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1. GALLERY: Pulp @ Elder Park, Adelaide (Adelaide Festival)

   The highlights of Pulp’s performance at Elder Park as part of Adelaide Festival.

2. Live Review: G Flip, The Beaches @ Riverstage, Brisbane

   As the gentle rain began to intensify, G launched into fan favourites, setting the pace for what would be a soaking-wet, massive set covering their three records.

3. The Fox Launches Campaign To Get Ed Sheeran To Try... A Bunnings Sausage?

   Will Ed Sheeran try a signature Bunnings snag while in Melbourne?

4. Bliss n Eso Postpone Perth Show Following Medical Emergency

   The hip-hop group shared that Eso is “currently unwell in hospital” and will be okay, “but needs time to recover.”

5. 'Bad Blood' Hitmaker Neil Sedaka Passes Away, Aged 86

   Sedaka passed away just hours after being rushed to the hospital for an undisclosed medical emergency.

6. 'Go F*** Yourselves': Radiohead Demand ICE Take Down Video Using 'Let Down'

   "You don’t get to appropriate it without a fight," Radiohead wrote in a statement.

7. The Avalanches Create Synthesiser From Reclaimed E-Waste Devices

   “We wanted to show that e-waste can be repurposed into something that people can relate to universally,” explained The Avalanches’ Robbie Chater.

8. 'It Just Fell In Our Laps': 2charm Reflect On A Massive Launch & Debut Album, 'star scum city'

   "It was kind of born out of fun and born out of just real life enjoyment of the music."

9. Rolling Loud Australia: 2026 Festival Cancelled

   Rolling Loud was scheduled to return to Australia for the first time since 2019 next weekend.

10. Bernard Fanning Tells Heckler To 'Get F***ed' At 'Tea & Sympathy' Sydney Show

    “If you don’t want me to talk, that’s okay, you can get f***ed,” Fanning told a fan who interrupted him on stage at Sydney’s State Theatre last night.

11. Artist Applications For BIGSOUND 2026 Are Now Open

    The BIGSOUND team is seeking “export-ready artists” as the music industry showcase celebrates its 25th anniversary this September.

12. 'I Don’t Have The Answers': My Chérie On Navigating Queerness, Religion & Traditional Values

    My Chérie discusses the most vulnerable song she has ever written, and explores her lived experience as a queer woman growing up in South Africa from a Christian background.

13. Trailer For Billy Idol Documentary 'Billy Idol Should Be Dead' Unveiled

    Miley Cyrus, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan discuss Billy Idol’s impact in the documentary trailer.

14. EXEK’s Subtle, Hypnotic Post Punk Is Finally Picking Up Steam

    Seven albums in, the Melbourne sextet have caught the attention of LCD Soundsystem – with American tour dates on the horizon.

15. Album Review: On 'Nothing's About To Happen To Me', Mitski Delivers A Dark, Unsettling Character Study Filled With Familiar Obsessions

    The 8th LP for the 35-year-old indie icon details the life of a "reclusive woman in an unkempt house" with a tense mix of noisy indie-rock and grand orchestration.