Megan Hopkins, Editor

From global stars to Australia’s fastest rising names, the 2026 Countrytown Awards are shaping up to be country music’s biggest day out.

The rising country star has dropped a fierce new single today as she gears up to join Riley Green on tour, plus major festival slots at CMC Rocks and Julia Creek Dirt N Dust.

The Aussie favourites are stepping into their country-rock era with a bold new album, a fresh single and a national tour alongside Counting Crows.

Footy and country collide again as Riley Green makes his Australian stadium debut with a blockbuster half-time performance at Suncorp Stadium next week.

Gritty riffs and four-on-the-floor energy with a philosophical twist: Kincade Stevens’ latest single dives into money, fame, and what it all really means.

Kip Moore is returning to Australia and New Zealand in October & November for intimate theatre shows packed with his biggest hits and brand new music.

After a fast-moving grass fire tore through Carranballac Recreation Reserve, the country music community has stepped up in a major way - and now a star-studded raffle is helping rebuild what was lost.

A quarter century later, Adam Harvey is clocking back in to celebrate the album that changed everything.

Dear Jetstar, you ain’t gotta die to be dead to me.

Carly Pearce has set the internet alight after teasing a new duet with Riley Green, and it's right before the pair take back to back sets at CMC Rocks.