video for the previously unreleased 2007 track The Guilty Ones.

Bryan Adams has written a new song about Terry Fox's 1980 Marathon of Hope, with The Ballad Of Terry Fox featured in Sean Menard's documentary Run Terry Run.

Jelly Roll used his fourth and final night as guest host of Jimmy Kimmel Live to explain his political position, defend his Trump jokes and argue that human dignity should not belong to either side of the political divide.

Paul Kelly has released his interpretation of the Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish standard 'Stardust', accompanied by a new 16mm video and the expanded edition of his 2025 album Seventy.

Neil Young's newly recorded "Casting Me Away From You" reveals a direct lyrical connection to "Long May You Run", with a line written when Young was a teenager resurfacing 11 years later.

Carly Pearce releases her fifth studio album, Honest Woman, with new music video for "Same Circus" and a North American intimate live series to follow.

Strummingbird has replaced Post Malone across its three Australian dates after the singer postponed his Australian and Asian touring commitments, with Tyler Childers, Sam Barber and James Johnston joining the 2026 lineup.

Bob Dylan's Modern Times turns 20 on August 29, marking the anniversary of the album that returned him to No. 1 in America for the first time in three decades and reinforced one of the most remarkable late-career runs in popular music.

Jelly Roll has used his week guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live to take repeated aim at Donald Trump, with the country star's jokes about the president's weight becoming the most contentious part of his late-night debut.