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News: Travis return to Australia in 2026 with The Man Who tour
Scottish alt-rock icons Travis will return to Australia in January 2026 for the first time since 2001, performing their landmark album The Man Who in full alongside hits from across their ten-album career.
Live Gallery: Wunderhorse rip into Sydney’s Enmore Theatre with ragged, uncut rock’n’roll 20.09.2025
Wunderhorse make their Sydney debut at the Enmore Theatre, turning the raw energy of Midas into a raucous, full-blooded performance that confirms Jacob Slater’s band as one of Britain’s most vital new rock outfits.
News: Machine Gun Kelly announces biggest tour of his career
MGK announces The Lost Americana Tour, a globe-spanning run through North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand in support of his new album, backed by Wiz Khalifa, Julia Wolf and more.
Track: ‘rooster’ shows bar italia in widescreen, unbridled mode
bar italia release ‘rooster’, a sinister and anthemic preview of their upcoming album Some Like It Hot (out October 17), capturing their journey from elusive outsiders to full-blown festival stormers.
Album Review: Lutruwita’s TEENS display a bit of raw and visceral ‘Negative Energy’ in an explosive second album.
The streets of the southernmost capital in Australia are filled with crazed youths, and at the front of the pack is the rampant Lutruwita band TEENS spreading discord and riotous energy everywhere they can with a wild-eyed blend of punk, pop and anarchy. They have today released their second album ‘Negative Energy’ through No Sleep …
Live Gallery: Reb Fountain Brings How Love Bends to Sydney’s Trocadero Room 15.09.2025
Reb Fountain transforms the Trocadero Room into a space of hushed intensity, weaving songs from her #1 New Zealand album How Love Bends into a set that is as haunting as it is poetic. Supported by Sarah Belkner, the night underscores the depth of storytelling that defines both artists.
News: Sophie Ellis-Bextor announces Australian tour for February 2026
Sophie Ellis-Bextor will tour Australia in February 2026, performing tracks from her new album Perimenopop alongside her disco-pop hits in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
News: RESTRICTED joins Spilt Milk 2026 lineup alongside triple j Unearthed winners and local talent
Spilt Milk 2026 welcomes RESTRICTED to its national run, adds a new round of local artists, and opens the triple j Unearthed competition across all four cities.
News: Laneway Festival heads to the Gold Coast for the first time in a decade
Laneway Festival shakes up its map for 2026, moving to the Gold Coast after more than ten years in Brisbane and expanding into new spaces in Adelaide and Perth. With the lineup reveal scheduled for Thursday, the next chapter of Laneway is primed to be one of its most significant yet.