The Wildhearts are proud to announce the release of Renaissance Men on 3rd May, their first full-length studio album in 10 years. To coincide with the release of Renaissance Men the Wildhearts’ classic line […]
Tesla will release their new studio album, “Shock” on March 8! This will be Tesla’s eighth studio album produced by Phil Collen of Def Leppard, who they will be touring with this summer in […]
Legendary, GRAMMY-award winning band Fleetwood Mac today announced an Australian tour, set to kick off on August 9 in Perth and taking in Brisbane on August 20, Sydney on August 27 and 29, and concluding […]
This year’s lineup for Rocklahoma festival has been announced with legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne leading the charge with Disturbed and Shinedown as headliners alongside a big lineup that includes Bush, Steel Panther, […]
The Rockpit is celebrating 10 years as an online rock and metal music media publication in 2019 and to help celebrate the anniversary, a brand new podcast show has been launched titled “The Heaven […]
Download Festival Australia has announced several sideshows for Brisbane and Adelaide, scheduled around the festival dates in March 2019. Slayer will headline two shows with Anthrax and Behemoth in Adelaide and Brisbane as part […]
The Download 2019 line up exploded into reality in September, with a promise of more names to come…. drum solo please …. Fists in the air to welcome Grammy nominated, multiplatinum Canadian rockers Sum […]
After an epic and storied 45-year career that launched an era of rock n roll legends, KISS announced that they will launch their final tour ever in 2019, appropriately named END OF THE ROAD. […]
Grammy Award-winning, American rock guitarist Slash returns to Australian shores in January/February 2019 with Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators in tow. The Australian Tour will support the release of Slash’s fourth solo album, Living The […]
Frontier Touring are delighted to confirm that seminal American rock band Eagles will bring their critically-acclaimed Eagles World Tour to Australia and New Zealand in February and March. The best-selling American band of the […]
2018 saw the Australian debut of the world’s premiere rock and metal festival Download! 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Flemington christening Melbourne into the Download family alongside Donington UK, (the spiritual home of […]
GRAMMY® Award-winning, acclaimed alternative rock luminaries, The Smashing Pumpkins will release their highly-anticipated new LP SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN on November 16. Recorded […]
Perth groove metal act Bayview Suspect are ready to shake things up and get some heads banging again with the release of their new EP “Survival Or Ruin” due out September 14th through Rockpit […]
“We always knew this tour would take us into 2019,” said SLAYER‘s Kerry King, “and we‘ve been blown away by the response we‘ve been getting here in North America. We‘ve heard about fans who […]
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 […]
In late March 2018, nearly 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne to attend Australia’s first ever Download Festival. Four days later, it was announced, much to the delight of those […]
Founding KISS guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame member ACE FREHLEY has released a new song today called “Rockin’ With The Boys.” This is the second song Frehley has released this year, […]
The Magpie Salute will release their debut studio album HIGH WATER I next Friday, August 10th via Eagle Rock Entertainment (U.S.), Mascot Label Group (Europe/Australia/New Zealand) and Sony (Japan). Fans can pre-order the album […]
Ladies and gentlemen, may we introduce to you once again the world’s most commercially successful solo guitar performer, JOE SATRIANI. The legendary guitarist returns to Australia this November, thirty years after his first tour […]
Frontier Touring and Roundhouse Entertainment are thrilled to announce the return of acclaimed Sugar Man, RODRIGUEZ, to Australia next February. The legendary singer-songwriter will bring his iconic blend of folk and psychedelic rock to […]
Perth groove metal act Bayview Suspect recently announced their new EP “Survival Or Ruin” earlier this month with the first single “Until Dusk” receiving rave reviews and positive feedback from fans and press alike […]
NEAL SCHON Dedicates Nightly Performance of “LIGHTS” to STEVE PERRY, Performance Featured on Click On Detroit / NBC JOURNEY founder and only remaining original member NEAL SCHON, while on the current Journey & Def Leppard […]
Celebrated blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa will return to the legendary Royal Albert Hall in London for three concerts on Wednesday 24th April 2019, Thursday 25th April 2019 and Friday 26th April. The […]
IRON MAIDEN singer, BRUCE DICKINSON, today announces a special one-man speaking tour of Australia this October to support his autobiography, What Does This Button Do? Delivering compelling excerpts from the book, slides and a Q&A, fans will finally […]
The opening night of Hornography is here! A Perth Metal Club embracing and reviving the local metal scene. In this first edition you can expect killer bands, extended breaks with great metal tunes, speakers, […]
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