Lennard Promotions present legendary songwriter Don McLean In Concert across Australia in August 2013. Don McLean galvanised a generation with his timeless hit American Pie, as each generation since its release has discovered, the poignant lyricism and unforgettable melody stirs deep emotion and empathy from all who encounter it, once it has visited it never leaves the heart of the […]

THE ONLY PLACE IN AUSTRALIA TO BE IS YOUR LOCAL MUSIC STORE  Record Store Day Australia is shaping up to be one of the best ever.  Russell Morris has been announced as Ambassador for the day: There is an exciting variety of limited edition Vinyl Releases and the in-store appearances and activity is starting to hot up right across the country. […]

In my final Bluesfest sideshow I’m here at the Metro for a nice chilled out night of acoustic rock in the guise of Newton Faulkner, a performer I’ve not seen before and am looking forward to doing so as I’ve been a fan of his work for quite some time, always intrigued by the one man band aspect of his […]

Germany’s rockers Torpedohead have released a brand new video for “Red City Lights”, the second promo single of the band’s successful album “Greetings From Heartbreak Key”. The harmonica-flavored “Red City Lights” is a stripped down country-folk acoustic tune that spotlights a different side of Torpedohead. The track was recorded live at home in the kitchen with no overdubs. The video […]

“Resilience” well if ever there’s a band that typifies this word, it’s Drowning Pool.  Since the breakthrough hit Bodies blasted the band through speakers worldwide back in 2001, the band were hit with the tragic death of vocalist Dave Williams in 2002.  Releasing three albums in the years since, with two different vocalists, now in 2013, the band have just […]

“I’ve heard some things about the crowds, for example Floor Jansen from Nightwish said on their recent tour that the crowds were really wild, crazy and amazing and that we will have a great time over there. So that definitely raised my expectations, so I really look forward to the shows.” The last 12 months or so, sure have seen […]

ENGLAND’S FAVOURITE PUNK ROCK TROUBADOUR RELEASES NEW ALBUM TAPE DECK HEART ON APRIL 19 Following a year that saw a headline sold out Wembley Arena and a performance at the London Olympics Opening Ceremony, Winchester-born folk/punk hero Frank Turner will release Tape Deck Heart, his highly anticipated fifth studio album on April 19, 2013.   Produced and mixed by Rich […]

Thanks to our friends at Univeral Music Australia, we have five copies of the highly anticipated new from Fall Out Boy awesomely titled ‘Save Rock and Roll’ to give away to five of our lucky readers.  You should have heard the newest single ‘My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)’, but if you want to […]

 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘SPORTS’ WITH REMASTERED DELUXE EDITION (OUT 13th May) AND U.S. TOUR, AS ALBUM NEARS RIAA DIAMOND CERTIFICATION Huey Lewis and The News’ 1983 ‘Sports’ album spawned four Top 10 hit singles (and another that cracked the Top 20), iconic music videos, and sold almost 10 million copies.  To celebrate the […]

American punk band The Transplants are finally back with a ferocious new album called In A Warzone, which hits the street this June 28th via Epitaph records. “When we started this band 13 years ago, we weren’t worried about who was going to like us,” states front-man Rob Aston. “We still aren’t. In A Warzone is more raw and stripped […]

So it seems like it was only a few months ago that I saw The Script at The Metro and it was, actually it was September. At that time I was surprised by their return so soon for this arena tour in April, but as I enter the Entertainment Centre tonight I am blown away by how many people are […]

In 25 words or less: “This is a solid album full of catchy, fist pumping songs that you should check out…” You may or may not have heard of Authority Zero, I’m in the later of that statement, but I was surprised to find out that they have been a band for the best part of almost ten years and […]

NEON TREES – LIGHTING UP MELBOURNE & SYDNEY STAGES The Frontier Touring Company has announced that Utah rockers Neon Trees will be tearing up Melbourne and Sydney with a special one off performance in each city this May! The band is set to perform their infectious brand of pop rock at Ding Dong Lounge in Melbourne and The Standard in […]

“I don’t know, I think at this point in my life I was ready. I had a lot of great material and just wanted to do it you know? I think I owe this… you know I want people to see the other side of me…” Richie Ramone is known as the fastest, most powerful drummer who ever played with […]

I first introduced you to these kick ass melodic rockers back in September last year 2012 and warned you then that their debut album 364 was on the way, well that time is now, 364 has now been unveiled to the world and it’s sure been tickling my fancy since my ears got a hold of it a few weeks […]

Swedish Axeman MAGNUS KARLSSON to release his debut solo project FREE FALL in June on Frontiers ! Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of MAGNUS KARLSSON’S FREE FALL debut album on June 11th in North America and June 14th in Europe. Magnus Karlsson started his cooperation with Frontiers Records in the year 2000 when his band LAST TRIBE […]

“How much can we push ourselves and shock ourselves and be loud and we just want to make really earthy music, music that makes our bodies move and makes other people’s bodies move that’s like kind of rock and roll, it’s hedonistic, it’s a hedonistic genre, it’s music that people want to drink to, fuck to and dance to and […]

“This album represents everything we need to do right now.  This is our whole identity, this is it, there’s no turning back for us, it’s now or never, if this doesn’t work out for us then we had our chance…and we blew it, we have to, have to make this album work.” Escape The Fate, well there’s a band that’s […]

Going way back over a decade, I caught the Counting Crows here in Australia on the back of their new release at the time, Hard Candy.  I walked away having witnessed a show that I ranked as one of the best live performances I had seen, a feeling that’s still stuck with me here in 2013.  So tonight heading into […]

Jimmy Eat World will release their seventh studio album ‘Damage’ on June 7th 2013. ‘Damage’ is the follow up to 2010’s critically-acclaimed ‘Invented’, and the first release on their label partner RCA Records. ‘Damage’ was produced by Jimmy Eat World and Alain Johannes (Mark Lanegan, Chris Cornell) and recorded in Autumn 2012 at the producer’s Los Angeles home studio. Mixing […]

Thanks to our friends at Sony Music Australia, we have five copies of the amazing new Bring Me The Horizon album ‘Sempiternal’ to give away to five of our lucky readers.  You may have heard the singles ‘Sleepwalking’ or ‘Shadow Moses’ already, but if you want to hear what else they’ve come up with on this killer release, well you […]

Fresh off ZZ Top’s Australian Tour, The Dead Daisies are set to release their lead single ‘Lock ’N’ Load’ (single artwork pictured to the right). Featuring the signature guitar riffs of Slash and laced with Jon Stevens’ trademark vocals this classic track will rock you to your very core. “Slash and I wrote ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’ which was recorded with […]

TWO FULL DAY SUPER CONCERTS! – A celebration of music, life & freedom! Aerosmith set to join the Saturday line-up! – Billy Joel, Van Halen and Aerosmith all performing full 90 minute sets  Billy Joel and Van Halen’s only Australian shows! For Immediate Release: Thursday, 4 April, 2013: With just over TWO weeks to go until the first ever STONE […]

Easter Monday, and with yet another Bluesfest sideshow hitting Sydney. This time it’s an all-out party with the likes of The Dropkick Murphy’s, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls and the Swingin’ Utters. I’ve made it here in time to catch The Swingin’ Utters, as has the moderate crowd, so let’s see how they go! Immediately the band inflict their […]

Lennard Promotions present a musical evening spanning four decades of hits with legendary musician, songwriter, producer and musical visionary Todd Rundgren. A Wizard, A True Star. The title of Todd Rundgren’s 1973 solo album aptly sums up the contributions of this multi-faceted artist to state-of-the-art music. As a songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, and, most […]

(New York, NY) – Fans of bluesy hard rock and killer riffs can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide premiere of the sexy new video for Burning Rain‘s track “My Lust Your Fate” on Noisecreep.  The single is taken from the forthcoming album, EPIC OBSESSION, which will be released on May 21st in North America via Frontiers Records and can be pre-ordered here.  Burning Rain is current Whitesnake […]

MÖTLEY CRÜE THEY’RE COMING BACK…  SEPTEMBER 18 – OCTOBER 6, 2013  Tickets on-sale Friday at 10am! Tweet it: They’re coming back! @MotleyCrue returns for 2nd residency @TheJointLV @HardRockHotelLV, 9/18 – 10/6. On sale Fri at 10a! #MotleyReturns Las Vegas, NV (April 2, 2013) – The world’s most notorious band will be coming back to the world’s most notorious city this fall, when Mötley […]

April 2nd, 2013 – ADLER the new band led by former Guns N Roses drummer Steven Adler announced today the European dates for their BACK FROM THE DEAD TOUR. The first European show kicks off September 20th at Underground in Koln, Germany. ADLER is currently finalizing the South American leg of the “Back From The Dead Tour” which is slated […]

In this day and age its almost inevitable, the album leak, I don’t like it, think it’s completely unfair, all I know is that artists take a lot of time and money creating an album for their fans and when those months of labour and love are just given away well you can kind of see how that’s a little […]

TWELVE FOOT NINJA KILLS & EATS INTERNET TROLL BREAKING: Twelve Foot Ninja respond to an internet troll with dismemberment and cannibalism. It’s a tale of delicious retribution dealt out in the name of those who’ve experienced the cowardly blows of the infamous ‘keyboard warrior’. If successful, it will break the record for Australia’s most ambitious music industry crowd funding campaign! […]