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The remarkable Lily Allen, whose highly acclaimed album West End Girl has become a massive global success with over 275 million streams, has today announced her Australian & New Zealand shows

EXCITING CHANGES MADE TO DANCE CATEGORIES The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) is thrilled to announce the 20th edition of its annual AIR Awards, marking two decades

MG Live & Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce Melbourne powerhouse, Mia Wray will bring her When We Were Young Tour to stages across the East Coast this April. In celebration of brand-new

SNIPPETZ: THURSDAY JANUARY 29, 2026 This week’s Snippetz includes: MUKI, Kaliopi & The Blues Messengers, Textures, The Hu, Local the Neighbour, Soundcheck 26, GUV, Nervosa, W.E.B.,

Finnish progressive metal legends AMORPHIS will return to Australian shores for the first time in 13 years this September 2026, bringing their atmospheric power and mythic storytelling

Aussie indie rock icons Moler roar back into 2026 with Roky, a blistering new single lifted from their long-awaited forthcoming album 69, out March 6. It

What began as a weekly live recording project out of Adelaide has quietly become one of the most successful Australian music exports of the last decade.

Following on from their sellout Australian tour in 2024 the timeless Synth-Pop geniuses of The Human League will return in January and February 2027 with their

Mystic Knights—the raw, hard-hitting group led by Chris Cester, founding member and longtime driving force behind Jet, release their single “Count” today. Self-produced and fully self-released,

Attention all Aussie ENTER SHIKARI fans: prepare to be a winner this May, with the dynamic UK electronicore marvels set to return down under for a headline run,

Brisbane indie favourites Last Dinosaurs are set to hit the road in celebration of a decade of their sophomore album Wellness, marking a pivotal chapter in

Choose Your Cruise is pleased to announce Hellbound will return in January 2027, following the immediate sell out of its maiden voyage in 2026. The next

PRS Guitars Releases Documentary on Ted McCarty The late mentor and friend to Paul Reed Smith impacted the industry and PRS PRS Guitars has announced a

It’s a game many play at the NAMM Show, trying to guess where and when Stevie Wonder will appear on the NAMM Show trade floor. Yesterday

Pioneers of the iconic Madchester sound, the Happy Mondays are heading back to Australia and New Zealand to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their seminal album, Pills ‘n’ Thrills and

Bluesfest Tours proudly presents Erykah Badu, the Queen of Neo Soul, returning to Australia for the first time in 12 years. One of the most influential

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening Announces Australia and New Zealand as part of the World Tour Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Physical Graffiti this April 2026 Jason Bonham’s

Chris Botti the GRAMMY-winning American trumpeter and one of the world’s most celebrated modern jazz artists is bringing down under this June his spectacular live show accompanied

Tubular Bells in Concert heads to Australia in June 2026 as part of the 50th Anniversary World Tour celebration. Mike Oldfield’s iconic, seminal work will be

BOSS announces Adam Granduciel as the recipient of the BOSS 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award. The Roland and BOSS Lifetime Achievement Awards celebrate artists whose creative impact

It will be 50 years since Ralph McTell first toured Australia and he is now returning for one final farewell tour. The UK musical legend will

RED HOT SUMMER TOUR continues to turn up the heat with Mornington VIC, Hervey Bay QLD, Hillarys WA & Sandstone Point QLD joining this year’s run

Melbourne maniacs The Meanies are on the move in March with shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Woy Woy and Aireys Inlet. The shows include appearances at regional festivals Lawncore and the Aireys Music Festival. The

The kings of New York cool are returning Down Under. After 15 years, FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS are back with their seventh studio album A Matter of

Richard Clapton, one of Australia’s foremost singer/songwriters performs everything spanning his 50-year career including all the hits – the era defining ‘Girls on the Avenue’, and

In a second artist announcement, Bluesfest Byron Bay has added three more artists to the 2026 roster. In the announcement, Bluesfest welcomes back to the festival

Bluesfest Tours is proud to present The Wailers – 50 Years of Positive Vibrations, a powerful celebration marking 50 years of Rastaman Vibration –  one of

After years of enamouring fans with their post hardcore-meets-alternative metal swagger and high octane live shows, Gold Coast rockers HAMMERS arrive in 2026 armed with the long-awaited release

The feature documentary Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story will be released theatrically across Australia on 5 March 2026, as the legendary band reforms for a

Savannah Sounds returns as the headline music event of Port Douglas Carnivale 2026, bringing a standout mix of Australian icons, crowd favourites and rising talent to the

US based guitarist Marisa Anderson, who appeared at Melbourne’s Rising Festival in 2022 with Dirty Three’s Jim White, will be embarking on her first solo tour of Australia February

Joe Bonamassa returns with Vol. V of B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100, unveiling the final five songs to be released ahead of the full album’s arrival

Critically acclaimed, billion-plus streaming singer-songwriter Chet Faker is set to return to Aussie stages this summer, today announcing two special headline shows in Sydney and Brisbane

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Edward “Bud” Cole as Chief Executive Officer and member of the FMIC

In a world which has lost much of its civility, guitar superstar Paul Gilbert is doing his part to bring a little respect and courtesy back

At the 41st annual NAMM TEC Awards on Thursday, Jan. 22 at the Hilton Pacific Ballroom, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan will be celebrated by the pro