Tag: The Used

The Used + Papa Roach Cut My Heart Into Pieces Tour 2023 With Special Guests Coldrain

The Used + Papa Roach Cut My Heart Into Pieces Tour 2023 With Special Guests Coldrain

“We are more than excited to finally be back in Australia! Can’t wait to see you all there! Are you ready for the best night of your life?!?!?” – Bert McCracken, The Used Australian rockers strap yourself in as we have a mind blowing double headed monster treat for you! Influential rock icons THE USED and PAPA ROACH are thrilled to announce the Cut My […]

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blackbear to release new album ‘in loving memory’ on August 26

blackbear to release new album ‘in loving memory’ on August 26

blackbear is set to release new album ‘in lobing memory’ on Friday August 26 through Sony Music Australia. While gearing up for its release, blackbear teamed up with multi-platinum selling superstar Machine Gun Kelly for the lead single ‘gfy’ which is accompanied by the star-studded video featuring Kelly, Aisha Mian, Benny Blanco, Mike Posner and August Maturo. ‘the idea’ serves as a preview of blackbear‘s latest metamorphosis. It was in the studio after recording ‘the […]

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THE USED Announce ‘Heartwork’ Album, Due Out April 24 Via Big Noise

THE USED Announce ‘Heartwork’ Album, Due Out April 24 Via Big Noise

After months of anticipation and teasing with fans, The Used have of?cially announced they will be releasing their 8th full length studio album, ‘Heartwork’, on April 24th via Big Noise. In addition to today’s announcement, The Used have released the second single from the forthcoming album, “Paradise Lost, a poem by John Milton.” The song and accompanying video are larger than life and carry […]

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Good Things – Parramatta Park – December 8, 2018 – Gallery 2

Good Things – Parramatta Park – December 8, 2018 – Gallery 2

Date: Saturday December 8, 2018 Venue: Parramatta Park Presented by: Destroy All Lines Featured in this gallery: Bullet For My Valentine, Mayday Parade, Palaye Royale, The Used, Tonight Alive Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the day HERE

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Good Things – Parramatta Park – December 8, 2018

Good Things – Parramatta Park – December 8, 2018

Let the good times, I mean things roll… welcome to the first ever Good Things Festival show in Sydney! This takes me back to the first Soundwave I went to in Technology Park back in 2007 but in the eleven years since then festivals almost run like a dream and after a pretty seamless entry and the usual wristband put […]

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Bert McCracken of The Used

Bert McCracken of The Used

“I think playing the songs is the opportunity to get to hash out the emotion that was originally recorded in the song but it’s incredible how the lyrics and the true deeper, feeling, meaning of a song kind of transcends through time if you let it.” From Release: Over the last 15 years The Used have released a collection of albums that […]

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Good Things Festival Upgrades Melbourne Venue To Flemington Racecourse

Good Things Festival Upgrades Melbourne Venue To Flemington Racecourse

Due to overwhelming response for tickets, the organisers have made the decision to move Good Things Festival from Melbourne Showgrounds to it’s new home at Flemington Racecourse. With ticket sales being stronger than anticipated, Good Things Festival wants to ensure everyone gets the opportunity to see this incredible line up. The new venue with increased capacity guarantees the best experience for our patrons with space, sound and […]

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GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL LINE UP IS HERE!

GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL LINE UP IS HERE!

Something has entered the atmosphere. Something positive; Something…Good. Something….Different. Foretold through street posters, heralded through (not so) hushed murmurs of the people; Good Things Festival has once and for all emerged from the vast unknowns, bringing forth a new era for Australian alternative music fans, ushered in by an unstoppable army of some of the heaviest, and most alternative bands the universe […]

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sleepmakeswaves

sleepmakeswaves

“Well we went into this record with a really clear goal in mind unlike the last ones where they sort of emerged and we just kind of dropped the stack around all the songs we’d sort of written up until that point then roped them in and dragged them kicking and screaming into the studio.” From Release: Post-rock trailblazers sleepmakeswaves […]

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THE USED Announce Australian Tour

THE USED Announce Australian Tour

In an era rife with downloads, fly by night one hit wonders and singles it’s the passionate fans that truly appreciate the album in its purest form. There is something cathartic about putting on an album from start to finish and being at one with the artist. There’s something innately satisfying about an album’s running order. The way the songs […]

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BEFORE I HIT THE STAGE Backstage Rock’n’Roll Moments in New York City

BEFORE I HIT THE STAGE Backstage Rock’n’Roll Moments in New York City

When the outspoken Gene Simmons of Kiss declared in an interview with Esquire last year that “Rock is finally dead”, a wave of response followed, both in agreement and dissent. Whether dead or alive, one thing is for certain: backstage at a rock concert is not the same as it used to be. Authors and photographers Paul Miles and Jason […]

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THE USED and TAKING BACK SUNDAY Announce 2nd and Final Melbourne show

THE USED and TAKING BACK SUNDAY Announce 2nd and Final Melbourne show

MELBOURNE SOLD OUT WITH SECOND SHOW ADDED! It only took just over an hour for rabid Taking Back Sunday and The Used fans to snap up tickets to the Monday 25 August show in Melbourne.  We are bloody stoked to announce that both artists have agreed to perform a second and definitely final Melbourne show! Tickets for the newly announced […]

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Mark O’Connell of Taking Back Sunday

Mark O’Connell of Taking Back Sunday

“…The thing is, we didn’t come up with the title because of this, but at the same time personally the relationships within the band are the best they’ve ever been throughout the fifteen years of being a band, so it made perfect sense when he said it.” From Tour Release:  Selling millions of albums worldwide, TAKING BACK SUNDAY continue to deliver successful […]

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Bert McCracken of The Used

Bert McCracken of The Used

“…we’re an honest rock band and we’re fans of music, we’re fans first, so you see a band who really knows how to play live songs and very energetic, and I think that the music has a real kind of intimate sense of personal freedom and it’s really exciting and something to stand behind. There’s a lot of different vibes […]

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Jenna McDougall of Tonight Alive

Jenna McDougall of Tonight Alive

“…so our kind of mission was to make fans out of the rest of the audience and the general response every time I’d go to merch to meet people was ‘I’ve never heard of your band before’, and ‘I’m buying your album’, and ‘I really like what I heard tonight’ and that’s all you can ask for really.” From press […]

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THE USED and TAKING BACK SUNDAY Announce Australian Tour

THE USED and TAKING BACK SUNDAY Announce Australian Tour

Having just completed a massive sold out tour of the USA, TAKING BACK SUNDAY and THE USED have just re-defined the phrase “Co-Headline”. It’s a rare occurrence when two heavyweights of any genre agree to tour together. One off shows in cities rapidly sold out and became two shows then multiple shows due to the overwhelming demand for tickets. Now […]

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The Offspring - Photo by Annette Geneva

Vans Warped Tour – New Found Glory, The Used, The Amity Affliction, Parkway Drive, Simple Plan, The Offspring – Barangaroo, Sydney – December 1, 2013

Date: Sunday December 1, 2013 Venue: Barangaroo, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva Bands featured: New Found Glory The Used Amity Affliction Parkway Drive Simple Plan The Offspring Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the day HERE Check out our gallery featuring Man Overboard, Confession, Hellions, Reel Big Fish, Tonight Alive, […]

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Vans Warped Tour – Barangaroo, Sydney – December 1, 2013

Vans Warped Tour – Barangaroo, Sydney – December 1, 2013

Vans Warped Tour has returned to Australia after twelve years away and those here have come in droves, some for the first time and some who are revisiting the brand once again, yet my plan of arriving early was thwarted by the thousands of punters who had the same idea as me on this balmy summer morning. The line to […]

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VANS WARPED TOUR 2013 2nd ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT

VANS WARPED TOUR 2013 2nd ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT

Vans Warped Tour Australia ‘The Best Day Ever’ just kicked it up a notch! With summer just around the corner the Vans Warped Tour is damn excited to announce another round of kick ass bands to join the already killer line-up! Esteemed punk rock juggernauts, MILLENCOLIN are spearheading the second announcement. Our favourite Swedes will be bringing their immense catalogue […]

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Vans Warped Tour Australia lineup announced!

Vans Warped Tour Australia lineup announced!

VANS WARPED TOUR IS COMING TO AUSTRALIA…NEED WE SAY ANYMORE!!! So without further ado… THE OFFSPRING PARKWAY DRIVE SIMPLE PLAN NEW FOUND GLORY THE USED HATEBREED TONIGHT ALIVE H2O THE SUMMER SET KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES WE CAME AS ROMANS MAN OVERBOARD CROWN THE EMPIRE THE DANGEROUS SUMMER FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING VEARA ANARBOR MALLORY KNOX RDGLDGRN Tickets on sale […]

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THE USED re-release Vulnerable (II)

THE USED re-release Vulnerable (II)

** THE USED RE-RELEASE VULNERABLE (II) ** ** EXCLUSIVE SIGNED PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE ** Following on from the original release in March 2012 The Used are reissuing their celebrated fifth studio album Vunerable (II). Produced by John Feldmann, who worked with The Used on their first three albums, Vulnerable (II) has been re-released as a 2 disc album, with the second […]

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Soundwave Festival 2012 – Sydney – 26 February

Soundwave Festival 2012 – Sydney – 26 February

After my mistake of not heading to last year’s Soundwave and the bruises from kicking myself, I was in no way missing Soundwave 2012. My biggest problem was how to split myself in to five people to be able to catch all the bands on this unbelievable bill. Seriously, what a line up. The trains were packed early and the […]

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Kevin Skaff of A Day To Remember

Kevin Skaff of A Day To Remember

“We’ve been writing for the new album since our last album pretty much, we just kinda never stop.  We have a bunch of material that we’re going to need a whole frickin year to go back and listen to, but hopefully we’ll be done by July or August and get that album released this year” A Day To Remember have […]

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THE USED RELEASE FIRST SINGLE ‘I COME ALIVE’ ON ITUNES – OFF THE UPCOMING ALBUM VULNERABLE – OUT MARCH 30

THE USED RELEASE FIRST SINGLE ‘I COME ALIVE’ ON ITUNES – OFF THE UPCOMING ALBUM VULNERABLE – OUT MARCH 30

The first single off the highly anticipated new album from The Used has been released today via iTunes. The song originally premiered in Australia on January 11th on Triple J’s punk and hardcore show, Short. Fast. Loud. and Blunt Magazine said “’I Come Alive’ sees the one time kings of the emo movement returning for their crown.”With almost 3 Million albums sold worldwide, […]

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A Day To Remember, The Used, You Me At Six, Soundwave festival sidewaves announced

A Day To Remember, The Used, You Me At Six, Soundwave festival sidewaves announced

There is a new wave of artists that are constantly evolving and pushing the boundaries. A DAY REMEMBER are at the forefront of this uprising redefining a genre that was desperately seeking creativity, 2011 has been a monstrous year for the Florida quintet. From topping billboard charts and being crowned MTV’s breakthrough artist of 2011 to selling out arena’s across […]

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The Used new album ‘Vulnerable’ to be released March 2012

The Used new album ‘Vulnerable’ to be released March 2012

  THE USED FORMS NEW RECORD LABEL, ANGER MUSIC GROUP PARTNERS WITH HOPELESS RECORDS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM VULNERABLE – OUT MARCH 2012 December 16, 2011 – Hopeless Records is excited to announce their partnership with The Used and their label, Anger Music Group to release the highly anticipated 5th studio album, Vulnerable. “The Used are proud to announce the birth of […]

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Jepha Howard of The Used

Jepha Howard of The Used

“I can’t wait to hear once everyone is done with their parts completely and the whole thing is mixed, because mixing makes or breaks things for me, so I am really hopeful.  But as of now, it’s the best thing we’ve ever done by far, without a doubt..” It’s been a few years now since The Used released arguably their […]

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