Soundwave are delighted to announce they will be returning to their spiritual home in Melbourne, the RAS Melbourne Showgrounds for Soundwave 2015. Ticket holders: All existing tickets purchased for Flemington remain valid, no exchange necessary. Warning:  As a result of this move, they are now operating with a reduced capacity and expect that weekend passes will be sold out promptly. […]

Loveable Tasmanian punk rock ruffians LUCA BRASI have unveiled a slew of national tour dates for March 2015 with the UK’s Gnarwolves and Perth’s Tired Lion. Capping off a landmark year for the band, this tour will see them make new pals and win fresh hearts with their celebrated brand of warm, thoughtful melodic punk. Dynamic, hard-hitting and heart-swelling, Luca Brasi’s outstanding sophomore album ‘By A Thread’ was released […]

Metropolis Touring are proud to announce the return of legendary rockers URIAH HEEP to Australia.  Considered one of the ‘Big Four’ pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal in the late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s along with BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE & LED ZEPPELIN – URIAH HEEP still enjoy legendary status. URIAH HEEP‘s unique, progressive, hard sound has made them a mainstay of the rock […]

Heavy music is typically a battlefield upon which the uninitiated dare not tread, but MASTODON unifies the tribes unlike anyone else. Album after album, MASTODON set the pace for modern heavy metal. They took pole position fresh out of Atlanta some 14 years ago, and with album number six, ‘Once More Round the Sun’, show no signs of giving it […]

Get ready for a rowdy night in Sydney and Melbourne next March when the wildest duo in country music BIG & RICH (USA) return to Australia for their first ever headline shows. Rob Potts Entertainment Edge and Chugg Entertainment announced the Sydney and Melbourne shows today for the American superstars, who are already confirmed for CMC Rocks QLD festival. Special […]

SECOND & FINAL SYDNEY SHOW ANNOUNCED AS PART OF THE ROXETTE LIVE 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR with special guests Boom Crash Opera It must have been love as Live Nation has responded to fan demands and today announce a very special second and final ROXETTE show to be held ‘On The Steps’ of the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday February 25. […]

Thanks to our good friends at Sony Music Australia, we have five copies of the new AC/DC album ‘Rock or Bust’ to give away to our lucky readers. To win one of the five copies, simply send us an email to mtrbwy@maytherockbewithyou.com with the subject line of ‘AC/DC Giveaway’ and include your name and address and finish this sentence for us…‘For […]

  “He would always be at the front of the show with a drink in his hand, enjoying the music.Punk rock was his way of life and I am happy I can be a part of this festival in honour of a legend that’s life has been taken away from us too soon.” About Gingerfest: Some of the most exciting punk and rock bands […]

“…it’s like a dream come true situation for us, we’ve been talking about trying to get to Australia to play some shows seriously for about the last three or four years and we’ve just been chasing it every opportunity and now that it’s actually going to become a reality we’re just kind of shocked but really, really excited man to […]

A FURTHER 15 BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR THE ALREADY MASSIVE SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2015 THERE WILL BE A THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT AND TIMETABLES COMING BEFORE CHRISTMAS AS WELL!   ANIMALS AS LEADERS: ‘CAFO’ BAYSIDE: ‘Devotion and Desire’ THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: ‘Born To Lose’ DRAGONFORCE: ‘The Game’ (Featuring Matt Heafy of Trivium) EVERGREEN TERRACE: ‘Chaney Can’t Quite Riff Like Helmet’s Page Hamilton’ ‘ FUCKED UP: ‘Queen Of Hearts’  HE IS […]

Iconic alt-rock band COUNTING CROWS make a welcome return to Australia this April for headline dates around the country, including a previously announced appearance at Byron Bay Bluesfest. Currently touring their native US in support of their long-awaited seventh studio albumSomewhere Under Wonderland, the band are renowned for creating unique and innovative concerts, and are consistently ranked as one of the top live […]

“…I just kind of winged it the first time, so had a lot of questions for myself, mainly what do I do? How do I start? It’s not like with Anthrax, when I’m going on stage I don’t have any questions, I know what I’m doing, whereas this I had never done it before…” From release: Legendary heavy metal musician, […]

Today, Bluesfest, the multi award winning five Day Festival, held annually over the Easter Long weekend just north of Byron Bay (EVENT DATES: Thu 2nd to Mon 6th of April, 2015) delivers to its audience and music lovers across the country a tremendous addition to what is currently being called one of the best festival bills announced anywhere in the world. Regarded as […]

After leaving a trail of dropped jaws and newly-converted hardcore fans in the wake of their first trip down under, three-time GRAMMY Award-winning Zac Brown Band are heading back to Australia in 2015 for their first headline tour. Chugg Entertainment and Rob Potts Entertainment Edge today confirmed a return tour to Australia for the seven million album-selling, genre-defying band whose […]

“…we’re just five dudes playing in a band and we’re just fortunate to be in a position to help somebody in a time of need or have a positive influence on somebody’s life, but lyrically a lot of our message is positive and inner strength and to get through the hard times and stuff, so I think a lot of […]

WEDNESDAY 13 is set to release his sixth solo album on January 16, 2015 through 3Wise Records. “I want to do something different and challenging,” states W13. “Take the movies, They Live and Night Of The Living Dead, and the series V, and mix that together. It’s a sci-fi, horror story that will be the most unique Wednesday 13 album […]

Sony Music Entertainment Australia is proud to release Hoodoo Gurus GRAVY TRAIN EP, out now. This is the second EP ever to be released by the Hoodoo Gurus in the band’s history. It features all eight past and present members, performing on four songs dating from the earliest days of the band’s career, three of them never recorded before! Back in September 2011, the Hoodoo […]

Date: Saturday November 22, 2014 Venue: The Factory Theatre, Sydney Support: Tracer Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our recent interview with Dave Gleeson of The Screaming Jets HERE  

Canada’s finest – Cancer Bats have announced the release date for their new album and revealed the video from their upcoming single Satellites online. Check out the explosive new video here. The beloved multiple-JUNO nominated hardcore-punk-metal band will release their highly anticipated fifth studio LP titled Searching for Zero on March 13th, 2015 on their own imprint, Noise Church Records. The 10-track album is now available for pre-order now. […]

Architects will return to Australia in April 2015 for their first national headline tour since 2010. In September 2014 they did two small capacity headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne, selling each of them out in less than 48 hours. Joining them for the ride will be Stick To Your Guns (USA), Being As An Ocean (USA) and Stories (AUS). Formed in 2007, Architects have been one of the […]

Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Presented By: XIII Touring Support: Bad Books, Apes, Kevin Devine Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

Date: Friday November 14, 2014 Venue: The Factory Theatre, Sydney Support: Darker Half & Temtris Presented By: Metropolis Touring Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

Billboard‘s ‘Rock Group of the Decade’, NICKELBACK are powering up to kick off a massive May 2015 Australian tour in support of their eighth full-length studio album, No Fixed Address, unleashed today. The decibels will rise as Nickelback fire up their trademark unmistakably huge sound, lifting the roof with anthems ‘Someday’, ‘Gotta Be Somebody’, ‘When We Stand Together’, ‘Burn It to the Ground’ and […]

“…being in Australia is amazing. Definitely a place when you’re a kid growing up in The States you’re not sure if you’re gonna go or if you just plan for it to be a place you wanna go, so being able to go there and see so many parts of it and actually tour is pretty special…” From Bio: Since […]

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced their forthcoming album ‘Monuments To An Elegy’ will be released December 12 via Martha’s Music/BMG Music/Cooking Vinyl Australia. ‘Monuments To An Elegy’ marks the iconic alternative band’s eighth studio album and is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2012 album ‘Oceania’. This new album was recorded in Chicago with Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder, who […]

“…that’s the thing, people are already talking about our legacy saying we deserved better or we deserved to be bigger or whatever, which is nice, but I would hate to be remembered that way because it makes us look like we were so shitty *laughs*” From Bio: THE SWELLERS got their start in 2002 when brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener […]

I like the works of Black Veil Brides. I like that they make rock and roll that has a major throwback feel to the metal of old, and by old I mean the 80’s with the look, the hooks and the imagery. It’s what I like and I’ve never had an issue with bands like this out there flying the […]

After an extensive tour of the US with KISS & Def Leppard, which finished with three shows on board the KISS Kruise IV, The Dead Daisies are ready to bring their show back to Australia and New Zealand on the upcoming ‘Angel In Your Eyes’ tour! KISS & Def Leppard fans all around the world have rocked out to The Dead […]

Date: Sunday November 9, 2014 Venue: The Hi Fi, Sydney Support: Darker Half Presented By: Tone Deaf in association with BFC Artists Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

When the Foo Fighters announced they were going on hiatus after they finished touring for ‘Wasting Light’, many were surprised, not sure of what that meant or how long it would actually last, but thankfully not too long as when the band decided they were ready to come back, well, why not do it in a big way… A series […]