Heavy music is typically a battlefield upon which the uninitiated dare not tread, but MASTODON unifies the tribes unlike anyone else. Album after album, MASTODON set the pace for modern heavy metal. They took pole position fresh out of Atlanta some 14 years ago, and with album number six, ‘Once More Round the Sun’, show no signs of giving it […]

Get ready for a rowdy night in Sydney and Melbourne next March when the wildest duo in country music BIG & RICH (USA) return to Australia for their first ever headline shows. Rob Potts Entertainment Edge and Chugg Entertainment announced the Sydney and Melbourne shows today for the American superstars, who are already confirmed for CMC Rocks QLD festival. Special […]

SECOND & FINAL SYDNEY SHOW ANNOUNCED AS PART OF THE ROXETTE LIVE 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR with special guests Boom Crash Opera It must have been love as Live Nation has responded to fan demands and today announce a very special second and final ROXETTE show to be held ‘On The Steps’ of the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday February 25. […]

A FURTHER 15 BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR THE ALREADY MASSIVE SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2015 THERE WILL BE A THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT AND TIMETABLES COMING BEFORE CHRISTMAS AS WELL!   ANIMALS AS LEADERS: ‘CAFO’ BAYSIDE: ‘Devotion and Desire’ THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: ‘Born To Lose’ DRAGONFORCE: ‘The Game’ (Featuring Matt Heafy of Trivium) EVERGREEN TERRACE: ‘Chaney Can’t Quite Riff Like Helmet’s Page Hamilton’ ‘ FUCKED UP: ‘Queen Of Hearts’  HE IS […]

Iconic alt-rock band COUNTING CROWS make a welcome return to Australia this April for headline dates around the country, including a previously announced appearance at Byron Bay Bluesfest. Currently touring their native US in support of their long-awaited seventh studio albumSomewhere Under Wonderland, the band are renowned for creating unique and innovative concerts, and are consistently ranked as one of the top live […]

Today, Bluesfest, the multi award winning five Day Festival, held annually over the Easter Long weekend just north of Byron Bay (EVENT DATES: Thu 2nd to Mon 6th of April, 2015) delivers to its audience and music lovers across the country a tremendous addition to what is currently being called one of the best festival bills announced anywhere in the world. Regarded as […]

After leaving a trail of dropped jaws and newly-converted hardcore fans in the wake of their first trip down under, three-time GRAMMY Award-winning Zac Brown Band are heading back to Australia in 2015 for their first headline tour. Chugg Entertainment and Rob Potts Entertainment Edge today confirmed a return tour to Australia for the seven million album-selling, genre-defying band whose […]

Architects will return to Australia in April 2015 for their first national headline tour since 2010. In September 2014 they did two small capacity headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne, selling each of them out in less than 48 hours. Joining them for the ride will be Stick To Your Guns (USA), Being As An Ocean (USA) and Stories (AUS). Formed in 2007, Architects have been one of the […]

Billboard‘s ‘Rock Group of the Decade’, NICKELBACK are powering up to kick off a massive May 2015 Australian tour in support of their eighth full-length studio album, No Fixed Address, unleashed today. The decibels will rise as Nickelback fire up their trademark unmistakably huge sound, lifting the roof with anthems ‘Someday’, ‘Gotta Be Somebody’, ‘When We Stand Together’, ‘Burn It to the Ground’ and […]

Get ready Australia and New Zealand because the most anticipated rock tour of the summer has just been confirmed!  Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce that rock superstars Foo Fighters will be returning to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2015 for their biggest shows ever, with very special guests Rise Against. Last in Australia and New Zealand in 2011 for a […]

Today, Bluesfest Byron Bay, the multi award winning 5 Day Festival, held annually over the Easter Long weekend just north of Byron Bay (EVENT DATES: Thu 2nd to Mon 6th of April, 2015) reveals the 3rd medley of phenomenal artists who will be performing at Bluesfest 2015. Announcement #3 features a strong dose of Blues and Roots and so much more, with […]

The Bronx alter ego MARIACHI EL BRONX have announced a string of sideshows to coincide with their much anticipated appearance at Bluesfest in 2015.  The Charro suited outfit will be bringing favorites from their first two albums and for the first time brand new music from the latest acclaimed album (III) to life for devoted Australian fans next April. From what began as a […]

Contemporary classic rockers, The Dead Daisies, have released their second single, “Angel In Your Eyes”, from their Face I Love EP, as they get set to commence their tour (of the same name) across Australia and New Zealand in late November. The Dead Daisies will hit Australia in November, ready to headline 5 massive shows across the country, taking in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, and […]

Following the announcement last week of TRAIN’s Bulletproof Picasso Tour Australian dates, a last minute change to the band’s international travel arrangements have required the rescheduling of dates for both the Sydney and Melbourne shows. Train will perform now at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday April 1 (originally scheduled for Sunday April 5 – no change of venue). Sydney show […]

Rock icon BILLY IDOL is returning to Australia and New Zealand for his first concert tour of Australia since 2002 and his first of New Zealand since 1987. The original punk turned global superstar will perform indoor shows and a day on the green winery events in March and April 2015. Idol’s band includes long-time collaborator and lead-guitarist Steve Stevens. […]

Today, Bluesfest Byron Bay, the highly awarded 5 Day Music Festival, held over the 2015 Easter long weekend (EVENT DATES: Thu 2nd to Mon 6th of April, 2015) reveals its 2nd group of outstanding artists to perform at its purpose-built festival & camping site just north of Byron Bay. The 1st Announcement for the 26th Annual Bluesfest that included THE […]

Frontier Touring are proud to welcome back multi-platinum selling band The Script to Australia and New Zealand to play a string of arena shows in April and May 2015! The Dublin-raised, London-based trio – Danny O’Donoghue, Mark Sheehan and Glen Power – are no strangers to Australia, having sold out multiple arena shows on their previous visits and currently in […]

American rockers THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM return to Australia for four pulsating shows in January and February 2015. “So few hoist the flag of rock ‘n’ roll as proudly and explicitly as The Gaslight Anthem these days.” – Alternative Press. No stranger to blowing away audiences on the stages at some of the most iconic stadiums in the world – punters […]

Brisbane Show Announced & 2nd Sydney Show Added After selling out the previously announced Australian shows and adding an extra show in Sydney, ED KOWALCZYK will extend the ‘I Alone Acoustic Tour’ this November to include Brisbane due to the overwhelming demand from his dedicated Queensland fans. The legendary songwriter and former lead-singer of the multi-platinum rock band, Live, Ed […]

Three-time Grammy award winners and perpetual hit makers, TRAIN,are returning to Australia in April 2015 as part of a world tour in support of their seventh studio album,Bulletproof Picasso. The San Francisco-based group have been responsible for some of the most successful and loved pop smash hits of the past two decades, including “Drops of Jupiter”, “Meet Virginia”, “Calling All Angels” […]

Fans have eagerly been awaiting the return of Yellowcard to Australia and Frontier Touring can now confirm that we will be bringing them back to tour Australia in July. This time the band will also be taking Mayday Parade on the road with them! Back in action with their seventh studio album Lift A Sail (out through Cooking Vinyl Australia […]

In 2004, a time when baggy pants ruled, Daryl Somers believed in comebacks and two loved-up swamp ogres starred in the year’s highest grossing film, 4 friends from Perth known collectively as GYROSCOPE unleashed their first album on the world. Today, GYROSCOPE are proud to announce they are diving into the past and hitting the road to celebrate its 10th birthday with the Sound Shattering […]

Live Nation is thrilled to present Ed Kowalczyk – the legendary songwriter and former lead-singer of the multi-platinum rock band, Live, in two very special performances. Kowalczyk brings the “I Alone Acoustic Tour” to his Australian fans in Sydney and Melbourne. Stripped back, intimate and disarming – Ed Kowalczyk will appear onstage with an acoustic guitar, some of rock’s most […]

The eccentric and musical mastermind that is Devin Townsend will be making his way to Australia this October to take part in a series of Guitar Clinics in association with Thump Music. Devin Townsend, now 30 records into an astonishing career has just raised the stakes, in the form of a new double album, Z, to be released worldwide in […]

American Post Hardcore/ Pop Punk outfit The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are gearing up to grace our shores once more, following sold out shows around the country last year. The U.S five-piece will once again bring crowd favourites ‘Face Down’, ‘Your Guardian Angel’, ‘False Pretense’and ‘Am I The Enemy’ down under, alongside a set of exciting new material from their recently released fourth studio album ‘4’ which, which will be […]

Yngwie J. Malmsteen has been blowing minds across the globe with his incredible guitar skills and showmanship for over 35 years and in February 2015, Yngwie and his band will be returning to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in a decade to strike awe into the legions of guitar fans. The Swedish born, but now US based, guitar legend is venerated […]

Don’t say we didn’t warn ya!! Rabid fans of TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES have already snapped up all available tickets to the 170 Russell show on Sunday 23 November! We are bloody stoked to announce that both artists have agreed to perform a second and definitely final Melbourne show! Tickets for the newly announced Monday 24 November show at 170 […]

Presented by Crucial Music, Village Sounds and Music Feeds After dropping hints here and there, THE LIVING END are stoked to announce they are performing 3 very special shows in the general NSW area this October and November because, well, they bloody feel like it. TLE fans in Canberra,Wollongong and Sydney will be treated to very intimate, loud live shows featuring all of their biggest hits. These are THE LIVING […]

Contemporary classic rockers, The Dead Daisies, are set to hit the road again and do a number of huge shows across Australia and New Zealand in November and December, along with releasing a second single, “Angel In Your Eyes”, from their Face I Love EP.   The Dead Daisies will headline shows in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Sydney, as well as a much-anticipated performance in […]

With a swag of awards and sold out stadium tours across the globe left in their wake, TRIVIUM will be returning to Australia this November with very special guests IN FLAMES. Widely tipped for greatness (some prophecies come true!) after their successful sophomore release, ‘Ascendancy’ in 2005, Kerrang! declared it “the most skull-peeling collection of pulverising metal grooves and fretboard […]