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Wildlands Shares Teaser For 2027 Festival

by Mary Varvaris

Wildlands Festival 2024

“Call the Wildlands Hotline if you’re looking for a good time,” the festival team teased today.

Spacey Jane performing at One Night Stand 2025

Triple J Reveals Location For 2026 One Night Stand

triple j’s One Night Stand will take over the Griffith Showground on Wiradjuri Country on Saturday, 5 September.

Industry / News

ivy Nightclub

New Book On Sydney Nightlife Achieves Kickstarter Goal

The book revisits “twenty glorious years” in Sydney that included “an explosion of the arts, pushing the envelope of staid and conventional culture.”

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Kayps Announces 2026 Australian Tour

Kayps is touring in support of his forthcoming album, 'BUNUBA BABY.'

FISHER

Power Pick 13/07/26: FISHER - 'What A Life' (feat. Florence Arman)

This week's The Music Power Pick revealed.

Pitbull

Pitbull & Fans Set Guinness World Record For Most Bald Caps At London Show

The official count was 22,141 people wearing bald caps to see Pitbull’s performance, including the rapper himself.

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Ninajirachi Leads 2026 Edition Of Triple J's One Night Stand

The location of this year’s festival will be announced this Wednesday, 15 July.

Features / Music

REDD.

The Music’s Friday Finds: The Week’s Best New Music – 10 July

With our weekly updated playlist, Friday Finds: This Week’s Best New Music, The Music’s team gathers the best new songs you need to hear every Friday. Here are our picks released this week, July 10, 2026.

Keli Holiday

Keli Holiday Addresses 'Deliberate Weaponisation And Misrepresentation' Of Anti Neo-Nazi Comments

"I love Australia," Keli Holiday wrote on social media. "I'm all for love (but I do hate neo-Nazis)."

Industry / News

National Indigenous Music Awards

National Indigenous Music Awards Reveal 2026 Nominees

Birdz and Fred Leone, Baker Boy, Jem Cassar-Daley and many others have picked up nominations.

J. Cole

J. Cole Launches 'The Fall-Off Magazine'

Artists including Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill, RZA, GloRilla, Lil Yachty, and JID are interviewed in the magazine.

Industry / News

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Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga & More Receive 2026 Emmy Award Nominations

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show is one of the most-nominated projects at this year's Emmy Awards, with Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Sabrina Carpenter also picking up nominations.

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