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Paramore - Photo by Annette Geneva

Paramore – Soundwave Festival, Sydney – February 24, 2013

Date: Sunday 24 February 2013 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Photos by: Annette Geneva Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link… Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer    

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Motion City Soundtrack, Early November, Deaf Havana – The Factory Theatre, Sydney – February 28, 2013

Motion City Soundtrack, Early November, Deaf Havana – The Factory Theatre, Sydney – February 28, 2013

Sydney. Thank you for your amazing last day of summer and your ridiculous rain that currently sees me in a cab stuck in traffic on my way to the Factory Theatre to catch Motion City Soundtrack, The Early November and hopefully Deaf Havana, but that all depends on how fast Mr Cab Driver can get me there. Ok. I made […]

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Linkin Park - Photo by Annette Geneva

Linkin Park – Soundwave Festival, Sydney – February 24, 2013

Date: Sunday 24 February 2013 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Photos by: Annette Geneva Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link… Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer Linkin Park – Photo by Annette Geneva Linkin Park – Photo by Annette Geneva        

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Mike D’Antonio, Joel Stroetzel & Justin Foley of Killswitch Engage

Mike D’Antonio, Joel Stroetzel & Justin Foley of Killswitch Engage

“It’s a great way to come down here and get the most people, like the most bang for your buck with people watching because we don’t get here that often but when we do get here and see tonnes of people it’s a really great way to get our band out as much as possible.” From Bio: Sometimes, a much-loved […]

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Gallows - Photo by Annette Geneva

Gallows – Soundwave Festival, Sydney – February 24, 2013

Date: Sunday 24 February 2013 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Photos by: Annette Geneva Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link… Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer

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Ian Berney of Birds of Tokyo

Ian Berney of Birds of Tokyo

“The whole idea of this record is like a very communal based thing like engaging people as listeners and it’s a record for a listener rather than a record for musicians or about a singer in the band or the band itself.  The idea of being able to read it as a headline sort of connected the community to the […]

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‘Up In The Air’ new single from Thirty Seconds To Mars rockets into space tomorrow… literally…

‘Up In The Air’ new single from Thirty Seconds To Mars rockets into space tomorrow… literally…

“UP IN THE AIR” – FIRST SINGLE FROM THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS NEW ALBUM ROCKETS INTO SPACE TOMORROW – First Copy Of Single Travels From Cape Canaveral To International Space Station In SpaceX Dragon Cargo Capsule  – “Up In The Air” Set For March 19 Release Thirty Seconds To Mars new single “Up In The Air” will be launched into […]

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Northlane Announce New Album Release New Single & Music Video

Northlane Announce New Album Release New Single & Music Video

On the eve of the Soundwave festival performances, UNFD are proud to announce the release of Northlane’s highly anticipated second album, “Singularity”. To celebrate the announcement Northlane have released a new music video for the track, “Quantum Flux” unveiled today via the viral site singularity2013.com. The track is also available on iTunes. “Singularity” will be released on Friday 22 March, just […]

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BLACK SABBATH add ADELAIDE to their 2013 Australian tour!

BLACK SABBATH add ADELAIDE to their 2013 Australian tour!

BLACK SABBATH With Special Guests SHIHAD – CITY OF CHURCHES – PREPARE FOR THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS!! – ONE SHOW ONLY! BLACK SABBATH– the band credited with creating heavy metal and one of the most influential bands of all time – has heeded South Australian pleas, confirming that their first Australian tour in nearly 40 years will now include Adelaide […]

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Bullet For My Valentine - Photo by Inside Edge Photography

Bullet For My Valentine, Cancer Bats, Miss May I – The Hi-Fi, Sydney – February 27, 2013

Tonight, it’s time to get a little heavy in my Sidewave week, so it seemed like the right thing to do to go and check out the perfectly matched trio of Miss May I, Cancer Bats and Bullet For My Valentine for a night of loud, just loud… Miss May I make their way to the stage and ambitiously call […]

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Anthrax & Fozzy – Hi Fi Bar, Melbourne, Australia – 28 February 2013

Anthrax & Fozzy – Hi Fi Bar, Melbourne, Australia – 28 February 2013

Date: Thursday 28 February 2013 Venue: Hi-Fi Bar, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link…

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Linkin Park and Stone Sour – Sydney Entertainment Centre – February 26, 2013

Linkin Park and Stone Sour – Sydney Entertainment Centre – February 26, 2013

Oh another Sidewave? Don’t mind if I do… This time we’re heading up to Soundwave headliner status with Linkin Park, and along for the ride tonight on this awesomely paired show is Stone Sour. This is shaping up to be a big night and I for one can’t wait to see both of these monster bands who I have had […]

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Iggy & The Stooges announce new album, ‘Ready To Die’

Iggy & The Stooges announce new album, ‘Ready To Die’

”A real fucking group… they also make fucking records. They don’t just go and twiddle around on stage to make a bunch of fucking money” – Iggy Pop Better 40 years later than never: The follow-up to the first record ever to bear the Iggy and the Stooges logo–the immortal proto-punk masterpiece Raw Power–will finally be out April 26, when Warner Music Australia and […]

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Stryper – Bleeding From The Inside Out, new single out now!

Stryper – Bleeding From The Inside Out, new single out now!

STRYPER today released “Bleeding From the Inside Out“, the first digital single off the forthcoming album “Second Coming” due for release on Frontiers Records on March 26th in North America.  The song is one of the 2 original tracks which can be found on this new release (with the other being “Blackened”). The other 14 songs making out the new album are brand […]

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The Gloria Story to return with new album, ‘Born To Lose’

The Gloria Story to return with new album, ‘Born To Lose’

OLD SCHOOL ROCKERS THE GLORIA STORY ARE BACK! – New album, Born to Lose, out April 5! Where bands like Graveyard or Rival Sons explore the heavier stuff from the 70’s, old school rockers The Gloria Story focuses on, and reinvents the more party-oriented sounds of that same decade. The Gloria Story is a mashup of punk rock attitude with hard rock energy […]

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Loaded - Photo by Peter Coates

Loaded, Danko Jones & Fozzy – The Manning Bar, Sydney – February 25, 2013

The wrath of Soundwave continues. In the midst of Sidewave week here we are at The Manning Bar in Sydney tonight to see Danko Jones, Fozzy and Loaded and I’m set for what I know will be a rockin’ night. Danko Jones are up first tonight, this three piece from Canada are in Australia for the first time and doing […]

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Soundwave Festival – Olympic Park, Sydney – 24 February, 2013

Soundwave Festival – Olympic Park, Sydney – 24 February, 2013

Here we are again this time, this year Soundwave is bigger and better than ever before as headlining you have the one and only Metallica. In an amazing turn of events the day before it was torrential rain but today is absolutely marvelous! I know, right, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that the day remains perfect. In with absolutely […]

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Dragonforce & The Sword – Billboard, Melbourne, Australia – 25th February 2013

Dragonforce & The Sword – Billboard, Melbourne, Australia – 25th February 2013

Date: Monday 25 February 2013 Venue: Billboard, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link…

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Melbourne rockers Dirty York announce album launch for ‘Feed The Fiction’

Melbourne rockers Dirty York announce album launch for ‘Feed The Fiction’

DIRTY YORK ‘Feed The Fiction’ Album Launch, Saturday 2nd March www.dirtyyork.com Dirty York have earned a reputation in recent years as a hardworking, charismatic, unpretentious, old school rock ‘n’ roll band. Melbourne’s favourite sons have not only impressed local audiences with their swaggerin’, no holds barred, sweat-soaked performances, but European punters have also taken the lads to heart after they wowed thousands […]

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Aerosmith heading back to Australia on the ‘Global Warming World Tour’ 2013

Aerosmith heading back to Australia on the ‘Global Warming World Tour’ 2013

April’s about to get a whole lot louder with the news that Aerosmith are returning to Australia for the first time in 24 years! McManus Entertainment is excited to announce that legendary rockers Aerosmith will play shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in April and May. A stellar line-up of special guests, including Wolfmother, Grinspoon, Spiderbait, The Dead Daisies, Kingswood […]

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Picture: Markus Tagaris (Gain), John Norum, Magnus Lundbäck (Gain)

John Norum signs record deal with Gain

Europe’s lead guitarist John Norum has signed a record deal with Gain/Sony Music. He will shortly enter the studio and record his new solo album, due to be released in September. John Norum released his first solo album ”Total control” in 1987 and has made eight solo albums in total since then. The latest album “Play Yard Blues” came out […]

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Blink-182 – Allphones Arena, Sydney – February 20, 2013

Blink-182 – Allphones Arena, Sydney – February 20, 2013

As I walk through Sydney Olympic Park tonight there are many a barrier, food van and ride sitting there in preparation, readiness for Soundwave on Sunday, but as we keep walking and the crowd start making their way in to Allphones Arena tonight they are off to see a show nine years in the making. Yes, it has been nine […]

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The Tea Party – Surprise attack of Australia

The Tea Party – Surprise attack of Australia

In July 2012, The Tea Party made a triumphant return to the stage in Australia with a series of sold out shows across all major capital cities after being apart for almost 8 years. The band made a promise to the fans each night that they would return with new music and they are about to make good on this […]

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Puscifer added to Sydney and Adelaide!

Puscifer added to Sydney and Adelaide!

PUSCIFER ANNOUNCED ON SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL IN SYDNEY AND ADELAIDE! Soundwave Fans in Sydney and Adelaide are in for an extra special treat as PUSCIFER join the already massive lineup! A PUSCIFER live show leads their audience through laughter, tears and reflective enlightenment throughout one night’s performance. It’s a musically driven evening that merges technology, quirky characters and comedy in what […]

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Deen Castronovo of  Journey

Deen Castronovo of Journey

“To write songs for the people and the people can like it, instead of writing something about drugs or chicks, that’s not Journey’s thing, it was more about beautiful ballads, great rock songs with a cool message for the people, they were a band for the people, still is.” As a band for forty years now, with some of the […]

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degreed

degreed

From bio: “degreed is a Stockholm based Melodic Hardrock band formed in the beginning of 2005. After many years of touring, gaining credabillity and fans the band released their critically acclaimed debut album ”life,love,loss” in the fall of 2010 through Melodic Rock Records (Europe/USA), Spinning INC (Japan) and Rambo/Sony Music Entertainment (Sweden). Now the band has once again teamed up […]

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Jason ‘Cone’ McCaslin of Sum 41

Jason ‘Cone’ McCaslin of Sum 41

“We’re looking forward to coming, sucks that we had to cancel last time but we’re ready to come this time and we hope the shows will be good and it will be a fun time. I think this line-up is actually better, it’s probably the best line-up I’ve seen in a long, long time since I’ve been touring, so it’s […]

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Whitesnake to release new live CD/DVD ‘Made In Japan’

Whitesnake to release new live CD/DVD ‘Made In Japan’

Whitesnake NEW DVD/LIVE CD PACKAGE: “MADE IN JAPAN” Multi-platinum rock band Whitesnake to release new DVD/live cd package: “Made in Japan” due out in April on Frontiers Records Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of legendary rock band Whitesnake’s new DVD/live CD package, MADE IN JAPAN. MADE IN JAPAN is set for release on April 19th in Europe (22nd in the UK) and April […]

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Coheed and Cambria – The Afterman: Descension

Coheed and Cambria – The Afterman: Descension

In summary: A perfect companion and conclusion to The Afterman storyline concept. Musically and lyrically heartfelt and one to definitely check out. Following on from 2012’s ‘The Afterman: Ascension’ here only a few months later Coheed and Cambria bring us part two of this opus in ‘The Afterman: Descension’ and if it’s anything like the first then this will be […]

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Alice In Chains Announce May 2013 Release For New Album

Alice In Chains Announce May 2013 Release For New Album

Alice In Chains have announced a May 2013 release for their highly anticipated new album, THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE. Fueling excitement is the first track “Hollow,” which was initially released as a lyric video but has taken on a life of its own, hitting No. 1 on the US Mainstream Rock radio chart and closing in on No. 1 on […]

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