Category: Music News

AFI’S Davey Havok & Jade Puget to release ‘XTRMST’ this November

AFI’S Davey Havok & Jade Puget to release ‘XTRMST’ this November

AFI lead vocalist Davey Havok and guitarist Jade Puget have announced November 21 as the release date for XTRMST,the self-titled debut album from the duo’s new straight-edge hardcore band. The first single from the album,Conformist is out now and you can listen to 4 other tracks via the band’s Soundcloud. “Jade and I have been talking about starting a straight edge […]

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THE DEAD DAISIES release new single ‘Angel In Your Eyes’ to radio prior to arrival in Australia

THE DEAD DAISIES release new single ‘Angel In Your Eyes’ to radio prior to arrival in Australia

Contemporary classic rockers, The Dead Daisies, have released their second single, “Angel In Your Eyes”, from their Face I Love EP, as they get set to commence their tour (of the same name) across Australia and New Zealand in late November. The Dead Daisies will hit Australia in November, ready to headline 5 massive shows across the country, taking in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, and […]

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WIN a copy of the new TRAIN album ‘Bulletproof Picasso’ (CLOSED)

WIN a copy of the new TRAIN album ‘Bulletproof Picasso’ (CLOSED)

Thanks to our good friends at Sony Music Australia, we have ten copies of the new Train album ‘Bulletproof Picasso’ to give away to our lucky readers. To win one of the ten copies, simply send us an email to mtrbwy@maytherockbewithyou.com with the subject line of ‘Train Giveaway’ and include your name and address and the answer to this question…‘What did […]

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MY SECRET CIRCUS signs to Eleven Seven Music

MY SECRET CIRCUS signs to Eleven Seven Music

Eleven Seven Music Group is proud to announce the signing of Aussie rockers, My Secret Circus. “For a US label to sign an Australian band there has to be something special,” says CEO Allen Kovac. “When My Secret Circus releases their first album on Eleven Seven, the world will be introduced to a very special artist.” MY SECRET CIRCUS merge […]

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Palace Of The King reveals new music release plans – Live shows confirmed for November and December

Palace Of The King reveals new music release plans – Live shows confirmed for November and December

Purveyors of quality rock’n’roll, Melbourne rock band Palace Of The King is set to release their debut album in April 2015.  Ahead of this, they will whet the appetite with their riff-heavy brand of psych-blues rock n’ roll, releasing a new track each month from November 2014 through to March 2015. Five months, five singles, all to be unleashed on […]

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FOO FIGHTERS Sonic Highways HBO TV Series Starts This Saturday On GO!

FOO FIGHTERS Sonic Highways HBO TV Series Starts This Saturday On GO!

This weekend, the new HBO series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways begins on GO!. Airing this Saturday, October 18 at 4:30pm – just hours after it premieres in the US. Fans can also catch encore screenings on Sunday, October 19 at 3:30pm on GO! and Wednesday, October 22 at midnight on Channel Nine. The official trailer- viewable below – features musicians involved in this incredible series […]

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ANTEMASQUE Debut LP Gets Australian Release

ANTEMASQUE Debut LP Gets Australian Release

OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ & CEDRIC BIXLER-ZAVALA (At The Drive In/The Mars Volta) FORM ‘ANTEMASQUE’ EPONYMOUS DEBUT GETS AUSTRALIAN RELEASE ON NOVEMBER 7 (digital) / NOVEMBER 24 (LP/CD) ANTEMASQUE is a band. A very new band. As it happens, it is the most recent band formed by respected rock pundits Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala of At The Drive In and The Mars Volta fame. ANTEMASQUE will release their eponymous debut longplayer digitally […]

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THE BENNIES To Release ‘Heavy Disco’ EP

THE BENNIES To Release ‘Heavy Disco’ EP

To say 2014 has been a bit of a whirlwind year for The Bennies would be somewhat of an understatement. And if you know anything about The Bennies, you’d probably appreciate that they’ve no time for subtleties.  In the midst of a mental touring schedule, The Bennies will release their brand new EP, Heavy Disco digitally on Poison City Records on November 11 before […]

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TRAIN – Rescheduled Dates Confirmed for Bulletproof Picasso Tour Melbourne & Sydney 2015

TRAIN – Rescheduled Dates Confirmed for Bulletproof Picasso Tour Melbourne & Sydney 2015

Following the announcement last week of TRAIN’s Bulletproof Picasso Tour Australian dates, a last minute change to the band’s international travel arrangements have required the rescheduling of dates for both the Sydney and Melbourne shows. Train will perform now at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday April 1 (originally scheduled for Sunday April 5 – no change of venue). Sydney show […]

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KISS’ ‘Love Gun’ Album Gets Deluxe Two-Cd Treatment

KISS’ ‘Love Gun’ Album Gets Deluxe Two-Cd Treatment

New version of 1977 studio recording contains previously unreleased demos, live tracks, 1977 Gene Simmons interview and liner notes by Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott. Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees KISS continue to celebrate their 40th anniversary with the release of a deluxe two-CD version of their 1977 U.S. platinum-plus album, Love Gun, coming out October 31, 2014 via […]

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BILLY IDOL announces 2015 Australian tour

BILLY IDOL announces 2015 Australian tour

Rock icon BILLY IDOL is returning to Australia and New Zealand for his first concert tour of Australia since 2002 and his first of New Zealand since 1987. The original punk turned global superstar will perform indoor shows and a day on the green winery events in March and April 2015. Idol’s band includes long-time collaborator and lead-guitarist Steve Stevens. […]

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BLUESFEST 2015 announce second wave of artists

BLUESFEST 2015 announce second wave of artists

Today, Bluesfest Byron Bay, the highly awarded 5 Day Music Festival, held over the 2015 Easter long weekend (EVENT DATES: Thu 2nd to Mon 6th of April, 2015) reveals its 2nd group of outstanding artists to perform at its purpose-built festival & camping site just north of Byron Bay. The 1st Announcement for the 26th Annual Bluesfest that included THE […]

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PEOPLE ON VACATION Return! New Album ‘The Chronicles Of Tim Powers’

PEOPLE ON VACATION Return! New Album ‘The Chronicles Of Tim Powers’

Indie pop-rock duo People On Vacation are back with their brilliant new album ‘The Chronicles Of Tim Powers’ The two Texans funded the release through a hugely successful PledgeMusic crowdfunding campaign and as a testament to their commitment to fan interaction, they even named the album after one lucky pledger! If you’ve not heard of People On Vacation it is the […]

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THE SCRIPT returning to Australian & New Zealand arenas in April/May 2015

THE SCRIPT returning to Australian & New Zealand arenas in April/May 2015

Frontier Touring are proud to welcome back multi-platinum selling band The Script to Australia and New Zealand to play a string of arena shows in April and May 2015! The Dublin-raised, London-based trio – Danny O’Donoghue, Mark Sheehan and Glen Power – are no strangers to Australia, having sold out multiple arena shows on their previous visits and currently in […]

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THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED

American rockers THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM return to Australia for four pulsating shows in January and February 2015. “So few hoist the flag of rock ‘n’ roll as proudly and explicitly as The Gaslight Anthem these days.” – Alternative Press. No stranger to blowing away audiences on the stages at some of the most iconic stadiums in the world – punters […]

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ED KOWALCZYK – Brisbane & 2nd Sydney Shows Added – ‘I Alone Acoustic Tour’ 2014

ED KOWALCZYK – Brisbane & 2nd Sydney Shows Added – ‘I Alone Acoustic Tour’ 2014

Brisbane Show Announced & 2nd Sydney Show Added After selling out the previously announced Australian shows and adding an extra show in Sydney, ED KOWALCZYK will extend the ‘I Alone Acoustic Tour’ this November to include Brisbane due to the overwhelming demand from his dedicated Queensland fans. The legendary songwriter and former lead-singer of the multi-platinum rock band, Live, Ed […]

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TRAIN – Bulletproof Picasso Tour Melbourne & Sydney 2015

TRAIN – Bulletproof Picasso Tour Melbourne & Sydney 2015

Three-time Grammy award winners and perpetual hit makers, TRAIN,are returning to Australia in April 2015 as part of a world tour in support of their seventh studio album,Bulletproof Picasso. The San Francisco-based group have been responsible for some of the most successful and loved pop smash hits of the past two decades, including “Drops of Jupiter”, “Meet Virginia”, “Calling All Angels” […]

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YELLOWCARD returning to play Australian shows in July with special guests Mayday Parade & Born Lion

YELLOWCARD returning to play Australian shows in July with special guests Mayday Parade & Born Lion

Fans have eagerly been awaiting the return of Yellowcard to Australia and Frontier Touring can now confirm that we will be bringing them back to tour Australia in July. This time the band will also be taking Mayday Parade on the road with them! Back in action with their seventh studio album Lift A Sail (out through Cooking Vinyl Australia […]

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IN THIS MOMENT to unleash ‘BLACK WIDOW’ this November

IN THIS MOMENT to unleash ‘BLACK WIDOW’ this November

LA based hard rockers In This Moment have announced that their eagerly awaited new album Black Widow will arrive in Australia on November 14 via Atlantic Records. Produced by longtime collaborator – and multiple GRAMMY® Award nominee – Kevin Churko (Five Finger Death Punch, Ozzy Osbourne), Black Widow will be available for pre-order on October 7th. The first single, Sick Like Me is available now. “Black Widow is definitely […]

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GYROSCOPE Announce “Sound Shattering Sound (10 Years On)” National Tour

GYROSCOPE Announce “Sound Shattering Sound (10 Years On)” National Tour

In 2004, a time when baggy pants ruled, Daryl Somers believed in comebacks and two loved-up swamp ogres starred in the year’s highest grossing film, 4 friends from Perth known collectively as GYROSCOPE unleashed their first album on the world. Today, GYROSCOPE are proud to announce they are diving into the past and hitting the road to celebrate its 10th birthday with the Sound Shattering […]

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ED KOWALCZYK “I ALONE ACOUSTIC TOUR” – Australia 2014

ED KOWALCZYK “I ALONE ACOUSTIC TOUR” – Australia 2014

Live Nation is thrilled to present Ed Kowalczyk – the legendary songwriter and former lead-singer of the multi-platinum rock band, Live, in two very special performances. Kowalczyk brings the “I Alone Acoustic Tour” to his Australian fans in Sydney and Melbourne. Stripped back, intimate and disarming – Ed Kowalczyk will appear onstage with an acoustic guitar, some of rock’s most […]

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AC/DC announce new album ‘ROCK OR BUST’

AC/DC announce new album ‘ROCK OR BUST’

Alberts and Sony Music Entertainment Australia proudly announce the release of ROCK OR BUST, the highly anticipated new studio album from AC/DC, available in Australia on November 28th, 2014. ROCK OR BUST is the band’s first studio album in six years and features 11 new tracks. ROCK OR BUST follows the immensely successful BLACK ICE album, which debuted at #1 […]

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A Night with DEVIN TOWNSEND – October 2014 Guitar Clinics

A Night with DEVIN TOWNSEND – October 2014 Guitar Clinics

The eccentric and musical mastermind that is Devin Townsend will be making his way to Australia this October to take part in a series of Guitar Clinics in association with Thump Music. Devin Townsend, now 30 records into an astonishing career has just raised the stakes, in the form of a new double album, Z, to be released worldwide in […]

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THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS – American Rockers Return Down Under With Pals HAWTHORN HEIGHTS

THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS – American Rockers Return Down Under With Pals HAWTHORN HEIGHTS

American Post Hardcore/ Pop Punk outfit The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are gearing up to grace our shores once more, following sold out shows around the country last year. The U.S five-piece will once again bring crowd favourites ‘Face Down’, ‘Your Guardian Angel’, ‘False Pretense’and ‘Am I The Enemy’ down under, alongside a set of exciting new material from their recently released fourth studio album ‘4’ which, which will be […]

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YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN announces Australia and New Zealand tour

YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN announces Australia and New Zealand tour

Yngwie J. Malmsteen has been blowing minds across the globe with his incredible guitar skills and showmanship for over 35 years and in February 2015, Yngwie and his band will be returning to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in a decade to strike awe into the legions of guitar fans. The Swedish born, but now US based, guitar legend is venerated […]

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TRIVIUM + IN FLAMES MELBOURNE SHOW SOLD OUT WITH SECOND SHOW NOW ADDED!

TRIVIUM + IN FLAMES MELBOURNE SHOW SOLD OUT WITH SECOND SHOW NOW ADDED!

Don’t say we didn’t warn ya!! Rabid fans of TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES have already snapped up all available tickets to the 170 Russell show on Sunday 23 November! We are bloody stoked to announce that both artists have agreed to perform a second and definitely final Melbourne show! Tickets for the newly announced Monday 24 November show at 170 […]

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PINK FLOYD Announces Brand New Album ‘The Endless River’ Set For Release Friday November 7th 2014

PINK FLOYD Announces Brand New Album ‘The Endless River’ Set For Release Friday November 7th 2014

Sony Music Entertainment Australia is proud to announce THE ENDLESS RIVER, the new PINK FLOYD album from David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason. Details were revealed today as the album artwork appeared on buildings in ten International cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Sydney.  The album will be released on Friday, November 7th, 2014 and is produced by David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Youth, and Andy Jackson.   David Gilmour said “THE […]

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THE LIVING END announce three intimate shows this October/November

THE LIVING END announce three intimate shows this October/November

Presented by Crucial Music, Village Sounds and Music Feeds After dropping hints here and there, THE LIVING END are stoked to announce they are performing 3 very special shows in the general NSW area this October and November because, well, they bloody feel like it. TLE fans in Canberra,Wollongong and Sydney will be treated to very intimate, loud live shows featuring all of their biggest hits. These are THE LIVING […]

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THE DEAD DAISIES announce Australia & NZ tour along with new single!

THE DEAD DAISIES announce Australia & NZ tour along with new single!

Contemporary classic rockers, The Dead Daisies, are set to hit the road again and do a number of huge shows across Australia and New Zealand in November and December, along with releasing a second single, “Angel In Your Eyes”, from their Face I Love EP.   The Dead Daisies will headline shows in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Sydney, as well as a much-anticipated performance in […]

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THE DEAD DAISIES share video “Love” with more than 5000 fans

THE DEAD DAISIES share video “Love” with more than 5000 fans

Contemporary classic rockers, The Dead Daisies, have released their new video for “Face I Love” – a tribute to their fans from around the globe.   The video features photo submissions from more than 5000 fans globally via the “Face I Love” App, which launched the single and invited fans to upload pictures of themselves, or any face they love, to […]

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