Tonight is going to be fun!! Tonight Simple Plan return to Australia and they’ve brought along Boys Like Girls, We The Kings, and Jax to make the night even better. So let’s see how this night plays out… Jax is our early opener tonight and with ‘90’s Kids’ she’s fun, and this fun! Followed by a fun song called ‘The […]

Canadian hardcore punk legends Cancer Bats have just announced their return to Australian shores for the first time since 2019 with an eight-date national tour. The tour will include stops in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide, and is in support of their latest LP and seventh studio album, 2022‘s ‘Psychic Jailbreak‘. The beloved metal stalwarts once again stepped into new territory with […]

Here we are again! Knotfest is back in Australia for its second year. This year sees the return of Pantera as headliner, and who ever thought we’d see this day? So with a stacked lineup, let’s see how the day plays out in this heat. Started the day with a special tour in the Slipknot museum and man that’s something, […]

Halestorm are back (from the dead) I mean in Australia oh man that was terrible. Let’s start again… Halestorm are back in Australia for Knotfest and Sydney is lucky enough tonight to get one of the two side shows they have. It’s always a great night with Halestorm and tonight Skindred jump on board to make it even better. So […]

Two decades ago, a band that would go on to pioneer and dominate the landscape of heavy music was born on the sunny shores of Byron Bay. Now in 2024, Australian metal titans PARKWAY DRIVE will triumphantly return to home soil this September to celebrate their 20th anniversary with their biggest headline tour to date, with the 20 Year Anniversary Tour set […]

Florida’s WE THE KINGS are stoked to announce two headline shows at Stay Gold in Melbourne on Wednesday 10 April and The Brightside in Brisbane on Tuesday 16 April. This is your last chance to see WE THE KINGS if you missed out on tickets on the sold out SIMPLE PLAN tour. Tickets are on sale Friday 15 March @ 9am AEDT time and they won’t last […]

KNOTFEST, the music and counterculture experience destination festival kicks off in Australia next week with a whole horde of surprises lying in wait and KNOTFEST 2024 ticketholders are in for a treat. We’re stoked to announce the return of SLIPKNOT for KNOTFEST 2025 to celebrate their 25th Anniversary, together with a huge line-up to be announced later in the year. Only KNOTFEST 2024 ticketholders will receive exclusive access to the […]

I’ve been following Taylor Acorn since her country days and I’m stoked to finally get to see her live as she makes her debut in Sydney tonight. I’m highly doubtful I’ll get my favourite ‘Back to You’ but hey I’m excited to hear live what Taylor has become as her newest album is sensational. Chez is opening tonight and I’m […]

Slash and his merry men (Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators) are back in Australia, it’s been a while so tonight we are ready for a fun night of rock and roll! Rose Tattoo open the show and are ripping it up with basically a best of set. This is Aussie rock and roll and done well. It was short and […]

It’s been far too long since The Struts have been on Australian shores. The momentum they were building pre Covid was amazing so now it’s time for them to get it back and I can guarantee they bloody well will. Opening tonight is Bad Moon Born and they’re just always impressive in my opinion. It’s just awesome to have a […]

KNOTFEST, the music and counterculture experience destination festival is returning to Australia in March 2024. We are thrilled to announce the headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge festival line up. This is the first and only sideshow announcement and there will be no more sideshows announced. PANTERA and DISTURBED are festival exclusives in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Be sure to get your Knotfest ticket if you […]

British rockers, THE STRUTS are thrilled to announce two headline shows at Crowbar in Sydney on Wednesday 21 February and Max Watts in Melbourne on Wednesday 28 February. Tickets on sale Thursday 25 January @ 12pm AEDT time. THE STRUTS will be returning to Australia next month supporting SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS as part of The River Is Rising-Rest of the World Tour ’24. […]

Los Angeles-bred and Nashville-based quartet Badflower are venturing down under in August, marking Australia’s and New Zealand’s first chance to catch these alt-rock icons live on stage. The band are set to deliver shows with just the right amount of intensity in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. Badflower said “It’s a dream come true to finally play the stages […]

And we’re back! After missing last years, it’s great to be back and I know I’m ready for a whole heap of good things today. It was an excellent easy entry, I have to give it up to them for that, no hassles, no lines, this was great and a really good start to the day. Hardest thing is there’s […]

“For me a good show is a compact between the performer and the audience…” From release: As one of the UK’s most successful artists, FRANK TURNER has played almost 2.7K shows across the globe since his first solo gig back in 2004. Now with nine studio albums to his name and having sold over a million albums worldwide, FRANK TURNER’s […]

In 2024, music, art and culture will collide once more in unforgettable fashion. Following its entirely sold out inaugural Australian run in 2023, KNOTFEST, the destination festival brand, will officially make its monumental return down under in 2024. The music and counterculture experience that is KNOTFESTwill hit the East coast of Australia starting on Thursday, March 21st at Flemington Racecourse […]

US pop-punk pioneer Taylor Acorn is making her way down to Australia in 2024 for her Good Enough Tour. Embarking on her sold out US headline tour this month, Taylor is in high demand and we’re next in line. This will be Australian fans’ first chance to catch this leading lady of the pop-punk scene live onstage. Taylor said “This […]

SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS will be heading to Australia in February 2024 as part of The River Is Rising-Rest of the World Tour ’24 with special guests THE STRUTS and ROSE TATTOO. A decade and four albums into their career, the universally acclaimed album 4 -which charted at #2 on the ARIA album chart also debuted as the #1 Most-Selling Hard Rock Album–is SMKC like you’ve never […]

Australian ANBERLIN fans will be in for a treat this summer, with the beloved group set to return for the first time since 2019, in January 2024 making their long-awaited return to a country long considered to be their second home.  For Stephen Christian, the tour will be particularly momentous – the vocalist having recently announced an indefinite hiatus from […]

The undisputed hottest and most successful rock band in the world, BRING ME THE HORIZON will be heading down under in April 2024 with their biggest Australian headline tour to date with an ultimate stacked line-up supported by SLEEP TOKEN, MAKE THEM SUFFER and DAINE. On the back of unleashing brand new single, DArkSide, BRING ME THE HORIZON have been touring the world since their triumphant headline performance […]

We interrupt your regular viewing to announce that Australia’s biggest alternative travelling music festival, aka Good Things Festival is fast upon us and it’s the biggest one yet! We’re not kiddin’ when we’re saying tickets are almost sold out with less than 500 tickets left for Brisbane, Melbourne is almost at 90% sold out and Sydney at 80%. Good Things come to those who wait […]

Canadian rockers SIMPLE PLAN are set to return to Australia in April 2024, with a national run with special guests and fellow pop punk royals BOYS LIKE GIRLS and WE THE KINGS. “We’re so happy to announce that we’re finally coming back to Australia in April 2024! The last time we played down under was way back in 2019 for the « Good Things » festival […]

We interrupt your regular viewing to announce that Good Things season is upon us – and if you thought 2022 was huge, that’s not all folks! Australia’s largest and favourite travelling music festival, Good Things Festival, returns this December with a bumper line-up set to descend on the east coast, bringing a horde of new and iconic faves from Australia and […]

It’ll be a never ending run of magic this November when iconic UK folk-punk troubadour FRANK TURNER and his band THE SLEEPING SOULS return to New Zealand and Australia for The Never Ending Tour Of Everywhere, alongside special guests MOM JEANS and EMILY BARKER. This marks FRANK TURNER‘s biggest Australian headline tour. As one of the UK’s most successful artists, FRANK TURNER has played almost 2.7K shows across the globe since […]

In news set to give Australian ALL TIME LOW fans the ultimate high, the multi-platinum Maryland quartet are thrilled to announce their return down under this November, with special guests MAYDAY PARADE and LAURAN HIBBERD. A band who have toppled charts, sold out arenas across the globe and consistently conjured infectious anthems along the way since forming in high school back in 2003, ALL TIME LOW are now […]

Multiple Grammy wins and two decades on, the debut album Fallen from American rockers EVANESCENCE remains one of the most influential albums of the turn of the century. A critical and commercial triumph, fans can now witness highlights from the gothic beauty of the 2003 debut release and a career spanning set of fan favourites this year, with EVANESCENCE thrilled to announce their return to Australia […]

One of UK’s most successful modern rock bands YOU ME AT SIX are thrilled to announce they will be returning to Australia this July as part of their Truth Decay Tour with special guests Los Angeles-based trio, SET IT OFF. The national tour will see YOU ME AT SIX play their first Australian headline tour in 5 years in support of their highly successful 8th studio […]

Welcome to Australia, Knotfest! It’s this massive festivals first time Down Under and I know I’m keen for everything today, and like any new festival to see the ins and outs and see how it all runs. Let’s start with the unbelievably, super easy entry. No lines, flowed through, circulation cut off by my drinking verification wristband, ahhh festivals I’ve […]

Japanese metal sensation BABYMETAL are thrilled to announce they will be returning to Australia for their very first headline tour in June as part of their World Tour 2023. Kicking off in Brisbane on Thursday, June 8 at the Fortitude Music Hall, the tour will make its way down the east coast to Sydney on Friday, June 9 at the Hordern Pavilion […]

KNOTFEST, the music and counterculture experience destination festival created by the multi-platinum sonic phenomenon SLIPKNOT will be making its Australian debut in March 2023. KNOTFEST AUSTRALIA has already sold out in Melbourne with Brisbane and Sydney not far behind. KNOTFEST AUSTRALIA is thrilled to announce the headline sideshows from some of the artists on the jaw-dropping festival line up. This is the first and only sideshow announcement and there […]