“Saturday’s event packed in the fans and sent them home happy…Download was the festival Melbourne’s hard-rock tribes had been waiting three years for.” The Age “Consider Download’s first trip Down Under a success. Same again in 2019 please.” Kerrang! In late March 2018, nearly 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne to attend Australia’s first ever Download Festival. Four […]

LIVING COLOUR return to Australia to perform highlights from their debut album ‘Vivid’ in plus they will be armed with all their other classic tunes. The ground-breaking American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. Led by guitarist Vernon Reid, the bands lineup solidified in the mid-80’s w/ Corey Glover (vocals), Will Calhoun (drums) and Muzz Skillings (bass). Stylistically, the band’s music is a creative fusion influenced by free […]

Hands Like Houses have revealed “Monster” – the second single from their new album -Anon. set for release on October 12 via UNFD. Alongside the single reveal, Hands Like Houses have announced an exclusive run of album intimate launch shows during release week in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Built around the line “I can feel it coming alive”, “Monster” is about running from yourself […]

Providing another glimpse into his highly anticipated forthcoming album The Atlas Underground this fall, the track & music video for Rabbit’s Revenge is available now. The song finds legendary musician Tom Morello teaming up with Bassnectar, Big Boi and Killer Mike. Watch the full music video for the track available exclusively on Apple Music here: “‘Rabbit’s Revenge’ is the hard rocking, cross genre banger I was aiming for […]

Visionary Swedish metallers SOILWORK announce 2019 Australian tour in promotion of their eleventh studio album. SOILWORK are currently wrapping up the recordings of the follow-up to 2015’s ‘The Ride Majestic’ at Nordic Sound Lab studios in Skara, Sweden with producer Thomas “Plec” Johansson (The Panic Room). The as of yet untitled album is due in early 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records. “We are very excited to […]

Would you like to see GENE SIMMONS live at one of his Australian shows on us? Well, thanks to our friends at RPM and TEG Live we have two double passes for each of the below shows to give away to Gene’s first ever solo tour in Australia, oh and don’t forget he’s bringing his old friend Ace Frehley along for the shows too! […]

“We play high energy guitar music that draws on a lot of influences. We try keep our songs immediate and to the point. The guitars are a bit psychy with the effects we use but we write punky songs.” From Release: When music fans were first hit with the impulsive, chaotic notes of ‘Hard Out’ for the first time last […]

Founding KISS guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame member ACE FREHLEY has released a new song today called “Rockin’ With The Boys.” This is the second song Frehley has released this year, from his forthcoming all-new Spacemanalbum, due October 19, 2018, via Entertainment One (eOne).  Frehley previously released the track “Bronx Boy”  in April. Spaceman, Frehley’s eighth solo LP, features nine new original tracks […]

“We wanted it to be in first person so it could still feel as personal as previous other releases, but it demanded a lot more I don’t know, just a different kind of appreciation of the much kind of broader world instead of an immediate world and for that it was really fulfilling and rewarding as an experience.” From Release: […]

triple j & 24HUNDRED PRESENT UNIFY GATHERING 2019 FRIDAY JANUARY 11 UNDERØATH [Exclusive Australian Performance] KARNIVOOL [First East Coast Show since 2016] IN HEARTS WAKE OCEAN GROVE WHILE SHE SLEEPS [Exclusive Australian Performance] CROSSFAITH [Exclusive Australian Performance] DREAM ON DREAMER THE PLOT IN YOU [Exclusive Australian Performance] HAND OF MERCY [Exclusive Reunion Show] DREAM STATE [Exclusive Australian Performance] DROWN THIS CITY OCEAN […]

Legendary Chicago punk band Alkaline Trio have released the title track from their forthcoming album Is This Thing Cursed? The ninth studio album from Alkaline Trio, Is This Thing Cursed? is their first new music in five years. PRE-ORDER IS THIS THING CURSED? HERE With its soaring vocals and furious intensity, Is This Thing Cursed? is the second single to be released from Is This Thing Cursed? Last month Alkaline Trio shared […]

Due to popular demand from Australian fans and following a hugely successful concert tour of UK and Europe, the world’s greatest Dire Straits show returns to Australia and New Zealand in September 2018 to perform an incredible catalogue of hit songs. TOUR DATES: Friday 21st September | Adelaide | Thebarton Theatre Saturday 22nd September | Canberra | Canberra Theatre Sunday 23rd September | Sydney | State Theatre Tuesday 25th September | Melbourne | Hamer […]

Famous for leaving a trail of exhausted, boozy, sweaty and supremely satisfied bodies in their wake THE BRONX will be unleashing a reckless level of energy; no barriers, no pause for breath, across regional Australia this October. For the first time ever The Bronx will be bringing their gut punch of fist-in-the-air, fire-in-the-belly anthems to towns up and down the East Coast. […]

“Sometimes we are making records and it is so stressful but this one it was just really, really pure joy and it was hard, the work is hard but in feeling it was always very, very positive and that might be a good sign, I’ve only had it one time in my life and that was with the ‘Triumph and […]

“We write great songs your mother will like and the person you are dating will think you are cool if you listen to us.” From Bio – short and sweet: Respecting Roots, Indie Rock Band from Portland OR. We teamed up with ReverbNation to share some talent with the world, check out Fleeting Few from Portland, OR, we dug their […]

“Then, when I stepped back, I realized all of my songs share one key ingredient – a solid rhythm section. Every one of my songs rests on a solid base & everything else is just icing on the cake.” How does a 16-year-old rock musician crack today’s music code of formulaic beats and electronic music? First, he must have a […]

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2018 Venue: ICC Theatre – Sydney Presented by: Live Nation Australia Photos by:  Annette Geneva – Every Day Is Saturday Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

“If you are into heavy metal music that is intense and powerful with a melody that is fueled, you would definitely enjoy the thrilling ride by listening to NZM tracks.” From Bio: NZM is high energy Hard Rock/Power Metal band with strong melodic vocal lines and edgy riffs. NZM is based in South Florida, USA and was formed in 2010 led […]

“Common side effects of listening to Schmoolio include: Driving fast, banging head, singing along, having songs stuck in your head for weeks on end, being in a generally awesome mood, and ladies love Schmoolio fans wayyyy more than they love Schmoolio.” From Bio: Since their inception in 2017, Schmoolio has begun to gain a local following by teaming with 91.7’s […]

Legendary Memphis country punk-rock band Lucero have today announced their first ever headline tour of Australia. Today also sees Lucero drop their new studio album Ghosts Among Us worldwide. Lucero has long been admired in their hometown of Memphis, where they have hosted “The Lucero Family Block Party” every spring for a number of years. At the 2018 Block Party they celebrated […]

Twenty years on from their platinum selling album Sumo hitting number two on the ARIA Chart (and with a few ARIA Awards in the trophy cabinet), The Superjesus are back with an anniversary edition of their celebrated 1998 debut, set for release on August 17.  As well as seeing the original album reissued on vinyl, the CD edition of Sumo […]

You Me At Six have today revealed the official video for their latest single 3AM, one of the first tracks to be taken from their new sixth studio album VI, out October 5th. PRE ORDER VI HERE The video, that splits into two contrasting segments, spells out a night like no other and presents what frontman Josh Franceschi thinks happened (Act 1: Expectation), swiftly followed by the entertaining […]

Frontier Touring and Arena Touring are delighted to announce US multi-talented singer/songwriter, performer Richard Marx will return to our shores for a string of national headline shows this November and December. An icon in the industry, Marx celebrates a 3 decade long career with 11 glorious albums. Having sold 30 million records worldwide and five Grammy nominations under his belt, Marx is renowned for his […]

James Van Cooper has announced tour dates in support of his upcoming album release, Coming Home, now slated for release on 14 September, with acclaimed musician, Axle Whitehead joining him on the road. James and Axle met in Los Angeles recently whilst James was there recording his debut album. Axle, a friend of US music producer Scott Campbell, sat in on a few off the […]

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“Our live shows are a combination of theatre courtesy of Nina, raw high octane energy, melodies that will wrap around your conscience, and pure incitement of the senses.” From Bio: Founder members Nina Courson and Phil Honey-Jones played their first gig together in late 2010 supporting Goldblade at a disastrous punk festival in Brighton where Healthy Junkies only played for […]

“Music is about emotions. You cannot force someone to feel what the songs are trying to express. As writers, we are giving you our experiences. To find out if they’re speaking to you personally, you just have to give it a listen.“ Exit Empire is a three-piece band currently based in the Czech Republic founded in 2016 by two brothers […]

2018 is the year that Sydney five-piece, Polaris have cemented their place in the global scene among Australia’s most elite heavy music exports with a metalcore torch held high in their hands. They recently slapped a sold-out sign on the ‘Dusk To Day’ Regional tour which followed the sold-out national ‘The Mortal Coil’ headline tour in April – two back to back […]

In the words of Doakes from Dexter – “SURPRISE, MOTHERFUCKER.” Mammal are celebrating one whole year of returning to the stage with a single entitled “Dead”. Mammal – one of Australia’s most fierce, outspoken & storied rock artists, shook off the hibernation sickness of their hiatus in late 2017 to make a ferociously triumphant return to the Australian live music […]

GRAMMY and ARIA Award winner Keith Urban will return to Australia in January and February 2019 with his all-new “GRAFFITI U WORLD TOUR AUSTRALIA”, his first tour in more than two years.  The “GRAFFITI U WORLD TOUR 2018” is already underway in the U.S. and features a brand-new concert production – a two-hour plus show highlighted by the first live concert performances of new […]