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Deaf Havana announce new album ‘We’re Never Getting Out’ out Oct 3 via So Recordings & Civilians

Deaf Havana announce new album ‘We’re Never Getting Out’ out Oct 3 via So Recordings & Civilians

Deaf Havana have announced their long-awaited seventh album, ‘We’re Never Getting Out‘, set for release on Friday October 3 via So Recordings/Civilians. To mark the news, the English alternative rock band have unveiled its shimmering lead single, Lawn Tennis, offering a first glimpse into their most personal work to date. Accepting yourself is one of the most daunting, challenging and altering things you can do in this life. […]

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THE LIVING END release new song ‘Alfie’ and announce Melbourne and Sydney shows

THE LIVING END release new song ‘Alfie’ and announce Melbourne and Sydney shows

After packing out the legendary Punters Club with a last minute gig on Wednesday night, The Living End storm back onto the scene with a new single ‘Alfie’. To celebrate the band will play two intimate, pop-up shows in Sydney and Melbourne to keep the good times rolling! New song ‘Alfie’ – OUT MAY 15 Pre-save it here: HERE Melbourne and Sydney shows – […]

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Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan (Video Interview)

Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan (Video Interview)

“I feel that we are more in control of our career than we ever have and the shows are growing. I see fans from the first era coming back to the shows, and I see younger faces as well kind of revitalising the whole scene…” From Release: In 2025, SIMPLE PLAN history will be made in Australia, with the revered […]

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Parkway Drive Unleash New Single & Video “Sacred”

Parkway Drive Unleash New Single & Video “Sacred”

Today, Parkway Drive unveil their powerful new track, “Sacred” — a monumental blend of strength and vision that showcases the band’s ultimate drive and power. The anthemic new single marks the metal titans’ first release since their critically acclaimed 2022 album Darker Still, and arrives alongside a visually stunning music video, directed by Third Eye Visuals. Vocalist Winston McCall shares: “The mission […]

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BIG COUNTRY Announce October 2025 GREATEST HITS Australian Tour

BIG COUNTRY Announce October 2025 GREATEST HITS Australian Tour

BIG COUNTRY, the Legendary Scottish Celtic Rock band, return for the first time since 2019 for The Greatest Hits Tour. Setlist includes – In A Big Country, Chance, Fields of Fire, Look Away, Wonderland plus much more! Featuring the band’s de facto theme song — In a Big Country, their debut album, THE CROSSING, combined anthemic post-punk with folk-inspired guitar sounds to become the leading […]

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JD FORTUNE Announces ”Plays The Best Of INXS” October 2025 Australian Tour

JD FORTUNE Announces ”Plays The Best Of INXS” October 2025 Australian Tour

INXS fans, get ready – the Original Rockstar (and former INXS Frontman), JD Fortune will finally return to Australian stages for his first ever headline tour this October with his band to perform the Best of INXS! The powerhouse Canadian vocalist will perform be delivering a set of INXS anthems and classics including Need You Tonight, Never Tear Us Apart, New Sensation, Mystify, Devil Inside, Don’t Change, Suicide Blonde, Original […]

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Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth Returns With Incendiary New Single “The End” Music video feat. Danny Trejo, Slash, Myles Kennedy, Valerie Bertinelli

Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth Returns With Incendiary New Single “The End” Music video feat. Danny Trejo, Slash, Myles Kennedy, Valerie Bertinelli

GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Wolfgang Van Halen is back with the latest single from the band he masterminds, Mammoth. “The End” is an adrenaline-driven rocker that kicks off with a signature lead guitar riff that has become a fan-favorite element in Wolfgang’s music. The anthemic build of the intro gives way to the driving verse melody with […]

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Jason Wade and Steve Stout of Lifehouse (Video Interview)

Jason Wade and Steve Stout of Lifehouse (Video Interview)

“For me personally I want the songs to feel like they were written in the room, like that’s been my whole thing…” From Bio: Jason Wade is the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of Lifehouse, a band which, since forming in the West Valley of Los Angeles in 2000, released seven albums that have cumulatively sold more than 15 […]

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GO TO HELL…For The First Time In Australian History, Hellbound Announces 3-Night Metal Cruise Sailing Into The Abyss In 2026

GO TO HELL…For The First Time In Australian History, Hellbound Announces 3-Night Metal Cruise Sailing Into The Abyss In 2026

In 2026, prepare to GO TO HELL with Australia’s first ever dedicated metal cruise HELLBOUND. The boat will be rockin’ and you’ll wanna come knockin’ next year, with HELLBOUND set to deliver an all-out, three-night floating heavy festival on the high seas! Promoted by CHOOSE YOUR CRUISE and DESTROY ALL LINES and bringing together the loudest bands and the wildest fans, HELLBOUND will transform a luxury cruise ship into […]

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BUSH Teases New Track “60 WAYS TO FORGET PEOPLE”

BUSH Teases New Track “60 WAYS TO FORGET PEOPLE”

earMUSIC and BUSH are beyond excited to announce the release of “60 Ways to Forget People”, the hauntingly powerful new track teasing their highly anticipated 10th studio album, I Beat Loneliness – set for worldwide release on 18th July 2025. Marking a bold new era for the GRAMMY®-nominated, multi-Platinum rock legends, ‘60 Ways to Forget People’ offers a raw dive into the complexities of heartbreak, personal transformation, and the […]

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Sabaton Announce Australia & New Zealand Headline Tour With Special Guests Amaranthe

Sabaton Announce Australia & New Zealand Headline Tour With Special Guests Amaranthe

This September history will be made with the return of Swedish metallers SABATON to Australian shores, joined nationally by special guests and fellow compatriots AMARANTHE. Bringing their trademark heavy metal maximalism down under later this year, SABATON‘s Aussie headline run will kick off on Wednesday 3 September in Perth, before journeying to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and concluding proceedings on Tuesday 9 September […]

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Simple Plan Announce Australian Exclusive Surprise Sydney Headline Show Playing ‘Still Not Getting Any…’ In Full For The First Time Ever!

Simple Plan Announce Australian Exclusive Surprise Sydney Headline Show Playing ‘Still Not Getting Any…’ In Full For The First Time Ever!

In 2025, SIMPLE PLAN history will be made in Australia, with the revered Canadian rockers today announcing a surprise special headline show in Sydney at the Liberty Hall on Saturday 10th May playing their 2004 sophomore album Still Not Getting Any… in full in its entirety for the first time ever. Tickets go on sale Tuesday 29 April at 12pm AEST time. “Still Not Getting Any…” is […]

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HALESTORM Unveils Cinematic New Single “Darkness Always Wins”

HALESTORM Unveils Cinematic New Single “Darkness Always Wins”

GRAMMY-winning Halestorm today unveiled “Darkness Always Wins,” a slowly-building, cinematic hard rock anthem that marks the band’s first release of 2025. The song, produced by GRAMMY-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell) is the first to be revealed from a new album from Atlantic Records, details of which will be announced soon. Listen HERE. “‘Darkness Always Wins’ is not a song of […]

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Samantha Fish (Video Interview)

Samantha Fish (Video Interview)

“For me I feel like I leaned into the things that I’m known for… I just wanted to lean into my superpowers on this record…” From Bio: One of the most formidable guitarists of her generation, Samantha Fish deals in her own unmatched brand of bravado, bringing both mind-blowing power and extraordinary emotionality to everything she creates. Since first introducing […]

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KT Tunstall (Video Interview)

KT Tunstall (Video Interview)

“It was also like a very exciting time cause you’re in the pursuit of something and you’re shunning a conventional life with kind of quite real consequences…” From Bio: KT Tunstall has never been one for creative stasis. The Grammy® nominated Scottish Musician burst onto the music scene with her 2004 multi-platinum debut, Eye to the Telescope, which spawned the […]

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Toto – ICC, Sydney – April 19, 2025

Toto – ICC, Sydney – April 19, 2025

Tonight is going to be a whole lot of nostalgic fun! This very, very big crowd at the ICC in Sydney is ready to go sailing to Africa and that was absolutely terrible but just go with it. This is going to be an awesome night. Christopher Cross is here for the first time since 2017 and he sounds good!! […]

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Burton C Bell (Video Interview)

Burton C Bell (Video Interview)

“I got to the point of just like ok I’ve healed, and I thought about it and now it’s time to move forward…” From Release: Burton C. Bell, the iconic voice that defined futuristic anxiety, existential desperation, and steadfast resistance across the industrial metal world, is set to captivate Australian audiences this June 2025 with a special run of intimate […]

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BABY ANIMALS announce new single

BABY ANIMALS announce new single

Aussie rock powerhouse, Baby Animals, are thrilled to unleash their full throttled version of their new single ‘Ace of Spades’.  The Motörhead song is one of rock & roll’s most beloved and sacred anthems.  Covering the bombastic ode is a heavy crown to bare and Baby Animals have kicked ass with their recording! Says the band “we were thinking about doing a cover for […]

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Brett Detar of The Juliana Theory (Video Interview)

Brett Detar of The Juliana Theory (Video Interview)

“When the band broke up it was starting to feel like, it was a darker period and it started to feel like it was feeling more like a job and wasn’t feeling as passionate and authentic…” From Release: THE JULIANA THEORY will forever hold a spot in the rarefied ranks of emo’s most influential artists. Like their peers Sunny Day […]

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Yours Truly announce Australian headline Tour this June celebrating ‘TOXIC’

Yours Truly announce Australian headline Tour this June celebrating ‘TOXIC’

Sydney based alt-rock powerhouse Yours Truly are hitting the road this June for their anticipated Australian headline tour in celebration of their bold and emotionally charged second studio album, ‘TOXIC‘ released last year. Joining them as main support for their first-ever Australian appearance is Los Angeles emo-punk outfit senses. Tickets on sale Wednesday April 16 via Destroy All Lines. The tour will begin at The Triffid in Brisbane on Friday […]

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ANIMALS AS LEADERS The Joy of Motion Anniversary Tour – September 2025

ANIMALS AS LEADERS The Joy of Motion Anniversary Tour – September 2025

One of the most exciting and boundary pushing acts in the world of heavy music, Washington D.C.’s Animals As Leaders will return to Australia for a full national tour this September, celebrating their groundbreaking album, The Joy of Motion. In 2014, The Joy of Motion redefined progressive metal with its masterful blend of technical precision and emotional depth. Tracks like album opener, Kascade and The Woven Web have clocked […]

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Jason Aalon Butler of letlive. (Video Interview)

Jason Aalon Butler of letlive. (Video Interview)

“You get back together, you start talking, you start playing the music you’ve played, you think about those times and it’s inevitable…” From Release: Renowned for their genre-defying sound and electrifying high-energy live performances, letlive. is set to triumphantly return to stages one more time, reuniting with fans and reigniting the fire that defined a generation of alternative music. The […]

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Winger – Factory Theatre, Sydney – April 7, 2025

Winger – Factory Theatre, Sydney – April 7, 2025

What an amazing thing it is to be here tonight. In case you didn’t hear, Saturday night’s original show was evacuated due to a fire and unable to go ahead, but thanks to the absolute legends at Silverback Touring, the band and their crew, they were able to pull together a show for us all two days later. So here […]

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Crash Test Dummies – The Manning Bar, Sydney – April 4, 2025

Crash Test Dummies – The Manning Bar, Sydney – April 4, 2025

It’s been well over thirty years since Crash Test Dummies have been in Australia, so tonight in Sydney we are here to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their amazing album ‘God Shuffled His Feet’, and by the sold out signs up across this string of shows it seems a lot of people have been waiting to see the band, me […]

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THE CHURCH Announce ‘’The Singles Tour: A Career Retrospective’’ Australian Dates

THE CHURCH Announce ‘’The Singles Tour: A Career Retrospective’’ Australian Dates

Formed many lifetimes ago (well, 1980) THE CHURCH has earned a rightfully revered place in Australian rock music history along with a thoroughly deserved place in the ARIA Hall Of Fame. The Church continue to create timeless music that deeply resonates with audiences worldwide. From their early days in Sydney’s underground scene to their global overground success, The Church remain one of the most […]

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RISE AGAINST Weigh Art vs Autonomy, Reckon With Mental Health On ‘Prizefighter’, New Single Out Now

RISE AGAINST Weigh Art vs Autonomy, Reckon With Mental Health On ‘Prizefighter’, New Single Out Now

On the heels of playing LA’s Kia Forum, and releasing “the anthem we need right now” (VICE), Rise Against have shared their second new single of 2025. Out now on Loma Vista Recordings, Prizefighter illustrates the internal battle between making art, maintaining autonomy, and meeting the demands of the present day’s never-ending, rapidly-shifting attention span. Rise Against vocalist and lyricist Tim McIlrath says, “‘Prizefighter’ is about a compulsion to […]

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Tim Rogers of You Am I (Video Interview)

Tim Rogers of You Am I (Video Interview)

“Anytime something good happened to the band at home we would be playing toilets either in Europe or The States…” From Release: Iconic Australian band You Am I is gearing up to mark a significant milestone, as their critically acclaimed second album, Hi Fi Way, turned 30 on February 20. You Am I’s Hi Fi Daily Double Down Tour will […]

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THE HIVES: Swedish rock royalty return this July! First AU live shows since 2015

THE HIVES: Swedish rock royalty return this July! First AU live shows since 2015

Celebrated as one of the most electrifying live acts in the world, International Rock Sensation The Hives will kick off their upcoming world tour in Australia this July. Let it be known The Hives shall be making the following state visits: four headline shows in Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane – their first live dates down under since 2015. The explosive garage rock five-piece responsible for such classics […]

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Zac Brown Band announces return to Australia for headline dates – October 2025

Zac Brown Band announces return to Australia for headline dates – October 2025

Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring are proud to welcome multi-platinum Southern rock group, Zac Brown Band, back to Australia for a series of headline shows this October 2025. As one of music’s most celebrated acts, the Grammy Award-winning band, who last performed in Australia for their exclusive headline set at CMC Rocks 2023, will bring their signature sound, dynamic performance and chart-topping hits to fans […]

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Ben Wysocki of The Fray (Video Interview)

Ben Wysocki of The Fray (Video Interview)

“It was an interesting process. There obviously was a lot of adjustment needed, logistically, emotionally, but at the same time it felt like a really natural evolution…” From Release: Four-time GRAMMY-nominated band The Fray, is bringing their highly anticipated “How to Save a Life” 20th Anniversary Tour to Australia this December.   These shows are part of an extensive global tour […]

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