Ed Sheeran has unveiled three exclusive pop-up stores across Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, launching alongside the Australian leg of his highly anticipated Loop Tour. The global superstar is currently making his way around the country with a brand-new live show, kicking off in Perth before heading to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide throughout the month….
If you needed further proof that Counting Crows remain one of the most enduring live bands of their generation, this is it. Following the rapid sell-out of their first two Sydney shows, the band has announced a third Enmore Theatre date, giving fans one more chance to catch them when The Complete Sweets! Tour hits…
Scottish indie legends Belle and Sebastian return to Australia celebrating the 30th Anniversary of If You’re Feeling Sinister played in full plus all the hits across Australia this September. Formed in Glasgow in 1996, founded by songwriter Stuart Murdoch and bassist Stuart David after meeting through a music program for the unemployed. Their debut album…
Californian punk rock legends Descendents will be heading down under in June 2026 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album Everything Sucks. In 1996, Milo Aukerman made a triumphant return with an album that paid homage to the band’s earlier, more aggressive hardcore sound. This album is a true game-changer, not only for Descendents’…
Generational pop icon Robyn has announced her return to the road with a global 2026 arena run, The Sexistential Tour – her first major headline tour since 2019 and her most ambitious to date. Spanning Europe, North America, and Australia across 20 dates, the tour will feature Robyn’s biggest headline shows ever, including London’s 20,000-capacity…
Swedish pop powerhouse Zara Larsson has confirmed she will return to Australia this October with her globally celebrated Midnight Sun tour – her first visit to the country in over a decade. The Australian run follows the release of Larsson’s acclaimed fourth studio album, Midnight Sun, which arrived in late 2025 and has since soundtracked…
Wolf Alice currently touring exclusively with Laneway Festival have just announced an Australian tour The Clearing for December 2026. One of the best live bands to emerge from the English music scene from the past 10 years and having witnessed Wolf Alice live personally on every tour since 2018 I can highly recommend to catch…
British pop icon Lily Allen will return to Australia for a national headline tour, delivering a run of highly anticipated live shows that will include a special featured performance of her acclaimed rendition of West End Girl. Lily Allen emerged in the mid-2000s as one of the UK’s most distinctive pop voices, blending sharp social…
The feeling most people get who listened to Last Dinosaurs as they came into the Australian indie scene in the early 2010s is that of nostalgia and euphoria. Their music has always felt alive, with the well known dreamy soundscapes of their music defining the last decade. After five incredible studio albums, the Brisbane trio…
Madchester legends Happy Mondays return celebrating 35 years of Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches across Australia. Led by the ever-unpredictable Shaun Ryder and charismatic dancing percussionist Bez, Happy Mondays will deliver a career-spanning set packed with era-defining hits including Step On, Kinky Afro, Loose Fit and tracks that helped define the sound and attitude of…
After years of waiting, Harry Styles is returning to the stage in 2026 with Together, Together – a seven-city residency tour hitting Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York, Melbourne, and Sydney, running from May 16th to December 13th, 2026. These will be his only live shows worldwide in 2026, with huge highlights including…
ARMY! Do we have news for you. Back in 2014, we were lucky to get Australia’s first interview with the K-Pop group who became a sensation around the world, BTS. And now for the first time since 2022, the group are back and ready to tour the world through 2026 and 2027 across 34 regions…
Earlier this morning, an announcement was shared via the Biffy Clyro social media accounts that bassist James Johnston would not be joining the band on the upcoming tours. The message, from James, shared the news that he has been struggling with mental health problems, which have led to addiction issues. Deciding to address the problems…
Australian alternative pop/rock outfit Winters End makes a powerful return with “Deadtree,” a deeply affecting new single written in honour of the band’s late member – and frontwoman Marissa (Riss)’s brother – Christopher. After stepping way from music in 2020 following his sudden passing – where Riss admits that she went from “Writing songs daily…
All it took was one listen to “Fire” before I was ready to claim House of Protection as the best band in the world right now. Once I saw them live, it was pretty much a done deal. “I think, it’s like, The Prodigy meets Rage Against the Machine,” I would tell people in the…
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have unveiled the support for the Australian run of The Wild God Tour, announcing Aldous Harding as the opening act across all dates, a pairing that feels deliciously off-centre. NZ-born singer-songwriter Harding’s magnetic stillness and arrangements sit beautifully against the scale and emotional weight of Wild God, making her an…
Mumford & Sons have confirmed their Prizefighter Tour for 2026, marking a proper return to Australia after this year’s one-off Sydney Opera House show. The legendary folk band are headed to Melbourne and Sydney in April with some stellar support. Their new record Prizefighter (out 13 Feb 2026) comes hot on the heels of Rushmere,…
In March 2027, international pop icon Belinda Carlisle will bid a celebratory farewell to Australian fans, with a national run of dates saluting four decades of hits on the aptly titled G’day & Goodbye Tour. One of the most distinctive voices of the 1980s and beyond, Belinda will take fans on a musical journey through her extraordinary…
For the first time in 20 years Split Enz have reunited with original members Tim Finn, Eddie Raynor, Noel Crombie and Neil Finn plus Matt Eccles on drums and James Milne on bass on the Forever Enz tour. The tour will celebrate the group’s extraordinary catalogue, from the theatrical brilliance of Mental Notes and Dizrythmia,…
If you were someone who spent their teenage years scribbling lyrics into the margins of notebooks, layering on black eyeliner and blasting pop-punk through wired headphones you’d understand that the early 2000s were far more than just a moment- they were a movement. Emo transcended a musical genre and became a home to the misunderstood…
The eternally touring Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls have announced a co-headlining tour next May with Texan rockers, Bowling for Soup, and with news bound to make fans outside of the eastern capital cities jump for joy, the tour will also encompass the Sunshine Coast, Newcastle, Frankston, Adelaide, and Fremantle. Following their most recent appearance…
Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus has announced An Evening Of Storytelling in Melbourne and Sydney, which will take place in March 2026. Sharing stories of growing up in the 80s and going on to form one of the biggest bands of his generation, this evening of storytelling will give fans the chance to see Hoppus in…
As one quarter of the ARIA Award-winning indie-folk quartet All Our Exes Live in Texas, singer-songwriter Katie Wighton has long been celebrated for her crystalline vocals and heartfelt storytelling. Now, she’s stepping into a new chapter with The Nashville Tapes — a deeply collaborative album that bridges the songwriting heart of Nashville with the warmth…
Most young concert-goers don’t know the heady days of lining up and camping out overnight outside the ticket office to get a good spot to see to favourite band. Nowadays, everything is so much more efficient and logging onto the ticket website, you are met with helpful clues, such as “184 people in a queue…
When I spoke with Ben and James Johnston in September, they were adamant that Australia was definitely “on the list” for tour dates. True to their word, today Biffy Clyro have announced their return to Australia in April next year. The Futique Tour lands in Melbourne on Tuesday, 7 April, then Sydney on Wednesday, 8…
For a decade now, The AU Review’s parent company Heath Media have been proud to curate the annual summer free, all-ages series Seymour Nights in Sydney. The event takes over the courtyard at the Seymour Centre at the corner of City Road & Cleveland Road for a series of concerts showcasing emerging artists from Sydney…
Britpop icons Pulp are set to make their triumphant return to Australia in March 2026, headlining two very special open-air performances on the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, their first Australian show in over a decade. Fronted by the incomparable Jarvis Cocker, Pulp will bring their legendary live show to one of the world’s most iconic…
With less than 3 weeks to go, RAYDIA Festival has revealed its final line-up additions, announcing global dance music icon Cascada and international drag superstar Marina Summers joining DJs Manuel Coby, Ana Julieta, BRYANT and festival curator Dan Slater for the highly anticipated new open-air day-into-night festival set to take over The Domain, Sydney on Saturday 15th November, 2025. Joining them are Sydney…
Post-emo heavyweights Hot Mulligan are making their way back Down Under for their The Sound A Body Makes When It’s Still Australian Tour in April 2026, playing their biggest headlining venues here yet. This tour will see them visit Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, and if their 2024 tour is anything to go by,…
Your favourite boyband is coming home, Australia. 5 Seconds of Summer are truly thriving at the moment, having just announced their upcoming record EVERYONE’S A STAR and released three incredible singles, and they’ve now announced a massive world tour in perhaps one of the most iconic ways possible. 5SOS dropped their second single, “Boyband”, a…
