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Canadian alt-pop breakout MICO today announces his debut Australian headline tour this November, bringing one of music’s fastest-rising new artists to local stages in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne for the first time. At just

Chilean-Australian percussionist, composer and producer Alex Pertout has received international recognition for his acclaimed album Viajes (Travels), winning the prestigious Premio Internacional at the 2026 Cuban

The Primrose Potter Salon is the baby sister of the acclaimed Melbourne Recital Centre at 31 Sturt St Southbank. It’s a uniquely intimate 140-seat space for

2027 will bring pure ecstasy for Australian BEARTOOTH fans, with the prolific rockers today announcing their biggest Australian headline tour ever next January, joined by special guests

The 2026 Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash is shaping up as another massive celebration of Australian music, community and outback adventure, with a powerhouse line-up headed

Legends of modern heavy music, Killswitch Engage return to Australia and New Zealand in 2026, bringing more than two decades of genre-defining metal to the stage with

Live Nation has today announced Spacey Jane’s Heading Back Down Under 2026 Tour will include two special performances at Sydney Opera House Forecourt as part of the acclaimed On The Steps summer concert

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­ Thanks to the continued support from the South Australian Government’s Music Development Office, AIR is thrilled to return to Australia’s UNESCO designated City of Music

American guitar virtuoso and composer Julian Lage is touring Australia for the first time from September 11-18. Julian Lage is a genre-defying guitarist whose work explores

Big Riffs. Huge Vocals. One massive night of Classic Rock. Described by Kerrang! magazine as “better than a Led Zeppelin reunion” and hailed by Warner Music as “Europe’s

Australia, get set to step into oblivion and mosh until the world goes cold this October when GRAMMY Award-nominated metal pioneers LAMB OF GOD team up with fellow

US power-pop legends Enuff Z’Nuff and Sunset Strip icons Pretty Boy Floyd have teamed up for a double assault on Australia this November with the ‘RU PRETTY ENUFF’ Tour. A

Entries for the 2026 Diana Torossian Emerging Songwriter Award are now open to songwriters aspiring to make a career in the music industry. Entrants must be

THE CHURCH return with their most ambitious and expansive live show yet – A Psychedelic Symphony with The George Ellis Orchestra.  A Psychedelic Symphony will see THE CHURCH joined

The late-great Steve Cropper had another ace up his sleeve before his tragic passing in December 2025. To anyone who knows the roots and branches of American music,

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In 2026, one of Australia’s most prolific live performers will deliver mind-bending musicality across the country with guitarist, producer and composer extraordinaire PLINI today announcing a headline run

He’s one of Australia’s most fearless artists and heading across the country next week: seven-time ARIA Award winner Genesis Owusu. With his highly anticipated new album REDSTAR WU

Perth indie outfit South Summit continue their rapid ascent with the release of their powerful new single and video ‘HEARTLESS’, the fourth taste of their forthcoming

Naarm/Melbourne’s The Smith & Western Jury return with “Lucky Stars,” a powerful new single that trades in their trademark grit for something more intimate, without losing

Public Image Ltd (PiL), the iconic band led by John Lydon, has announced a series of special Australian & New Zealand shows as part of their global “This

The World’s Greatest Dire Straits show returns to Australia for four shows only in August 2026 The celebrated and critically acclaimed The Dire Straits Experience is returning to Australia

The spotlight is ready to shine on Australia’s next wave of live music stars, with entries now open for Passport to Airlie – a national talent

Australia’s largest touring country festival Strummingbird returns with another crackin’ lineup for 2026, and Grammy-nominated, genre-defying megastar Post Malone is leading the charge. Rolling into Victoria Park Ballarat, Newcastle Foreshore and Sunshine Coast’s

Rockabilly high priests, the Reverend Horton Heat return to Australia to preach the good word on hell bound, high octane rock n roll.  Lead by slicked-back

Critically acclaimed Aotearoa artist Aldous Harding today announces her live return to Australia this November, with four exclusive headline shows in Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney and Brisbane,

Legendary Australian songwriter, Don Walker, returns with his fifth solo record, Love Songs, a deeply personal and beautifully crafted new album set for release on Friday,

Live Nation is excited to announce the return of multi-platinum musician Jack Johnson, who brings his SURFILMUSIC tour to Australia & New Zealand this coming November.

Turn the volume up – rock icons The Living End are ready to tear it up live in regional towns across Australia on the ‘I Only Trust Rock

Live Nation has today announced the return of multi-platinum recording artist Dermot Kennedy, the much-loved singer/songwriter confirming a string of shows across Australia and New Zealand this November, following

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today announced a series of executive leadership updates to sharpen focus across its product and sales organizations, supporting the company’s growth

  SNIPPETZ: THURSDAY APRIL 30 2026 This week’s Snippetz includes: Riding Northbound, Marlon, Hokka, Sepultura, Daya, Queenie, Wage War, 2026 Deni Ute Muster, Northlane, KOЯN, Loathe,

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