COLDPLAY have today announced Australian and New Zealand dates of their A Head Full Of Dreams Tour, with stadium shows confirmed for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. This is the band’s first world tour since the Mylo Xyloto Tour, which included Australian and NZ shows in November 2012. More than two million tickets have already been sold for the A […]

Monsters Of Rock Down Under are set to release their debut single ‘Annie’ on June 12. Classic Rock at its finest from truly authentic rock legends! ‘Annie’ is an anthem illustrating the journey to empowerment of a single mother escaping a dark relationship. Inspired by a strong woman whom decides to ‘fly down the highway’ to start a safer life. […]

BILLY TALENT is poised ready to take on their next mission: to complete their world domination. Canadian four piece rock powerhouse BILLY TALENT will be touring Australia in August for their first headline run in over 4 years. A new album is dropping soon titled ‘Afraid Of Heights’ and Australian fans will be among the first in the world to […]

Dead Letter Circus have announced they will be hitting the road this August for a 11-date national tour in support of their brand new single, ‘The Burning Number’. Joining Dead Letter Circus will be Clint Boge (The Butterfly Effect) and Rival Fire. On Board With Sea Shepherd Dead Letter Circus will donate one dollar from every ticket sold on the Burning […]

PIERCE THE VEIL, one of the fast rising and most electrifying rock bands on the music scene today, has announced their eagerly-awaited return to Australia to celebrate the release of their highly anticipated album, Misadventures. The San Diego natives will tour nationally this August with special guests SILVERSTEIN, BEARTOOTH and STORM THE SKY joining them on all dates. Tickets for all […]

After announcing in March that they’d be going on an indefinite hiatus, emo-punk outfit Motion City Soundtrack have finally announced dates for Australian fans. Touring for the last time ever down under, Motion City Soundtrack will be performing songs that showcase their monumental 18-year, six album career in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane this coming September. Joining them will be Hopeless […]

After nearly 15 years away from the recording studio, Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett today announces the details of his debut solo album, ’A Version of Now’. The chorus of the opening track ‘Tall Trees’ – really says it all … “I’m back!”. As the singer, songwriter, and former politician explains, this is a particularly personal project and one which […]

“I just don’t feel any different to when I was a kid, I think it’s truly all in your head, my parents at fifty six, my Dad especially and my grandparents they thought they were way over the hill at fifty, and to me I’m still like a teenager I’m out there carving and still like I was in my […]

They came blazing out of the radio with the aptly titled ‘Early Warning’. “Too young to know,” Suze DeMarchi sang. “Too old to listen.” Was it really 25 years ago? Baby Animals were everywhere in 1991. Twenty-five years later, their self-titled debut album remains one of the greatest Australian debuts of all time and one of the great rock records. […]

Grammy Award-winning Californian icons, DEFTONES, today announce they will return to Australia for national headline shows this November. The tour will kick off at Perth’s Metro Cityon Tuesday 8th November, before hitting Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre on Thursday 10thNovember, Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Friday 11th November, Sydney’s Hordern Pavilionon Saturday 12th November, and wrapping up at the Riverstage in Brisbane on […]

As they prepare to embark on their biggest U.S. tour to date, SLIPKNOT have announced a tour of the East Coast of Australia this October. Slipknot’s 2016 Australian campaign will include performances at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on October 28, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney on October 29 and Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne on October 31 – Melbourne Cup Eve and Halloween. […]

“…when we started we were just kids hanging out in the basement and just playing music for fun. Of course it’s still for fun, that hasn’t changed but I guess I’m 31 now, was 21 when we started and a lot of things have happened. I think we just became better song writers and better at playing music, we were […]

“…a lot of bands with that amount of time keep making the same record over and over and over, but we don’t, we want people to think, we want people to move forward with us, and we definitely want to evolve because that’s what art is all about. You don’t paint the same picture twice. Ever.” From release: Dark clouds […]

Recognized globally as one of the most prolific drummers in metal, Joey Jordison has unveiled details of his new band, Vimic.   Rounded out by Kalen Chase [Vocals], Jed Simon [Guitar/Vocals], Kyle Konkiel [Bass/Vocals] and Matt Tarach [Keyboards], Vimic has debuted Simple Skeletons, the first single from their debut LP Open Your Omenwhich is set to arrive later this year on […]

Tasmania’s most affable, goal kicking melodic punks LUCA BRASI have stormed into #18 on the ARIA Album Chart with their brand new, triple j feature album ‘If This Is All We’re Going To Be’. Today the band announce a headlining album tour for August, hitting the road with the UK’s Moose Blood and Adelaide heartbreakers The Hard Aches. Beloved for their impassioned delivery and jaw-dropping work […]

Date: Thursday May 5, 2016 Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Supported By: Closure In Moscow Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the show HERE                                  

It’s been a few years since Coheed and Cambria graced our shores but tonight off the back of their newest album ‘The Color Before The Sun’ they’re back. I’m actually a little ashamed to admit that this will be my first Coheed headline show, so to say I’m looking forward to it is an understatement… Closure In Moscow opened the […]

“I just give our fan base a lot of credit, they’re always willing to take the journey with us. What can you say? I can’t name another fan base that would do that, here we are, what, eight records in and a lot of really different records… They’re always willing to go for the ride with us…” Coheed and Cambria […]

In a world first exclusive Fear Factory fans will be allowing Australian fans to choose their favourite song from the bands massive catalogue. Simply click on the link below and start choosing your very own Fear Factory adventure!! CHOOSE YOUR FAVOURITE SONG! We can also announce that the Saturday 4 June show at Prince Of Wales has now sold out. […]

Grammy® Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Red Hot Chili Peppers return with new single Dark Necessities, which was released around the world today via all digital retailers. The track is the first song to be released from the Los Angeles-based band’s upcoming 11th studio album, The Getaway, due from Warner Bros. Records on June 17th. Fans who […]

HELLYEAH gave fans the first taste of their forthcoming 5th studio album UNDEN!ABLE  nine weeks ago with their lead single and lyric video, “Human”, (currently residing at #11 on the  US Media base Active Rock radio chart) and #8 on the iTunes Metal tracks chart.    Today, HELLYEAH unleash the first official music video from UNDEN!ABLE, for “HUMAN”. The video is directed by frequent collaborator Robert Sexton, who previously produced videos […]

This May, the highly anticipated “Wide Eyed Live” exhibition is making its comeback, after two successful years, with a spin in a different direction: Wide Eyed Live Vol.3 will be Australia’s first all female Live Music photography exhibition, directing its focus away from a strongly male dominated music industry. The showcase is based around some of Sydney’s most dedicated female photographers, who continuously rough it […]

Bob Spencer, songwriter and guitarist for The Angels and Skyhooks, is releasing his new single ‘Who Are These People?’ on May 13. This is the first single from his highly anticipated album ‘Saints and Murderers’ due for release later this year. The track is inspired by, and is a light hearted look at some of the whacky and disturbing things he reads on […]

ANDY BLACK, A.K.A. Andy Biersack, frontman and founding member of BLACK VEIL BRIDES, is heading down under this August and September for his first-ever solo headline tour. After gaining the world’s attention nearly seven years ago with the emergence of heavy rock band BLACK VEIL BRIDES, who quickly created a buzz and has built one of the most passionate and […]

After blowing away crowds with their dynamic and heart stopping shows on Soundwave 2015, Finnish classical-metal maestros Apocalyptica will be returning for a Headline tour this September! If there is one abiding truism that pervades art of every creed and style, it is that those with a unique vision are invariably the most likely to prevail. And as far as the […]

Following a massively popular run of shows through Western Australia in April, heavy music monoliths KARNIVOOL will embark on a run of East Coast headline dates through June and July. These will be the band’s only headlining shows until their their much anticipated fourth LP is completed. This tour marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the ARIA Award winning, chart topping titans. It […]

ENTER SHIKARI will return to Australia this September to sweep your mind and assault your senses on a five-date tour around the country with support from fellow UK bandHacktivist and Sydney’s Stories. Tickets for all shows go on sale at 11am this Thursday, May 5. Pre-sale tickets will be available through entershikari.com from 10am tomorrow, May 4. My Live Nation […]

“We signed our first record deal in 1990 and that was for seven albums and we thought we’d have seven albums out by the end of the decade but twenty six years on we’re just doing our seventh one *laughs* but we did spend a couple of years re-establishing ourselves live, and it just felt the right time now to […]

Five years since their last Australian appearance THE CURE will make a very welcome return to our shores for an arena tour. Renowned for their sublime two-hour-plus performances, The Cure will play headline arena shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth this July marking the band’s first Australian tour since August 2007. Tickets for the Melbourne and Sydney shows will go […]

Periphery, the D.C.-based prog innovators, will return with their new album Periphery III: Select Difficulty on July 22nd. Periphery’s most recent releases, the Juggernaut albums (Alpha and Omega), debuted at #15 and #16 on Billboard’s Top Album chart and #22 and #25 on the ARIA chart.  The conceptual releases were hailed by outlets for their modern take on prog; Rolling […]