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THE ANGELS and BABY ANIMALS Join Forces For National Tour This Nov/Dec

THE ANGELS and BABY ANIMALS Join Forces For National Tour This Nov/Dec

Two of Australia’s greatest rock bands, The Angels and Baby Animals will hit the road together this November and December for a string of shows nationally, ‘They Who Rock 2019’. Fronted by Dave Gleeson and Suze DeMarchi respectively, two of the country’s most dynamic performers, fans can look forward to an ultimate night of rock from these incredible live acts – complete with a massive set list. Songs such […]

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PREMIERE – SILVERTHORNE Release Debut Single & Video ‘Tear The Sky Wide Open’

PREMIERE – SILVERTHORNE Release Debut Single & Video ‘Tear The Sky Wide Open’

Modern rock has just been delivered a massive shot in the arm! Featuring the soaring powerhouse vocals of Englishman Pete Shoulder and drummer Brian Tichy who has played with everyone from Whitesnake, Ozzy, Slash, Billy Idol, Foreigner and many more legendary artists, along with bassist Daniel Spree, Silverthorne have delivered a monstrous debut single in the shape of Tear The Sky Wide Open. With its ominous riff, huge chorus, driving bass, […]

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TOOL’S ‘Fear Inoculum’ Arrives August 30. Listen To The Title-Track From The Year’s Most Anticipated Album. Pre-Orders Available Now

TOOL’S ‘Fear Inoculum’ Arrives August 30. Listen To The Title-Track From The Year’s Most Anticipated Album. Pre-Orders Available Now

Continuing their affinity for pushing the boundaries of physical packaging, the GRAMMY Award® winning outfit has created a deluxe, limited-edition CD version of Fear Inoculum. The collectible offering, which was conceived by and directed by Adam Jones, features a 4″ HD rechargeable screen with exclusive video footage, charging cable, 2 watt speaker, a 36-page booklet and a digital download card. Pre-orders for […]

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THE DARKNESS Release New Single ‘Rock And Roll Deserves To Die’. New Album ‘Easter Is Cancelled’ Out October 4.

THE DARKNESS Release New Single ‘Rock And Roll Deserves To Die’. New Album ‘Easter Is Cancelled’ Out October 4.

The Darkness have released their brand new single Rock And Roll Deserves To Die, accompanied by a brilliantly entertaining video. It’s the first taste of their jaw-droppingly ambitious new album Easter Is Cancelled, out on October 4 on Cooking Vinyl. PRE-ORDER EASTER IS CANCELLED HERE From chiming, acoustic beginnings, Rock And Roll Deserves To Die explodes into an epic five-minute masterpiece. It features some of Justin Hawkins’ finest lyrics […]

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BILLY IDOL Announces Brisbane & Sydney Headline Shows – January/February 2020 | First Artist Announced For Melbourne’s 2020 AO Live Stage

BILLY IDOL Announces Brisbane & Sydney Headline Shows – January/February 2020 | First Artist Announced For Melbourne’s 2020 AO Live Stage

‘White Wedding’, ‘Dancing With Myself’, ‘Rebel Yell’, ‘Flesh For Fantasy’, ‘Eyes Without A Face’… with a huge list of global hit singles to his name including 8 x US Top 20 hits, rock icon Billy Idol needs little introduction to fans. Frontier Touring are thrilled to welcome back the inimitable punk superstar and Grammy nominee for a series of special headline shows in January/February 2020 – Idol’s first […]

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James Veck-Gilodi of Deaf Havana

James Veck-Gilodi of Deaf Havana

“…we used to get wasted before we played and now we don’t do that anymore because you realise that you just suck when you do that so we try and take it a bit seriously…” From Release: Deaf Havana have been an enduring force in the British alt rock scene for almost a decade and a half, releasing five studio […]

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The Beasts ‘Still Here’ National Tour November/December 2019

The Beasts ‘Still Here’ National Tour November/December 2019

Age shall not weary The Beasts, although the years may condemn. After the emotional and frankly devastating loss of their fellow footsoldiers and Australian musical icons Brian Hooper and Spencer P Jones in 2018, Tex Perkins and compadres Kim Salmon, Tony Pola, Boris Sujdovic and Charlie Owen resolved to continue carrying the torch of the unstoppable life force that is the […]

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PIXIES Announce Come On Pilgram…It’s Surfer Rosa Australian Tour 2020

PIXIES Announce Come On Pilgram…It’s Surfer Rosa Australian Tour 2020

PIXIES, one of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time, are bringing their mammoth world tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2020 – Come On Pilgrim… It’s Surfer Rosa. Pixies’ debut releases – the electrifying 1987 EP Come On Pilgrim and 1988’s debut full-length album, Surfer Rosa – brought rise to a new genre and defined contemporary music for a generation. The tour […]

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Southern Sons announce their 2019 Reunion Tour

Southern Sons announce their 2019 Reunion Tour

It has been more than two decades since iconic 1990s four-piece Southern Sons performed together. Now, in a special coup for music fans, the beloved band are coming back together for a 2019 Reunion tour, featuring all their classic hits. Original members Jack Jones, Virgil Donati, Geoff Cain and Peter Bowman will undertake a whirlwind tour throughout November and December, taking music […]

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Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth

Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth

“It was a challenge, it was a big mountain to climb because it was a difficult album to play and to sing when we recorded it let alone twenty one years later…” From Release: In 1998 Cruelty and the Beast was released and showcased the band’s hybrid of brutality and macabre romanticism, crafting a concept album based on the life […]

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TOOL Catalogue Now Available Via Digital Service Providers For The First Time

TOOL Catalogue Now Available Via Digital Service Providers For The First Time

TOOL CATALOGUE NOW AVAILABLE VIA DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE FIRST TIME! https://smarturl.it/TOOLCatalogue NEWS OF OPIATE, UNDERTOW, ÆNIMA, LATERALUS AND 10,000 DAYS’ ONLINE DEBUT COMES AS ANTICIPATION FOR BAND’S NEW ALBUM, FEAR INOCULUM – SET FOR RELEASE AUGUST 30TH ON RCA RECORDS – BUILDS TOOL have released OPIATE, UNDERTOW, ÆNIMA, LATERALUS and 10,000 DAYS this afternoon on the various digital service providers for the first time – listen HERE. […]

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METALLICA and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² Released to cinemas worldwide on October 9

METALLICA and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² Released to cinemas worldwide on October 9

Trafalgar Releasing is excited to announce the forthcoming release of Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² in cinemas worldwide this October 9. Metallica and San Francisco Symphony reunite to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their original S&M (Symphony & Metallica) show with S&M², filmed at San Francisco’s new Chase Centre. Tickets will be on sale on August 7 from metallica.film. The original S&M concerts were performed by Metallica and […]

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mclusky* 2020 Australian Tour

mclusky* 2020 Australian Tour

Handsome Tours is delighted to present, for the first time in 15 years, mclusky*. Featuring Future of the Left members Andrew “Falco” Falkous and Jack Egglestone, with the addition of Damien Sayell from the St Pierre Snake Invasion, the Cardiff outfit will be playing venues in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane in January. mclusky* were a band between 1999 and 2005, in which […]

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Peter Hook

Peter Hook

“So I think that people to be honest with you are going to be very surprised, but it isn’t a million miles away from the group, it’s a thousand miles but it’s not a million.” From Release: “Peter Hook & The Metropolitan Orchestra present Joy Division Orchestrated” celebrates one of the most influential bands ever and put that group’s most […]

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THE RED HOT SUMMER TOUR Celebrates 10 Years Of Red Hot Rock In 2020

THE RED HOT SUMMER TOUR Celebrates 10 Years Of Red Hot Rock In 2020

The RED HOT SUMMER TOUR celebrates 10 years of Red Hot Rock in 2020 and in true style, organisers have put together an incredible all Australian line-up for a massive four-month series of dates. In an incredible coup for music-fans, ARIA Hall of Fame inductees Hunters & Collectors are reuniting to headline the 2020 tour, bringing with them special guests […]

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Danny Wornsop (Asking Alexandria) & Tommy Vext (Bad Wolves) Announce Australian Acoustic Dates!

Danny Wornsop (Asking Alexandria) & Tommy Vext (Bad Wolves) Announce Australian Acoustic Dates!

Two of rock’s most iconic modern day voices are coming to Australia for a world-first set of co-headline acoustic dates! Asking Alexandria’s Danny Worsnop and Bad Wolves’ Tommy Vext will bring their raw, un-plugged sound to Australian audiences this December as a special pre-Christmas treat. Founder and vocalist of British metalcore royalty Asking Alexandria, Danny Worsnop is a name synonymous […]

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ROSS THE BOSS Announces – 35th anniversary of MANOWAR’S ‘HAIL TO ENGLAND’album played in its entirety Australian and NZ Tour

ROSS THE BOSS Announces – 35th anniversary of MANOWAR’S ‘HAIL TO ENGLAND’album played in its entirety Australian and NZ Tour

Ross The Boss, Manowar’s co-founder and definitive guitar god, takes no prisoners when he and his earth shattering band pounds out “Hail to England” in all its decibel meter destroying glory. Formed in 1980, Manowar launched an all-out assault on complacent boring metal. Bombastic, epic and above all exhilaratingly LOUD, Manowar sought to destroy all who stood in their path. Led by Joey […]

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Ross Wilson of Mondo Rock

Ross Wilson of Mondo Rock

“…it’s going to be 100% Mondo Rock it’s not going to be any other stuff that I’ve done before…” From Release: In a career spanning five decades, few come close to delivering the catalogue of Australian classics that Mondo Rock boast. From ‘Come Said The Boy’, ‘Cool World’, ‘State Of The Heart’, to ‘Chemistry’, ‘No Time’, ‘The Queen & Me’, […]

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Dez Fafara of DevilDriver

Dez Fafara of DevilDriver

“I don’t know what it is I think there’s something very authentic about DevilDriver and surely myself because I really have a no bullshit attitude you know what I mean? I’m not going to try and pull the wool over anybody’s eyes and I think people see that and it makes them come to DevilDriver in droves…” After what seems […]

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GOO GOO DOLLS Announce New Album ‘Miracle Pill’ Out September 13 | New Song ‘Money, Fame And Fortune’ Out Now

GOO GOO DOLLS Announce New Album ‘Miracle Pill’ Out September 13 | New Song ‘Money, Fame And Fortune’ Out Now

Multi-platinum, four-time GRAMMY-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls have officially announced their highly anticipated 12th studio album, Miracle Pill, out September 13th, 2019 via Warner Records. In an exclusive feature with SPIN, lead singer and guitarist John Rzeznik and bassist and vocalist Robby Takac shared the band’s cultural observations and experiences that shaped the momentous and timely record. Pre-orders for the album are live now HERE. Pre-order purchase unlocks a brand new […]

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THE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS Release ‘Send Her To Heaven’ Out Now.

THE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS Release ‘Send Her To Heaven’ Out Now.

The All-American Rejects have released Send Her To Heaven, a three-song single, out today in partnership with Epitaph Records. LISTEN TO SEND HER TO HEAVEN HERE The songs were written and recorded over the last two to three years with different producers, a process that was a relatively new experience for the band. “The last couple of records were fun to make but they were […]

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THE MARK OF CAIN “Battlesick” 30th Anniversary National Tour

THE MARK OF CAIN “Battlesick” 30th Anniversary National Tour

The Mark Of Cain return to the stage this October performing their debut album Battlesick in its entirety. Originally released in 1989 via indie Adelaide label Dominator Battlesick sounded like no Australian album before it or since. Tracks like Wake Up, Dead Man’s Mail, The Setback, Call in Anger and the title track addressed the fear of dreams, the threat of death, anger over disappointment and personal […]

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ORCHESTRA OF DOOM (Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe) Announce Exclusive Australian Shows

ORCHESTRA OF DOOM (Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe) Announce Exclusive Australian Shows

When the finest modern-day musical genre unites with the world’s most refined and revered stylistic approach to music, it is inevitable that the outcome will be nothing short of stunning. Ladies and gentlemen, if you will, imagine a scenario whereby the music of Black Sabbath – the originators of the entire heavy metal genre – has been turned on its head and lovingly reimagined […]

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MICHAEL SWEET (Stryper) Announces Australian Solo Acoustic Shows

MICHAEL SWEET (Stryper) Announces Australian Solo Acoustic Shows

With a successful 2018 tour with STRYPER under his belt, MICHAEL SWEET is heading back to Australia, thanks to Silverback Touring for his first ever solo shows down under this November. Expect to hear the STRYPER hits, his solo material, plus a few surprises, and a story or two, in a series of intimate acoustic shows along the East Coast. He’s fronted one of the most trailblazing groups […]

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STEEL PANTHER return with Fifth Studio Album “Heavy Metal Rules”, release first single/video

STEEL PANTHER return with Fifth Studio Album “Heavy Metal Rules”, release first single/video

California’s greatest export and renowned feminist supporters Steel Panther recently took a break from working with NASA scientists on a multiple orgasm-inducing guitar pedal to record their fifth studio album. The band is excited to announce that their new album Heavy Metal Rules is finished and scheduled for release on Friday September 27th. The album showcases the band’s musical and lyrical growth and is […]

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THE SUPERJESUS announce double live album ‘SUMO 20 LIVE’ + National tour

Australian rock legends The Superjesus have today announced a new recording, The Superjesus SUMO 20 LIVE – a double live album recorded during their massive 20thanniversary tour of their celebrated debut album SUMO, set for release on September 6 and available to preorder from July 4. And not only will fans be able to re-live the hits, b-sides and rareties through this killer live […]

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KORN Announce New Album ‘The Nothing’ Out September 13th

KORN Announce New Album ‘The Nothing’ Out September 13th

KORN has announced details of their widely anticipated new LP, The Nothing, which will be released September 13th on Roadrunner Records / Elektra. Today, the band has shared the album’s first single You’ll Never Find Me, which is available at all DSPs here along with a visualizer streaming on KORN’s YouTube channel. KORN vocalist Jonathan Davis elaborated on the forthcoming LP: “Deep, within our Earth lives an extraordinary […]

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NEW YEARS DAY Announce “Unbreakable” Debut Headline Australian Tour

NEW YEARS DAY Announce “Unbreakable” Debut Headline Australian Tour

One year on from the success of their potent performance at Download Festival Australia, NEW YEARS DAY will touch down for their first-ever Australian headline tour in March 2020. New Years Day, the U.S. metal five-piece lead by powerhouse Ash Costello, made their debut Aussie appearances hitting Download’s Avalanche Stage in Melbourne and Sydney last March, immediately setting about performing a killer […]

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Jeff Burrows of The Tea Party

Jeff Burrows of The Tea Party

“…when you’re a band that’s been around for over twenty five years you don’t kind of really expect that…” From Release: The one constant at a THE TEA PARTY show is how deeply Jeff Martin, Jeff Burrows and Stuart Chatwood connect with their audience, you really feel; not just hear them during their performances. Complex and provocative THE TEA PARTY […]

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HELLYEAH – Announce Highly Anticipated New Album, Featuring The Late Vinnie Paul’s Final Recordings Available September 27

HELLYEAH – Announce Highly Anticipated New Album, Featuring The Late Vinnie Paul’s Final Recordings Available September 27

HELLYEAH will release their sixth studio album, Welcome Home on, Friday, September 27, via Eleven Seven Music. Pre orders available now! www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/metal/welcome-home/384665 Welcome Home, the eagerly anticipated new album featuring the late Vinnie Paul’s final recordings, will unleash 10 tracks, driven by their love, loyalty, reverence and respect for their fallen brother, including the fiery first single, 333, and just released title track. Watch the video for Welcome […]

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