Date: Monday 29th August, 2011 Venue: The Palace, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)

Official Bio: As with most musical endeavors, Redcoats started in a suburban lounge room back in 2007. Rhys and Andrew, who travelled through primary and high school together, were later joined by vocalist Emilio. They gradually worked their way from the lounge room into the thriving Melbourne live scene. In 2009, Neil moved from the country town of Bendigo and landed […]

“Mick and Phil and Trevor as writers, have still got lots of creativity left in them.  It’s like trying to tell Picasso, sorry mate you have to stop painting because you are too old.  It’s in their blood, writers write, musicians play music…” Uriah Heep’s unique, progressive, classic rock sound has made them a mainstay of the rock circuit for […]

“It’s Rock, some of it is, some of it’s not rock, that’s always the case. We’ve always had a bit of both you know…” 20 years ago The Baby Animals burst onto the Australian music scene and took it by storm. With hit after hit from their debut self titled album, selling 8 x platinum, numerous awards and what turned […]

In what is sure to be one of the most talked-about alliances of the year, New York king of avant-rock Lou Reed has teamed up with best-selling hard rock band Metallica to record a brand-new album, entitled Lulu, which will be released by Vertigo Records on October 31st 2011. The album was co-produced by Reed, Metallica, Hal Willner (who has produced albums for Reed, Marianne Faithfull, […]

ROADRUNNER RECORDS is pleased to announce a new worldwide partnership with Anthem Records and rock trio RUSH. The band will remain on Anthem/Universal Music in Canada only. “We have tremendous respect for Roadrunner Records, and what Cees Wessels and Jonas Nachsin have built on a worldwide level. After years of Roadrunner pursuing the band, Tom Lipsky presented a deal that worked and […]

    Country music’s reigning king and queen, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will tour Australia for the first time together next March, promoters Rob Potts Entertainment Edge and Chugg Entertainment announced today.   The Tim McGraw & Faith Hill / Australia 2012 tour will be the first time the country music superstars have toured together outside of North America, […]

 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES RETURN TO AUSTRALIA TO TOUR WITH ICEHOUSE THE number one selling duo in music history, the pioneers of rock’n’soul, DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES are returning to Australia for their first national tour since 1991. Joining them for what promises to be a truly bedazzling summer concert event is Australia’s own beloved and revered ICEHOUSE. The two […]

Date: Monday 29th August, 2011 Venue: The Palace, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)  

Vocal legends Bobby KIMBALL (Toto) and Jimi JAMISON (Survivor) team up for forthcoming album due out in October “Hold the Line”, “White Sister”, “English Eyes”, “Goodbye Elenore”, “Rosanna”, “Is This Love”, “Burning Heart”, “The Search Is Over”, “High on You”, “I Can’t Hold Back”… These songs from Toto and Survivor are true musical evergreens and are still played on radio […]

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the worldwide release of the second ISSA album entitled “The Storm” on October 14th in Europe and October 18th in North America. Since her debut “Sign of Angels”, the Norwegian Rock Diva has often been compared to such music stars as Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne and Amy Lee (Evanescence). Issa however has created her own style and approach to […]

Frontiers Records is particularly pleased to announce the release of FERGIE FREDERIKSEN new album “Happiness is the Road” for a release on October 14thin Europe and October 18th in North America. Mostly known for being the former vocalist of TOTO (in the “Isolation” era), Fergie has been involved in a lot of other outstanding musical projects too. Trillion, LeRoux, Frederiksen/Philips, Mecca, Frederiksen/Denander and David London (solo […]

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, White Widdow return with their second album, Serenade, only the best part of a year since their debut.  Retaining the same keytastic and unashamedly 80’s sound of their first album, Serenade does however cover more stylistically under the broad spectrum of AOR and melodic rock.  The album was recorded at Solid State Studios in Melbourne, Australia and […]

The eternally endearing, always entertaining kings of pop punk NEW FOUND GLORY return this autumn with their brand new studio album Radiosurgery. The album’s exciting title track is available for download on iTunes NOW thanks to EPITAPH! Radiosurgery continues the band’s high energy musical journey while simultaneously paying homage to the bands that inspired them to first pick up instruments […]

We feel that this record could appeal to people who thought Artwork was a little to “soft”, but still we think that those who liked Artwork maybe will like In Progress too! My personal belief is that this kind of music really could appeal to a lot more people, given airplay on radio and TV. Work Of Art – well the Swedish bands second album In […]

Jon Stevens will release his brand new solo album Changing Times with a brand new label having just signed with Universal Music Australia. The new album is a labor of love that sees Jon opening up with an honest reflection. Changing Times will be made available to fans as a digital only release on September 9th. Jon Stevens has led a varied […]

When I first discovered Nottingham based Teenage Casket Company (TCC) some 7 or 8 years ago, what I found in this casket was indeed a “best kept secret”, a band that captured the essence of the anthemic power rock that I love best.  From 2003 until 2007 the band independently released 2 cracking CD’s, produced a film clip for Don’t […]

Alice Cooper’s widely anticipated new album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare, will be released September 13, 2011, by Universal Music Enterprises. Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum Welcome To My Nightmare album in 1975, the album picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind.  The original release is an […]

Official bio:  It’s a long way from the blistering cold of Stockholm to the sunny beaches of southern California. This, however, doesn’t concern Swedish powerpop trio The Friday Nights. What they sound like? Well, you know that feeling you have when you are on the early stretch of the highway as you go through gear after gear to pick up […]

“Definitely it’s an exciting time for me, as since I was a kid I loved music and wanted to be in a band, so it’s cool now to be able to say, “I play in a band, that’s what I do, nothing else”.  For Boston based Make Do And Mend, August 26th marks the official release date of their debut […]

Nuclear Blast Records is proud to anounce, that the Finnish metal heroes NIGHTWISH have signed a new record deal with the German based label. The next big project will be the release of the new NIGHTWISH record Imaginarium, which will be released by the end of this year, in december 2011. Bandleader Tuomas Holopainen comments: ” We are very happy […]

Are you ready to ROCK?  Are you ready to rock this New Year’s season? Because we here at the PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL sure as hell are! That’s right, from Thursday December 29 to Sunday January 1 Victoria’s beautiful Phillip Island will once again be overrun with more than 50 of your favourite international rock stars and home-grown heroes to provide the best New Year’s party atmosphere […]

GYROSCOPE have earned themselves an unshakable reputation over four albums as one of the most dependable and breathtaking live acts this wide brown land has to offer. So, it is with this in mind that Gyroscope announce their CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE TOUR, a novel concept and the bands only headline tour for 2011.  What does this mean exactly? Dare […]

The Samurai Cab Co. – now there’s a band name that you won’t forget that easily, and I tell you what, nor will you forget their infectious brand of power pop rock in a hurry either.  Hailing from Connecticut, USA, some of you may already be familiar with Chris McCarvill, the bands lead vocalist and bass player, current member of […]

Official Bio: There once was a time where ‘heavy metal’ was not about how low your tuning was, how brutal your vocals were or how much double kick action the drummer could belt out. Once upon a time, heavy metal encompassed more – the passion, the conviction, belief in the god of metal… oh, and the hair! That time was the […]

 In 25 words or less: An infectious cocktail of energetic rock that has healthy doses of power pop, classic rock, hard rock, a streak of punk and choruses you will be struggling to get out of your head.. The Samurai Cab Co. – now there’s a band name that you won’t forget that easily, and I tell you what, nor […]

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Monday August 22, 2011 — Live Nation is thrilled to announce that Roxette fans all over Australia can now join the joyride! Due to surging demand from fans across the nation, legendary pop duo Roxette will now extend their Australian visit and play shows across Australia plus a second show in Sydney next February with tickets going […]

“We love it (Australia) and it is a place we feel like we are just turning the corner.  We have introduced ourselves and given a little handshake, now we are ready to have a few beers and get the party started you know…..” Kasabian.  Is the band that formed in 1999 in Leicester, England, now the biggest rock band in […]

Gain has signed a record contract with H.E.A.T. The band broke through in the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest with the song “1000 miles” and is considered worldwide to be the new big band in the AOR genre. Classic Rock Magazine recently wrote the following about the band’s appearance at the Download Festival:  “A full-fledged homage to AOR that belies their […]

“I didn’t think it was going to go past 6 months!  Back then I was just doing it as a labour of love, I loved it.  I never expected anyone to understand the mutant ramblings of a person that just loves psychedelic and hard rock music……” For the second time in 2011, Monster Magnet will be hitting Australian shores.  This […]