“Touring is the life blood of bands nowadays, you can’t rely on album sales these days, you can rely on getting ripped off by Spotify *laughs* So touring getting out there on the road and playing live and having that interaction with the fans and letting them know that we’re still a driving force is kind of what it’s about…” […]

Metallica has confirmed that its record-breaking M72 World Tour will be coming to Australia and New Zealand in November of 2025. This leg of the M72 World Tour will see the band visit stadiums in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Auckland. These dates will feature Metallica performing at the end of each stadium and will include the infamous Snake Pit extending from […]

Global rock superstars Green Day – Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool – have officially shared details of the Australian leg on their massive 2024/25 global stadium tour – The Saviors Tour, presented by Live Nation and Triple M. In their biggest live undertaking to date, the band has confirmed they will play Dookie and American Idiot in full, along with tracks from the new […]

Five-time ARIA and four-time GRAMMY© Award winner Keith Urban has confirmed his anticipated Australian tour dates, part of the HIGH AND ALIVE WORLD TOUR. Urban’s concerts are once in a lifetime events, that critics have referred to as, “ones not to be missed.”  The 9 arena shows for August 2025, featuring opener Chase Matthew, one of country music’s boldest emerging voices, are Urban’s first […]

This is it, folks, a brand-new Angels album is on the way, a remarkable new record that sits comfortably in the legendary band’s classic catalogue. Ninety Nine – The Angels’ first studio album in 10 years – coincides with the 50 Not Out  tour, celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary. As the book The 100 Best Australian Albums declared, “The Angels can lay claim to being Australia’s longest-lasting band.” Most bands would mark […]

Multi-platinum selling rock band Crowded House have announced their 2024 Australia and New Zealand – Gravity Stairs Tour – in support of the new album which will be released Friday, May 31 globally. The highly anticipated Gravity Stairs Tour kicks off Saturday, November 9 in Wellington and wraps December 14, 2024 in Brisbane. Fanclub Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Monday, May 27, 11am local […]

“I think we needed it you know. I think it was really healthy for the band and also for the fans…” From release: JET have announced an extended run of dates across Australia this May and June celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their seminal debut album, Get Born. Formed in Melbourne in the late ’90s, Jet released their first EP, […]

Following an overwhelming response to last week’s announcement of the Dark Matter World Tour 2024, Pearl Jam has today announced a further stadium date for Melbourne The group’s long-awaited ten-year return will now include a second night at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne on Monday November 18, and now revealing a second stadium date for Sydney on Saturday November 23. If you received a code […]

Pearl Jam will release their twelfth studio album, Dark Matter, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on April 19, 2024 and launch a 35-date worldwide tour this May. The album’s title track is available now HERE. Produced by multi-GRAMMY® award winning producer Andrew Watt, Dark Matter, marks the band’s first release since critically-acclaimed Gigaton (2020).  Dark Matter is now available for pre-order HERE. In 2023, the members of Pearl Jam—Eddie Vedder [vocals], Jeff Ament [bass], Stone […]

GRAMMY Award-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, James Taylor announces his 2024 Australian tour, An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band. The tour will kick off on April 12 at Kings Park & Botanic Garden Perth, followed by Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on April 16, Adelaide Entertainment Centre on April 19, concluding at Sydney’s Aware Super Theatre on […]

In the late Eighties, 1927 and Boom Crash Opera owned the airwaves with undeniably catchy songs; a legacy which continues to this day, with songs that have stood the test of time. From ARIA Awards, Platinum albums and Top 40 Hits, together Boom Crash Opera and 1927 have a killer collection! And so … a double-bill tour makes complete sense … almost inevitable! The […]

Following the spectacular sellout success of this weekend’s Perth Optus Stadium shows – part of the November 2023 Asia leg of Coldplay‘s record-breaking Music Of The Spheres World Tour which has also taken them to Tokyo, Kaohsiung and Jakarta – the band have today announced a run of Australia and New Zealand dates for October and November 2024. The shows will see Coldplay perform in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland for […]

It’s finally here, The Stadium Tour, two of the biggest bands of the 80’s and beyond are in Australia to show that this kind of stadium rock is still alive and well, and I’m here for it. I like many here today grew up with both of these bands and to see them sharing the same stage tonight is kinda […]

Following the release of their tenth studio album ‘Vol. 10’ earlier this year, multi-platinum selling US rockers Buckcherry have announced their 2024 Australian tour.  Kicking off on September 24 at the Astor Theatre in Perth, the band will then head to Melbourne and Sydney, wrapping the tour in Brisbane at The Triffid on September 28.   Lead singer Josh Todd said today, “We are looking forward […]

The Kinks, one of the greatest ever British rock groups, continue the 60th Anniversary celebrations of their illustrious musical journey with part two of their career-defining anthology, The Journey, out 17 November on BMG. Following the release of The Journey – Part 1 in March this year (featuring hits such as ‘You Really Got Me’, ‘Waterloo Sunset’, ‘All Day And All Of The Night’, ‘Supersonic […]

“I think Fleetwood Mac were one of those bands that were always kind of floating around in the background. That you were always aware of…” From Release: Fleetwood Mac fans are in for a rare treat, with the announcement today of ‘Yesterday’s Gone – The Fleetwood Mac Legacy’ – two very special shows bringing together four outstanding Australian artists to celebrate the […]

“…we are pushing a few boundaries with this album that we felt we have not in the past, and that is what you really must do as a musician first, and that is to keep creative, because once you decide you’re not doing this or that and stop growing and creating, you lose the spark.” From Release: The Superjesus return […]

Progressive pop metal force VOYAGER today announce their highly anticipated Fearless In Love tour for February 2024. The genre-defying quintent will kick off the tour in their hometown at Perth’s Metro City, before heading to Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney and wrapping up at Adelaide’s UniBar. Tickets go on sale Wednesday 23 August at 10am.     My Live Nation members can secure tickets during the […]

The Screaming Jets, headed up by legendary rock front man Dave Gleeson, have shared a further taste of their long awaited tenth studio album, Professional Misconduct, via the anthemic new single Second Chance. Already touted as one of the finest ballads of the bands near 35-year career, Dave Gleeson explains, “This one’s very introspective. I came up with the lyric during Covid. It’s about those sliding-door […]

“We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we take the music seriously. I think those things are all identifiably Voyager traits.” From Release: Australian electronic rock outfit Voyager, who thrilled global audiences with their Eurovision performance of Promise complete with the iconic, retro Toyota MR2, are back with their long-awaited eighth studio album, Fearless in Love. On Fearless in Love, […]

Hot off the heels of the biggest North American stadium tour of 2022 with more than 1.3 million tickets sold, the world’s most iconic and celebrated rock legends Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe continue their 2023 co-headline ‘The World Tour’ with the announcement of 3 exclusive Australian dates. Produced by Live Nation and presented by Triple M, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard will bring their electrifying […]

“We’ve always kind of been a weird little indie band doing things our own way and we had a lot of success with it…” From Release: Counting Crows’ Australian tour follows the release of the band’s latest record Butter Miracle Suite One, a four-track, nineteen-minute suite featuring hit single Elevator Boots, available now. Over the last 30 years, the masterful songwriting from frontman […]

In celebration of the release of their #1 Independent Australian album, High Price Deed and hot on the heels of their second European tour within 12 months, Aussie rockers The Poor will hit the road for shows along the East Coast throughout May.  Featuring performances of their latest singles, Payback’s A Bitch, Cry Out, Lover and Let Me Go, the tour kicks off in Adelaide on May […]

Tonight is exciting for me, I’ve never seen Sting before, solo or with The Police, so I’m eager to check out someone I’ve listened to for as long as I can remember, so I’m looking forward to the show and just what songs Sting gives us in his ‘My Songs’ tour. Bring it on! Joe Sumner opens the night, a […]

Ahead of their forthcoming Australian tour, The Butter Miracle Tour 2023, Counting Crows have today announced legendary punk/rock artist Frank Turner as special guest on all headline shows. Turner released his ninth studio album FTHC early last year, a record of reckonings, realisations and redemption which debuted at No.1 on the UK Albums chart. Returning to his punk rock roots, the album is harder than previous solo material, […]

Following their recent tour announcement, Sarah McLeod and Stuart Rudd of The Superjesus have today confirmed a new band line-up, welcoming Murray Sheridan and Cam Blokland to the fold.  They have also announced the release next month of their new single, ‘Money (We’re Only In It For Love)’, with further details to follow. As treasured fans of the band know, the nucleus of […]

One of Australia’s most enduring bands, Boom Crash Opera, return with a national tour – Bettadaze – in June 2023. After a long hiatus Dale Ryder, Peter Farnan, Peter ‘Maz’  Maslen and John Favaro are back and ready to celebrate with a select run of shows in NSW, QLD and Victoria, from June 2 – June 17, 2023.  The band will unleash Onion Skin, Dancing […]

Maslow Entertainment has revealed the trailer for THE ANGELS: KICKIN’ DOWN THE DOOR, an intimate and compelling music documentary feature about iconic Australian rock ‘n’ roll band The Angels, exploring the tensions that tore a band apart and helped them produce such classic hits as Take a Long Line, Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again and No Secrets. […]

Back by popular demand, Aussie rock favourites The Screaming Jets have announced ‘The Rock Vault’ tour for 2023.  The shows will kick off on February 24, visiting capital cities and regional centres in NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, across to three shows in WA then wrapping up the tour on April 25 . These performances are the sequel to their hugely successful national tour […]

Acclaimed Aussie rockers The Poor have unveiled the clip for their new single Let Me Go and confirmed their forthcoming album High Price Deed is now available for pre-order.  The album is scheduled for release on February 3, 2023 via Reckless Records. AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW Let Me Go is the follow-up single to Cry Out and Payback’s A Bitch.   Following their UK/Europe tour with Rose Tattoo earlier this year, the […]