Category: Music News

Rare Finds – Announce East Coast Circuit For Emerging Artists

Rare Finds – Announce East Coast Circuit For Emerging Artists

Sydney-based boutique PR & artist management company, Rare Finds are proud to announce their new East Coast touring circuit launching in January 2018 – Presented by Oporto and Pilerats, and supported by Mountain Goat Beer and Arthur St. Studios. The Rare Finds circuit will showcase curated line-ups of Australia’s most-promising emerging talent once a month across the East Coast. It’s […]

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GRENADIERS To Release New LP on November 10

GRENADIERS To Release New LP on November 10

Adelaide’s proudest rock’n’roll flag bearers GRENADIERS are primed to release their hard-won third LP ‘Find Something You Love And Let It Kill You’ on November 10.  This news follows the release of driving single ‘Suburban Life’ earlier this year, which The Music described as “a big buoyant song with a vintage sheen.”  Lovers of straight-up, honest Australian rock can pre-order this red hot independent LP now at grenadiersband.com. This record has been a long time coming. A series […]

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BIFFY CLYRO Headline Australian Tour

BIFFY CLYRO Headline Australian Tour

Biffy Clyro have announced Australian dates for April 2018. The tour is in support of Biffy Clyro’s seventh studio album “Ellipsis”. The tour begins April 27th in Melbourne at Forum Theatre followed by Brisbane at Eatons Hill on April 29th and finishing in Sydney at Enmore Theatre on 30th April. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday 25th October at 10am. The last album debuted […]

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PRIMAL SCREAM Announce Australian Tour

PRIMAL SCREAM Announce Australian Tour

Acid house hedonists, indie rock ‘n rollers; PRIMAL SCREAM are a band who have built a 30 year career on the art of reinvention and they are bringing their incendiary live show back to Australia, more powerful and engaged than ever.   Bobby Gillespie is the consummate rock & roll star. Willowy, wispy and radiating swagger, he struts around the stage, mic in […]

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INCUBUS – Returning For Headline Shows March 2018

INCUBUS – Returning For Headline Shows March 2018

In 2018, INCUBUS will return to Australia for their first headline tour in six years to play three shows along the east coast in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. These shows will be the first chance for fans to hear new tracks like ‘Nimble Bastard’ and ‘Glitterbomb’ from their aptly titled eighth studio album, 8. As well as a plethora of hits […]

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GENE SIMMONS heading to Australia in February 2018 – First ever solo tour away from KISS

GENE SIMMONS heading to Australia in February 2018 – First ever solo tour away from KISS

Legendary Rock n’ Roll God Gene Simmons has today announced he will bereturning to Australia with his band to treat the Australian KISS Army to a special run of concerts in February 2018. Gene’s tour dates will kick off in Adelaide on 1st February at the Entertainment Centre Theatre, followed by Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on 2nd February, Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne on […]

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TONIGHT ALIVE Announce New Album Underworld + New Single/Video “Temple”

TONIGHT ALIVE Announce New Album Underworld + New Single/Video “Temple”

Tonight Alive has announced their upcoming album Underworld, due out January 12, 2018 via UNFD.Underworld musically symbolises the totality of the band’s life coming full circle after experiencing their highest highs and lowest lows. They share an emotional journey into their personal shadows of the underworld, something they feel strongly we all possess within us. Singer Jenna McDougall artfully awoke the feelings that she had repressed and used them […]

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The Red Hot Summer Tour announces show at Cockatoo Island – John Farnham, Daryl Braithwaite, Baby Animals, The Black Sorrows (with Vika & Linda) & 1927

The Red Hot Summer Tour announces show at Cockatoo Island – John Farnham, Daryl Braithwaite, Baby Animals, The Black Sorrows (with Vika & Linda) & 1927

The Red Hot Summer Tour have announced one of their most exciting shows yet – a special one-off performance at the iconic Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour.  Headlined by the legendary John Farnham, with special guests Daryl Braithwaite, Baby Animals, The Black Sorrows with Vika & Linda and 1927. This is the first time the summer festival has taken its rockin’ line-up to […]

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PAPA ROACH Announce Their First Ever Headline Shows In Australia

PAPA ROACH Announce Their First Ever Headline Shows In Australia

Today USA alternative rock band Papa Roach confirm their first ever headline shows in Australia for January 22, 2018 at Melbourne’s 170 Russell and January 24, 2018 at Sydney’s Metro Theatre. Papa Roach have performed previously on Australian shores in 2002 as support to Red Hot Chili Peppers and returned again for Soundwave 2015. Papa Roach released it’s 9th studio album May 19, 2017 to critical acclaim with […]

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SARAH MCLEOD of THE SUPERJESUS drops new video and additional tour dates

SARAH MCLEOD of THE SUPERJESUS drops new video and additional tour dates

Aussie rock royalty Sarah McLeod has today announced her new single Wild Hearts, a laid-back, content ode to finding fulfillment through creative endeavours.  Lifted from her self-produced new album, Rocky’s Diner – her first solo album in 12 years – released on August 18, the talented vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, who first found fame in the late 1990s with 3X […]

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GILBY CLARKE (Ex Guns ‘n’ Roses) Announces Australian Shows

GILBY CLARKE (Ex Guns ‘n’ Roses) Announces Australian Shows

Gilby Clarke needs no introduction to rock fans. He played in both Guns N’ Roses and the MC5. Who else can claim membership in two of the most life-altering rock ’n’ roll outfits to ever exist on the planet? Clarke hit the stage with his GN’R running buds at the 2012 Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony – he appeared on the band’s The […]

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EVANESCENCE announce Australian tour: Synthesis Live

EVANESCENCE announce Australian tour: Synthesis Live

Two-time GRAMMY award-winners Evanescence have today announced an Australian east coast tourSynthesis Live With Orchestras – presented by TEG Live and Sony Music Entertainment – to celebrate the band’s fourth studio album Synthesis, out November 10. Set to deliver a truly transcendent experience, Synthesis Live will see the band collaborate with world class Australian symphony orchestras alongside electronic programming.  As part of the global Synthesis Live tour, the […]

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TWELVE FOOT NINJA Return to Australia with the ‘Monsoon Tour’ for one night only!

TWELVE FOOT NINJA Return to Australia with the ‘Monsoon Tour’ for one night only!

Twelve Foot Ninja are returning to Australia with their international Monsoon Tour for one night only at Melbourne’s 170 Russell on Friday 12th January 2018. Tickets are on sale from 27th September 9am AEST at Moshtix. It’s no wonder the band will showcase the Monsoon Tour in their hometown, they’ve been on the road for quite some time this past year […]

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NOTHING BUT THIEVES Headline Australian Tour

NOTHING BUT THIEVES Headline Australian Tour

Indie rockers Nothing But Thieves have announced details of headline shows kicking off in Brisbane at The Brightside on Wednesday 13th December, followed by Corner Hotel  in Melbourne on Thursday 14th December and Factory Theatre, Sydney on Friday 15th December. The tour will be in support of the band’s new record, Broken Machine, out now via RCA and Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Broken Machine debuted at #2 on the UK charts Top 10 in NL and Top 20 AUS. To […]

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UGLY KID JOE Announce Australian Tour (Performing ‘Americas Least Wanted’ In Its Entirety)

UGLY KID JOE Announce Australian Tour (Performing ‘Americas Least Wanted’ In Its Entirety)

It was September 1992. Millions of snot faced skate – surfers worldwide were cracking a few brews in their bedrooms, on beaches and in their garages listening to one album…’Americas Least Wanted’ by UGLY KID JOE. ‘Americas Least Wanted’ was a double platinum phenomenon selling over 2 Million albums catapulting UGLY KID JOE to headlining Arenas and touring with the likes of Van […]

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THE KOOKS ‘Best of’  2018 Headline Sideshows

THE KOOKS ‘Best of’ 2018 Headline Sideshows

The Kooks are returning to Australia to celebrate their ‘Best Of’ album, a collection of greatest hits, including such classics as Naive, She Moves In Her Own Way and Ooh-La. Playing just two Falls Festival sideshows in Melbourne at Festival Hall, Wednesday 3rd January and Sydney at Hordern Pavilion, Friday 5th January, tickets will go on sale to the public Thursday 28 September. The album also features two brand new […]

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GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS – Brings The Rock Party Tour To Australia For Two Shows Only

GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS – Brings The Rock Party Tour To Australia For Two Shows Only

Currently touring extensively through North America, GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS will bring their Rock Party Tour to Australia for two shows only this summer. The Rock Party Tour promises to raise the bar, rock the house and tear off the roof like never before, unleashing at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on January 22 and Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on January 24. Tickets for both shows go on […]

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Bluesfest’s first artist announcement for 2018 is their biggest ever.  Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters return

Bluesfest’s first artist announcement for 2018 is their biggest ever. Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters return

THE BLUESFEST 2018 FIRST ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT ROBERT PLANT AND THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS LIONEL RICHIE THE JOHN BUTLER TRIO TASH SULTANA THE NEW POWER GENERATION CHIC FEATURING NILE RODGERS FIRST AID KIT JOSE GONZALEZ MORCHEEBA GOV’T MULE LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS ERIC GALES BOBBY RUSH DUMPSTAPHUNK JOE LOUIS WALKER RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS […]

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SONS OF APOLLO (Featuring Members & Ex-Members of Dream Theater, Guns N´ Roses, Mr Big & Journey) Release Video For ‘Coming Home’.

SONS OF APOLLO (Featuring Members & Ex-Members of Dream Theater, Guns N´ Roses, Mr Big & Journey) Release Video For ‘Coming Home’.

SONS OF APOLLO–former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force)—have just released the video for Coming Home from their highly anticipated debut album, PSYCHOTIC SYMPHONY. PSYCHOTIC SYMPHONY is available to pre-order HERE “’Coming Home’ immediately felt like the SONS OF APOLLO ‘grand entrance’ as soon as we wrote […]

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WE MAY FALL Share Visuals For ‘Apart’ Feat. Nate Toussaint (The Brave)

WE MAY FALL Share Visuals For ‘Apart’ Feat. Nate Toussaint (The Brave)

It’s been all quiet on the We May Fall front for much of 2017. Now, as the country thaws, the Sydney band has emerged from their studio hibernation, holding high above their heads their new single Apart, featuring guest vocals from Nate Toussaint, oh he of The Brave fame. Apart is the next step forward for the band as they […]

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COSMIC PSYCHOS Release Ripper New Tune & Tour Dates

COSMIC PSYCHOS Release Ripper New Tune & Tour Dates

Australia’s thirstiest rock dogs, the legendary COSMIC PSYCHOS, have got it into their heads to batter your earholes with more beer smashing tunes. They’ve announced an east coast tour with AMYL & THE SNIFFERS and released the video for ripper new single ‘Better in the Shed’. Ross Knight of the band tells us more, “I was up in the shed doing my nightly […]

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THE KILLERS Announce Their Biggest Tour of Australia & New Zealand!

THE KILLERS Announce Their Biggest Tour of Australia & New Zealand!

Frontier Touring, Triple M and Radio Hauraki are thrilled to announce the return of The Killers to Australia and New Zealand in April and May 2018. The widely-acclaimed rock band will play seven arena shows on their biggest Australasian tour to date, touring in celebration of their fifth studio album Wonderful Wonderful (out 22 September through Island Records/Universal Music Australia). Kicking off in New […]

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FOZZY To Release JUDAS on October 13th

FOZZY To Release JUDAS on October 13th

FOZZY have announced that their seventh studio album Judas will arrive on October 13th 2017 via Century Media. FOZZY  have already experienced incredible success with the “Judas” single. The official music video has accumulated almost 9 million views in just a few months, and the song hit No. 1 on iTunes charts in eight countries. Vocalist Chris Jericho went to bat for the single, eventually convincing Century Media to release “Judas” as the […]

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VERUCA SALT announce Syd & Melb headline shows in March 2018 + touring nationally with A Day On The Green

VERUCA SALT announce Syd & Melb headline shows in March 2018 + touring nationally with A Day On The Green

Frontier Touring are thrilled to confirm that alt-rock legends Veruca Salt will perform two special indoor shows in Sydney and Melbourne in March, as well as appearing nationally for the first time ever at a day on the green outdoor shows. Veruca Salt’s signature hit ‘Seether’ remains one of the most-loved rock tunes of the ’90s. Not surprisingly, the band experienced a meteoric rise, doing everything […]

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GENE SIMMONS to celebrate 50 years in rock with ‘The Vault Experience’ limited edition box set

GENE SIMMONS to celebrate 50 years in rock with ‘The Vault Experience’ limited edition box set

To celebrate his 50 years in rock (1966-2016), Gene Simmons – media mogul, entrepreneur, co-founder and front man of KISS, and one of the most recognised performers in the world – has announced the unprecedented release of GENE SIMMONS: THE VAULT EXPERIENCE in partnership with Rhino Entertainment. GENE SIMMONS: THE VAULT EXPERIENCE commemorates and celebrates Simmons’ notorious five-decade journey as a rock icon, offering fans from around […]

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THY ART IS MURDER announce 2018 headline tour

THY ART IS MURDER announce 2018 headline tour

Following the success of their latest album Dear Desolation and a string of SOLD OUT launch shows, Thy Art is Murder have just announced that they will tear up the homeland once more in February 2018. For this momentous lap of the country, Thy Art bring two huge international supports, the new-look EMMURE, Jersey’s FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, as well as local heroes JUSTICE […]

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THE BRONX announce exclusive headline Sydney show

THE BRONX announce exclusive headline Sydney show

With the PENNYWISE + THE BRONX Sydney show at the Enmore Theatre on Sunday 29 October on the verge of selling out it is with absolute sheer bloody delight that we can announce an exclusive headline show for THE BRONX. Taking place at Oxford Art Factory on Monday 30 October this will be an absolute banger and tickets go on sale this Thursday […]

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MARILYN MANSON to release 10th album ‘Heaven Upside Down’ on October 6

MARILYN MANSON to release 10th album ‘Heaven Upside Down’ on October 6

Marilyn Manson confirms October 6 release for Heaven Upside Down. New single “WE KNOW WHERE YOU FUCKING LIVE” trolls the dark frenetic territory that made Manson a God-like figure to so many. The ten tracks on Heaven Upside Down were recorded in Los Angeles and create a cinematic sonic palate that harkens back to the ferocity of seminal Manson albums Portrait of an American Family and Holy Wood. On the new […]

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MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA 2018 Australian Tour

MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA 2018 Australian Tour

Atlanta based indie rock band, Manchester Orchestra make their anticipated return in support of their brand new album ‘A Black Mile To The Surface’. The album is the band’s fifth, following on from the release of 2014’s “Cope”. A Black Mile to the Surface is a bold record of vision and purpose, inspired by and dwelling in a sensory and […]

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FOO FIGHTERS returning to AU & NZ stadiums on ‘Concrete & Gold’ World Tour in Jan-Feb 2018 with very special guests WEEZER

FOO FIGHTERS returning to AU & NZ stadiums on ‘Concrete & Gold’ World Tour in Jan-Feb 2018 with very special guests WEEZER

Hearts, minds and attendance records are set to be blown in January and February 2018 as Foo Fighters return to rock stadiums across Australia and New Zealand in support of their ninth studio album Concrete and Gold (out 15 September on Roswell Records/RCA Records through Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand). The 11-time Grammy-winning, 25+ million-record-selling stadium rock greats will welcome the new […]

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