After a six year hiatus, Jet will tour with Bruce Springsteen this year, as well as headlining a few shows of their own.

Cat people, you can start laughing hysterically now.

Nice and easy does it yet again for the triple j listener poll but finally the biggest name in pop gets a seat at the table.

Mike Noga single launch at the Tote, Caravan Club's Blues and Roots festival, Totally Unicorn and more.

The initiative comes after five women reported being sexually assaulted at the Falls Festival in Marion earlier this month.

The biggest tour ever to Australia, the return of music legends and albums that promise a new future. It's the year ahead and it looks packed.

You have never had a better reason to call Lord Mayor Graham Quirk.

Live music venue The Newtown Social Club has announced that it is closing its doors later this year, blaming the "current regulatory climate in Sydney" for making the business unsustainable.

Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown is on the horizon and the contest for top spot is heating up. With a group of Australians in the mix, it appears likely that there will be a historic fourth consecutive local winner of the annual Australia Day countdown.

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French composer and multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen wound a transportive tune across piano, violin, melodica and toy piano.

The movement to change the date of Australia Day has a second, pungent and focused anthem with a collaboration between many of the country's leading hip hop artists.

Last January, when interviewed by Vice Australia about his thoughts on Australia Day, Indigenous hip-hop artist Adam Briggs was unequivocal. "I pull the blinds and I shut everything down," he said.

Melbourne singer-songwriter Jess Ribeiro has embraced a more intimate mode of touring.

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All workplace deaths are tragic, but a death in the service of our entertainment seems especially so.

Kate Miller-Heidke kicks off a national tour of orchestra concerts in Melbourne on Saturday.

Canadian rock duo Japandroids live in different cities, shun social media and almost broke up before they achieved lift-off, but they're back with a new album that pulls back their trademark punkish sound to reveal a new emotional palette.

A new, original show from Victorian Opera promises a raucous history lesson on sex and showbiz.

"I only really have one famous song," Michael Rosenberg said. For the diehards, that's not true at all.

She was equal parts Bowie, Kate Bush and Bjork but also herself in a five-star show.