The distinctive voice behind the St Louis progressive rock band's 1970s albums that reached the Australian charts has gone, with the group confirming his unexpected death on 13 October.

The second album that took Counting Crows to number one in America still carries the weight of its biggest song and the creative risks that followed their breakthrough debut.

Three decades on from its October 1996 release, Overnight Sensation remains the album that locked Motörhead into its longest-running line-up and delivered one of Lemmy's sharpest lyrical turns of the decade.

Half a century after its release, ELO's sixth album remains the moment Jeff Lynne's songs finally clicked on both sides of the Atlantic and delivered the band's first real commercial lift-off in the UK.

Released on 15 October 1996, Korn's second album arrived amid exhaustion, excess and a creative surge that still sounds raw three decades later.

The only Monkees album written, performed and produced entirely by the four members still stands as a rare moment of complete creative control three decades on.

Fire Records has issued a limited white vinyl edition of the 1996 album, complete with a download of previously scarce tracks, as the record that closed the band's Atlantic era continues to attract a dedicated following.

Thirty years have passed since Midnight Oil released their ninth studio album, Breathe, defying expectations with a stripped-back organic aesthetic that shifted the focus from arena-filling political anthems to intimate, atmospheric introspection. by Paul Cashmere

Thin Lizzy's Johnny The Fox turns 50 on October 16, 2026, marking five decades since the Irish rock band released the seventh studio album that followed Jailbreak and delivered the hit "Don't Believe A Word".

Second-round ballot open until 10:19pm AEDT Monday 19 October for the March 2027 return to Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, as the single-stage festival unveils an eclectic bill spanning electronic pioneers, rising American rock, desert blues and Australian heavyweights.

Underworld, returning pioneers from the festival's earliest years and a host of international debuts will take the stages at Adelaide's Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla from 5 to 8 March 2027.

The New Jersey deathcore band return for their largest Australian run yet, adding first-ever New Zealand dates as Perth and Auckland shows sell out ahead of the opening night in Melbourne.

Thirty years after K went straight to Number One, the original line-up has re-recorded the entire album live to tape, restored lost tracks and announced UK and European dates for early 2027.

Brighton singer-songwriter Bess Atwell returns to Australian stages in March 2027 with a new album due in February and a freshly released single written about her time in Quebec.

Wang Chung's fourth studio album, Mosaic, turns 40 this month, marking four decades since the English new wave band combined electronic production, pop songwriting and an unusually expansive cast of musicians for an album that produced three US Top 40 singles.