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GLAM FEST FEBRUARY 2024 Announced Slaughter, Lynch Mob, Janet Gardner, H.E.A.T., Tyketto and More

GLAM FEST FEBRUARY 2024 Announced Slaughter, Lynch Mob, Janet Gardner, H.E.A.T., Tyketto and More

Nostalgia is everything and Silverback Touring knows this as they deliver the second instalment of Glam Fest, their hard rock, glam, classic and melodic rock mini fest which debuted in 2023. The 2024 edition stays true to form with a healthy mix of acts from the heyday of Eighties hard rock through to modern day acts proudly wearing the influence of the era that […]

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STEVEN WILSON Releases New Album THE HARMONY CODEX

STEVEN WILSON Releases New Album THE HARMONY CODEX

Released everywhere now, THE HARMONY CODEX isn’t like other records you’ll hear this year. Endlessly fascinating, endlessly revealing, endlessly beautiful, THE HARMONY CODEX is the seventh album from one of the country’s most singular talents. Listening to THE HARMONY CODEX is akin to losing oneself in an Escher drawing made purely with sound. Over the album’s ten tracks, Steven Wilson navigates a tangle of memories […]

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FILTER Announce – The Algorithm World Tour – April 2024 Australian Dates

FILTER Announce – The Algorithm World Tour – April 2024 Australian Dates

Platinum-selling alternative-industrial rockers FILTER announces their first headline shows in Australia and New Zealand since 2000 as part of The Algorithm World Tour. The Australian tour, starting in April 2024, follows a 6-month-long trek that crisscrossed the United States and Canada, and then is scheduled to go across the pond in March 2024 and hit such countries as The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, the […]

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KATATONIA Announce February 2024 Australian Tour

KATATONIA Announce February 2024 Australian Tour

Swedish ethereal post-metal heavyweights KATATONIA return to Australia for their first headline tour in nearly a decade, solemnly set the stage for a nocturne both crushing and exhilarating. Led by founding members Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström have always been and will forevermore be one thing—a vessel of deep emotion; shrouded in Scandinavian despair and a universal longing for salvation. Over the course of an unbelievable thirty years and eleven studio albums, Katatonia have never shied away from evolution. They have embraced the concept of growing through rejuvenation to soothe their blackened hearts and scarred souls. At the very core of this entity, there […]

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LAGERFEST 2023 Australia Announced: THE HALO EFFECT, LAGERSTEIN, BEYOND THE BLACK, DEVILSKIN and more!

LAGERFEST 2023 Australia Announced: THE HALO EFFECT, LAGERSTEIN, BEYOND THE BLACK, DEVILSKIN and more!

Get ready to rock and roll at LAGERFEST 2023, the ultimate fusion of heavy metal and Oktoberfest revelry! Presented by Kegstand Productions, Music Management Inc., and Wall of Sound, this extraordinary music festival is set to take Australia by storm. Prepare yourself for a mind-blowing experience as we bring you world-class bands, delicious beers, and an electrifying community atmosphere like never […]

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FINGER ELEVEN Multi-Platinum-Selling Band Release Their First-Ever Greatest Hits Collection

FINGER ELEVEN Multi-Platinum-Selling Band Release Their First-Ever Greatest Hits Collection

Craft Recordings celebrates the enduring career of Finger Eleven with the band’s first collection of hit singles. Spanning over two decades, the Greatest Hits album highlights the group’s diverse range with fan favorites, including multi-platinum hit ‘Paralyzer‘ and Juno-nominated ‘One Thing,‘ plus chart-toppers like ‘Falling On’ and ‘Living in a Dream.’ As a bonus, the 12-track set also offers a previously-unreleased cover of Pink Floyd’s ‘Welcome to the Machine’ (a longtime live staple) […]

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THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA Announce – Death To False A.O.R. Australian Tour

THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA Announce – Death To False A.O.R. Australian Tour

Ladies and Gentlemen, please ensure your seatbelt is fastened… Cabin Crew, please engage all doors for landing… as Nuclear Blast artists THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA descend Down Under! For their first time in Australia, the band that formed as an idea between friends from several well-known Rock/Metal bands (Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Mean Streak) almost a decade ago and have been dropping jaws […]

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Erik Mårtensson of Eclipse (Video Interview)

Erik Mårtensson of Eclipse (Video Interview)

“It’s so far away and it’s so hard to relate to that people can actually listen to our music on the other side of the world, it’s amazing…” GLAM FEST BIO: Catering to fans of throwback glam metal (think ‘80s era Sunset strip), sleaze, shock rock, hard rock and everything in between, GLAM FEST offers fans of the genre a […]

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Stevie Rachelle of TUFF (Video Interview)

Stevie Rachelle of TUFF (Video Interview)

“2023… I’m embracing it and what a better way to kick it off than to come to Australia and play Glam Fest…” GLAM FEST BIO: Catering to fans of throwback glam metal (think ‘80s era Sunset strip), sleaze, shock rock, hard rock and everything in between, GLAM FEST offers fans of the genre a platter of sleazy goodness. The first […]

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STRYPER Announce March 2023 Australian and New Zealand Tour

STRYPER Announce March 2023 Australian and New Zealand Tour

When it comes to groundbreaking bands in the Christian hard-rock genre, STRYPER is renowned for its distinctive brand of “heavenly metal,” extraordinary crossover success, with both Grammy nominations and Dove Awards to their name, and their venerable endurance. In 2023, the band celebrate their 40th anniversary and do so on the back of both consistent touring and consistent album releases with their latest release The Final Battle receiving rave reviews the world over. Sirius XM radio host Eddie Trunk says, “Stryper is more active than any other band from the ‘80s”, and they […]

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PJ Farley of Fozzy (Video Interview)

PJ Farley of Fozzy (Video Interview)

“We’re travelling a long way so we’re not gonna leave anything out there. We’re coming out for a good time.” From release: After touring the world with the likes of Metallica, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown and building a loyal fanbase for the better part of twenty years, FOZZY is the epitome of what a great rock n roll band should be: catchy, […]

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D-A-D – The Manning Bar, Sydney – November 18, 2022

D-A-D – The Manning Bar, Sydney – November 18, 2022

Thirty two years is a long time. It’s also the amount of time it’s been since D-A-D have been in Australia, but they have most certainly not been sleeping their days away (that was terrible and I’m not sorry), they’ve been out there releasing music and playing that whole time. So tonight Sydney gets to see what they have for […]

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Jesper Binzer of D-A-D

Jesper Binzer of D-A-D

“…this riff kept playing in our heads so it’s been just as big as a hit in our heads as it’s been in the hearts of our fans ever since.” From Release: D-A-D began playing together in the early 1980s in Copenhagen, Denmark, under their original band name Disneyland After Dark. D-A-D released their first EP in 1985 and has […]

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H.E.A.T – The Manning Bar, Sydney – September 8, 2022

H.E.A.T – The Manning Bar, Sydney – September 8, 2022

H.E.A.T are in Australia… that’s so awesome to say. Wow, thinking about it, the most exciting thing for not only us here at The Manning Bar, but also and maybe especially for the band as it is their first time in Australia but further to that, this is their first show so you just know they are ready, maybe even […]

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HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Announce November 2022 Australian Tour

HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Announce November 2022 Australian Tour

They are Sweden’s premiere purveyors of thrash metal meets sleaze rock; they are HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and due to popular demand they are bringing the party back to Australia in November thanks to Silverback Touring for their 3rd consecutive tour in four years previously headlining in 2018 and with Buckcherry in 2019! Australia has certainly shown their love for HCSS! Fusing a base of hard, aggressive heavy metal with […]

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AMARANTHE Release Stunning Music Video For ‘Crystalline’

AMARANTHE Release Stunning Music Video For ‘Crystalline’

This song surely gave the one or another listener goosebumps when being performed on one of AMARANTHE‘s breathtaking liveshows, and now a transition of the feelings has been created by releasing a remarkable music video for: ‘Crystalline’. The majestic interplay of orchestral arrangements and in turn distorted guitars is visually underlined in the new stunning music video and not least by the vocal […]

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TOBIAS SAMMET’S AVANTASIA Announce Brand New Studio Album A PARANORMAL EVENING WITH THE MOONFLOWER SOCIETY

TOBIAS SAMMET’S AVANTASIA Announce Brand New Studio Album A PARANORMAL EVENING WITH THE MOONFLOWER SOCIETY

Welcome to a new era in the fantastical universe of AVANTASIA! Tobias Sammet is back with passion and magnificent energy and a musical monument with epical deepness. A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society marks AVANTASIA’s ninth album and will be released on October 21st, 2022 via Nuclear Blast. Pure magic, fascinating the listeners with the artistry combined of Metal, Classic Rock and any other ingredient that […]

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Kee Marcello of Out Of This World (Video Interview)

Kee Marcello of Out Of This World (Video Interview)

“Out Of This World… It actually sums it up pretty much perfectly…” From Release: What makes a song a good song? Craft? Passion? Production? Chemistry? On their soaring, self-titled debut, melodic hard rock supergroup OUT OF THIS WORLD skillfully underlines that it’s a combination of all of these things: a perfect and rare constellation when the stars are aligned correctly. […]

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PARADISE KITTY Announce April 2022 Australian Tour

PARADISE KITTY Announce April 2022 Australian Tour

What do you get when five bad ass babes, born and bred on “Appetite for Destruction” come together? You get, PARADISE KITTY, one of the world’s leading tributes to the mighty Guns N’ Roses. With serious metal honed chops and raucous reverence for the Sunset Strip warriors that took Hollywood and the world by storm, they are a sexy, smouldering, dead serious tribute that’s […]

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Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society (Video Interview)

Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society (Video Interview)

“I love the fact that it’s bigger than a band and it’s bigger than me…” Black Label Society have recently released their 11th studio album ‘Doom Crew Inc.’ The 12-track album is both a tribute to the band’s “first to bleed, last to leave” road crew and a salute to the legion whose support, stretching back to 1998, rivals that […]

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DEVILSKIN With Guests SHEPHERDS REIGN Announce Re-Scheduled 2022 Australian Tour

DEVILSKIN With Guests SHEPHERDS REIGN Announce Re-Scheduled 2022 Australian Tour

In what seems like an eternal rollercoaster of close calls and postponements, Silverback Touring are pleased to re-announce the DEVILSKIN “RED” Tour with a new set of dates. The hard-hitting Kiwi band released their critically acclaimed third studio album RED in April 2020 and have been trying to make it to Australia to celebrate. Now, with borders finally opening and plenty of light at the end of the […]

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UNCAGED Festival 2022 Line Up Announced

UNCAGED Festival 2022 Line Up Announced

Rock fans on a whole, rejoice. 2022 brings in a new summertime festival just in time for our lockdown shackles to be removed and for us to rediscover the simple joys of live music and community. Uncaged (Presented by Silverback Touring) is the newest rock festival on the Australian festival circuit and packs a punch of musical diversity catering to fans […]

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UNCAGED – Silverback Touring Announce New Festival Featuring All Australian and New Zealand Artists

UNCAGED – Silverback Touring Announce New Festival Featuring All Australian and New Zealand Artists

Silverback Touring is ecstatic to announce and introduce Australia’s newest rock festival: UNCAGED. Kicking off in 2022, UNCAGED is a new rock festival experience with a diversely curated line up of hard rock, punk, metal and more. The initial offering will be an all Australian and Kiwi affair and will play out in some of Australia’s best known festival spaces. Head of Silverback Touring, Danny Bazzi says of the festival, […]

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Announce DOOM CREW INC., Album – First Single And Video ‘Set You Free’ Out Now

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Announce DOOM CREW INC., Album – First Single And Video ‘Set You Free’ Out Now

Black Label Society announced their 11th studio album, Doom Crew Inc., out November 26 via Spinefarm. The album will be available digitally, on CD and on 2-disc vinyl via three limited colour variants (details below) Exclusive vinyl variants: – White x 2000 Silver x 2000 Grey/marble x 2000 Additionally, Spinefarm have created an extra-special loaded & limited box, including grey/marble vinyl, cassette, CD, t-shirt, pin badge, enamel badge […]

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Josh Todd of Buckcherry (Video Interview)

Josh Todd of Buckcherry (Video Interview)

“Whenever this band is faced with a lot adversity we always make our best records…” Buckcherry will release their 9th studio album Hellbound on June 25th.  The 10-track record was produced by Marti Frederiksen, who previously produced the band’s 4th album, Black Butterfly, and co-wrote one of their biggest hits ‘Sorry.’ Frederiksen co-wrote the majority of the album along with […]

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THE BLACK CARDINALS Release New Single and Video ‘Gravity’

THE BLACK CARDINALS Release New Single and Video ‘Gravity’

There is something special about rock ’n’ roll and the blues. Both unique in their own way and both ridiculously amazing when blended together. Don’t believe it? Ask Rival Sons, Black Stone Cherry and The Black Crowes. In 2021, what is old is new again, with a modern twist. They are calling it the New Wave of Classic Rock. Make of it what […]

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LOUDFEST – A TRIBUTE FESTIVAL – Melbourne – Presented by SILVERBACK TOURING.

LOUDFEST – A TRIBUTE FESTIVAL – Melbourne – Presented by SILVERBACK TOURING.

Tribute shows excite and polarise equally but there is no denying the thirst for nostalgia currently in Australia with the re-emergence of a vibrant tribute scene. Long gone is the stigma of “just a cover band” or as Danny Bazzi, from Silverback Touring, puts it, “tribute shows are now far from those which you would just catch, conveniently, while hitting your […]

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Silverback Touring Presents ”Home Brewed” Festival 2021

Silverback Touring Presents ”Home Brewed” Festival 2021

Australia has long held a reputation as a breeding ground for world class bands across the entire rock spectrum. In 2021, this continues to ring true. Silverback Touring are proud to announce “Home Brewed”, a series of festival style shows across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane showcasing some of the best local talent each city has to offer. Whether you’re a fan of straight […]

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ICONS & LEGENDS – A Tribute To The Legacy Of Eddie Van Halen Australian Tour

ICONS & LEGENDS – A Tribute To The Legacy Of Eddie Van Halen Australian Tour

There are not many iconic and legendary guitarists who hold the same esteem, respect and legacy as Eddie Van Halen. A guitarist who shaped generations, shaped genres and blew our minds with the heights he took his instrument to. The death of Eddie Van Halen on 6 October 2020 will forever be a date etched into the collective memories of […]

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Icons & Legends – A Tribute To The Music of BON JOVI Announce 2021 Australian Tour Dates

Icons & Legends – A Tribute To The Music of BON JOVI Announce 2021 Australian Tour Dates

Silverback Touring is ecstatic to announce the launch of their new brand, Icons & Legends, a nod to the artists which have shaped our lives and popular culture as we know it. On the concept, Danny Bazzi, head of Silverback, says: “We wanted to bring the music of some of these iconic and legendary acts to the forefront. This is not a dress […]

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