STRANGERS make rock&roll sound the way it was always meant to! Loud, brave and proud. This is a band churning out urban rock anthems that could only have come from the backlots of Sydney’s fertile Southern Beaches.  Not convinced? Oh, ye of little faith! Get thee to the World Wide Web for a taste of the hard hitting new video for radio monster ‘Bred For Breeding’. After having been rotated in the nicest […]

To co-incide with the release of the second single (SHOCK), GASOLINE INC are proud to announce a string of dates around the country that will take in 4 capital cities and some major regional shows. SHOCK, taken from the band’s new 5 track EP (THE WANTED ONE) again demonstrates the bands ability to write straight up driving feel good rock songs. Gabriel […]

Gold Coast (Australia) band Nine Sons of Dan release their highly-anticipated new single Diamond Skin to radio Monday April 16 and digitally to iTunes on Friday April 27 – the first single to be lifted from the bands forthcoming EP titled The New Kids. The track follows up the hit single “She’s So Fine” from the debut EP Landslide after taking out the national New […]

Due to popular demand, Brisbane’s The Butterfly Effect are pleased to announce a second and final Melbourne show on their “Effected” tour at the HiFi Bar on Friday June 8 after their Palace show at The Palace Theatre sold out this week. The band have had a huge couple of months since announcing that singer Clint Boge will leave the band at the end of their next tour, ending […]

PRINCE WELCOME 2 AUSTRALIA “Number 1 show of the year.”  LA Weekly 22/12/2011 Prince, one of music’s most iconic superstars and true rock’n’roll royalty, will tour Australia in May 2012 performing his greatest hits. This will be only the 3rd time Prince has toured Australia. He last performed here in 2003. Prolific, influential and innovative, Prince is one of the most private of […]

Multi-platinum US rockers Train are thrilled to announce a series of Australian shows this June, ahead of the release tomorrow of their sixth album California 37. Train will kick off their east coast tour at Sydney’s iconic Opera House before heading onto Melbourne and Brisbane. Tickets go on sale at 9am Monday April 23, with pre-sale tickets available from Wednesday […]

The wait is over – New Zealand’s much loved folk comedy duo Flight Of The Conchords are finally coming to Australia! The Frontier Touring Company will be bringing Kiwi funny men Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement to visit fans on the other side of the Tasman for their first ever run of Australian headline shows this July. Jemaine said of […]

Following his much celebrated national tour in January last year around Big Day Out, Manhattan based Andrew W.K. returns with his one-man-party band this May. Already announced for the traveling Groovin The Moo Festival, Andrew announces headline dates right across the country. Andrew W.K., the multi-faceted musician and performer famous for his bloody nose and white clothes, exploded into the […]

It’s been twelve years since Brit rockers Reef graced Australian shores, in June 2012, they return for a national tour. Reef’s killer live shows have gained them a huge following across the globe and made them a favourite at festivals, including Glastonbury and Reading. Reef formed in 1993, signing to Sony imprint S2 Records the following year. Their debut album […]

McManus Entertainment are thrilled to announce British glam rock sensations, The Darkness are bringing their Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us tour to Australia in May 2012. It’s been six years since The Darkness toured here, and in 2012 Australian fans will be graced with the original line up of Justin Hawkins (vocals/ guitar), Dan Hawkins (guitars/ backing vocals), Frankie Poullain (bass), […]

Thanks to our friends at Chugg Entertainment, we’ve got one double pass to giveaway at each of the upcoming Melbourne and Sydney shows by Northwestern USA alt-country rockers Blitzen Trapper who are headed out to Australia for appearances at the Bluesfest in Perth and Bluesfest in Byron Bay. All you have to do to enter is simply email us mtrbwy@maytherockbewithyou.com […]

One of the most prolific alternative rock bands to ever come out of Melbourne, Bellusira has raised the standard of the scene yet again. With the impending release of their latest single ‘Culprit’ to be dropped April 6th and a series of shows along the east coast, fans are waiting with bated breath for the highly anticipated new material and live performance from […]

Taking over the Triple J airwaves with their high rotation single “Control” and fresh off the back of the mammoth Soundwave Festival, 2012 is set to be another massive year for THE MISSION IN MOTION, as the band prepare the release of their sophomore album. THE MISSION IN MOTION will once again be hitting the road this May on the […]

DEVILDRIVER are pure fucking metal!!! DEVILDRIVER has always been a band on a three-pronged mission: Work hard, rock harder, and kick as many asses as possible in the process. Since their inception, DEVILDRIVER have made a monstrous impact on the metal world with their thunderous grooves, haunting vocals and crushing live performances. DEVILDRIVER tear through metal again with ‘Beast’, their […]

April is going to be an exciting month for all you Victorian Chocolate Starfish fans… the time has finally come. If you’ve been waiting to revisit your youth and party like you don’t have a care in the world then put these dates in your rolodex!!! Friday 20th April – York on Lilydale (doors open at 8pm) Saturday 21st April – Chelsea […]

SIMPLE PLAN EMBARK ON THEIR MOST EXTENSIVE EAST COAST TOUR YET presented by Frontier Touring! Get Your Heart On! Tour Get ready for the return of Australia’s favourite punk-pop ensemble SIMPLE PLAN this winter. Simple Plan will embark on a massive tour that sees them hit metropolitan and regional venues large and small in their most extensive east coast tour to […]

The Getaway Plan will perform three exclusive club shows this May as side shows to their spot on the Groovin’ The Moo Tour. These are the first capital city headline shows of the year for the Melbourne four piece, who have just wrapped up a successful festival season that included spots on Big Day Out, Pyramid Rock and Breath Of […]

Dead Letter Circus (DLC) are pleased to announce the ‘SLEEPWALKER AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2012’ with amazing special guests Fair to Midland (USA) and Twelve Foot Ninja (AUS). The Sleeper tour will take in 20 dates right around the country and DLC have hand picked two of their favourite rocking bands to make every show anepic event. After touring the US late […]

Frank Turner has just added solo shows in Darwin and Cairns to his already packed itinerary this May, and will also perform at the Wide Open Space Festival in Alice Springs, and Groovin’ The Moo festival in Townsville. This will be Frank’s first visit to each of these places, having already completed 2 sold out tours of Australia. The shows […]

SOUNDWORKS TOURING presents ICED EARTH – TWO EXCLUSIVE AUSTRALIAN SHOWS APRIL 2012 ICED EARTH tear into Australia for their first ever tour here in April 2012! EXCLUSIVE COMPETITION!!! BUY A PRESALE TICKET NOW For your chance to win a fully signed ‘DYSTOPIA’ cd and Australian tour poster pack by USA power / thrash gods ICED EARTH thanks to Century Media and Soundworks […]

COLD CHISEL ANNOUNCE TICKET DETAILS FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE SHOWS! Cold Chisel will launch their new album, No Plans, with their headlining performance at Bluesfest, Byron Bay on Thursday, 5 April ahead of its official release on Friday, 6 April through Warner Music Australia. The band will also be performing on Saturday, 7 April at Sandalford Winery, Swan Valley in […]

Dawes set to release special tour edition of Nothing Is Wrong to coincide with Blues & Roots performance “The most promising purveyors of new-school country folk…so authentically vintage.” – Rolling Stone “A tellingly titled sophomore set that affirms their quick ascension to the top tier of the Americana underground…nothing less than a beauty to behold.” –No Depression With highly touted […]

TIM RIPPER OWENS (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DIO DISCIPLES, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) For the first time solo in Australia and New Zealand, Tim Ripper Owens performing Judas Priest classics, along with tracks from DIO, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN plus his own solo projects. Owens is without doubt among the most important metal vocalists of the past fifteen years. When he joined JUDAS PRIEST in […]

TUMBLEWEED return to the studio in Sydney on June 9th with Paul McKercher (ARIA award winning these days mind you!) who last worked with the band on the last album the original Tumbleweed line-up recorded; the Galactaphonic LP back in 1994 – a nice complete of the circle. After the success of the recent headline reformation shows which saw the […]

Handsome Tours and Deathproof PR have been mighty kind enough to offer up 2 x double passes for each of the Sydney and Brisbane shows for the upcoming BORIS Australian tour. Simply send us an email to: mtrbwy@maytherockbewithyou.com with your name and which show you would be attending.  (Eg. Brisbane or Sydney).  Competition closes March 15th! Want to know more […]

Hoodlum Shouts deliver their first full-length dose of brooding sing-alongs with the debut album Young Man Old Man set for joint release on Poison City and HelloSquare Recordings on March 28. Recorded by Matt Voigt (The Dirty Three, Midnight Oil, The Nation Blue), Canberra’s Hoodlum Shouts continue down the path of bold simplicity and lush melodies, while balancing the needle somewhere between melancholy and uplifting. […]

Strength comes from our bones – the knowledge that, deep down, nothing is impossible. ‘Bones’, the stunning new album from Young Guns, captures exactly that: it’s a hymn to bravery and boldness, the defining statement so far from one of our finest bands. http://youtu.be/qk3vjIDuy9w Celebrated U.K outfit YOUNG GUNS hit Australian stages this May/June in support of their highly praised landmark new release […]

STONEFIELD are at it again…hands off the handlebars, feet in the air, full speed ahead! And since when has it been any different for these four siblings from rural Victoria? Their last 12 months has resembled a downhill speed?race that encompassed three continents, appearances at the biggest music festivals in the UK and Australia, a cast that includes The Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs and […]

AMY MEREDITH announces Jessie J support & national headline dates! New single ‘Pick Up Your Tricks’ out now! Amy Meredith can today reveal that they’ve scored one of the most coveted international support slots of the year, opening for UK pop sensation Jessie J on her upcoming national Australian tour from March 1 in Brisbane! In addition the band has […]

“Taking the plunge into this band’s mysteries is one of rock’s true pleasures.” Rolling Stone (on The King Of Limbs) “Yorke sidled into his terse but radiant falsetto, his voice glowing over the room like a chandelier.”  New York Times (Roseland Ballroom NYC September 2011) “Yorke never, ever stopped moving. Neither did the crowd.”  Spin (Roseland Ballroom NYC September 2011) Admirers […]