In a night guaranteed to make fans salivate, ROB ZOMBIE and KORN will take to the stage in Sydney and Melbourne with a feral, fiery and live ferocity that will be unmatchable! A rock icon and auteur filmmaker with insight and unlimited vision, ROB ZOMBIE has continuously challenged audiences as he stretches the boundaries of music, film, and publishing. As […]

Rock juggernaut’s ALTER BRIDGE will be strutting the stages in Sydney and Melbourne and joined by none other than funk-metal royalty LIVING COLOUR for a series of incredibly special Sidewave shows!! ALTER BRIDGE have firmly placed themselves as one of the most routinely acclaimed and adored hard rock bands on the planet. With 3 brilliant albums already under their belt […]

Buried In Verona have a message for anyone that has ever doubted them; Go fuck yourself. That message is delivered alongside the news that the Sydney metal band will release their fourth studio album, Faceless, on March 7 via UNFD. Fans have already had a taste of the record via it’s searing fan-track “Splintered“, which was released late last year. Next […]

For nearly 30 years, Germanys biggest export in thrash metal, KREATOR, have proven to be persistent, innovative and an unstoppable force. Their legendary status has influenced many current bands and they are part of the “Teutonic Big 4’’ alongside Destruction, Sodom & Tankard. Since their inception in 1982 they have released 13 raw, powerful and explosive studio albums. KREATOR successfully blended influences from US Thrash contemporaries Metallica, […]

TAKING BACK SUNDAY TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘HAPPINESS IS’, OUT 19 MARCH – Includes instant download of “Flicker, Fade”  Featured on The Cover Of The February “Most Anticipated” Issue of Alternative Press Magazine: Hear Album Version Of  “Flicker, Fade” HERE Taking Back Sunday will release their new album, Happiness Is, on March 19 via Hopeless Records/ Unified produced by Marc Jacob Hudson (Saves […]

STEEL PANTHER NEW ALBUM ALL YOU CAN EAT SLATED FOR RELEASE MARCH 28TH ON OPEN E RECORDS VIA KOBALT LABEL SERVICES Pre-order All You Can Eat online! The Sunset Strip’s hottest export, Steel Panther, is back and ready to unleash their third full-length album, All You Can Eat, on the world. The 12-track masterpiece is slated to hit stands March 28th in Australia […]

On the Friday 11th April, 2014 the ‘Catacombs of the Black Vatican’ will be opened in Australia and New Zealand…. And Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society will finally reveal the secrets that lie deep within! ‘Catacombs of the Black Vatican’ (to be released via Bullet Proof AU / Universal Music Australia) is the first all new studio LP from Zakk […]

Monday, January 13, 2014 – If there’s one thing to be said about NYC’s BAYSIDE, it’s that they are fiercely true to themselves and to their art. In their 13 years as a band, they’ve weathered their ups and downs without changing who they are or their sound. The four rock stalwarts mark their return with a new label and brand new […]

THE DEAD DAISIES BACK HOME TO ROCK AUSTRALIA! Announce Tour Dates & Release anticipated self-titled Debut Album. Album: “The Dead Daisies” – Release date: 7th February, 2014 SYDNEY, Australia (January 13, 2014) – Australia will have the chance to welcome back one of their hottest musical exports in years when The Dead Daisies kick off a series of shows supporting […]

Big Day Out presents BEADY EYE Big Day Out 2014 Sideshows We are proud to announce that BEADY EYE will be playing one very special headline show while they are in Australia for Big Day Out 2014. Featuring Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock from the legendary OASISand Jay Mehler from Kasabian, BEADY EYE have picked up where Oasis left off, releasing […]

Returning in January 2014, twenty of Australia’s most loved musicians, TV, sports and media personalities will embark on an epic motorcycle adventure between the Gold Coast and Melbourne Big Day Outs. 1500 miles, music, mates and machines coming together for headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. Rock N Ride founders Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon) and Adam Zammit (Big Day Out […]

Big Day Out and Soundwave Touring present DEFTONES Big Day Out 2014 Sideshows The DEFTONES live show isn’t one that’s easily forgotten. After selling out their last Australian tour in support of their latest album Koi No Yokan, crowds of thousands were left desperate for more. “a gritty, grinding showstopper of metal and unapologetic energy.”  – Consequence of Sound As one of the […]

KillRockStar Entertainment and Tombowler present post-punk instigators Gang Of Four in Australia to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their classic album Entertainment! and all the hits that followed! Entertainment! was a rare bird for its time,  an enthralling amalgam of punk, funk and angular rock that signalled a changing-of-the-guard ushering in of the post- punk era. Released in 1979, this […]

Many doomsayers are writing rock’s obituary. But if you’re under the impression that rock is dead, just check out Palace Of The King’s second EP – Palace Of The King II: Moon & Mountain. Rock lives! And you can see it come to life when Palace Of The King launch Moon & Mountain at Cherry Bar on February 1st, 2014. […]

Respected Aussie rock outfit The Superjesus is hitting the road for the Australia Day long weekend, celebrating in fine style with three live shows.  They’ll kick off on 24th January at Waves Wollongong, then head to Bateau Bay Hotel on the 25th, with a massive Australia Day gig on 26th January at Garrison Point, Bankstown. Following their successful ‘Reformation’ tour […]

New Jersey’s The Gaslight Anthem are set to release The B-Sides on January 31. The B-Sides features 11 tracks recorded between 2008 and 2011 and includes studio track ‘She Loves You’, rare acoustic takes on some of the band’s biggest songs, an inspired version of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tumbling Dice’, sparse covers of songs by Fake Problems and Lightning Dust, a ripping live version of […]

Chugg Entertainment are thrilled to confirm that Pearl Jam’s notorious lead singer, Eddie Vedder, will be embarking on a long-awaited solo tour this coming February.  Following Pearl Jam’s headline slot on the Big Day Out’s national dates, Vedder will return to the stage in solo mode for a string of extraordinarily special theatre shows; live and intimate. The tour will […]

YOU ME AT SIX RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘FRESH START FEVER’ – ?FOURTH ALBUM ‘CAVALIER YOUTH’ SET FOR AUS RELEASE ON JAN 31 British alt-rock juggernaut You Mix At Six continue to hurtle from strength to strength in 2013, driven by the release of the bombastic second single from their forthcoming Cooking Vinyl album Cavalier Youth (Out Jan 31). Cavalier Youth is the bands’ fourth […]

“We’ve never done as much as we did this year,” says Wil Wagner of a year that saw The Smith Street Band play shows in Europe, the UK and America, appear on the Big Day Out, Falls Festival and Meredith line ups and release a 10” inch EP, Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams.  As their profile has catapulted, it has […]

On Sunday December 1st KARNIVOOL won their first ever ARIA Award taking out the gong for Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album for their current release and third album ‘Asymmetry’ which was also their first ever number one debut on the ARIA album charts. As announced in October KARNIVOOL and good mates Dead Letter Circus will hit the road on […]

SKID ROW/ UGLY KID JOE add AUSTRALIAN dates to co-headline tour SKID ROW and UGLY KID JOE bring their co-headline tour to Australia in April 2014. The bands are currently touring Europe together having completed a hugely successful run of dates across the UK. With combined sales of millions of albums, each band will play a full set of the […]

Thanks to our friends at Warner Music Australia, we have five copies of the new tour edition album of KID ROCK’s ‘Rebel Soul’ to give away to five of our lucky readers, check out what it’s all aboutHERE.  Kid Rock is in Australia for the first time on tour with Bon Jovi and has released this edition just for Australia.  Would […]

In a late blast and flurry Big Day Out is excited to announce three new artists to the 2014 lineup. So without any further ado… We have replaced our departing Brit pop band with other members of English rock ’n’ roll royalty BEADY EYE, who are heading to Australia for the first time ever. Founded in 2009 by Oasis members Liam Gallagher, Gem […]

Periphery represents the vanguard of addictive, chaotic, challenging and cathartically inviting heavy music for the modern era. Their triple-guitar attack and rhythmic dexterity has won them devoted adherents across underground subcultures, regardless of whether those fans were weaned on the passion-fuelled sounds of progressive rock from bands like Dream Theater or Rush or modern avant-garde rock bands like Deftones. The new experimental recording, Clear, represents […]

After erupting back onto the scene with bold soul-rock shot ‘Under Your Skin’ — his first release in over four years, which was promptly added to high rotation on triple j — Dan Sultan and his band are thrilled to announce a capital city tour for February and March 2014. Dan’s upcoming tour will give fans an opportunity to hear […]

Hot on the heels of the news that The Rolling Stones will open Adelaide Oval, comes confirmation of another six spectacular Rolling Stones shows for Australia and New Zealand.  Frontier Touring & AEG Live today unveil a string of very special ONE NIGHT ONLY shows in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland and Victoria’s iconic Hanging Rock as part of the […]

ARIA nominated Papa vs Pretty have unveiled their new single ‘Smother’ via a special hotline, ahead of its release this Friday 6th December.  Fans can call the Smother Hotline (1300-552-550) to hear the new single and in turn leave a message for the band. The video for ‘Smother’ will be revealed in the coming weeks. ‘Smother’ is the second single […]

“One of the pillars of British indie rock.” – The Guardian “To say that Edwyn is fêted by the UK indie community would be an understatement. The former Orange Juice man can barely walk down the street without a member of Franz or The Cribs bursting out of a café door and laying down their cape in front of him.” […]

“Where I’m going’s where I’m at.” So says Kid Rock on the title track of his ninth studio album. And considering everywhere Rock has gone during the past 22 years, we can have faith that we’re headed for another fascinating, galvanizing, eyebrow-raising, endlessly surprising, at the very least interesting trip when he lands in December for his very first tour […]

Canadian Rockers, Simple Plan are set to treat fans with their new EP, Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!  available today.  The EP is a collection of songs the band wrote during the recording of their last album Get Your Heart On!  “We came up with over 75 songs for Get Your Heart On! and it was a […]