Category: Music News

The Damned – Australian Tour – Classic Line Up Performing Together For The First Time Since 1989!

The Damned – Australian Tour – Classic Line Up Performing Together For The First Time Since 1989!

The Damned are the undisputed, unmatched and unassailable living gods of Punk Rock; and for the very first and final time in 35 years they have reassembled the absolute classic line up of the band, recreating the period in their storied career when they were at their peak creativity and the summit of their influence and swagger. The Damned have always been brilliant […]

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Scott Stapp Reveals New Rock Anthem “Black Butterfly”

Scott Stapp Reveals New Rock Anthem “Black Butterfly”

Grammy winning, platinum-certified solo artist, and the voice of Creed, SCOTT STAPP, has released “Black Butterfly,” the third single from his upcoming solo album, Higher Power. The album will be available everywhere on March 15, 2024 via Napalm Records and can be pre-ordered now HERE. Transcending defeats to emerge reborn, “Black Butterfly” is a grooving stunner with undeniable swagger that chronicles transformative growth. Over the track’s unshakable chorus, […]

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80’s LEGENDS 1927 AND BOOM CRASH OPERA JOIN FORCES FOR THE ULTIMATE RETRO TOUR MARCH / APRIL 2024

80’s LEGENDS 1927 AND BOOM CRASH OPERA JOIN FORCES FOR THE ULTIMATE RETRO TOUR MARCH / APRIL 2024

In the late Eighties, 1927 and Boom Crash Opera owned the airwaves with undeniably catchy songs; a legacy which continues to this day, with songs that have stood the test of time. From ARIA Awards, Platinum albums and Top 40 Hits, together Boom Crash Opera and 1927 have a killer collection! And so … a double-bill tour makes complete sense … almost inevitable! The […]

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OF MICE & MEN with Special Guests Dream On Dreamer + Sienna Skies, Australian Tour February 2024

OF MICE & MEN with Special Guests Dream On Dreamer + Sienna Skies, Australian Tour February 2024

OF MICE & MEN do not do things by halves. Whether writing immense songs, recording them to perfection or performing them with the intensity of a thousand suns in a live setting, every member of the band pours his heart and soul into every second of everything that they do. It is that relentless quality combined with incredible talent that has seen […]

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Art Alexakis of Everclear announces Australian intimate acoustic shows w/ support from Wheatus’ Brendan B. Brown

Art Alexakis of Everclear announces Australian intimate acoustic shows w/ support from Wheatus’ Brendan B. Brown

Following a successful Australian tour earlier this year with his Grammy-nominated & multi-platinum Alt-rock band Everclear, Art Alexakis will return to our shores in February 2024 to perform hits & fan favourites from his extensive catalogue. Fans will have the chance to hear classics such as Santa Monica, Father Of Mine, I Will Buy You A New Life, Everything To Everyone, and plenty more performed […]

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COLDPLAY ANNOUNCE 2024 AUSTRALIA & NZ DATES

COLDPLAY ANNOUNCE 2024 AUSTRALIA & NZ DATES

Following the spectacular sellout success of this weekend’s Perth Optus Stadium shows – part of the November 2023 Asia leg of Coldplay‘s record-breaking Music Of The Spheres World Tour which has also taken them to Tokyo, Kaohsiung and Jakarta – the band have today announced a run of Australia and New Zealand dates for October and November 2024. The shows will see Coldplay perform in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland for […]

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KNOTFEST RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA IN 2024

KNOTFEST RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA IN 2024

In 2024, music, art and culture will collide once more in unforgettable fashion. Following its entirely sold out inaugural Australian run in 2023, KNOTFEST, the destination festival brand, will officially make its monumental return down under in 2024. The music and counterculture experience that is KNOTFESTwill hit the East coast of Australia starting on Thursday, March 21st at Flemington Racecourse […]

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ATREYU Announce ”We Want Your Skulls” February 2024 Australian Tour

ATREYU Announce ”We Want Your Skulls” February 2024 Australian Tour

With a legacy spanning two and a half decades, billions of streams, chart topping releases and one of the most heralded live shows on the touring circuit, ATREYU remains as one of the most respected names and potent forces in heavy music. Where once the band were heralded as the early innovators of the nascent metalcore scene, their place in heavy music’s […]

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BUCKCHERRY Announce National Australian Tour For 2024 With Special Guests Rose Tattoo

BUCKCHERRY Announce National Australian Tour For 2024 With Special Guests Rose Tattoo

Following the release of their tenth studio album ‘Vol. 10’ earlier this year, multi-platinum selling US rockers Buckcherry have announced their 2024 Australian tour.  Kicking off on September 24 at the Astor Theatre in Perth, the band will then head to Melbourne and Sydney, wrapping the tour in Brisbane at The Triffid on September 28.   Lead singer Josh Todd said today, “We are looking forward […]

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Taylor Acorn (US) announces first Australian tour

Taylor Acorn (US) announces first Australian tour

US pop-punk pioneer Taylor Acorn is making her way down to Australia in 2024 for her Good Enough Tour. Embarking on her sold out US headline tour this month, Taylor is in high demand and we’re next in line. This will be Australian fans’ first chance to catch this leading lady of the pop-punk scene live onstage. Taylor said “This […]

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SLASH Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators The River Is Rising – Rest Of The Wold Tour ’24 With Special Guests

SLASH Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators The River Is Rising – Rest Of The Wold Tour ’24 With Special Guests

SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS will be heading to Australia in February 2024 as part of The River Is Rising-Rest of the World Tour ’24 with special guests THE STRUTS and ROSE TATTOO. A decade and four albums into their career, the universally acclaimed album 4 -which charted at #2 on the ARIA album chart also debuted as the #1 Most-Selling Hard Rock Album–is SMKC like you’ve never […]

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ANBERLIN Announce Australian Tour with Hawthorne Heights and The Word Alive

ANBERLIN Announce Australian Tour with Hawthorne Heights and The Word Alive

Australian ANBERLIN fans will be in for a treat this summer, with the beloved group set to return for the first time since 2019, in January 2024 making their long-awaited return to a country long considered to be their second home.  For Stephen Christian, the tour will be particularly momentous – the vocalist having recently announced an indefinite hiatus from […]

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BRING ME THE HORIZON Down Under Tour With Special Guests Sleep Token, Make Them Suffer & daine

BRING ME THE HORIZON Down Under Tour With Special Guests Sleep Token, Make Them Suffer & daine

The undisputed hottest and most successful rock band in the world, BRING ME THE HORIZON will be heading down under in April 2024 with their biggest Australian headline tour to date with an ultimate stacked line-up supported by SLEEP TOKEN, MAKE THEM SUFFER and DAINE. On the back of unleashing brand new single, DArkSide, BRING ME THE HORIZON have been touring the world since their triumphant headline performance […]

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IRON MAIDEN HONOUR THEIR PROMISE AND RETURN TO AUSTRALIA

IRON MAIDEN HONOUR THEIR PROMISE AND RETURN TO AUSTRALIA

Following their spectacular performances this year across Europe, in Western Canada and at the recent PowerTrip Festival in California, iconic British band IRON MAIDEN will be bringing THE FUTURE PAST TOUR to Australia next year.  This will be the first return to Australia since the band touched down on Ed Force One for their 2016-17 The Book of Souls Tour. The 2024 AUSTRALIAN tour […]

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The Good Things Festival Sideshows Are Here!

The Good Things Festival Sideshows Are Here!

We interrupt your regular viewing to announce that Australia’s biggest alternative travelling music festival, aka Good Things Festival is fast upon us and it’s the biggest one yet! We’re not kiddin’ when we’re saying tickets are almost sold out with less than 500 tickets left for Brisbane, Melbourne is almost at 90% sold out and Sydney at 80%. Good Things come to those who wait […]

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RED HOT SUMMER TOUR (SERIES 3) ANNOUNCEMENT

RED HOT SUMMER TOUR (SERIES 3) ANNOUNCEMENT

RED HOT SUMMER TOUR is thrilled to announce the next series of dates for the 2024 season from one of Australia’s most sought-after summer festivals.  These iconic outdoor shows will take place in various locations across the country, and for series three, this star studded-line-up will feature SUZI QUATRO taking centre stage, playing with international juggernauts CHEAP TRICK, alongside Aussie favouritesJon […]

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DIESEL Announces 2024 Australian Forever Tour New Album ‘Bootleg Melancholy’ Out Tomorrow

DIESEL Announces 2024 Australian Forever Tour New Album ‘Bootleg Melancholy’ Out Tomorrow

Ahead of releasing his sixteenth studio album tomorrow, Australian icon Diesel has today announced a special run of shows in 2024, with the Forever Tour set to kick off in January next year celebrating Diesel‘s brand new outing, the multifaceted masterpiece Bootleg Melancholy – available to preorder now. Set to perform across Australia next January at Avoca Beach, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Margaret River, Sydney and […]

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Candlebox Announce First and Last Ever Australian Tour – January 2024

Candlebox Announce First and Last Ever Australian Tour – January 2024

After a stellar 3 decade career, Seattle rockers, Candlebox are calling it a day and will finally visit Australia for the first and last ever time this January. Emerging from Seattle’s mid-’90s grunge scene, Candlebox made a lasting impact on the rock music landscape with their deeply meaningful lyrics and catchy hooks. Their 1993 self-titled debut album sold over 4 million copies […]

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INCUBUS AND +LIVE+ ADD SECOND & FINAL SYDNEY SHOW

INCUBUS AND +LIVE+ ADD SECOND & FINAL SYDNEY SHOW

Due to huge and popular demand, a second and final show for INCUBUS and +LIVE+ has been added for Sydney fans on Wednesday 10th April at Hordern Pavilion.  These global concert juggernauts are coming together for some gigantic shows in 2024. Since first coming together in 1991, the Grammy nominated band, Incubus, have consistently elevated themselves and alternative music to new creative heights. […]

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THE KINKS ‘The Journey – Part 2’ Second part of a special 60th anniversary anthology series – Out 17th November via BMG

THE KINKS ‘The Journey – Part 2’ Second part of a special 60th anniversary anthology series – Out 17th November via BMG

The Kinks, one of the greatest ever British rock groups, continue the 60th Anniversary celebrations of their illustrious musical journey with part two of their career-defining anthology, The Journey, out 17 November on BMG. Following the release of The Journey – Part 1 in March this year (featuring hits such as ‘You Really Got Me’, ‘Waterloo Sunset’, ‘All Day And All Of The Night’, ‘Supersonic […]

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Simple Plan Australian Tour 2024 With Special Guests Boys Like Girls & We The Kings

Simple Plan Australian Tour 2024 With Special Guests Boys Like Girls & We The Kings

Canadian rockers SIMPLE PLAN are set to return to Australia in April 2024, with a national run with special guests and fellow pop punk royals BOYS LIKE GIRLS and WE THE KINGS. “We’re so happy to announce that we’re finally coming back to Australia in April 2024! The last time we played down under was way back in 2019 for the « Good Things » festival […]

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STEVEN WILSON Releases New Album THE HARMONY CODEX

STEVEN WILSON Releases New Album THE HARMONY CODEX

Released everywhere now, THE HARMONY CODEX isn’t like other records you’ll hear this year. Endlessly fascinating, endlessly revealing, endlessly beautiful, THE HARMONY CODEX is the seventh album from one of the country’s most singular talents. Listening to THE HARMONY CODEX is akin to losing oneself in an Escher drawing made purely with sound. Over the album’s ten tracks, Steven Wilson navigates a tangle of memories […]

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BLACK FLAG Announce December 2023 Australian Tour

BLACK FLAG Announce December 2023 Australian Tour

Legendary Punk Band Black Flag Announces First Australian Tour in 10 years. Get ready to unleash the fury as the iconic punk rock pioneers, BLACK FLAG, are set to storm Australia for their first tour since 2013 presented by Silverback Touring. With a blistering lineup and an unparalleled live performance, Black Flag promises an unforgettable experience for punk rock enthusiasts and music lovers alike. Known […]

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+LIVE+ AND INCUBUS CO-HEADLINING MASSIVE SHOWS IN 2024

+LIVE+ AND INCUBUS CO-HEADLINING MASSIVE SHOWS IN 2024

FACE TO FACE TOURING is thrilled to announce +LIVE+ and INCUBUS, two of the US powerhouses of rock, will be co-headlining the inaugural LOOKOUT Festival, plus co-headline tour. These global concert juggernauts are coming together for a series of gigantic shows in 2024.  This brand-new festival event will see +LIVE+ and INCUBUS joined by some Aussie favourites including Birds of Tokyo, Eskimo Joe, and The Superjesus. LOOKOUT is a live music concert event that […]

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THE DARKNESS Unleashes A “LET THERE BE ROCK” Spectacle Down Under!

THE DARKNESS Unleashes A “LET THERE BE ROCK” Spectacle Down Under!

Get ready and prepare to rock! Multi-platinum UK rock royalty The Darkness are returning to Australia in February 2024 to perform three very special “Let There Be Rock” events in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne celebrating the band’s 20th anniversary of Permission to Land. The classic debut album which delivered iconic songs such as “I Believe in A Thing Called Love” and “Love Is Only A Feeling” will be performed live, in its entirety, for fans […]

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FILTER Announce – The Algorithm World Tour – April 2024 Australian Dates

FILTER Announce – The Algorithm World Tour – April 2024 Australian Dates

Platinum-selling alternative-industrial rockers FILTER announces their first headline shows in Australia and New Zealand since 2000 as part of The Algorithm World Tour. The Australian tour, starting in April 2024, follows a 6-month-long trek that crisscrossed the United States and Canada, and then is scheduled to go across the pond in March 2024 and hit such countries as The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, the […]

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Mudvayne + Coal Chamber – Australian Tour February 2024

Mudvayne + Coal Chamber – Australian Tour February 2024

Mudvayne have sold more than six million albums worldwide with 3 Platinum albums in Australia alone. They were honoured with the first ever MTV2 Award and were heavily featured in the pages of Rolling Stone, Revolver, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Blender, Maxim, Spin, Guitar World, USA Today, and countless others media outlets where metal bands fear to tread. They were even written into a pivotal episode of […]

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MÅNESKIN are back with a new single ‘Honey (Are U Coming?)’

MÅNESKIN are back with a new single ‘Honey (Are U Coming?)’

Today, Måneskin have shared their electrifying new single ‘Honey (are u coming?)’. Erupting with new offerings shortly after the release of the latest, chart-topping album RUSH!, ‘Honey (are u coming?)’ is tight with musical vibrancy, showcasing a mighty guitar riff and roaringly persuasive chorus. Listen HERE. The band held a livestreamed event at Gazometro, Rome, where they performed three tracks […]

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Hot Milk – Manchester duo announce Sydney & Melbourne headline shows | December 2023

Hot Milk – Manchester duo announce Sydney & Melbourne headline shows | December 2023

Rev your engines! Frontier Touring are pleased to announce the debut Australian headline shows by Manchester emo power-pop duo Hot Milk, performing in Sydney and Melbourne this December 2023. The rising duo – comprised of members Hannah Mee and Jim Shaw – will head down under at last following a slew of sold-out shows across the UK and Europe. From a pair of headliners at London’s iconic Koko, to […]

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KATATONIA Announce February 2024 Australian Tour

KATATONIA Announce February 2024 Australian Tour

Swedish ethereal post-metal heavyweights KATATONIA return to Australia for their first headline tour in nearly a decade, solemnly set the stage for a nocturne both crushing and exhilarating. Led by founding members Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström have always been and will forevermore be one thing—a vessel of deep emotion; shrouded in Scandinavian despair and a universal longing for salvation. Over the course of an unbelievable thirty years and eleven studio albums, Katatonia have never shied away from evolution. They have embraced the concept of growing through rejuvenation to soothe their blackened hearts and scarred souls. At the very core of this entity, there […]

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