Australia, some spectacular savagery is headed your way this July and August, with Florida metalcore juggernauts WAGE WAR bringing the ‘It Calls Me By Name’ world tour down under, joined by special guests ORTHODOX (USA) and HEAVENSGATE. Opening on Thursday 30 July in Perth, WAGE WAR will roar through Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane, before concluding on Friday 7 August in Sydney. Hailing from the thick and humid […]

Legendary Australian rock band Violent Soho are thrilled to announce their official return to the live stage after a four-year hiatus, with an exclusive run of three headline shows across the Australian east coast this September. The tour announcement follows the 10-year anniversary of acclaimed album WACO, celebrated with a limited-edition vinyl pressing. Last month, members James Tidswell and Luke Boerdam also joined Blink […]

Legendary Aussie rockers Spiderbait today announce they will return to stages around the country this July, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their iconic 1996 album Ivy & the big apples. Kicking off on Saturday 4 July at Brisbane’s The Tivoli, the band will head through Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney delivering their epic live show to fans nationwide. Iconic special guests Custard, Magic Dirt, The Meanies and Tumbleweed will join the party on select dates, as emerging Melbourne rockers The Gnomes warm […]

Secret Sounds has today announced indie rock legends DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE will tour Australia this November, showcasing all their hits alongside material from their forthcoming new album, I Built You A Tower, released on June 5. With 3 decades and 10 acclaimed studio albums under their belt, the band is revered for their distinctive sound, as in demand and influential as ever! Death Cab […]

Live Nation has today announced that American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, are returning to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in 12 years. Known for their spectacular live shows, Avenged Sevenfold will make their long-awaited return with special guests Coheed and Cambria and Thornhill on all tour dates. The tour kicks off October 16 in Sydney, Australia […]

Ska-punk mainstays Less Than Jake return to Australia and New Zealand this October and November for their ‘Circus Down Under’ tour, bringing their signature mix of brass, hooks and chaos back across the country. As a long time favourites of Australian audiences, the Floridian five piece has built a reputation that goes well beyond nostalgia. Every return visit to our shores sees full rooms, full singalongs and fun […]

Perth icons Karnivool are thrilled to announce they are taking their number one album, In Verses, on the road for the first time, delivering the biggest headline shows of their career. To celebrate, Karnivool will be joined by special guests TesseracT (UK) and Car Bomb (USA) for an unmissable night of heavy excellence. Kicking off with a hometown show at the […]

Las Vegas post-hardcore heavyweights Escape The Fate will make their long overdue return to Australia this June, bringing with them US metalcore mainstays The Word Alive – taking in every capital city and a couple of regional ones too! For over two decades now, Escape The Fate have been one of the most recognisable names in modern hard rock, building an incredible catalogue packed with stadium-wrecking […]

Gold Coast metal icons Sunk Loto return to the stage in August playing their first shows since 2023. Hitting the Crowbars and the Corner with new single Dead Shadows front and centre. Instrumental in shaping Australia’s heavier end of the alternative scene in the early 2000’s, Sunk Loto were mentioned in the same breath as Sevendust, Korn and Deftones. After a decade of being everywhere, […]

Australia… you thought they forgot! They did not. They waited. They sharpened their claws. They let the forest grow wilder, darker, hungrier. Three years is a blink in eternity, yet long enough for the trees to learn your secrets. Now they return not as visitors, but as conquerors. Bring your torches. Bring your madness. Bring your soul laid bare. Step […]

28 Days has turned into 30 years! One of Australia’s longest-running and most respected punk bands, 28 Days, will hit the road this June to celebrate three decades of doing things their own way. From their humble beginnings at a Frankston skate park back the late ‘90s, 28 Days quickly carved out their own place in Australian music. Upstyledown crashed in at #1 […]

Swedish melodic hard rock powerhouses H.E.A.T are set to make their long-awaited return to Australian stages in a few weeks time, bringing their electrifying live show back down under for their first headline tour since 2022. Following their scene-stealing performances at 2024’s Glam Fest in Melbourne and Sydney, the band will hit the east coast armed with their acclaimed new album, 2025’s “Welcome […]

Live Nation has today announced that American rock band A Perfect Circle, formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan, will tour Australia and New Zealand in December. It will mark their first visit to Australian shores since 2013, and a return to New Zealand following a 22-year absence! A Perfect Circle fans have been waiting in […]

Live Nation has today announced that powerhouse rock icons Guns N’ Roses, will return to Australia and New Zealand for a massive run of stadium shows this November and December. This follows their extensive 2025 tour across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, and continues an exciting new chapter with the release of two brand new singles— “Nothin’” […]

Australia and New Zealand, get ready! Two indisputable rock icons will join forces in 2026, with American chart-toppers SHINEDOWN and British alternative legends BUSH teaming up for a massive co-headline tour this September, with the tour also marking SHINEDOWN‘s first performances down under in over 15 years. Commencing on Thursday 17 September in Auckland, this monumental rock’n’roll extravaganza will head through Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, […]

Girish And The Chronicles make their first-ever Australian tour in March 2026, unleashing their high- voltage live show alongside Melbourne hard-rockers Shotgun Mistress. Based in Bengaluru, GATC have become one of India’s most prominent rock exports. Fronted by powerhouse vocalist Girish Pradhan, the band’s acclaimed albums and relentless touring have fuelled a fast-rising global profile, including performances with Guns N’ Roses, Skid Row, […]

Alt-rock legends The Superjesus are set to bring their seminal sophomore album ‘Jet Age’ across the country for a special 25 year anniversary tour in June, playing the record in full as well as a selection of their greatest hits. The band have been busy over the last year, releasing their self titled fourth studio album in March 2025 to widespread acclaim – […]

INXS fans, get ready – Former INXS frontman JD FORTUNE is returning to Australian stages after his highly successful 2025 debut Australian tour, bringing his band back for another explosive celebration of the Best of INXS. The powerhouse Canadian vocalist will deliver iconic hits including Need You Tonight, Never Tear Us Apart, New Sensation, Mystify, Devil Inside, Don’t Change, Suicide Blonde, and Original Sin, along […]

Aussie rock mainstays Luca Brasi will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their landmark 2016 album If This Is All We’re Going To Be with a national tour this May and June, alongside a limited gold vinyl repress. Ten years ago, If This Is All We’re Going To Be landed in our lives. It soundtracked sharehouses, long drives, messy breakups, big wins, small losses and the […]

Australia, prepare for spectacular sonic annihilation this June, with Michigan juggernauts I PREVAIL set to make their return down under. In what will be their biggest ever Australian tour, I PREVAIL announce today a national headline arena run joined by special guests IMMINENCE and INVENT ANIMATE. Set to commence on Sunday 14 June in Perth, the Violent Nature Australian tour will see I PREVAIL roar through Adelaide, Melbourne and […]

IRON MAIDEN today announce the highly anticipated Australian dates of their critically acclaimed RUN FOR YOUR LIVES WORLD TOUR. Since the band’s first visit to Australia in November 1982, playing to 2000 fans at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney as part of the Beast On The Road Tour, Iron Maiden have returned regularly, playing bigger and bigger shows each time. And now, […]

GROOVIN THE MOO REVEALS ALL-STAR LINEUP FOR LISMORE RETURN (A-Z) BAKER BOY DENZEL CURRY (US) DOPE LEMON MAPLE’S PET DINOSAUR MATT CORBY NINAJIRACHI THE CHATS THE TERRYS TONES AND I (A-Z) ANGEL WHITE THE COLLIFLOWERS HOMEGROWN HERO SLOT KATH EBBS PRESENTS COWBOY COUNTRY Groovin The Moo is presented by Great Southern Nights with the support of the NSW Government through Destination NSW and in partnership with […]

When British extreme metal legends CRADLE OF FILTH and American metal titans DEVILDRIVER, two of heavy music’s most iconic and ferocious bands – each with a stellar reputation for incredible live shows – joined forces for a North American tour in 2023 the results were predictably amazing and the synergy undeniable. “a face-grinding heavy package that lived up to the hype and left […]

Get ready to feel the heat! Frontier Touring are pleased to announce the return of euphoric Manchester alt rock force Hot Milk, performing in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane (their first headline show in QLD) this May. The incendiary duo of Hannah Mee and Jim Shaw are headed back down, following on from their 2023 Australian debut visit, when the band tore through two huge headline gigs in […]

Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce that one of the biggest and most beloved rock bands of all time – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Foo Fighters – will make their hugely anticipated return to Australia and New Zealand next summer. Celebrating their long-standing love of both countries, this return marks another major chapter in the band’s ongoing global touring […]

Australia, prepare to set your fazers to stun this September, with Welsh ragga metal legends SKINDRED primed to return to our shores for their biggest ever Australian headline tour! Opening proceedings on Tuesday 1 September in Perth, SKINDRED will head through Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, and close out on Sunday 6 September in Brisbane. Wielding a formidable (and deserved) reputation as one of the best […]

One of the most visceral forces on the modern heavy scene, UK heavy alchemists LOATHE are thrilled to announce their first-ever Australian headline tour this May, joined by special guests STATIC DRESS (UK). Commencing on Saturday 9 May in Perth, LOATHE will take their immersive live show to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle, before closing out on Saturday 16 May in Brisbane, with the performances not […]

Attention all Aussie ENTER SHIKARI fans: prepare to be a winner this May, with the dynamic UK electronicore marvels set to return down under for a headline run, joined by special guest GRANDSON. Opening on Thursday 14 May in Fremantle, ENTER SHIKARI will take their juggernaut live show to Adelaide, Melbourne, Frankston, Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, and close out proceedings on Sunday 24 May on the […]

Not long now until Karnivool release their eagerly awaited new album, In Verses. In anticipation of the album’s arrival next Friday, the Perth icons have revealed their latest single, “Animation”, and announced a run of acoustic launch parties around the country during release week. To celebrate the arrival of their fourth album, Karnivool will hold intimate launch parties in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. The band will […]

There are tribute bands, and then there are ideas so strong they reframe the music they’re built on. GAYC/DC fall squarely into the latter. Taking the catalogue of AC/DC, arguably rock’s most overtly masculine institution and filtering it through unapologetic queer celebration sounds, on paper, like something that shouldn’t work. Then you hear it,  you see it, and it becomes immediately obvious that […]