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SNIPPETZ: THURSDAY May 21 2026 This week’s Snippetz includes: Justin Davies, Grace Mitchell, Josh Pyke, Cigarettes After Sex, Hybrid Theory, MKTO, Indigo King, Grace Potter,
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SNIPPETZ: THURSDAY May 21 2026 This week’s Snippetz includes: Justin Davies, Grace Mitchell, Josh Pyke, Cigarettes After Sex, Hybrid Theory, MKTO, Indigo King, Grace Potter,

Live Nation today announced the Australian and New Zealand leg of Post Malone’s The BIG ASS World Tour, marking the global superstar’s largest headline shows in


Yeah, so the Meanies are getting busy, with a free St Kilda Bowls Club show Sat June 6 to help young King Charles celebrate his birthday, a weekend in WA – their first shows


The recent legal win in March by Fender on Stratocaster shape copies signals a potentially major shift for boutique guitar builders, aftermarket manufacturers and offshore copy


Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) today unveils the first artists set to appear as part of its 2026 program, offering an early glimpse into this year’s


Following the success of their ACCLAIMED concerts at the SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE and Melbourne’s PICA, TSIM (aka TISM) have agreed to headline their FIRST NATIONAL TOUR


Rising UK star Erin LeCount has announced highly anticipated Australian headline dates for August. On her debut visit, Erin will perform intimate shows at Melbourne’s Forum


Town Folk Festival unveils its first 21 artists for 2026, an impressive assortment of local and international talent who will all descend on Djaara / Castlemaine on Saturday, 21st


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


On Thursday May 14 in a Collingwood studio, Australian Musician attended Isamu Sawa’s photo exhibition VIRTUOSITY, a celebration of 80 years of Maton Guitars. The night

SNIPPETZ: THURSDAY May 14 2026 This week’s Snippetz includes: Cam Butler, Modest Mouse, Deep Purple, Laguna, Clover, Mono, CYCAD, Holly Hebe, Ocean Sleeper, Jack Raymond, Waiting


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


Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Academy Award®-winning Lionsgate film, La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, written and directed by Damien Chazelle,


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,

SNIPPETZ: THURSDAY May 7 2026 This week’s Snippetz includes: Belle Roscoe, Rageflower, Taj Mahal, Mel Parsons, Obscura, Slayyyter, Ernie Garland Jr, Godsmack, Kramer & Thurston


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