“I think for all three of us it gave us the opportunity to stop, and look back and appreciate everything that we’ve been through and we’ve done and we’ve accomplished.” From Release: Sixx:A.M. will release Hits on October 22 via Better Noise Music. The album is a retrospective celebration of the iconic band’s biggest hits and fan-favourite songs, that will also include […]

Rock fans on a whole, rejoice. 2022 brings in a new summertime festival just in time for our lockdown shackles to be removed and for us to rediscover the simple joys of live music and community. Uncaged (Presented by Silverback Touring) is the newest rock festival on the Australian festival circuit and packs a punch of musical diversity catering to fans […]

Frontier Touring are thrilled to welcome Dublin three-piece, The Script, back to Australia, four years since their last headline shows down under.  The group will touch down next September for four stellar performances in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth as part of their Greatest Hits Tour 2022. Kicking off on Thursday 15 September 2022 at Riverstage, Brisbane the tour will head to Sydney‘s Aware Super Theatre on […]

What was to be the biggest stadium rock tour of 2021 is moving to Summer 2022! TEG DAINTY announced today that Guns N’ Roses massive Australian tour will move to new dates in November and December 2022 due to Covid-19. For all the fans who have purchased tickets to the highest grossing tour of 2021, it’s very simple, just hold onto your ticket and you will […]

Silverback Touring is ecstatic to announce and introduce Australia’s newest rock festival: UNCAGED. Kicking off in 2022, UNCAGED is a new rock festival experience with a diversely curated line up of hard rock, punk, metal and more. The initial offering will be an all Australian and Kiwi affair and will play out in some of Australia’s best known festival spaces. Head of Silverback Touring, Danny Bazzi says of the festival, […]

“Even though we’ve always been a political band wanting to sing about equality and against injustice and everything from the beginning, and still do.” If anger is an energy, then ‘Old Gods’ – Shihad’s 10th studio album – could singlehandedly power our capital city for a year. ‘Old Gods’ is a step into fury for frontman Jon Toogood whose lyrics […]

Black Label Society announced their 11th studio album, Doom Crew Inc., out November 26 via Spinefarm. The album will be available digitally, on CD and on 2-disc vinyl via three limited colour variants (details below) Exclusive vinyl variants: – White x 2000 Silver x 2000 Grey/marble x 2000 Additionally, Spinefarm have created an extra-special loaded & limited box, including grey/marble vinyl, cassette, CD, t-shirt, pin badge, enamel badge […]

Grammy-winning hard rock band Halestorm today revealed “Back From The Dead,” their first new song since 2018’s album Vicious, and the first single from an upcoming album due in 2022. The video of “Back From The Dead” is also streaming now via YouTube.  Directed by Dustin Haney (Noah Cyrus, Luke Combs) and produced by Revolution Pictures, the clip features Lzzy and the band in a morgue and cemetery somewhere between […]

New York City band to watch, TEMPT, who are already getting buzz from the likes of Loudwire, just dropped their new, infectious single “Living Dangerous,” via Better Noise Music.  The track features Dorothy Martin, acclaimed lead singer of the female-led rock act Dorothy. The record was produced and mixed by the legendary Chris Lord-Alge, who has worked with iconic bands such as U2, Green Day, and My Chemical Romance. Bursting […]

The Darkness have unleashed the first taste and title track of their forthcoming opus Motorheart out November 19th via Cooking Vinyl. Paying homage to a devoted sex robot, ‘Motorheart’ growls, pounds and stomps with Rufus Taylor’s drums, Frankie Poullain’s bass and Justin & Dan Hawkins’ guitars all turned up to 11, whilst Justin’s trademark vocals soar to ever more earthquaking levels. Regarding the […]

Parlophone Records is thrilled to announce the release of IRON MAIDEN’s 17th studio album Senjutsu, their first in 6 years, on September 3rd. It was recorded in Paris with longstanding producer Kevin Shirley and co-produced by Steve Harris. It was preceded on Thursday 15th July by an already highly acclaimed animated video for the first single “The Writing On The Wall” made by BlinkInk based on a concept by Bruce […]

IRON MAIDEN today revealed their brand-new track, “The Writing On The Wall“, with an eagerly anticipated global YouTube video premiere. The song was written by Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith & lead singer Bruce Dickinson, produced by Kevin Shirley and co-produced by Maiden bassist and founder-member Steve Harris. Bruce Dickinson initially had a concept for the video which came to fruition in collaboration with two Award-winning former Pixar executives […]

Australia’s maniacal rock-fusioneers Twelve Foot Ninja snuck back into the world’s eyes and ears last month with the stealthy drop of their single Long Way Home, the first taste of new music since their album OUTLIER in 2016. That single came with a 2D platformer videogame. Fans who collected all 12 brick phones in the game discovered they could unlock the band’s music video for Long Way […]

World-renowned guitarist/songwriter Mark Tremonti is back with his fifth album from his solo band, Tremonti. The new album, entitled Marching In Time, is scheduled for global release on September 24 via Napalm Records and is available for pre-order now. Mark Tremonti is no stranger to storytelling. Throughout his years with top-charting bands Alter Bridge and Creed, and most recently his solo band, Mark has never […]

Kiwi rock icons Shihad have announced their new album ‘Old Gods’ will be released on August 27th, 2021. Alongside the announcement, the band have released a taste of the album with opening track “Tear Down Those Names“ and revealed they will also embark on their first Australian headline tour since 2018. They will be blasting around the country in October to deliver the new and classic songs […]

“Whenever this band is faced with a lot adversity we always make our best records…” Buckcherry will release their 9th studio album Hellbound on June 25th.  The 10-track record was produced by Marti Frederiksen, who previously produced the band’s 4th album, Black Butterfly, and co-wrote one of their biggest hits ‘Sorry.’ Frederiksen co-wrote the majority of the album along with […]

Oh hey everyone, it’s been far too long since I’ve done an album review (sorry!) But when something like this album comes along, I feel it’s my duty to get the word out. Now… If you’re not familiar with Rock Sugar, well how can I explain it? They take songs from different genres and put them together to make magic. […]

Today, Bullet For My Valentine announce their self-titled, seventh album Bullet For My Valentine. The record will be released on October 22 via Spinefarm / Search & Destroy and sees the band open a bold new chapter. It’s easily their heaviest, fiercest album so far. “This is the beginning of Bullet 2.0,” says vocalist and lead guitarist Matt Tuck. “It signifies where we are right now. The music is fresh, it’s aggressive, […]

My Chemical Romance (aka MCR/My Chem) have today announced an Australian arena tour for 2022, the band’s first Australian shows since their appearance at Big Day Out festival in 2012. MCR will perform their highly anticipated shows at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Monday, March 14, followed by concerts at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Thursday, March 17 and Qudos Bank […]

Sydney heavy rock outfit, Bad Moon Born, show no signs of slowing down this year with the release of a moving new single, ‘Reins.’ The track delves into the experience of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, told from the perspective of the group’s singer and lyricist, Jordan Von Grae, and is accompanied by an emotional and poignant music video. […]

There is something special about rock ’n’ roll and the blues. Both unique in their own way and both ridiculously amazing when blended together. Don’t believe it? Ask Rival Sons, Black Stone Cherry and The Black Crowes. In 2021, what is old is new again, with a modern twist. They are calling it the New Wave of Classic Rock. Make of it what […]

BLUESFEST RISES MIDNIGHT OIL TO HEADLINE OPENING NIGHT – FRI 1st OCT PAUL KELLY TO HEADLINE SAT 2ND OCT TASH SULTANA & JIMMY BARNES RETURN AS SATURDAY & SUNDAY HEADLINERS Festival Director, Peter Noble OAM today announced: Who would have thought after the cancellation of Bluesfest last Easter by a Public Health Order, less than 24 hours before our gates were due to open, due […]

Tribute shows excite and polarise equally but there is no denying the thirst for nostalgia currently in Australia with the re-emergence of a vibrant tribute scene. Long gone is the stigma of “just a cover band” or as Danny Bazzi, from Silverback Touring, puts it, “tribute shows are now far from those which you would just catch, conveniently, while hitting your local […]

Devils in Heaven started out as a school covers band in Launceston, Tasmania during the mid-1980’s. After a couple of years of gigging around Tasmania, the boys left their comfy confines in March 1989 and joined the thriving Northern Queensland circuit of touring bands. It was a baptism by fire, but the boys learned to adapt to different type of […]

Tribute shows excite and polarise equally but there is no denying the thirst for nostalgia currently in Australia with the re-emergence of a vibrant tribute scene. Long gone is the stigma of “just a cover band” or as Danny Bazzi, from Silverback Touring, puts it, “tribute shows are now far from those which you would just catch, conveniently, while hitting your […]

“I tell people we haven’t progressed, it’s like I like what we were doing early on, we’re not trying to go out of our way…” From Release: Founded in 1974, Cheap Trick are an indisputable American institution, beloved around the globe for their instantly identifiable, hugely influential, brand of pop rock ‘n’ roll. The band – Robin Zander (vocals, rhythm […]

Sydney metalcore outfit Polaris are stoked to announce the Vagabond Tour which will see the band hit regional spots on the east coast throughout June with special guests, Deadlights. “It’s turned out to be kind of ironic that the lyrics of “Vagabond” mention this idea that “nowhere feels like home”, which was originally a reference to constantly being on the move when we were […]

After thrilling their legion of fans by surprise dropping the blistering and brand new track Devastation —see above for early press praise— gold-selling, Columbus, Ohio-based rock band Beartooth have announced details regarding their fourth studio album Below. Fans can pre-order the album, which will arrive on June 25 via Red Bull Records, here. “Below is by far my favourite album I’ve made to date,” says frontman Caleb Shomo. “It covers the dark side of […]

Australia has long held a reputation as a breeding ground for world class bands across the entire rock spectrum. In 2021, this continues to ring true. Silverback Touring are proud to announce “Home Brewed”, a series of festival style shows across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane showcasing some of the best local talent each city has to offer. Whether you’re a fan of straight […]

“When I was a young man I used to write songs about chasing girls and drinking too much like we all do. I’m too old for that now so I’ve got to look at the world around me and draw inspiration from that.” From Release: British hard-rock heroes, Thunder, have announced the release of their 13th studio album ‘All The […]