Not many stories begin in Stoke on Trent, England, most that do don’t often have happy endings. An industrialised town with no industry, a motorway bypass for people driving somewhere, anywhere that isn’t Stoke on Trent. Earn your money in the warehouse, spend it in the pub. Go to work when it’s dark and get home when it’s darker. That […]

Danish American psychobilly horror legends Nekromantix return to our shores this October for their 2012 Australian tour. Led by misfit rock ‘n’ roll rebel Kim Nekroman, Nekromantix have forged their own unique image and identity in the world of modern punk rock. The trio including guitarist Franc and the band’s first female drummer Lux, inhabit a world of the undead, […]

London based group Mystery Jets return to Australian in support of new album ‘Radlands’. Mystery Jets have already been announced on the gigantic Fat As Butter Festival line-up, and now have announced headline shows across Perth and the East Coast. The Australian dates start in Perth on Thursday 20 September at the Capitol, followed up by Sydney on Sunday 23 September at Metro Theatre, Brisbane on Tuesday 25 September at The Hi Fi and finishing up in Melbourne on Wednesday 26 September at theCorner Hotel. Hailing from West London […]

The Angels set to headline the 2012 Sydney Blues & Roots Festival Second line-up announcement adds another 42 acts to a massive four days of live music, 25th-28th October Legendary Australian band The Angels is confirmed to headline the 2012 Sydney Blues & Roots Festival in Windsor, an exciting addition to the line up which promises blues, roots and rock […]

Richard Clapton is one of Australia’s most loved and enduring songwriters. “Harlequin Nights“, his first album in eight years, celebrates the beginning of his fifth decade in the music industry. Featuring everything from 6 ½ minute musical epic “Vapour Trails” through to folk classic “Run Like a River” and a fellow party boy’s nod at Charlie Sheen in rocking first […]

Five years ago, Rattlin Bones became the must-have album for 2008, with Australian audiences embracing the first musical collaboration of Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson and sending the album to the top of the ARIA charts.  After a brief hiatus where they returned to their respective solo careers, Kasey and Shane finally found time to write and record together again […]

NIGHTWISH return to Australia and to New Zealand for the first time in January 2013, bringing their dramatic and symphonic sound. Equal parts epic metal and gothic symphony, in the modern gothic genre NIGHTWISH stand alone. Their combination of seductive, emotional vocals and gallant guitar melodies are like a dark embrace you never want to be freed from. Gracing our […]

It’s all systems GO here at TLE HQ, tickets for The Retrospective Tour are ON SALE NOW and what a morning it has been so far! Here is your warning, get in super quick as tickets are selling EXTREMELY FAST! Die hard TLE fans have already had their chance to snap up tickets and now is your turn to secure yourself a seat in the […]

FRIDAY JULY 20, 2012 – For the first time in Australia, Canada’s pop punk quartet Marianas Trench will hit the stage for a trio of headline shows this September. Following the earlier announcement of their appearance at Fat As Butter, Marianas Trench will head to Melbourne’s Corner Hotel (Sept 24) and Brisbane’s The Zoo (Sept 25) before winding up their […]

It’s been three years, and Nickelback is on it’s way back Australia! Tickets for all five shows will go on-sale Tuesday, July 31 at 9.00am (local time), available through Live Nation and Ticketek. Nickelback Fan Club members will be get first dibs on tickets beginning on July 23 at noon (local time). Fan Club details can be found here. My […]

AMERICA – Featuring Founding Members DEWEY BUNNELL and GERRY BECKLEY Australian Tour 2012 Tickets Selling Fast! With America’s 2012 Australian tour fast approaching tickets to all shows across the country are selling incredible fast. Don’t miss your opportunity to catch the celebrated Grammy Award-winning perennial classic rock band featuring founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell.  AMERICA harmonised their way […]

Destroy All Lines and Blue Murder are excited to announce a rare and heavily anticipated tour from recently reformed Swedish death metal legends At The Gates this October/November. Known for masterfully mixing a ferocious blend of melody and brutality into memorable metal breakdowns, this beloved five-piece have built a reputation for delivering genre-defining albums and frenetic live performances, which Australian audiences will […]

A NEW SINGLE. A DOUBLE DISC CAREER RETROSPECTIVE. A TOUR. LATE LAST YEAR SHIHAD RELEASED A 38 SONG CAREER RETROSPECTIVE DOUBLE DISC, THE MEANEST HITS IN NEW ZEALAND. THE RESPONSE TO THE ALBUM AND INEVITABLE TOUR WAS NOTHING SHORT OF MIND BLOWING. NOW IT’S AUSTRALIA’S TURN. Coinciding with an impending main-stage performance at Splendour In The Grass 2012, SHIHAD announce: […]

Good Charlotte Announce Sydney & Melbourne Shows September 2012 Look out fans; this September will be just like your birthday, when Good Charlotte bring their anthems back to Australia. Following the success of last years sell out tour, the band will play both Melbourne and Sydney before they head to Newcastle to play Fat As Butter Festival.After eleven years, five studio albums, […]

BIG DAY OUT 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER FROM KEN WEST Summer’s coming early this year… Welcome to the 2013 Big Day Out festivals, a brave new frontier in our 21st year, created with our new partners, C3 Presents. We are all extremely proud to present you with 37 acts that we feel truly represents the depth and scale of what BDO […]

ENTER SHIKARI continues to defy those who dare seek to pigeonhole them. ENTER SHIKARI’s 3rd album ‘A Flash Flood of Colour’ is a string of venomous attacks while fine-tuning a blazing musical fist in the air, aimed at corrupt governments and decaying society.  It’s daring, thought provoking, and utterly unpredictable, making it the first bold record of 2012 and Enter […]

WEEZER TO TOUR AUSTRALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIXTEEN YEARS PLAYING THEIR GREATEST HITS AND ‘THE BLUE ALBUM’ FROM START TO FINISH It has been sixteen long years since Weezer’s one and only tour of Australia. After incessant rumours of potential tours, the resultant fervour that has taken over the nation’s music fans remains unrivalled. Chugg Entertainment is excited to […]

Fans of Irish/Scottish alternative rockers SNOW PATROL will be treated to an exclusive acoustic showcase of the band’s music in intimate theatres in Melbourne and Sydney. The band are visiting Australia off the back of their latest album Fallen Empires (out now through Universal Music Australia). Snow Patrol rose to fame with era-defining singles such as ‘Run’, ‘Chocolate’ and ‘Chasing […]

KING CANNONS are flying high right now, just returning from sell out shows on their exclusive album launch tour across the East Coast.  “This is what rock n roll is all about.” TIME OFF – July 2012 The new single is the title track from their debut album and is the defining moment of KING CANNONS formative years.  KING CANNONS […]

The rumours are true, Fear Factory are confirmed to tour Australia this September! Armed with their latest album The Industrialist, a new chapter in Fear Factory’s career of ideas and extremes, it’s the Fear Factory machine at its most confident and passionate, bringing every sonic weapon in its arsenal to the fore. The shadow of the Los Angeles born band […]

28 DAYS could be charged with heralding the modern Aussie punk sound.  Starting fifteen years ago, these young men from the suburban wastelands of Bacchus Marsh, plied their trade for three years before releasing their halcyon second album ‘UPSTYLEDOWN’. It has since become a landmark Australian record.  The album went gold and sat smugly at number one on the national […]

THE LIVING END are thrilled to announce that they will embark on an unique and ambitious tour this year. THE RETROSPECTIVE TOUR will see Australia’s legendary rock’n’roll sons play each of their six albums IN FULL, back-to-back, start to finish, across 35 shows in five capital cities. This will be the very FIRST TIME each album has been performed live from start to finish, and […]

Poison City Records is delighted to reveal that burgeoning buzz band The Smith Street Band will release their second album Sunshine And Technology on August 24, 2012. To celebrate its release the band will tour extensively, playing headlining shows in capital cities Australia-wide. The much loved Melbourne band’s debut album, 2011’s No One Gets Lost Anymore, was the sound of a band that had found their feet. Greeted […]

Already confirmed to return to Australia this September for the Deni Ute Muster, Chugg Entertainment are thrilled to confirm that the certified pop sensation, Kelly Clarkson, will also be playing a run of national arena shows on her return to our shores this year. The tour will travel around the country starting at Brisbane Entertainment Centre onTuesday 25 September, Sydney Entertainment Centre on Thursday 27 […]

BURIED IN VERONA ANNOUNCE LOCAL + INTERNATIONAL PLANS WORLD DOMINATION IMMINENT! Buried In Verona have been making headlines lately for all the right reasons. Their third album, and debut for UNFD, has peaked at #20 on the ARIA Charts and continues to get a massive response from the bands quickly growing fan base. Their tour has seen them pack out venues […]

Love Like Hate EP ‘Rabbit Hole’ OUT NOW First single ‘21’ Brisbane dark pop outfit, Love Like Hate, release their debut EP ‘Rabbit Hole’; emotional, honest and instinctive rock, blended with free-form arrangements and hints of early post punk, delicate piano swings and melodies that pay tribute to some of music’s most notables – PJ Harvey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pat Benetar, Joan […]

Dynamic four-piece HOT CHELLE RAE , winners of the 2011 American Music Award for Best New Artist, make a triumphant return to Australian shores this October.  The band announced themselves as a force to be reckoned with as avid audiences soaked up their special guest performances throughout Taylor Swift’s sold-out national tour earlier this year.  This time Hot Chelle Rae bring with […]

As House Vs Hurricane gear up for the release of their long awaited sophomore album Crooked Teeth and its subsequent capital cities run, the band today release a brand new iPhone app, as well as details of the album package and a massive run of regional tour dates. It has been confirmed that the first pressing of the album will include a free DVD […]

Destroy All Lines, UNFD, Vans, Blunt Magazine & Killyourstereo.com present THE AMITY AFFLICTION THE CHASING GHOSTS TOUR featuring: THE GHOST INSIDE ARCHITECTS BURIED IN VERONA THE AMITY AFFLICTION EMBARK ON BIGGEST TOUR YET FOR CHASING GHOSTS RELEASE 2012 is THE AMITY AFFLICTION‘s year. This spring THE AMITY AFFLICTION will embark on their biggest run of Australian dates yet, in support of the highly anticipated release of Roadrunner Records debut Chasing Ghosts. The tour features […]

Thanks to the overwhelming support by fans in Melbourne & Brisbane, the SOLD OUT sign is up at The Palais & The Tivoli, with the other states soon to follow suit.  For those lucky folk in Melbourne however, The Tea Party are set to rock the southern state once more with a 2nd show on Sunday July 15 at The Hi-Fi. Stuart Chatwood […]