Live Nation are excited to announce Iconic Canadian rockers The Tea Party are heading back to Australia this June for the first time since 2019, bringing their [TRIPtych] 25 tour to our shores. Tickets for all shows go on sale at 11am, Monday February 26. My Live Nation members can secure tickets during the exclusive presale beginning at 11am, Friday February 23 – 10am, Monday […]

The Spaceman is back! It’s been a few years since new music from Ace Frehley, so here we are with his new offering in ’10,000 Volts’ and I can’t wait to check it out. Big drums, big riffs to kick off the album and I’m here for it. The album opens with the title track ’10,000 Volts’ and it’s an […]

Pearl Jam will release their twelfth studio album, Dark Matter, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on April 19, 2024 and launch a 35-date worldwide tour this May. The album’s title track is available now HERE. Produced by multi-GRAMMY® award winning producer Andrew Watt, Dark Matter, marks the band’s first release since critically-acclaimed Gigaton (2020).  Dark Matter is now available for pre-order HERE. In 2023, the members of Pearl Jam—Eddie Vedder [vocals], Jeff Ament [bass], Stone […]

“The whole genre that we love and we come from, that’s what it’s about. Leave the bad stuff at home, leave the bad attitude and just have fun for a couple of hours…” As the voice of Vixen, Janet Gardenr cemented herself as a powerhouse of a vocalist over a number of albums with the band before going solo in […]

“We’re really planning on bringing just about everything that we have …” From Release: Over the last several years H.E.A.T have established themselves as one of the leading bands in the melodic rock scene, both in their homeland Sweden and internationally. They have toured and performed front of thousands and thousands of fans around the world. In April 2008, their […]

“I think that when you play music and you see a crowd or even an individual that’s emotionally moved by your music that to me is the biggest thing…” From release: The Glam Fest 2024 edition stays true to form with a healthy mix of acts from the heyday of Eighties hard rock through to modern day acts proudly wearing […]

“It’s just me up there with a guitar, there’s no big band or guitars, or loud guitars or drums to hide behind, you’re kind of naked up there and to me it come full circle cause all the songs are written like this, this is how they started.” From release: Following a successful Australian tour earlier this year with his […]

Are you ready?! Following massive sold out shows across Europe, UK and the USA in 2023 – which should come as no surprise for the Greatest Band That Ever Played on Planet Earth – GRAMMY®-winning dynamic duo Tenacious D, featuring Jack Black and Kyle Gass, will bring their Spicy Meatball Tour down under to Australia and New Zealand in July 2024! Performing seven huge arena shows on today’s just-announced run, these […]

“They are going to witness some bonafide high energy rock and roll…” From release: Scandinavian Rockers The Cruel Intentions are headed here for Glam Fest and they bring back the golden days of rock and roll, through the glorious ways of the demigods of Guns ‘N Roses, LA Guns and Mötley Crue. The music reek of confidence – it is […]

Love some of that old time rock and roll? Aussie rock festival Wanstock returns in 2024 with its biggest lineup yet, with the rock’n’roll gods set to descend on the Shoppingtown Hotel in Doncaster on Saturday March 2. With headliners The Animals making their final Australian appearance as part of Wanstock this year, the event will also boast New Zealand-hailing […]

Australia, are you ready for round 2? While it’s been less than a year since beloved UK alt-rockers Nothing But Thieves were last down under for an entirely sold out run, the band are returning to Australia this April and May to finish what they started last year. Presented by XIII Touring, Untitled Group, triple j as well as Wasserman Music and War Road Management, for the second Australian leg of […]

SKILLET Announce Their First Australian Tour Since 2018! “Skillet were amazing from the beginning to the end! One of the best performances from a band I have seen in YEARS!” (Drop The Spotlight) “Skillet deliver a phenomenal performance” (Ramzine) Not every rebellion gestates in darkness. As one of the best-selling rock bands of the 21st century, SKILLET continue to rebel against conventions, doubts, expectations, and […]

Bringing the noise and funk in incomparable Mammal fashion, the Narrm neo punk/funk warriors return today with a swaggering new single The Penny Drop. Launching with a free show at 170 Russell (Melbourne) on February 9 with support from I Built The Sky (solo) and Bushido, and accompanied by a gleefully colourful and chaotic music video, The Penny Drop also […]

KNOTFEST, the music and counterculture experience destination festival is returning to Australia in March 2024. We are thrilled to announce the headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge festival line up. This is the first and only sideshow announcement and there will be no more sideshows announced. PANTERA and DISTURBED are festival exclusives in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Be sure to get your Knotfest ticket if you […]

Bruce Dickinson has released his brand new single, ‘Rain On The Graves‘, accompanied by a thrilling video introducing Bruce’s live band, comprising guitarist Roy Z, drummer Dave Moreno, bass-player Tanya O’Callaghan and keyboard maestro Mistheria. ‘Rain On The Graves’ is the second single to be taken from Bruce Dickinson’s forthcoming solo album The Mandrake Project which will be released on March 1st, via […]

Frank Turner is set to release his tenth album ‘Undefeated’ on May 3rd, which he today launches with the new single ‘Do One’. ‘Undefeated’ follows his first UK #1 album, 2022’s ‘FTHC’, and is the result of his decision to step away from the major label world to re-embrace the liberation of working as an independent artist, Frank says, “my […]

“It’s loose, there’s a sense of danger, there’s a sense of not knowing what’s going to happen, and that things could go wrong but you hope they go great, and maybe a little wrong too…” From release: Queens of the Stone Age officially announce ‘The End Is Nero’ Summer 2024 Australian tour, the band’s first appearance in Australasia since 2018. […]

British rockers, THE STRUTS are thrilled to announce two headline shows at Crowbar in Sydney on Wednesday 21 February and Max Watts in Melbourne on Wednesday 28 February. Tickets on sale Thursday 25 January @ 12pm AEDT time. THE STRUTS will be returning to Australia next month supporting SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS as part of The River Is Rising-Rest of the World Tour ’24. […]

Los Angeles-bred and Nashville-based quartet Badflower are venturing down under in August, marking Australia’s and New Zealand’s first chance to catch these alt-rock icons live on stage. The band are set to deliver shows with just the right amount of intensity in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. Badflower said “It’s a dream come true to finally play the stages […]

Some of the most iconic acts in rock and roll will make history at the inaugural Pandemonium festival as it sweeps across Australia’s east coast this April! Pandemonium is a rock fans dream come true, with an unparalleled lineup of rock legends including: Alice Cooper Blondie Placebo Deep Purple Wheatus The Psychedelic Furs Dead Kennedys Gang Of Four Palaye Royale plus Australian […]

When a band has been around as long as Candlebox have, it’s a crime they haven’t been to Australia before. Thirty years into the bands career and they are finally here to say hello and goodbye. Bittersweet but so glad we got the chance to see them in Australia this once. Thanks Silverback Touring. A couple of openers tonight. The […]

Green Day have announced listening events in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane for this Saturday 13 January of their new album “Saviors“. By attending these listening events fans will hear the album before it’s released, be able to pre-order the album, and there are giveaways of t-shirts and posters on the day too. “Saviors” will be released on Friday 19 January. New South Wales UTOPIA entrance […]

“The little band from Seattle that could, because no one wanted us to…” From Release: After a stellar 3 decade career, Seattle rockers, Candlebox are calling it a day and will finally visit Australia for the first and last ever time this January. Emerging from Seattle’s mid-’90s grunge scene, Candlebox made a lasting impact on the rock music landscape with their […]

It may be reaching the end of the year, but the wheels are firmly in motion for the return of beloved Aussie prog rockers Cog to the stage in 2024. Primed to tour across the east coast next March, Cog will also be joined by special guests Yomi Ship and Kodiak Empire. Heading to Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra and Sydney next year, Cog‘s The Vinyl Tour 2024 […]

Nostalgia is everything and Silverback Touring knows this as they deliver the second instalment of Glam Fest, their hard rock, glam, classic and melodic rock mini fest which debuted in 2023. The 2024 edition stays true to form with a healthy mix of acts from the heyday of Eighties hard rock through to modern day acts proudly wearing the influence of the era that […]

It’s a hot one! So tonight is going to be something… BUT we’re here to rock, and rock we will at this massive stadium tonight to see the Foo Fighters. It’s a long afternoon ahead but here we go… Hot Milk come out firing. The opener is just full of energy and says the scene. It’s loud, they’re here to […]

And we’re back! After missing last years, it’s great to be back and I know I’m ready for a whole heap of good things today. It was an excellent easy entry, I have to give it up to them for that, no hassles, no lines, this was great and a really good start to the day. Hardest thing is there’s […]

After months of waiting, it’s finally here. Postponed from April it was a very nice surprise remembering this was happening and is an amazing way to start the new month. Liz Stringer opened the show solo acoustic and I have to say, I was impressed. Lyrically these songs were fantastic, she was engaging, and most definitely someone I will now […]

Frontier Touring and MG Live are excited to announce Nashville-based pop-rockers The Band CAMINO will touch down in Australia and New Zealand for a series of debut headline shows next February and March. Kicking off the tour at Perth’s Rosemount Hotel on Wednesday 28 February, the band will stop at Brisbane’s Princess Theatre on Friday 1 March, Melbourne’s 170 Russell on Sunday 3 March and Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Tuesday 5 March, before a final show at the Powerstation, Auckland on Thursday 7 March. Frontier Members can access presale tickets […]

GRAMMY Award-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, James Taylor announces his 2024 Australian tour, An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band. The tour will kick off on April 12 at Kings Park & Botanic Garden Perth, followed by Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on April 16, Adelaide Entertainment Centre on April 19, concluding at Sydney’s Aware Super Theatre on […]