OK, so I’ve never had the opportunity to review an instrumental show so tonight, what better way to pop my cherry than with arguably one of, if not the best guitarists you’ll ever hear. Joe Satriani. Within seconds of taking the stage, the entire audience is mesmerised, this cat can play, and I mean play. If this first song is […]

Date: Thursday November 6, 2014 Venue: The State Theatre, Sydney Presented By: Live Nation Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the show HERE  

“For twenty years we’ve been dodging bullets and somehow consistently making music, then you think maybe all artists who have lasted time are Bulletproof Picasso’s at some point…” On their promo tour of Australia we were lucky to sit down with Pat Monahan and Jimmy Stafford of Train for our first video interview to discuss the band’s new album ‘Bulletproof […]

Following the announcement last week of TRAIN’s Bulletproof Picasso Tour Australian dates, a last minute change to the band’s international travel arrangements have required the rescheduling of dates for both the Sydney and Melbourne shows. Train will perform now at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday April 1 (originally scheduled for Sunday April 5 – no change of venue). Sydney show […]

“I’ve been continually blown away but not only how much fun I have but by how much the fans enjoy it, and I really feel like I’ve gotten better at it over the years because like having done all the shows I’ve done to where the sets are really now these emotional trips over maybe over an hour and half […]

Brisbane Show Announced & 2nd Sydney Show Added After selling out the previously announced Australian shows and adding an extra show in Sydney, ED KOWALCZYK will extend the ‘I Alone Acoustic Tour’ this November to include Brisbane due to the overwhelming demand from his dedicated Queensland fans. The legendary songwriter and former lead-singer of the multi-platinum rock band, Live, Ed […]

Live Nation is thrilled to present Ed Kowalczyk – the legendary songwriter and former lead-singer of the multi-platinum rock band, Live, in two very special performances. Kowalczyk brings the “I Alone Acoustic Tour” to his Australian fans in Sydney and Melbourne. Stripped back, intimate and disarming – Ed Kowalczyk will appear onstage with an acoustic guitar, some of rock’s most […]

JOE SATRIANI has been an unstoppable force on the music scene for more than 27 years. Acclaimed around the world as one of the most technically accomplished and respected guitarists in rock music, the Australasian leg of his mammoth world tour brings the guitar professor back for his first headline shows since 2008. The tour, which is in support of Satriani’s […]

“I think that’s always the key, you’ve got to write great music and put all the entertainment stuff on the side and just try to concentrate on writing great music and you will eventually connect with your audience.” From Bio: One of the most influential and respected instrumental rock guitarists to emerge in the past three decades, Joe Satriani is that […]

Legendary rock pioneer, IAN ANDERSON – best known as the flute and voice behind the genre-defying Jethro Tull – will breath new life into the best of his epic catalogue in Australia this December. When Jethro Tull released their iconic album Thick As A Brick in 1972, front man Ian Anderson led the way in revolutionizing the rock concept album. […]

“When we talk about solo albums or the identity of Jethro Tull vs Ian Anderson, it doesn’t to me, nothing changes, I’m just doing what I do, after all these years living on the increasingly, incredible, unbelievable identity theft of a historical character’s name I would prefer my twilight years to be performed as Ian Anderson rather than Jethro Tull…” […]

Live Nation by arrangement with Artist Voice are thrilled to present bohemian rock’n’roll outfit, HOWLING BELLS in Australia this September. In support of their recently released fourth album, Heartstrings, the band will return for their first set of national headline shows since 2011. Tickets for all shows go on sale at midday Thursday June 19. My Live Nation members can be among the first […]

IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE – ROXETTE RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA IN 2015 with special guests Boom Crash Opera Live Nation is excited to announce that legendary Swedish pop-rockers ROXETTE are returning to Australia for a national tour in summer 2015. After the 2011-2012 World Tour that took them around the globe twice over, playing to more than 1.5 million people in 46 countries including our […]

Fleetwood  Mac,  who has just completed the European  leg of their  phenomenally  successful  worldwide  tour,  has announced the cancellation of their upcoming 14-date tour of Australia and New Zealand. John McVie, one of the co founding and original members of Fleetwood Mac, is now scheduled to be in treatment for cancer during that period of time. The band have released […]

Live Nation by arrangement with Artist Voice are proud to announce the national tour of Aussie kids turned international pop-punk royalty, TONIGHT ALIVE. From humble beginnings, this group of Sydney-locals have spread their energetic pop-punk sound  around the  world collecting a dedicated global audience wherever they go. The band’s September Australian tour will offer the chance for fans of all […]

Tickets for STEREOPHONICS’  first East Coast shows in nearly three years have  been long sold-out, leaving many fans ticketless and disappointed. Now due to a change to the band’s tour  itinerary, it has become possible to add a second Melbourne show. Tickets for this final Melbourne show, at The Palace on Tuesday July 23, will go on sale at midday […]

“I like to let each musician shine a bit in their own light, and I like to have a bit of an acoustic set and at least one part of the set that is a bit outlandish. This time I came up with something absurd. At one point in the show I invite a few audience members up to build […]

The legendary Fleetwood Mac, one of rock and roll’s most enduring bands, are set to bring their extraordinary show including exquisite harmonies, incomparable chemistry, sleek perfection and classic hits to Australia beginning November 10th in Sydney. The tour continues through November and December. Fleetwood Mac’s spectacular two hour plus show reunites the multi Grammy winning, Rock & Roll Hall of […]

Going way back over a decade, I caught the Counting Crows here in Australia on the back of their new release at the time, Hard Candy.  I walked away having witnessed a show that I ranked as one of the best live performances I had seen, a feeling that’s still stuck with me here in 2013.  So tonight heading into […]

BLACK SABBATH With Special Guests SHIHAD – CITY OF CHURCHES – PREPARE FOR THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS!! – ONE SHOW ONLY! BLACK SABBATH– the band credited with creating heavy metal and one of the most influential bands of all time – has heeded South Australian pleas, confirming that their first Australian tour in nearly 40 years will now include Adelaide […]

COUNTING CROWS ANNOUNCING SPECIAL GUEST JACKSON McLAREN TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2013 – Multi-platinum American rock band  COUNTING CROWS head Down Under for a national tour this autumn, following the 2012 release of their first album in more than four years, ‘Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)’. Joining Counting Crows on all Australian dates will be Melbourne’s own  JACKSON McLAREN.  Jackson […]

“I HAVE NO IDEA WHY WE HAVE LASTED SO LONG IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO HAVE INFLUENCED SO MANY BANDS, AND I THINK THAT IS WHY WE HAVE MAINTAINED OUR RELEVANCE.” There isn’t really any easier introduction to an interview than simply stating Black Sabbath = Heavy Metal, does anything more need to be said?  The band where it arguably […]

COUNTING CROWS PRIMED FOR THEIR FIRST AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR IN NINE YEARS Following tickets for multi-platinum modern rock band COUNTING CROWS  going on general sale today, their Sydney Opera House show has now sold out. Due to overwhelming demand, Counting Crows and Live Nation are delighted to announce a second show at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday April 10. Tickets on […]

THURSDAY 10 JANUARY, 2013 – BLACK SABBATH – the band credited with creating heavy metal and one of the most influential bands of all time will make their highly anticipated return to Australia this April – their first in nearly 40 years. The tour has now become even bigger with confirmation that Australian (via New Zealand) rock royalty, SHIHAD, will be opening each […]

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2012 – BLACK SABBATH – the band credited with creating heavy metal and one of the most influential bands of all time – has added a 2nd and final Melbourne show to their first Australian tour in nearly 40 years. With tickets for the first Melbourne show now sold out, Black Sabbath have confirmed they will perform a […]

Date: Tuesday 27 November 2012 Support band: Jackson Firebird Venue: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link…

The Waterboys in their First Australian Tour- Performing cult classics and greatest hits plus new works from ‘An Appointment with Mr Yeats’ Live Nation are delighted to announce The Waterboys will make their first-ever visit to Australia this January. Mike Scott confirms that the show will be “a killer set of vintage Waterboys” to please their most ardent of fans, […]

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10, 2012 – On the eve of the release of the band’s fourth album ‘Follow The Sun’, EVERMORE are thrilled to be joining MATCHBOX TWENTY, and very special guests INXS, on their national tour of Australia*. Evermore’s journey from three home-schooled brothers in country New Zealand to Australian chart toppers is the stuff of indierock folklore. The band have released […]

Live Nation has announced that P!NK will make her hugely anticipated return to this country for what will be the hottest tour of the year – The Truth About Love Tour 2013. Renowned around the world as one of the most dynamic live performers of her generation – and by far the most successful female touring and recording artist ever […]

EXTRA DATES ANNOUNCED – 2ND & FINAL SYDNEY & BRISBANE SHOWS! THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 – MATCHBOX TWENTY make their the highly anticipated return to Australia next month, playing their first Australian shows in five years, with very special guests Aussie legends INXS at their side. Two extra shows have been announced for this their sixth Australian tour. Playing second and […]