Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019 Venue: Oxford Art Factory – Sydney Presented by: Silverback Touring Photos by:  Annette Geneva – Every Day Is Saturday Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY      

“I guess we have a lot of energy on stage, I like to run around the stage, jump around, sometimes throw a cartwheel or whatever and we just play hard and just look like we’re having a lot of fun…” From Release: DEVILSKIN have earned a formidable reputation by earnestly demonstrating commitment to unpretentious musical values, writing songs that have depth […]

Bring Me The Horizon are back and as I sit in a room with other writers at Sony Music in Sydney we’re all being treated to a very early playback of the band’s new album ‘amo’. So as we hush, they press play. The intro builds for ‘I Apologize If You Feel Something’ and sets the tone for the album, […]

THE STRUTS, already announced as national support for Greta Van Fleet, will play a one-off headline show in Australia as part of their Australia Meet The Struts tour. The glam-rockers from Derby, England will bring their thrilling live show to Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on January 31. Having opened for The Rolling Stones, The Who, Guns’n’Roses and Motley Crue, The […]

“I think that all of us involved really wanted to see what it is we’re doing now so we were all ready for it and we were all waiting, and us all together and having like minds and having energy that we share the way we do…” From Release: In the midst of America’s 2017 socio-political upheaval a self-described “bi-racial […]

Ahead of their upcoming Australian tour, the rebooted Divinyls featuring founding member, guitarist and songwriter Mark McEntee has introduced the band’s cracking new vocalist Lauren Ruth Ward and all Australian rhythm section via a sneak peek performance clip taken at recent rehearsals in Perth, Western Australia. The new combination featuring McEntee, Lauren Ruth Ward and Aussies J Cortez and Malcolm […]

“The best you can do is make new music, release it and tour and see what happens, I mean no one really knows what’s going to happen, ‘…ish’ proved that to me.” From Release: 1927 formed in 1987 and went on dominate charts with songs such as That’s When I Think Of You, If I Could and Compulsory Hero – all of which […]

Legendary, GRAMMY-award winning FLEETWOOD MAC today announce their Australian tour, set to kick off on August 9 in Perth and taking in Brisbane on August 20, Sydney on August 27 and 29, and concluding with two shows in Melbourne on September 2 and 4. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will feature the new line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, […]

“I can’t think of a more fitting way to commemorate the first anniversary of Dolores’ passing and to celebrate her life than to announce to the world the release of her final album with the band.”Eileen O’Riordan, Dolores O’Riordan’s mother. 30 years after forming in Limerick (initially as The Cranberry Saw Us) The Cranberries are set to release their 8th […]

OZZY OSBOURNE (Only Aus Shows) SLAYER (Final World Tour) | JUDAS PRIEST (Only Aus Shows) | ALICE IN CHAINS  GHOST | RISE AGAINST  (Only Aus Shows) | THE AMITY AFFLICTION (Only Aus Shows) SUM 41 (Only Aus Shows) | ANTHRAX | PENNYWISE (Only Aus Shows) HALESTORM (Only Aus Shows)| BEHEMOTH | ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES PREVAIL (Only Aus […]

Tonight is my first gig of the year, let’s do this! I haven’t seen Taking Back Sunday for many years, so tonight as they prepare for the first of two nights at The Metro I’m thinking we’re in for a fun, nostalgic night and I think TBS are going to make damn sure that happens. Young Lions from Brisbane are […]

Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 Venue: The Metro Theatre – Sydney Supported by: Young Lions Presented by: Live Nation Australia Photos by:  Annette Geneva – Every Day Is Saturday Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the show HERE  

Sci-fi thrash metal prog-punks VOIVOD are celebrating thirty-five years on the warpath, and are rrröööaaarrring into 2019 in the best possible way for Australian fans with 4 big East Coast shows kicking off next week! Riding high on the critical success of this year’s compelling album The Wake, fans can look forward to a machine pummelling cruise on the VOIVOD spacecraft through career […]

Announcing the MAX & IGGOR CAVALERA ‘BENEATH THE REMAINS AND ARISE’ tour – celebrating an incredible selection of the best tracks from the two albums each night! The legendary brotherly duo of MAX & IGGOR CAVALERA will be once again be looking to their past with an upcoming tour of Australia set for March 2019. The siblings, whose anniversary tour for Sepultura‘s “Roots“ sold […]

“It is with great sadness that we have to inform you that our tour in Singapore, Australia and Japan will be postponed, due to circumstances beyond our control. We were very excited about performing songs from our new album ‘Verkligheten’, as well as songs from our entire career. It really hurts but at this point there’s really nothing we can do. […]

“…there are a lot of artists that go out and do these kinds of things but this is legitimately going to be the last tour for KISS.” From Release: Known for their trademark larger-than-life blistering performances, KISS has proven for decades why they are hands down the most iconic live show in rock n roll.  The Rock & Roll Hall […]

“…we’ve all been a little like looking back retrospectively and we’ve been reminded a lot recently just how lucky we are and how fortunate we are to be and just kind of that we’ve been able to do what we do…” From Release: If you can’t believe that Taking Back Sunday have been around for 20 years, you’re not alone, […]

“…the industry has always confused me I feel like I’ve always been in the opposite corner of the business, I’ve always just done what I felt was right and what I felt was good even when I came over here…” From Release: 50 years after their formation, Australian supergroup Zoot is proud to unveil career retrospective ‘Archaeology’ including new song ‘Life In A Northern […]

When you think of Hollywood’s infamous ‘80s rock ‘n’ roll scene, it won’t take long before you turn your mind to Faster Pussycat. Led by the incomparable Taime Downe, Faster Pussycat was formed in Hollywood during its ‘80s glam metal boom. As a mainstay of the live L.A scene and featured on the Decline of Western Civilisation 2 – The Metal Years, the band […]

Mark Morton, the prolific guitarist of Lamb of God, has announced a new project that sees him further explore his creative drive for writing and collaboration. Joining forces with WPP Records and Spinefarm Records on a worldwide basis distributed via Caroline Australia, Morton will release a 10-track album under his own name and titled ANESTHETIC. It arrives on March 1, 2019 but CD and vinyl pre-order and merch bundles are available now […]

For the first time in 10 years, Boom Crash Opera and Taxiride will join musical forces for the‘Crazy Ride’ Tour in 2019. The tour will commence on February 24 at The Corner Hotel, Melbourne, followed by Revesby, Pittwater, Gaythorne, and winding up in Eagleby, QLD on April 13th, 2019. The ‘Crazy Ride’ tour delivers a line-up of 90’s Aussie pub-rock nostalgic setlists […]

MILLENCOLIN fans are always waging wars, pitting so many of their brilliant records against each other to see which comes out the victor. It’s a war that never will be won considering they are always shaking up their modus operandi and playing outside their comfort zone. The one consolation fans can take when the band tour here in March 2019 is […]

“…the fire that we have when we started is still there and that I think is the main reason to go on with making music…” From Release: WITHIN TEMPTATION – the legendary leaders of dark anthems, with a career spanning two decades – have announced their 7th album titled Resist, scheduled for release on 14 December 2018 via Vertigo/Caroline Australia. […]

Date: Saturday December 8, 2018 Venue: Parramatta Park Presented by: Destroy All Lines Featured in this gallery: All Time Low, Dashboard Confessional, Stone Sour, The Offspring Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the day HERE

Date: Saturday December 8, 2018 Venue: Parramatta Park Presented by: Destroy All Lines Featured in this gallery: Bullet For My Valentine, Mayday Parade, Palaye Royale, The Used, Tonight Alive Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the day HERE

Date: Saturday December 8, 2018 Venue: Parramatta Park Presented by: Destroy All Lines Featured in this gallery: Boston Manor, Ecca Vandal, LA Dispute, Make Them Suffer, Northlane, RedHook, The Wonder Years, Void of Vision, Waax, Waterparks Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the day HERE

Today, Grammy-nominated, global superstar Avril Lavigne releases “Tell Me It’s Over” accompanied by the music video – watch here. Additionally, the singer has unveiled the album’s cover art, title and track listing for her highly anticipated sixth studio album: Head Above Water, due February 15 via BMG – available for preorder now. Of the album Lavigne states, “I feel like I’ve really opened up […]

Handsome Tours is excited to reveal that enigmatic Epitaph rockers Joyce Manor will return to Australia in February/March 2019, playing shows in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne as well as Wollongong’s The Farmer & The Owl Festival.  The headline run follows a huge visit in 2017 which saw Joyce Manor play to sold out rooms supporting The Smith Street Band as well […]

Rock ‘n’ roll journeyman, JOHN CORABI, is no stranger to hard rock fans as vocalist of THE SCREAM, ESP (the Eric Singer project), UNION (with ex-Kiss guitarist, Bruce Kulick), RATT and his current role as the front man of the DEAD DAISIES. Widely acclaimed as one of the great rock voices ever, Corabi’s hypnotic and charismatic live swagger also make him the consummate frontman. For many though, he really came to […]

JOHN MAYER will be kicking off his 2019 World Tour on Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Auckland, New Zealand at Spark Arena, followed by three Australian concerts – one show only at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on March 25; Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on March 27; and Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Friday, March 29. The seven-time GRAMMY winner is known for numerous massive […]