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ALTER BRIDGE: To Release Live At The Royal Albert Hall – Sept 7

ALTER BRIDGE: To Release Live At The Royal Albert Hall – Sept 7

After 14 years performing together, five full-length studio albums, and countless sold-out shows around the globe, there aren’t many items left on a band’s bucket list. For Alter Bridge, one of the remaining list items was crossed off in October 2017 when the band performed two sold-out shows at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall backed by the 52-piece Parallax Orchestra led by […]

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FOXKEEPER

FOXKEEPER

“For me it’s the mood/vibe and message I’m trying to send. I usually have one part or line in mind and develop the rest of the song to even further push the boundaries in that direction.” From Bio: The latest welcome addition to Nashville’s flourishing indie pop landscape, Andy Feller, newly performing under the moniker FOXKEEPER, hails originally from Tampa, Florida. Since […]

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IRON MAIDEN Singer BRUCE DICKINSON Announces Speaking Tour This October

IRON MAIDEN Singer BRUCE DICKINSON Announces Speaking Tour This October

IRON MAIDEN singer, BRUCE DICKINSON, today announces a special one-man speaking tour of Australia this October to support his autobiography, What Does This Button Do? Delivering compelling excerpts from the book, slides and a Q&A, fans will finally get the chance to ask questions of the heavy metal icon in truly intimate venues. An Australian first, and a must for heavy music lovers, Dickinson […]

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By popular demand the Red Hot Summer tour announces a special run of dates featuring JOHN FARNHAM in 2019

By popular demand the Red Hot Summer tour announces a special run of dates featuring JOHN FARNHAM in 2019

With two massive announcements already made for the RED HOT SUMMER TOUR in 2019, festival promoters have organised an incredible line-up for the highly anticipated Series Three. Headlined by the legendary John Farnham, with special guests Daryl Braithwaite, Jon Stevens, Vanessa Amorosi, Thirsty Merc and Dragon, these select shows were hand-picked for the final run of the 2019 festival. The […]

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ALICE COOPER To Release Brand New Live Album A Paranormal Evening At The Olympia Paris  On August 31

ALICE COOPER To Release Brand New Live Album A Paranormal Evening At The Olympia Paris On August 31

Following the release of the 2017 studio album “Paranormal”, which was the best chart-performing album by Alice Cooper in decades, the American rock legend took his exciting live show all over the world, accompanied by “the best band he has ever had.” After an entire year spent on the road, the “Paranormal tour” ended in Paris, on December 7th, 2017 at the […]

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A DAY ON THE GREEN’S Victorian JOHN FARNHAM Show Sold Out | Second & Final Show Added!

A DAY ON THE GREEN’S Victorian JOHN FARNHAM Show Sold Out | Second & Final Show Added!

There was a rush to secure tickets for a day on the green’s Victorian concert with JOHN FARNHAM at Rochford Wines with tickets selling out quickly this morning. Due to overwhelming demand a day on the green is thrilled to confirm a second and final show at Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley on Sunday December 9. Tickets go on sale on Monday July 16 at 10am from […]

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Once Around

Once Around

“You only get one life, one chance to beat the clock. Your time is almost up, but you need time to breath. Once Around is your oxygen mask for a clear path of the mind. Gain back the life they stole.” From Bio: When I die I’ll be remembered by the noise in my veins. Los Angeles, CA based band […]

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Conor Mason of Nothing But Thieves

Conor Mason of Nothing But Thieves

“It wasn’t so much about coming back so quick, we’ve just started out there and saw how well it was doing so for us it just made sense to come back it’s like we wanted to fit it in and not leave Australia out for a long time because it was so good the last time we were there so […]

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CIRCLES Release New Single & Video “Tether” + Album ‘The Last One’ Out August 31

CIRCLES Release New Single & Video “Tether” + Album ‘The Last One’ Out August 31

Circles are going from strength to strength – the four-piece prog powerhouse band has wall-to-wall tours and shows from now until the end of 2018 – and show no sign of slowing down (they have just been announced on Euroblast Festival 2018!). The Melbourne-based, world-class outfit are releasing their highly anticipated new album The Last One worldwide on August 31st 2018 through Wild Thing Records (AUS) and Season […]

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THE LIVING END announce new album and National Spring tour

THE LIVING END announce new album and National Spring tour

They say good things come in threes. Well today The Living End fans have been rewarded with a massive triple announcement. Hot on the heels of electric new single ‘Don’t Lose It‘, the band are now ready to announce the name and release date for their new album, plus details of a national headline tour for November. Recorded over a six week […]

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Brad Schecter

Brad Schecter

“What is most important for me is that it has to come from a place that’s real.  If it’s not authentic or contrived in some way, it shows.  Basic rule of thumb which has been said many a time before I am sure, “Bad for life, good for art.”  I have gotten pretty good at transforming pain into something worth […]

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SNOW PATROL Announce Sydney Show – Land In Australia Next Month!

SNOW PATROL Announce Sydney Show – Land In Australia Next Month!

SNOW PATROL make their return to Australia next month and have today announced a Sydney performance on Saturday August 4 at ICC Sydney’s Darling Harbour Theatre to coincide with their Melbourne show at the iconic Palais Theatre on August 2. Tickets for the Sydney show go on sale at 2pm Thursday, July 11. My Live Nation members can secure tickets first […]

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SMASH MOUTH Announce Australian Tour

SMASH MOUTH Announce Australian Tour

Californian rockers, Smash Mouth, have announced they will return to Australia in November to play shows across the East Coast. Smash Mouth were regular chart toppers of the 90’s alternative music scene, selling in excess of 10 million albums worldwide.  They are no strangers to Australian audiences with songs like the All Star, Can’t Get Enough of You Baby, Walkin’ On The Sun and celebrated Monkees classic I’m A […]

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PROPHETS OF RAGE Drop Surprise New Single ‘Heart Afire’

Last Friday, revolutionary musicians Prophets of Rage: Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk, Chuck D, B-Real and DJ Lord dropped their first new music since the release of their self-titled debut album released in September 2017. The band released the previously unannounced single, Heart Afire on July 6. The Brendan O’Brien produced track is a hint of more to come from the radical band. The group performed the […]

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UNDER THE SOUTHERN STARS Summer festival announces lineup!

UNDER THE SOUTHERN STARS Summer festival announces lineup!

Under the Southern Stars – the Summer Festival is excited to announce this year’s return with a huge line up of the best of Australian rock.  Off the back of last year’s inaugural success, the festival is expanding into 5 new coastal locations as it continues to deliver music lovers the ultimate outdoor live music festival in a quintessential Aussie summer […]

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Red Hot Summer Tour Series Two

Red Hot Summer Tour Series Two

Hot on the heels of the announcement of Series One of the RED HOT SUMMER TOUR, the festival promoters are excited to announce Series Two featuring the Ultimate Rock N Roll Line-Up. Kicking off in February 2019, Series Two of the coveted touring festival will see the return of the Queen of Rock Suzi Quatro, with special guests The Angels, […]

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Jeff Martin – Leadbelly, Newtown – July 5, 2018

Jeff Martin – Leadbelly, Newtown – July 5, 2018

Seeing Jeff Martin solo is an experience, and this venue is just perfect for what we can expect tonight, and I have to say that I’ve been lucky enough to see The Tea Party play here previously back in 2012 and that was amazing, so now tonight getting to see Jeff Martin do his thing here but this time solo […]

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Dez Fafara of DevilDriver

Dez Fafara of DevilDriver

“So I’ve always heard these songs heavy and outlaw country for me the lyrics, the stories are the most poignant on the planet, those guys are the Lemmy’s of their genre, they are the outlaws of their genre, and so it just made all the sense in the world to try to do something that has never really been done…” […]

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Four Trips Ahead

Four Trips Ahead

“Four Trips Ahead has a unique sound where there are lots of different elements blended together within the context of hard rock. I can’t imagine that chemistry and our sound being developed in the same way anywhere but in NYC.  At the same time, the bar is raised and you know if you plan to hit the stage, you better […]

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A DAY ON THE GREEN presents JOHN FARNHAM performing Whispering Jack

A DAY ON THE GREEN presents JOHN FARNHAM performing Whispering Jack

JOHN FARNHAM’s iconic Whispering Jack may be one of the most successful Australian albums of all time, but it’s so much more than that. It’s a record that is indelibly marked in Australia’s collective consciousness, an album that means so much to so many people. In news that will thrill fans across the country, it’s time to relive all that this summer whenJOHN […]

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SCOTT IAN: Legendary Founding Father of Thrash, Author & Rock Royalty Announces One Man Riot! Spoken Word Tour – Australia, Sept 2018

SCOTT IAN: Legendary Founding Father of Thrash, Author & Rock Royalty Announces One Man Riot! Spoken Word Tour – Australia, Sept 2018

This is the story of a Jewish kid from Queens who started a heavy metal band… Thrash Metal inventor, metal/rap cross over initiator, non fiction & comic book author, horror movie expert, TV star, son-in-law to Meat Loaf… shall we go on? One of the metal worlds most recognisable, praised and iconic figures, Scott Ian, will be in Australia for a […]

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Mark Williams of Dragon

Mark Williams of Dragon

“…you know when we started up again it must have been an eight to ten year break where Dragon were never heard and then we started playing, this was thirteen or fourteen years ago, then we started playing around and you can see the recognition and the look of surprise and everybody down in the audience going ‘oh my god […]

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GENE SIMMONS With Special Guest Star ACE FREHLEY 40th Anniversary Solo Album Australian Tour – Melbourne Show – 30 August – Venue Change

GENE SIMMONS With Special Guest Star ACE FREHLEY 40th Anniversary Solo Album Australian Tour – Melbourne Show – 30 August – Venue Change

As Gene Simmons’ Australian tour with Ace Frehley looms ever closer, fans are advised that the Melbourne venue has changed. GENE SIMMONS and Ace Frehley will now perform live at Melbourne’s Festival Hall on 30 August. GENE SIMMONS, with Very Special Guest Ace Frehley 30 August Festival Hall – 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, VIC 3003 Please note that existing ticket holders […]

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WIN a Meet and Greet with KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD (CLOSED)

WIN a Meet and Greet with KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD (CLOSED)

Thanks to our very good friends at RPM and TEG Live, we have an awesome opportunity for one lucky winner to meet Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his Band when they return to Australia this October! You and a friend will get to meet blues legend, Kenny and his band, as well as attend the show in your selected city being Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne! Yes, that’s right we have a […]

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COHEED AND CAMBRIA Share New Single ‘Unheavenly Creatures’ | New Album ‘The Unheavenly Creatures’ Out October 5

COHEED AND CAMBRIA Share New Single ‘Unheavenly Creatures’ | New Album ‘The Unheavenly Creatures’ Out October 5

Coheed and Cambria have shared their new single Unheavenly Creatures, the title track from their widely anticipated new LP, The Unheavenly Creatures, set for release on October 5 and available to pre-order now. Unheavenly Creatures is accompanied by the P.R. Brown directed official video and an exclusive interview with frontman Claudio Sanchez, both available to view at Marvel.com. Fans can also tune in today for Marvel’s weekly podcast, This Week […]

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RedHook

RedHook

“Imagine putting, Meteora-era Linkin Park, current-era Bring Me The Horizon and Halsey in a blender and making a frozen ice pop out of it. Worth a solid lick!” From Release: Sydney-based screaming rap-rock-electro-pop mutants RedHook have officially spawned with the arrival of their debut single, ‘Minute On Fire’. Produced by Stevie Knight (Trophy Eyes, The Dead Love) and Dave Petrovic […]

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KillSET

KillSET

“The most important ingredient is the vast array of musical influences each member of the band possesses and the openness to pretty much try anything musically to make the song better.  It allows us to not be boxed in by one certain style and to create music that is very unique and diverse.” From Bio: KillSET was created by taking a […]

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Australian Rockers DALLAS CRANE To Join CHEAP TRICK This October

Australian Rockers DALLAS CRANE To Join CHEAP TRICK This October

Lauded Australian rock outfit, DALLAS CRANE, will join CHEAP TRICK on their East Coast headline dates this October. Forming a dream double-header line-up, Dallas Crane will warm audiences for the US Rock & Roll Hall of Famers at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on Monday 15th October, Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Wednesday 17th October and Brisbane’s The Tivoli on Thursday 18th October. Since their formation in 1996, Dallas Crane have become a staple of Australian rock music culture. […]

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ALICE IN CHAINS To Release ‘Rainier Fog’ On August 24 – New Track ‘So Far Under’ Out Today

ALICE IN CHAINS To Release ‘Rainier Fog’ On August 24 – New Track ‘So Far Under’ Out Today

ALICE IN CHAINS (vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez and vocalist/guitarist William DuVall) have announced an August 24 release for the long awaited RAINIER FOG (BMG), their first album in five years. They’re giving fans another sneak preview of the album with today’s release of second track “So Far Under” Listen to it here! So Far Under follows the recent release of The One You Know and […]

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Björn Strid of The Night Flight Orchestra

Björn Strid of The Night Flight Orchestra

“So that’s really what inspired us to do that and it feels like we’re sort of alone in this genre, when you talk about AOR today it’s still something completely different we feel so I think we’re almost like classic rock pariahs in a way *laughs*.” From Release: It started out as a united vision in 2006, shared between the […]

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