The world’s biggest acts already announced for Melbourne’s DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL will showcase what they do best in a headline setting this March! Stay tuned for more acts to be announced…
PROPHETS OF RAGE
Announce Headline Australian Dates
Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine, Chuck D and DJ Lord of Public Enemy and B-Real of Cypress Hill have lived the resistance from day one. They are beyond being just a band, they are a counteroffensive — they are PROHETS OF RAGE. An elite task force of revolutionary musicians here to wake us up, encourage us to question everything, find our voice and fight for our rights. All served on a soundtrack of furious rhythm and rhyme. It’s no surprise that in the midst of 2016’s tumultuous US election, the revolutionary musicians would join together as Prophets Of Rage to combat the incoming storm.
Tickets for both headline shows go on sale at 1pm, Thursday December 7.
My Live Nation members can be among the first to secure tickets during the pre-sale beginning Tuesday 1pm December 5 until Thursday 11am December 7.
For complete tour and ticketing details, visit: livenation.com.au.
While the fierce independence and enduring influence of their collective lineage is nearly impossible to overstate, these creative kindred spirits knew immediately this was a different beast. At its core, Prophets Of Rage functions not only on a love of music, but a deep belief in its power as a tool and a weapon.
After performing headline shows at arenas and festivals around the world, Prophets Of Rage have coalesced into a fiery unit capable of playing with equal parts precision, passion and muscle.
The band have just announced their first Australian headline dates. Fans can expect a pummeling live set that will feature tracks from their album, as well as a range of tracks from the back catalogues of their aforementioned bands!
HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY THURSDAY MARCH 22
RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE MONDAY MARCH 26
TICKETS ON SALE 1PM THURSDAY DECEMBER 7
My Live Nation pre-sale: Tuesday 1pm December 5 until Thursday 11am December 7.
Also appearing at Download Festival, Melbourne – Saturday March 24
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.prophetsofrage.com & www.livenation.com.au
NECK DEEP
Announce Headline Adelaide Date
With special guests Between You And Me, The Away Game and Bearclaw Camp.
Wrexham UK pop-punks NECK DEEP have become the most successful British band in the history of their genre, at an average age of just 23. They’ve scored Kerrang! and APMA awards along the way and worked alongside legends like Mark Hoppus of Blink-182. Their second full-length album Life’s Not Out To Get You smashed its way into the top 10 of both the UK and U.S. album charts. Neck Deep’s third album The Peace & The Panic, which debuted No.8 on the ARIA albums chart, is a meditation on the constant duality of life and the struggles that come with it.
Tickets for the headline show go on sale at 11am, Friday December 8.
My Live Nation members can be among the first to secure tickets during the pre-sale beginning Thursday 11am December 7 until Friday 9am December 8.
For complete tour and ticketing details, visit: livenation.com.au
THE GOV, ADELAIDE SUNDAY MARCH 25
TICKETS ON SALE 11AM FRIDAY DECEMBER 8
My Live Nation pre-sale: Thursday 11am December 7 until Friday 9am December 8
Neck Deep also appearing at Download Festival, Melbourne – Saturday March 24
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.neckdeepuk.com www.livenation.com.au
NAILS
Announce Australian Headline Dates
California’s NAILS have parlayed their influences into a ruthless, no compromise explosion of sound, where speed and groove fight for supremacy. The bands songs range from flat out short blasts of grindcore to an 8 minute opus that forges together classic death and sludge metal, showing a side of the band willing to elongate the heavy and sick.
Tickets for both headline shows go on sale at 3pm, Tuesday December 5.
For complete tour and ticketing details, visit: livenation.com.au
“Nails cram their brief but constantly shifting tracks with a chaotic, complex blend of hardcore punk, grindcore, power-violence and death metal” PITCHFORK
Their caustic, take-no-prisoners tunes have earned them the reputation of being the angriest band in metal!
CROWBAR, BRISBANE THURSDAY MARCH 22
RED RATTLER, SYDNEY FRIDAY MARCH 23
TICKETS ON SALE 3PM TUESDAY DECEMBER 5
Nails also appearing at Download Festival, Melbourne – Saturday March 24
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.livenation.com.au
GOOD CHARLOTTE
Announce Headline Australian Dates
With special guests Neck Deep, Falling In Reverse, Issues and Chase Atlantic
Formed in the mid-90s, GOOD CHARLOTTE have six albums and two collaborations under their belt. The band was integral in establishing a global critical mass for the pop-punk genre. The group’s 2000 self-titled debut laid the foundation with the singles “Little Things” and “Festival Song”. Then in 2002, the breakthrough success of The Young and the Hopeless catapulted pop-punk into the stratosphere and set them on the path to worldwide superstardom. The group followed with multi-platinum albums including The Chronicles of Life and Death (2004) and Good Morning Revival (2007). Now, after the release of their ARIA No.1 selling album Youth Authority in 2016, Good Charlotte are ecstatic to continue sharing their music to the masses of die-hard fans around the world.
Tickets for both headline shows go on sale at 11am, Friday December 8.
My Live Nation members can be among the first to secure tickets during the pre-sale beginning Thursday 11am December 7 until Friday 9am December 8.
For complete tour and ticketing details, visit: livenation.com.au.
Wrexham UK pop-punks NECK DEEP have become the most successful British band in the history of their genre, at an average age of just 23. They’ve scored Kerrang! and APMA awards along the way and worked alongside legends like Mark Hoppus of Blink-182. Their second full-length album Life’s Not Out To Get You smashed its way in to the top 10 of both the UK and U.S. album charts. Neck Deep’s third album – The Peace & The Panic, which debuted No.8 on the ARIA albums chart, is a meditation on the constant duality of life and the struggles that come with it.
Screamo rock gods FALLING IN REVERSE walk that fine line between genius and insanity, self-seriousness and self-deprecation, implosion and explosion! The five piece have built a fanatical fan base off the back of the ridiculous vocal range of frontman Ronnie Radke and their enigmatic, unrelenting live shows that are nothing short of spectacular! Their new album Coming Home debuted No.12 on the ARIA albums chart while its predecessor Just Like You debuted No.8 on the ARIA albums chart (the bands highest chart debut in the world).
With their 2014 self-titled debut, Atlanta-based band ISSUES broke big by infusing their metal-punk hybrid with pop-perfect melodies and the heavy rhythms of hip-hop and R&B. Follow-up album Headspace was named “one of the most anticipated records of 2016” by Alternative Press. With its crushing guitar riffs, commanding vocals, and brutally intense drumming, Headspace surges with an untamable energy that’s nothing short of exhilarating.
CHASE ATLANTIC are a trio of two brothers and one longtime friend who personally produce, perform, and passionately conjure up dark alternative pop punctuated by rock and R&B. These Aussies blur the lines between a nocturnal aesthetic and primal bliss.
HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY MONDAY MARCH 26
RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE WEDNESDAY MARCH 28
TICKETS ON SALE 11AM FRIDAY DECEMBER 8
My Live Nation pre-sale: Thursday 11am December 7 until Friday 9am December 8
All bands appearing at Download Festival, Melbourne – Saturday March 24
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.goodcharlotte.com & www.livenation.com.au
AMON AMARTH
Announce Australian Headline Dates
With special guests Sabaton
AMON AMARTH have been marching purposefully from triumph to greater triumph for the last two decades. Formed amid the fertile Swedish metal scene in the mid 90’s, these dedicated diehards brought a new sense of drama and destruction to the world of heavy music, propagating tales of Viking mythology and mortal combat over a devastating soundtrack of crushing rhythms, refined melody and rousing, rebellious refrains.
Tickets for both headline shows go on sale at 3pm, Wednesday December 6.
My Live Nation members can be among the first to secure tickets during the pre-sale beginning Tuesday 9am December 5 until Wednesday 1pm December 6.
For complete tour and ticketing details, visit: livenation.com.au.
From the release of their debut album Once Sent From The Golden Hall in 1998, to their latest masterpiece Jomsviking, Amon Amarth’s trajectory has been firmly upward, as this band’s devotion to touring the world and spreading their inspirational creed resonates with the ever-growing hordes of like-minded metal heads.
Swedish war machine SABATON are on their way to worldwide heavy metal domination. These platinum selling, Falun-based heavy metal heroes are heading to Australia. No mercy will be given and all guns will be blazing, as this tireless killing machine prepares to blow fans to another dimension, playing songs off their entire catalogue as well as their latest opus The Last Stand.
ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY SUNDAY MARCH 25
THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE TUESDAY MARCH 27
TICKETS ON SALE 3PM WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6
My Live Nation pre-sale: Tuesday 9am December 5 until Wednesday 1pm December 6.
Also appearing at Download Festival, Melbourne – Saturday March 24
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.amonamarth.com & www.livenation.com.au
THE STORY SO FAR
Announce Australian Headline Dates
With Special Guests Slowly Slowly and Easy Life
The grassroots, back-to-basics authenticity of THE STORY SO FAR is a blast of renewing fresh air! Their energetic and impressively honest take on hardcore-infused pop-punk music propelled them to the cover of the 2013 Alternative Press 100 Bands You Need To Know issue, to the enduring subcultural benchmark the Vans Warped Tour, and into the hearts and minds of listeners.
Tickets for both headline shows go on sale at midday, Wednesday December 6.
My Live Nation members can be among the first to secure tickets during the pre-sale beginning Tuesday 10am December 5 until Wednesday 10am December 6.
For complete tour and ticketing details, visit: livenation.com.au
Like their predecessors in legendary pop-punk bands Blink-182, Green Day, or The Descendents, the five guys in The Story So Far got together with no loftier an ambition than to make the music they wanted to hear. Along the way, they just happened to help usher in a pop-punk revival. It’s a “return of the real” that’s made a sea change across the underground.
Whether the band is destined for the large venues and record sales of a band like A Day To Remember, or even the arena level commanding presence of Blink-182, it’s safe to predict that The Story So Far will be doing it for real and doing it for the right reasons.
THE ZOO, BRISBANE FRIDAY MARCH 23
FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY SUNDAY MARCH 25
TICKETS ON SALE 12PM WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6
My Live Nation pre-sale: Tuesday 10am December 5 until Wednesday 10am December 6.
The Story So Far appearing at Download Festival, Melbourne – Saturday March 24
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www. www.thestorysofarca.com & www.livenation.com.au
