Category: Music News

Black Veil Brides Announce Seventh Studio Album ‘VINDICATE’ Out May 8 + Release New Single/Video

Black Veil Brides Announce Seventh Studio Album ‘VINDICATE’ Out May 8 + Release New Single/Video

With anticipation building at every turn, Black Veil Brides have announced their highly anticipated seventh studio album, VINDICATE. The record will be released worldwide on May 8 via Spinefarm. The album is now available for pre-order here. From the opening organ introduction and dramatic soliloquy of “Invocation To The Muse” to the emotive finale of “Eschaton,” the band—vocalist Andy Biersack, guitarists Jake Pitts and Jinxx, bassist Lonny Eagleton, and drummer Christian Coma—deliver one of […]

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H.E.A.T – Swedish Hard Rock Titans April Headline Tour Approaches

H.E.A.T – Swedish Hard Rock Titans April Headline Tour Approaches

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 […]

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A PERFECT CIRCLE Confirm Return To Australia And New Zealand For Highly Anticipated Tour – With Special Guest PUSCIFER

A PERFECT CIRCLE Confirm Return To Australia And New Zealand For Highly Anticipated Tour – With Special Guest PUSCIFER

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 […]

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The Pretty Reckless Announce Fifth Studio Album ‘DEAR GOD’ Arriving June 26 & Premiere New Single ‘When I Wake Up’

The Pretty Reckless Announce Fifth Studio Album ‘DEAR GOD’ Arriving June 26 & Premiere New Single ‘When I Wake Up’

Record-breaking, platinum-selling rock band The Pretty Reckless have begun an explosive new era with the announcement of their forthcoming fifth studio album DEAR GOD (pre-order HERE) as well as a 2026 headlining world tour. Arriving alongside the announcement is their new single When I Wake Up, out now via Fearless Records. Marking the beginning of a new creative chapter, DEAR […]

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BATTLE BEAST’s  MARINA LA TORRACA On Joining The Band and Touring Australia For The Very First Time

BATTLE BEAST’s MARINA LA TORRACA On Joining The Band and Touring Australia For The Very First Time

When BATTLE BEAST announced the departure of their long standing vocalist Noora Louhimo, fans around the world braced for a major shift in the band’s identity. What followed was the beginning of a bold new chapter: the arrival of Marina La Torraca, a powerhouse vocalist known for her work with Phantom Elite, Exit Eden and her extensive background in musical theatre. Now, as […]

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GUNS N’ ROSES ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND LEG OF WORLD TOUR 2026

GUNS N’ ROSES ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND LEG OF WORLD TOUR 2026

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’” […]

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SHINEDOWN x BUSH CO-HEADLINE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR

SHINEDOWN x BUSH CO-HEADLINE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR

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, […]

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GIRISH AND THE CHRONICLES – Announce Australian Tour with Shotgun Mistress as support

GIRISH AND THE CHRONICLES – Announce Australian Tour with Shotgun Mistress as support

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, […]

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TERROR Release ‘STILL SUFFER’ Single / Video + Announce New Album Out April 24th on Flatspot Records

TERROR Release ‘STILL SUFFER’ Single / Video + Announce New Album Out April 24th on Flatspot Records

24 years after their start, TERROR still reign as one of the most influential bands in hardcore. Now TERROR announce their tenth full length record, STILL SUFFER, releasing April 24th through Flatspot Records. Working with producer (and former guitarist) Todd Jones, the band created ten fast, aggressive, in-your-face tracks that embrace the themes that made TERROR so influential in the first place. Single “STILL SUFFER,” […]

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The Superjesus celebrate 25 years of ‘Jet Age’ with national tour

The Superjesus celebrate 25 years of ‘Jet Age’ with national tour

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 – […]

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JD FORTUNE Announces ‘’Plays The Best Of INXS’’ October 2026 Australian Tour

JD FORTUNE Announces ‘’Plays The Best Of INXS’’ October 2026 Australian Tour

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 […]

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Luca Brasi announce 2026 Australian Tour

Luca Brasi announce 2026 Australian Tour

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 […]

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LØLØ Unleashes Fierce New Single ‘the punisher’ From Sophomore Album ‘god forbid a girl spits out her feelings’ Arriving April 17

LØLØ Unleashes Fierce New Single ‘the punisher’ From Sophomore Album ‘god forbid a girl spits out her feelings’ Arriving April 17

Pop-rock force LØLØ has released her biting new single, the punisher, a new offering from her forthcoming sophomore album, god forbid a girl spits out her feelings, (pre-save HERE) arriving April 17 via Fearless Records. Following the momentum of latest single 007, this fresh release pushes the artist’s emotional candor and alt-rock intensity even further, sharpening the edges of the diaristic world she continues to build. LØLØ‘s vocal performance teeters between controlled restraint […]

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I Prevail The Violent Nature Tour With Imminence & Invent Animate

I Prevail The Violent Nature Tour With Imminence & Invent Animate

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 […]

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IRON MAIDEN 2025 JOHN McMURTRIE

IRON MAIDEN ‘RUN FOR YOUR LIVES’ AUSTRALIA 2026 – WITH SPECIAL GUESTS MEGADETH!

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, […]

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Groovin The Moo reveals all-star lineup for Lismore return!

Groovin The Moo reveals all-star lineup for Lismore return!

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 […]

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CRADLE OF FILTH and DEVILDRIVER Announce July 2026 Co-headline Australian Tour

CRADLE OF FILTH and DEVILDRIVER Announce July 2026 Co-headline Australian Tour

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 […]

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HOT MILK announce East Coast headline dates this May

HOT MILK announce East Coast headline dates this May

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 […]

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FOO FIGHTERS ‘YOUR FAVORITE TOY’ New album out April 24 First Single / Title Track Out Now

FOO FIGHTERS ‘YOUR FAVORITE TOY’ New album out April 24 First Single / Title Track Out Now

Try not to choke on the glitter… ‘Your Favorite Toy’, the titular first single of Foo Fighters’ forthcoming 12th full-length studio album, has been released. The first new FF music of 2026, ‘Your Favorite Toy’ is nothing short of an insidious earworm. Jagged guitar shards and sinister keyboard stabs bob and weave atop a relentless rhythmic pulse, as Dave Grohl […]

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FOO FIGHTERS announce AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND “TAKE COVER” stadium tour!

FOO FIGHTERS announce AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND “TAKE COVER” stadium tour!

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 […]

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DON BROCO Enlist Nickelback For Wild New Single ‘Nightmare Tripping’, Announce ‘Nightmare Tripping’ Album Due Out March 27

DON BROCO Enlist Nickelback For Wild New Single ‘Nightmare Tripping’, Announce ‘Nightmare Tripping’ Album Due Out March 27

UK alt-rock shapeshifters DON BROCO return with their explosive new single Nightmare Tripping, featuring rock icons Nickelback. The track arrives alongside the announcement of DON BROCO‘s next full-length album, Nightmare Tripping, set for release on March 27, 2026 via Fearless Records. Nightmare Tripping storms forward on crunchy guitars, hard-hitting drums, and a razor-sharp vocal trade-off between DON BROCO‘s Rob Damiani and Matt Donnelly, with Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger adding his unmistakable grit. The track swings […]

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Skindred Australian Headline Tour 2026

Skindred Australian Headline Tour 2026

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 […]

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LOATHE announce debut Australian tour

LOATHE announce debut Australian tour

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 […]

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SEVENDUST Release New Single “Is This The Real You” – 15th Studio Album, One, Out May 1 via Napalm Records

SEVENDUST Release New Single “Is This The Real You” – 15th Studio Album, One, Out May 1 via Napalm Records

One week after announcing their 15th studio album ONE, GRAMMY® Award–nominated metal icons SEVENDUST return with their first new music of 2026, releasing the powerful new single “Is This The Real You.” The track showcases the unmistakable sound that has propelled the band to the top of rock radio throughout their career. Comprised of Lajon Witherspoon (vocals), Clint Lowery (guitar), John Connolly (guitar), Vince […]

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Enter Shikari Australian Headline Tour 2026 With Special Guests grandson

Enter Shikari Australian Headline Tour 2026 With Special Guests grandson

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 […]

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Karnivool Announce Acoustic Album Launch Parties + New Single “Animation”

Karnivool Announce Acoustic Album Launch Parties + New Single “Animation”

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 […]

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Story Of The Year Release New Single ‘Disconnected’ From New Album ‘A.R.S.O.N.’ Out February 13

Story Of The Year Release New Single ‘Disconnected’ From New Album ‘A.R.S.O.N.’ Out February 13

Today, Story Of The Year release new single, Disconnected. The track is the second offering from their upcoming 8th studio album release, A.R.S.O.N., out everywhere February 13, 2026 via SharpTone Records. Disconnected is a vulnerable, no-holds-barred track that captures the frustration of wanting to get better without knowing where to start and resisting the urge to implode in loneliness. Cathartic screams, punchy guitars and massive drums drive the song’s […]

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GAYC/DC – The World’s First And Only All-Gay Tribute To The Music Of AC/DC Touring Australia For The First Time This February

GAYC/DC – The World’s First And Only All-Gay Tribute To The Music Of AC/DC Touring Australia For The First Time This February

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 […]

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Sepultura Announce Australia Dates for Global Farewell Tour

Sepultura Announce Australia Dates for Global Farewell Tour

Sepultura has reached the end of the road and has chosen to depart via a conscious and planned death. The band are marking 40 years together and have been saying goodbye at the same time with a farewell tour spanning the globe, which has included a slew of venue upgrades and sold out shows across Latin America, Europe, and the […]

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A Day To Remember & Papa Roach BIG ROCK TOUR With Special Guests LANDMVRKS

A Day To Remember & Papa Roach BIG ROCK TOUR With Special Guests LANDMVRKS

Australia and New Zealand, big things are coming! In 2026, two heavyweights will head down under for a colossal arena run, with Florida hybrid heavies A DAY TO REMEMBER and California mainstays PAPA ROACH joining forces for the BIG ROCK TOUR next April, joined by special guests LANDMVRKS. Set to commence on Saturday 4 April in Perth, A DAY TO REMEMBER and PAPA ROACH will journey the BIG ROCK […]

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