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 […]
Are you ready?! Following massive sold out shows across Europe, UK and the USA in 2023 – which should come as no surprise for the Greatest Band That Ever Played on Planet Earth – GRAMMY®-winning […]
Beloved Brighton indie band The Kooks are heading back to Australia, playing a stack of dates across the country this Autumn. Presented by XIII Touring and Untitled Group, the band will bring their huge back […]
Jimmy Barnes has announced his much anticipated return to touring following open heart surgery late last year. Jimmy was admitted to hospital on 27 November last year with bacterial pneumonia. Treatment was commenced immediately however […]
UK indie rockers The Vaccines and Everything Everything are banding together for a whirlwind co-headline tour this May, playing shows in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Returning to Australia for the first time since […]
Australia, are you ready for round 2? While it’s been less than a year since beloved UK alt-rockers Nothing But Thieves were last down under for an entirely sold out run, the band are returning […]
Good tunes and great times are forecast for April and May this year. Groovin the Moo (GTM) is mere months away and it’s looking udderly mooorvellous. Whether you’re a first timer, or have multiple GTMs […]
Sydney based Alternative Rockers Social Strangers have released their incendiary new single called ‘I’m The One’, which premiered exclusively via The Rockpit. The band have also announced that they will be playing a launch show […]
JamArt Sound Lounge JSL presents the inaugural Kalbarri Open Air Festival, featuring a mouth-watering taste of original Western Australian bands playing Rock, Punk, Metal, Indie, Prog and more. Set in one of WA’s iconic beachside […]
KNOTFEST, the music and counterculture experience destination festival is returning to Australia in March 2024. We are thrilled to announce the headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge festival line up. This is the […]
Chris Isaak is excited to be returning to our shores, saying: “I am sitting on my front porch in Nashville, Tennessee and smiling. I have been stuck in my house for 9 days because of […]
The Commoners are on track for another banner year with the release of their highly anticipated third album, Restless. Released by Gypsy Soul Records on Friday 21 June 2024, the highly anticipated new album features […]
Elles Bailey has just released her latest single, “Jordan,” marking the fourth track from her EP, ‘The Night Owl & The Lark,’ released on February 9th. Elles takes the beautiful acoustic guitar lead Rival Son’s […]
British rockers, THE STRUTS are thrilled to announce two headline shows at Crowbar in Sydney on Wednesday 21 February and Max Watts in Melbourne on Wednesday 28 February. Tickets on sale Thursday 25 January @ 12pm […]
Last year The Beasts performed 2 sold out shows celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the reformation of The Beasts of Bourbon. We approached these shows cautiously, as our beloved original drummer, the legend James Baker, […]
Some of the most iconic acts in rock and roll will make history at the inaugural Pandemonium festival as it sweeps across Australia’s east coast this April! Pandemonium is a rock fans dream come true, with […]
THE EDITOR’S LIST – BEST HARD ROCK ALBUMS OF 2023 THE BEST MUSIC OF THE YEAR 2023 – MARK’s TOP 20 As usual every year we promote Australian music by creating two lists – one […]
THE TEAM’S COMBINED LIST – THE ROCKPIT’S BEST HARD ROCK ALBUMS OF 2023 2023 was a strange old year for hard and heavy Rock and Roll music, unlike 2022, for us at least there were […]
51st Avenue are back with a brand new track to kick off the new year and a new chapter, with a single fittingly titled, ‘Chapters’. The song is the first release from the band since […]
The Rockpit have launched a new playlist, which we will be adding to each and every week. Local, national and international artists from across a whole range of genres will be showcased on both Spotify […]
The legendary and iconic rock band TESLA have announced they are returning to House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in 2024 with their TESLA: The Las Vegas Takeover. Shows will […]
Nostalgia is everything and Silverback Touring knows this as they deliver the second instalment of Glam Fest, their hard rock, glam, classic and melodic rock mini fest which debuted in 2023. The 2024 edition stays […]
Southern rock titans Robert Jon & The Wreck have released their latest single “Help Yourself,” adding a new chapter to their expanding legacy in the music world. Available now on all digital platforms, “Help Yourself” […]
Bruce Dickinson has unveiled the dramatic, action-packed video for ‘The Afterglow Of Ragnarok’, the first single to be taken from his upcoming solo album The Mandrake Project. Last Friday, in front of a packed audience on the […]
Gerrard Allman Events is delighted to announce the return of guitar badass Samantha Fish to Australia in May 2024; this time bringing outlaw country maverick Jesse Dayton, her collaborator on the now Grammy Award nominated […]
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