I remember seeing The Script back in 2008 when they came to Sydney on a promo tour in support of their debut album, playing in a small club to an attentive yet small crowd, just seeing them then you knew these guys had it. Now four years on and two albums and a couple of visits back since the debut […]

THE SCRIPT ANNOUNCES NATIONAL ARENA TOUR! With smash hit album #3 (out now through Sony Music) tearing up charts and hearts across the globe, Frontier Touring Company is delighted  to confirm that The Script will return to Australia in 2013 with their biggest national tour to date! The Dublin natives make this announcement whilst in Australia for a sell out […]

“The first album was kind of written by mistake, the second album was written to follow up on the recorded success of the first and then between the second and third I’ve just done a million gigs, so the focus for me was very much was leaning live, and every track was written to be played live, which made them […]

THE SCRIPT – New album ‘#3’ released today + Australian visit confirmed + Metro Theatre Sydney show The Script release eagerly anticipated new album #3, today, September 7th, through Sony Music Entertainment Australia, with killer new single Hall Of Fame feat. will.i.am storming up the airplay charts  around the country. To celebrate their newest release, the Irish trio will be […]

DON BROCO TO RELEASE THEIR SINGLE ‘ACTORS’ ON SEPT 21ST ‘ACTORS’ IS TAKEN FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘PRIORITIES’ TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 26TH PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE FROM SEPTEMBER 14TH Don Broco are set to release their single ‘Actors’ which will be available on September 21st and is taken from their debut album ‘Priorities’ to be released October 26th. The four-piece are […]

AXEWOUND – DEBUT ALBUM VULTURES OUT OCTOBER 5TH – PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE FROM SEPTEMBER 14TH Metal supergroup AxeWound are set to release their debut album Vultures on October 5THvia Sony Music Australia.  The album release will be preceded by the single Cold on September 21st, coinciding with a UK tour. AxeWound’s pedigree is inarguably first class – since they feature guitarist/vocalist […]

“I’d like to think it’s because we’ve got good songs, we play hard and we work hard, but I think for me, the bands that connect the most with me are the ones where there’s undeniable heart behind what they’re doing, and we do play that way.” ‘The Vaccines’ from London have only been a band for the best part […]

AEROSMITH TO RELEASE ‘MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION’ ON NOVEMBER 2nd 2012 MARKS BAND’S FIRST STUDIO ALBUM OF ALL-NEW MATERIAL IN 11 YEARS ALBUM’S FIRST TWO SINGLES SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPACTING RADIO THIS WEEK: “WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN LOVE” AND “LOVER A LOT” There has been a witch’s brew boiling for 10 years, and America’s greatest rock band is about to blow the […]

JARED FOLLOWILL AND NICK BROWN UNITE AS SMOKE & JACKAL – TEAM-UP REVEALED TODAY BY BBC’S ZANE LOWE – EP1 RELEASED ON OCTOBER 12 RCA Records has announced the upcoming release of EP1, the debut EP from Smoke & Jackal.  The six-track collection arrives in stores and at all digital retailers on October 12. EP1 marks the first collaboration between […]

PAPA ROACH SUSPENDS TOUR, SINGER JACOBY SHADDIX TO UNDERGO SURGERY NEW YORK, NY – Multi-platinum rockers Papa Roach have been forced to cancel the remainder of their scheduled dates on the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival, which kicked off last week in Kansas City. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix has been diagnosed with a nodule on his left vocal chord. At […]

HIM CELEBRATES THEIR 20-YEAR CAREER BY RELEASING COMPILATION ALBUM XX –  TWO DECADES OF LOVE METAL ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH  This year HIM, one of Finland’s most successful bands at home and abroad celebrate 20 years by releasing a compilation album XX – Two Decades of Love Metal. This is the first compilation by the band that covers their whole career. The […]

“Any art form whether it’s music or acting or anything, it has to grow, it has to change, it has to evolve and I think Country music is probably restricted a lot by things not wanting to change or people not wanting to change and actually the stigma of country music probably is something we fight against, when you say […]

NEWTON FAULKNER RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA PERFORMING NATIONALLY IN SEPTEMBER “He launches into each song with impressive guitar work and vocals being an understatement.”  FasterLouder, Palais Theatre April 2010 Hot off the heels of his third studio album, Write It On Your Skin, Chugg Entertainment and Bluesfest Touring are thrilled to confirm that Newton Faulkner will be making his anticipated return to […]

COLUMBIA RECORDS CELEBRATES 125 YEARS OF GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC WITH 360 SOUND: THE COLUMBIA RECORDS STORY Written by Pulitzer Prize-and Grammy-nominated author and historian, Sean Wilentz, 360 Sound illustrates sweeping cultural and business changes in music over more than a century Special deluxe version includes book by celebrated journalist Dave Marsh highlighting his selection of the 263 most important songs […]

In Summary:  “Will The Offspring ever change the world with their music?  No.  Is this album something that should be enjoyed by as many as possible though?  Hell yes.” I remember hearing The Offspring for the first time in 1994 when they asked us to ‘Come Out And Play’ and we had to ‘keep them separated… ‘and from there they’ve […]

In summary: ‘This album is like someone has finally turned on the blender and made a Pantera, Mudvayne, Damage Plan and Nothingface cocktail, and called it a Hellyeah. This album kicks ass.’ It’s been two years since Hellyeah’s last release, being ‘Stampede’ and now they’re back, this time they’ve taken a turn, and by turn I mean the volume knobs […]

“It’s like fuckin’ militant, it’s like going in to battle, there’s only five of you facing the world, there’s only one way you’re going to win that war.  That’s the fight, that’s the first wave, the second wave is you’re gonna have each other’s backs no matter what you know what I mean?” Hellyeah is a band we’ve featured a […]

Tonight I’m once again at the Sydney Opera House, an iconic venue I’ve been lucky enough to attend a number of concerts now, and every time the artists are more than ‘blown away’ (pun intended) by being able to have the opportunity to do play here. None more than tonight’s performer the gorgeous and extremely talented Carrie Underwood. With artists […]

Sydney couldn’t have been more beautiful tonight, with the Vivid festival lighting up Circular Quay and people flocking to watch the lights covering the buildings, there were even more people in the area this evening to head in to the iconic Sydney Opera House to catch Train and Matt Nathanson in probably my favourite pairing of the year so far. […]

“ROCK OF AGES” DELIVERS ANTHEMIC FILM SOUNDTRACK SONY MUSIC RELEASES SOUNDTRACK OF “ROCK OF AGES” ON JUNE 8, 2012 Features Hits of Iconic Rockers Def Leppard, Journey, Bon Jovi, Poison and Others Performed By Rock of Ages Cast Members Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J Blige, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise, and More Sony Music has announced the international […]

It’s been a little Slash crazy around here at May The Rock Be With You of late and why slow it down we say?  So in honour of the new album ‘Apocalyptic Love’ by Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, as well as tickets going on sale for his Australian tour in August, our good friends at Sony Music Australia […]

AEROSMITH TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION OUT AUGUST 24 New Single “Legendary Child” Available on iTunes May 25 Sony Music Entertainment is excited to announce America’s greatest rock and roll band Aerosmith will release their new album Music From Another Dimension on August 24, 2012. The first single “Legendary Child” from Aerosmith’s long – awaited new album […]

Check out our interview with Slash right here… Check out our review of Apocalyptic Love right here… Check out our recent interview with Myles Kennedy right here… “This is unquestionably an exercise in rock & roll excellence” – 4/5 Rolling Stone Recent Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee and one of the greatest exponents of the electric guitar, SLASH, returns […]

In summary: “It’s exciting to me to hear new music from a new band, regardless of who is in it and how they came together, this feels like a new band to me and one I hope that will continue to make albums down the road.” From the opening riff of the title track ‘Apocalyptic Love’ you hear that tone, […]

“This time around I just wanted to have a good time just making a record with these guys and I think there’s a lot of different feels and stuff but its all pretty rock and roll and that’s pretty indicative of what it is that I do.” He needs no real introduction, he’s undoubtedly one of the most recognizable people […]

I Am Giant are returning to Australia in late June for their second headline tour this year. The 5 date tour is in support of the UK based bands’ latest single ‘Purple Heart’ taken from their critically acclaimed debut album produced by Forrester Savell and released via Sony Records. ‘like the best bits of DLC, Birds of Tokyo, and Shihad, […]

From London’s Royal Albert Hall on June 21 to Sydney’s Opera House on July 2 – the 14-million album-selling, five-time Grammy Award-winning, 14 US #1 hit-scoring dynamo – CARRIE UNDERWOOD will tour outside North America for the first time and include Australia, promoter Chugg Entertainment confirmed today. Chairman of Chugg Entertainment, Michael Chugg, said it was fitting Underwood would end […]

A couple of months back we spoke with the one and only Slash about his new album called ‘Apocalyptic Love’ with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators to be released on May 18thas well as some possible great news for Australian fans… but, you’ll have to wait for that. You’ll be able to read the full interview in just over a […]

THE OFFSPRING DEBUT NEW SINGLE “CRUISING CALIFORNIA” AT RADIO AND AVAILABLE ON ITUNES NOW NEW ALBUM ‘DAYS GO BY’ AVAILABLE JUNE 29 THE OFFSPRING returned to Australian airwaves this week with the premiere of the brand new single “Cruising California” which is available digitally now. The band have also announced the title of their forthcoming studio album DAYS GO BY, […]

ALANIS MORISSETTE TO RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM  – HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS  ON AUGUST 31st, 2012  Los Angeles, CA (May 2, 2012) – Multi-platinum, Grammy winning artist Alanis Morissette will be releasing her highly anticipated seventh studio album, HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS, on August 31st, 2012 through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Produced by Guy Sigsworth (Björk, Madonna, Seal) and Joe Chiccarelli (Tori Amos, Elton […]