In celebration of the release of his highly anticipated new album Higher Truth tomorrow, CHRIS CORNELL has confirmed two additional shows for his solo acoustic tour of Australia this November – December. Cornell will head to the capital for one show only, playing Canberra’s Llewellyn Hall on Thursday December 3. Due to overwhelming demand, a third and final date has been added at the Sydney […]

It’s been a hell of a decade for Australia’s favourite beard-themed propaganda rock band, and to celebrate, The Beards will be embarking on an anniversary tour of Australia this October. The ‘Ten Long Years, One Long Beard’ Tour will take the band on a limited run of shows at selected venues in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.The tour will […]

Their current single “Black Rebel” is The Lazy’s second collaboration with Billy Talent guitarist Ian D’Sa, who co-wrote their debut Top 10 single “Shake It Like You Mean It”  last year.  Featured on their self-titled album, the track was produced by Garth “GGGarth” Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Mötley Crüe) and broke the Top 10 on the Canadian Charts, hit #2 on CBC’s Rock […]

Funeral For A Friend have announced the ‘Last Chance To Dance’ Tour, which will include dates across Australia, Europe and the UK in Feb-April of 2016. This will act as a curtain call on the band’s illustrious fifteen year career and each city they play will be treated to two shows. As Matthew Davies-Kreye elaborates – “It’s the natural end. […]

Rock legends IRON MAIDEN, whose new studio double album “The Book of Souls” just debuted at No 2 in Australia, will make a massively anticipated return in May on their enormous Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet Ed Force One, piloted by vocalist Bruce Dickinson and carrying band, crew and stage production and equipment. Their first Australian tour since 2011, Maiden will play […]

Where do you go next, when you’re on top of the world? For BRING ME THE HORIZON, the answer is simple: wherever they damn well please… BRING ME THE HORIZON’s  new album ‘That’s The Spirit’ is released today, and finds them shaping up to be the sort of band that won’t just conquer the world (again), but to become the […]

Ahead of this week’s sold-out performances in Melbourne and Sydney, Ohio natives Walk The Moon confirm their return to Australia in January 2016. The four-piece will take their incredible live show across the country on their third visit to Australia, kicking off in Perth at the Astor Theatre on 21st January, continuing through to The Gov in Adelaide on Saturday 23rd January, The Forum in Melbourne on Monday 25th January, then on to The Triffid in […]

It’s the Beginning of THE END. It started nearly five decades ago with a crack of thunder, a distant bell ringing and then that monstrous riff that shook the earth.  The heaviest rock sound ever heard. In that moment Heavy Metal was born, created by a young band from Birmingham, England barely out of their teens. Now it ENDS, the final tour […]

The team at SOUNDWAVE TOWERS are mighty proud to announce the 1st ever visit to Australia by Finland’s Metal warriors, LORDI!!! In 2006 they did the absolute unthinkable: Took their monstrous outfits and their loud guitars to the cathedral of anti-metal – THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST – and conquered; metal was thrust onto the world stage and newspapers across the […]

All change is growth. And NORTHLANE’s monumental new album Node stands proudly as proof. Debuting at No.3 on the Aria charts, Node takes its cues as much from the band’s collective worldview as it does myriad artists from multiple generations. Rather than the existential examinations of their previous albums, Discoveries and Singularity, the album is fueled by passion and anger […]

REFUSED wasn’t just ruminating about the lasting impact of popular culture when it began its 1998 album ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’ with a lyric about classics never going out of style — it was also taking stock of its own turbulent existence, which met an ignominious end later that year in front of 50 kids at a basement […]

KillRockStar Entertainment presents San Diego melodic punk rock stalwarts Unwritten Law in Australia for their Love Is The Law tour this December, with very special guests, Adelaide’s Grenadiers. Formed in Poway, California, Unwritten Law were a major part of the power pop-punk movement that swept through America in the early 90’s.  With ferocious punk energy and rock solid quality song […]

Punishing 16th-note kicks at rapid-fire tempos, unbelievable runs across his rack toms, insanely twisted patterns, and awe-inspiring phrases: Dave Lombardo is deemed one of the most influential drummers of our time. Born with extraordinary musical aptitude, Lombardo was intuitive to rhythm at a very early age. His musical awareness has continued to transcend the repetitive formula of Metal throughout his formidable […]

  DIVA DEMOLITION’S ZOMBIE ROCKING HOME DIRT TOUR WILL PROVE THAT ROCK N ROLL IS UNDEAD Having realised their dream of completing a five-month European tour and recording their second album in Vâsteras, Sweden, fully-charged Australian rock chicks Kylie Cowling and Sherree Newton – DIVA DEMOLITION – are coming home for a national headlining HOME DIRT TOUR 2015. “Our Home […]

Visionary Swedish Melodeath metal masters SOILWORK are set to embark on a national tour of Australia this summer, the announcement coinciding with the release today of their tenth and triumphant studio album, The Ride Majestic. Currently trekking through North America as part of their extensive world tour, Soilwork’s Australian club dates will kick off at Perth’s Rosemount Hotel on February 10, heading onto […]

There are some bands out there that no matter how great their music is, they never quite get the recognition they deserve and ultimately fade into obscurity. More often than not, these bands usually influence a plethora of others that follow in their wake, and take a blueprint that was already laid down for them and achieve greater success than […]

It’s a huge day of announcements for Cold Chisel fans. The iconic rock band have revealed the title and release date of a brand new studio album, unveiled a handful of extra shows on their highly-anticipated One Night Stand tour and on top of all that they are excited to announce that they have coaxed Grinspoon out of an indefinite hiatus to be their special guests […]

You’d be forgiven for being a little bit concerned about The Bennies’ whereabouts lately.  After being positively everywhere earlier this year and traversing the globe with an endurance and enthusiasm ordinarily exclusive to a college freshman on ritalin, the Melbourne four-piece suddenly found themselves in the eye of the party whirlwind, surrounded by an unprecedented calm. After being dubbed a […]

DEAD LETTER CIRCUS is the second act to officially confirm their appearance at Soundwave 2016 alongside Welsh metal titans BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. DEAD LETTER CIRCUS have consistently earned their place as one of Australia’s most loved modern rock acts, with a handful of classic releases and literally thousands of global touring miles to their name. A staple of both […]

Spring whispers in her cave, licking the frost from her child (and what an awful and squalling beast this child is). With said neonate firmly swaddled in sackcloth and ashes, Gay Paris are hitting the road, September through December, bringing the love that is Satan and a celebration of free will to Australia in the most rambunctious way imaginable. You […]

Thrash metal legends MEGADETH will return to Australia this October.  Fresh out of the studio where they have been working industriously on their new album, the follow up to 2013’s Super Collider, Megadeth are eager to return to the live arena and Australia will graciously accommodate in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.  Having sold over 50 million records worldwide, earning platinum […]

THE AMITY AFFLICTION and A DAY TO REMEMBER will join forces this December to bring one of the biggest rock shows of the year to Australia. The BIG ASS TOUR will play to 60,000 fans as it hits arenas in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane, withMotionless in White and The Ghost Inside completing the stellar bill. Tickets for all shows go on sale at 10am, Tuesday September […]

    In 1995, Australia truly began its love affair with Canadian trio, The Tea Party.  The band’s second album, The Edges of Twilight, became their first top 10 album in the country thanks to the incredible support from the fans, and Triple J championing them. Containing concert staples and fan favourites such as ‘Sister Awake’, ‘The Bazaar’, ‘Fire In The Head’ and ‘Correspondences’, […]

John Farnham has announced today that he will be performing at the Qantas Credit Union Arena (formerly known as Sydney Entertainment Centre) on Wednesday, 16 December 2015 for one show only to farewell the much-loved venue. John holds the record for the most performances at the Qantas Credit Union Arena by an Australian artist and this special, farewell concert will […]

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, FIRST ACT CONFIRMED TO APPEAR AT SOUNDWAVE 2016 & RELEASES NEW ALBUM VENOM OUT TODAY, AUGUST 14TH VIA SONY MUSIC AUSTRALIA/RCA RECORDS Welsh metal titans Bullet For My Valentine today release their brand new album VENOM, available in stores everywhere via Sony Music Australia/RCA. The band released this week a live performance video for the track, […]

Australian rock band Hands Like Houses are proud to announce a worldwide headline tour in support of their upcoming and third studio album, Dissonants, which will be released this spring through Rise Records. The tour will kick off in Australia on Oct 9th, followed by a U.S. run Oct 23rd-Nov 27, and UK dates Nov 30th-Dec 11th. “We are unbelievably excited to announce our […]

With a career spanning over 35 years it’s hard to believe that there are any “firsts” left to achieve for one of the country’s most loved and highly accomplished bands, but with the announcement today that icons of the Australian Music Industry, ICEHOUSE, will be releasing their very first Live album, ICEHOUSE: In Concert the band has proven once again that their reputation […]

ARIA award winning and rock resurrect, THE SUPERJESUS, are hitting the road again this November as they embark on The Setting Sun tour, unleashing their super strength rock show on Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide.Topping off 2015 with a tour in support of their latest single, The Setting Sun, THE SUPERJESUS have had a memorable year including co-headlining with Baby Animals for the inaugural She Who […]

Having just completed a massive sold out tour of the USA, REEL BIG FISH and LESS THAN JAKE will be bringing their kickass co-headline tour to Australia this October! Their shows in cities across the US rapidly sold out and now it’s Australia’s turn to see REEL BIG FISH and LESS THAN JAKE performing full headline sets encompassing their entire […]

Pulled Apart By Horses announce their return to Australia in October with East Coast shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne Well known as a tight-knit rock band who make music that thrills and menaces. They formed in 2008 out of the ashes of various bands in Leeds. Since then they have existed in their own chaotic ecosystem, embarking on relentless tours […]