“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Killing Heidi‘s iconic debut album, Reflector, is turning 25, and to celebrate, the band is releasing a special anniversary edition and hitting the road on tour. A defining album of the Y2K era, Reflector captured a moment in time where explosive teen energy met the thrill of a new century. Reflector, the fastest-selling Australian album in history at the time, is getting a […]

Acclaimed musician and songwriter MIDGE URE is set to bring his extensive catalogue to Australia for an unmissable national tour this October; with all the hits from his accomplished solo career, as well as his work in bands such as Ultravox, The Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy and Visage. Touring Australia for the first time since 2020, Midge Ure’s return is an overdue one for longtime fans; for […]

UK indie rock royalty Bloc Party are reuniting with fans down under, announcing a headline tour hitting Australia and New Zealand in August joined by special guests Young The Giant. Bloc Party are celebrating 20 years as a band, and the 20th anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut album, Silent Alarm. Fans in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Christchurch and Auckland will experience Silent Alarm alongside Bloc Party’s greatest hits. With almost two decades and six […]

We’re back again, it’s so good that Knotfest has kicked off in the way it has and now in its third year we are back in Centennial Park once again for a day of metal and we are ready! Once again we were lucky enough to get a special tour of the Slipknot museum before gates opened and this year […]

“…Hopefully there will be some people that do know us, and on the other hand if people don’t it’s always trying to win over those other metal hearts out there and see if we can convince them with our music…” From Release: Pioneers of dark and anthemic music, Within Temptation, has captivated audiences for over 20 years and the Dutch […]

From Byron Bay surf-rats to global festival headliners, PARKWAY DRIVE have spent two decades carving out an astonishing reputation, with millions of tickets, sold out shows across the world, and a legion of devoted fans in their ever-growing wake. But in 2025, PARKWAY DRIVE are yet again levelling up their live show to unimaginable new heights, returning to home soil to share a once-in-a-lifetime […]

Australia holds a special place in the hearts of Mayday Parade and fans similarly embrace the band with open arms. This September the beloved Tallahassee quintet return to play a career spanning set on their biggest headline tour to date with ‘Three Cheers For 20 Years‘, a celebration of their storied, two-decade career – and you’re all invited! Joining the festivities will be special […]

Ladies & Gentlemen…beloved Budgewoi trio SHORT STACK are thrilled to today unveil the support acts for their 15 Years Of Stack Is The New Black tour set to sway across the country this June. Celebrating their debut 2009 album Stack Is The New Black across Australia in 2025, SHORT STACK have also today announced a venue upgrade for Sydney due to overwhelming demand, shifting to Roundhouse on […]

Following the prolific release of their self-titled album and their biggest headline shows to date in 2024, today MAKE THEM SUFFER today announce a massive 2025 regional Australian tour, set to bring their insatiable live show on an 18-date run this June and July, joined by special guests JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED and THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER. Commencing on Thursday 12 June in Mackay, MAKE […]

Fresh off the back of nabbing an ARIA #1 Australian Album and ARIA #4 Album placement for their third studio album TOY, Sydney’s Dear Seattle now announces national tour dates to celebrate the record with fans this May.  With the release of TOY, Dear Seattle achieved new heights as a band. Already solidified as one of the country’s best indie […]

Following an entirely sold out recent headline run and the acclaimed release of their new album Half Living Things, 2025 is already shaping up to be another monster for ALPHA WOLF, with the band today announcing the Terrible Days Across Australia 2025 regional tour, joined this May and early June by special guests MALEVOLENCE (UK) and ZUKO. Kicking off this mammoth regonal run on Thursday […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

Today, FALLING IN REVERSE announce the POPULAR MONS(TOUR) AUSTRALIA 2025. Kicking off at RAC Arena in Perth, the band will then head to Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, finishing off at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. The tour will see the band playing their biggest headline shows in Australia to date. Special guests on the tour are BLACK VEILK […]