Category: Music News

MAMMAL Share Funked-Up New Single + Video ‘The Penny Drop’ New Album The Penny Drop Set For Release March 6

MAMMAL Share Funked-Up New Single + Video ‘The Penny Drop’ New Album The Penny Drop Set For Release March 6

Bringing the noise and funk in incomparable Mammal fashion, the Narrm neo punk/funk warriors return today with a swaggering new single The Penny Drop. Launching with a free show at 170 Russell (Melbourne) on February 9 with support from I Built The Sky (solo) and Bushido, and accompanied by a gleefully colourful and chaotic music video, The Penny Drop also […]

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KNOTFEST AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCE SIDESHOWS!

KNOTFEST AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCE SIDESHOWS!

KNOTFEST, the music and counterculture experience destination festival is returning to Australia in March 2024. We are thrilled to announce the headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge festival line up. This is the first and only sideshow announcement and there will be no more sideshows announced. PANTERA and DISTURBED are festival exclusives in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Be sure to get your Knotfest ticket if you […]

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BRUCE DICKINSON Drops New Single, ‘Rain On The Graves’ New Solo Album, The Mandrake Project, Out March 1

BRUCE DICKINSON Drops New Single, ‘Rain On The Graves’ New Solo Album, The Mandrake Project, Out March 1

Bruce Dickinson has released his brand new single, ‘Rain On The Graves‘, accompanied by a thrilling video introducing Bruce’s live band, comprising guitarist Roy Z, drummer Dave Moreno, bass-player Tanya O’Callaghan and keyboard maestro Mistheria. ‘Rain On The Graves’ is the second single to be taken from Bruce Dickinson’s forthcoming solo album The Mandrake Project which will be released on March 1st, via […]

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FRANK TURNER announces new album ‘UNDEFEATED’ to be released on May 3rd via XTRA Mile Recordings

FRANK TURNER announces new album ‘UNDEFEATED’ to be released on May 3rd via XTRA Mile Recordings

Frank Turner is set to release his tenth album ‘Undefeated’ on May 3rd, which he today launches with the new single ‘Do One’. ‘Undefeated’ follows his first UK #1 album, 2022’s ‘FTHC’, and is the result of his decision to step away from the major label world to re-embrace the liberation of working as an independent artist, Frank says, “my […]

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THE STRUTS Announce Sydney & Melbourne Headline Shows

THE STRUTS Announce Sydney & Melbourne Headline Shows

British rockers, THE STRUTS are thrilled to announce two headline shows at Crowbar in Sydney on Wednesday 21 February and Max Watts in Melbourne on Wednesday 28 February. Tickets on sale Thursday 25 January @ 12pm AEDT time. THE STRUTS will be returning to Australia next month supporting SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS as part of The River Is Rising-Rest of the World Tour ’24. […]

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Badflower (US) announce Australia and NZ tour dates

Badflower (US) announce Australia and NZ tour dates

Los Angeles-bred and Nashville-based quartet Badflower are venturing down under in August, marking Australia’s and New Zealand’s first chance to catch these alt-rock icons live on stage. The band are set to deliver shows with just the right amount of intensity in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. Badflower said “It’s a dream come true to finally play the stages […]

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Alice Cooper, Blondie, Placebo & Deep Purple Lead The All Star Pandemonium Festival Line-up Coming To Australia In April!

Alice Cooper, Blondie, Placebo & Deep Purple Lead The All Star Pandemonium Festival Line-up Coming To Australia In April!

Some of the most iconic acts in rock and roll will make history at the inaugural Pandemonium festival as it sweeps across Australia’s east coast this April! Pandemonium is a rock fans dream come true, with an unparalleled lineup of rock legends including: Alice Cooper Blondie Placebo Deep Purple Wheatus The Psychedelic Furs Dead Kennedys Gang Of Four Palaye Royale plus Australian […]

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GREEN DAY announces album listening events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

GREEN DAY announces album listening events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

Green Day have announced listening events in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane for this Saturday 13 January of their new album “Saviors“. By attending these listening events fans will hear the album before it’s released, be able to pre-order the album, and there are giveaways of t-shirts and posters on the day too. “Saviors” will be released on Friday 19 January. New South Wales UTOPIA entrance […]

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Cog announce ‘The Vinyl Tour 2024’

Cog announce ‘The Vinyl Tour 2024’

It may be reaching the end of the year, but the wheels are firmly in motion for the return of beloved Aussie prog rockers Cog to the stage in 2024. Primed to tour across the east coast next March, Cog will also be joined by special guests Yomi Ship and Kodiak Empire. Heading to Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra and Sydney next year, Cog‘s The Vinyl Tour 2024 […]

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GLAM FEST FEBRUARY 2024 Announced Slaughter, Lynch Mob, Janet Gardner, H.E.A.T., Tyketto and More

GLAM FEST FEBRUARY 2024 Announced Slaughter, Lynch Mob, Janet Gardner, H.E.A.T., Tyketto and More

Nostalgia is everything and Silverback Touring knows this as they deliver the second instalment of Glam Fest, their hard rock, glam, classic and melodic rock mini fest which debuted in 2023. The 2024 edition stays true to form with a healthy mix of acts from the heyday of Eighties hard rock through to modern day acts proudly wearing the influence of the era that […]

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The Band CAMINO announce debut Australia & New Zealand headline tour for February & March 2024

The Band CAMINO announce debut Australia & New Zealand headline tour for February & March 2024

Frontier Touring and MG Live are excited to announce Nashville-based pop-rockers The Band CAMINO will touch down in Australia and New Zealand for a series of debut headline shows next February and March. Kicking off the tour at Perth’s Rosemount Hotel on Wednesday 28 February, the band will stop at Brisbane’s Princess Theatre on Friday 1 March, Melbourne’s 170 Russell on Sunday 3 March and Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Tuesday 5 March, before a final show at the Powerstation, Auckland on Thursday 7 March. Frontier Members can access presale tickets […]

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JAMES TAYLOR and his all-star band announce 2024 Australian Tour Dates

JAMES TAYLOR and his all-star band announce 2024 Australian Tour Dates

GRAMMY Award-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, James Taylor announces his 2024 Australian tour, An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band. The tour will kick off on April 12 at Kings Park & Botanic Garden Perth, followed by Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on April 16, Adelaide Entertainment Centre on April 19, concluding at Sydney’s Aware Super Theatre on […]

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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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