Exactly 30 years to the day, multi-platinum, four-time GRAMMY-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls are set to release a 30th Anniversary deluxe edition of their fifth studio album, “A Boy Named Goo”, on Friday 14 March. Pre-order HERE. Originally released in 1995, this classic album catapulted the band to mainstream success and was Certified 2x Platinum within a year of its release. Driven by […]

Hard rock sensation H.E.A.T light up 2025 with the announcement of their brand-new studio album ‘Welcome to the Future’, set for release on April 25 on earMUSIC. The first single ‘Disaster’ is out today. The track comes with an explosive music video that merges 80s arcade aesthetics with metal madness, directed by the renowned Patric Ullaeus (known for his work with Europe, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, and many more […]

KNOTFEST, the destination festival brand curated by SLIPKNOT, is returning to Australia this year, and today we are thrilled to announce a horde of headline sideshows from some of the artists on the festival lineup. In addition to their entirely sold out Adelaide headline sideshow, SLIPKNOT will also headline in Auckland on Tuesday 11 March, while A DAY TO REMEMBER are set to perform a […]

“We have so many things on the plate right now it’s just finding the time to record it and get it done…” From Release: Since reuniting with vocal powerhouse, Ryan McCombs, Drowning Pool have gone from strength to strength, blowing away audiences at some of the world’ premier festival – Aftershock, Nu Metal Revolution, Louder Than Life, Sonic Temple, Blue […]

The nostalgic anthem debuted at headline performances around Sydney at Kelly’s On King, Pleasure Club and The Duke of Enmore in late 2024. Next, Hevenshe will be performing ‘Wish I Had a Friend’ at The Tivoli, The Enmore and The Forum theatres following its release this January, with You Me At Six and Holding Absence. ‘Wish I Had a Friend’ […]

rackeTT Collective are proud to announce that the inaugural ROAR FEST Celebrating Women in Music will take place across St Kilda on the Labour Day long weekend – 8 to 9 March 2025. Coinciding with global celebrations of International Women’s Day, ROAR FEST shines a powerful spotlight on women in the Australian music industry. With a vision to see “more […]

In August 2024, Frank Carter joined Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols for one of the most surprising and adored music events of the year. Members of one of the most influential rock bands of all time, plus life-long fan and modern-day punk icon Carter, performed the Sex Pistols’ iconic 1977 album Never Mind The Bollocks in full. Teaming […]

“If I’d known what I know now I would’ve done it this way… and now I get to do it that way. “ From Release: Hard rock fans, the wait is over! Mike Tramp, the iconic voice of White Lion, is set to perform the songs of White Lion in Australia for the first time in 20 years. This marks Mike Tramp’s first tour of  […]

Brisbane and Melbourne, we have some great news for you! Punk rock icons THE OFFSPRING are thrilled to announce second and final shows on their SUPERCHARGED Worldwide in ’25 Australia tour with SIMPLE PLAN. Due to overwhelming demand, new shows have been added in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday 8 May and on Thursday 15 May in Brisbane at the Entertainment Centre.These shows are licensed all […]

After leaving audiences mesmerised during their debut Australian performances at GlamFest in 2024, melodic hard rock band TYKETTO is returning Down Under for their first-ever headline tour. Led by one of the biggest voices in the genre, Danny Vaughn, the band has built a reputation on well-crafted anthems and  powerhouse performances. It has been almost thirty four years since the band hit the […]

It’s been too long since Bowling For Soup have been in Australia. Ten years in fact. See… too long. So here for Good Things we are lucky enough to have a sideshow in Sydney and that’s where we are tonight. Taylor Acorn is opening the show tonight and I’m stoked as her trip here in March was awesome so I’m […]

Live Nation & Chinatown Cinema Corp are thrilled to announce that legendary Asian rock band, Mayday, is returning to Australia with their 25th anniversary tour. Following their electrifying, sold out three show Australian tour in 2023, the band is returning for one historic show at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on Saturday, 22nd February 2025, becoming the first Mandarin rock artist to […]

Yächtley Crëw, The World’s #1 Yacht Rock Band, set sail from their native California on their maiden voyage to Australia in May 2025. For those uninitiated, Yacht Rock encapsulates the revival of Soft Rock Hits from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, which has become a worldwide phenomenon, inspiring fans to dress the part and sing along. Yächtley Crëw are not […]

Rock icons THE USED have announced their Australian 25th Anniversary Tour offering an unforgettable experience for fans, with three nights in each city across Australia featuring a full album playthrough of the music they created that shaped the sound of early 2000s alternative rock. The celebration will highlight their first three albums performed in full: their self-titled record The Used (2002), In Love And Death (2004) and Lies For The […]

Back at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt and tonight, this bill is something else, two amazing voices on the same night, I’m in! I’ve seen Richard Marx a number of times and he always delivers, but tonight will be my first night seeing Tina Arena live and I can’t wait to hear these songs of hers I’ve heard for the […]

Multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, diamond-selling band TRAIN is fresh off the heels of an epic summer tour that took in nearly 50 U.S. cities, and today, announces their long-awaited return to Australia in May 2025. The national tour kicks off Sunday 18 May in Perth, which marks Train’s first Australian show in eight years, and will travel through Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney before concluding […]

You may have seen our “Good Things at Good Things” video but they all came from these full interviews below. We had a great opportunity to chat to a number of artists on the Good Things bill this year in Sydney and had a ball doing it. Sure if you watch them all you may hear some of the same […]

December 7th in Sydney at the Good Things Festival we were lucky enough to interview ten artists, and in each interview (they’ll be up in full soon) we thought we’d take the name of the festival and ask them just about that… so we asked each artist about a Good Thing that happened to them this year. Here are their […]

The Killers are back in Australia celebrating twenty years since ‘Hot Fuss’ was released, but as a treat Sydney is getting two nights of the band and tonight is a ‘Royal Diamonds’ show which will showcase all the bands hits and more. It’s been a while since I’ve seen The Killers so this should be a lot of fun. Radio […]

YELLOWCARD set to return to Australia for the first time since 2017, celebrating 20 years of their breakthrough album ‘OCEAN AVENUE‘, with support from MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK & PLAIN WHITE T’S Legendary US Alt Rock band Yellowcard will be returning down under in April 2025 – celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their platinum-selling album ‘Ocean Avenue‘. The Jacksonville 4-piece will be joined by legendary pop-punk […]

I remember sitting at home in Victoria in 1996 watching the Farewell To The World concert and thinking how lucky everyone who was there was getting to witness this event. I guess for me that became Crowded House’s venue, the one I had to one day see them at, and tonight after 28 years I get the chance to see […]

After months of relentless chaos and sold-out arenas, SLIPKNOT has announced two exclusive headline sideshows next year on the heels of KNOTFEST AUSTRALIA, visiting Adelaide’s AEC Arena on Tuesday 4 March, and Spark Arena in Auckland on Tuesday 11 March. As always, attendees can expect a performance unlike any other, from a band who only get more thrilling, exciting and cathartic as time […]

Everybody’s favourite Aussie rock band The Screaming Jets are kicking off the new year with a full-throttle celebration and are set to deliver the ultimate holiday soundtrack to the East Coast on their Rock ‘n’ Roll on Summer Tour 2025! The Jets are bringing their signature high-energy live shows to coastal and regional towns in Queensland from January 3 in Eagleby, followed by […]

Denmark’s most celebrated rock band D-A-D return to Australia by popular demand in 2025 for a Greatest Hits Tour Welcome to the wildest R‘n’R amusement park! Known for their lunatic personas and stage antics backed by solid musical skills and songwriting chops, D-A-D made their international breakthrough in 1989 with the album No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims which spawned the hits ‘Girl Nation’, ‘Jihad,’ ‘Point Of View’ and […]

Bands of renown all boast a number of great albums to their name. But within that body of work there is always that one album. That magnum opus. That genre defining, gravity defying masterpiece that sets a standard by which not only their peers, but the band themselves are measured by forevermore. For ATREYU, THE CURSE is that album. With their legacy as […]

It’s been over a decade since I saw The Cult live and they impressed me to no end, so here we are on the second of their third sold out Sydney shows, each at different venues. Tonight at the amazing Enmore Theatre we are in for a treat as the band are here celebrating their 40th anniversary on their 8424 […]

RED HOT SUMMER TOUR is thrilled to announce next season’s line up with classic rock titans, ZZ TOP, headlining along with the masters of American blues-rock, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, as special guests.   They will also be joined by local Aussie rockers, The Living End, Baby Animals, Rose Tattoo & Dallas Frasca. These iconic outdoor shows will take place centre stage in April / May next […]

Rock n Roll Hall of fame inductees and legends of rock, ZZ TOP announce 2025 Australian and New Zealand dates for The Elevation Tour in April-May.  The tour will see ZZ Top perform in Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Wellington. Masters of American blues-rock GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS top-off the billing as special guests. Tickets to all shows will go on sale Monday, December 9 at 1.00pm […]

“It’s a really good time to be in a pop punk band and especially one that’s been around since the beginning and we’re honestly having the time of our lives…” From Release: Fresh off a pair of 2024 Download Festival performances, and celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their fan-favourite LP, 2004’s A Hangover You Don’t Deserve, Texan pop punks BOWLING […]

Once was not enough for punk rock icons THE OFFSPRING! Fresh off the release of their brand new album SUPERCHARGED and their earth-shattering one-off performance in Melbourne last night, the legendary five-piece have officially supercharged their 2025 plans, today announcing their return down under next May for the The Offspring: SUPERCHARGED Worldwide in ’25 Australia tour with SIMPLE PLAN. A jam-packed arena spectacular from […]