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SILVERBACK TOURING knows the importance of live music, the effect it has on us all and the fact it’s something we have been sadly missing due to a Global Event that none of us […]
HELLOWEEN release their new, second single ‘FEAR OF THE FALLEN‘ along with an amazing lyric video clip. The song is a fast paced, melodic track done the way only Deris can do it. ”I […]
The North American debut of the most extreme spectacle in live music will finally take place in fall 2022, when RAMMSTEIN brings its full-scale stadium production to this continent for the first time ever. […]
“When you combine the right songs with the right musicians and an audience that never forgot, it’s like coming home.” – Pete Paphides What started as an unforgettable live experience, and one of the band’s first […]
Hot on the heels of their recent singles ‘King Of The Night Time World (Live)’ and Escape (Live)’, L.A. rock icons THE HOLLYWOOD STARS are back with another live single and video through Golden Robot Records. ‘Make It To The Party (Live)‘ is out […]
My Chemical Romance (aka MCR/My Chem) have today announced an Australian arena tour for 2022, the band’s first Australian shows since their appearance at Big Day Out festival in 2012. MCR will perform their […]
The creature returns … from the undead! Halloween Hysteria 2021 will be smashing it out of this dimension with a massive, incredible, stupendous, and SPOOKY star-studded line-up at Mansfield Tavern on Saturday 23rd of […]
Finnish melodic death metal masters INSOMNIUM release their new single “The Reticent” today via Century Media Records. Watch the video, which was directed by renowned videographer Vesa Ranta, below and purchase/stream the single HERE. […]
TIMES OF GRACE, featuring Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage, return after a 10-year hiatus with their second album Songs of Loss and Separation, out July 16 via the band’s own imprint label, Wicked Good Records, distributed […]
Gold-selling, Columbus, Ohio-based rock band Beartooth have just shared the fast ‘n’ furious new song Fed Up from their fourth studio album, Below, which arrives on June 25 via Red Bull Records. Listen to Fed […]
Roll up, roll up! Less than a week to go until the great Ed Kuepper with Jim White show rolls into your town. Many, many shows are already sold out and many more are soon to follow […]
Multi-Platinum rock band Angels & Airwaves have returned with the searing new single “Euphoria.” Bristling with incendiary guitars, explosive drums and spacey electronic elements, the infectious track captures the allure of an edgy romance. Download / […]
It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for – The Quireboys’ A Bit of What You Fancy Anniversary Edition is confirmed to land on 2nd July initially with the CDs, and then Blue Vinyls […]
With 10 million records sold and legendary hits like “Don’t Dream It’s Over” and “Something So Strong” that have dominated pop culture since the ’80s, iconic rock band Crowded House celebrates their incredible career with a brand new streaming event. […]
The popular destination event Welcome To Rockville returns for its biggest year yet and moves to a new weekend for 2021, November 11-14, at its new home at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona […]
Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce the return of legendary Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus to stages across Australia this December. The announcement celebrates Hoodoo Gurus 40th Anniversary since their first live show in […]
Napalm Records recently announced the next chapter in psychedelic rock icons MONSTER MAGNET‘s rabbit hole deep dive, A Better Dystopia (out May 21, 2021): a delightfully (and psychotically) curated collection of 60’s and 70’s […]
Better late than never – and in the midst of their part in the national SPRINGLOADED tour with a few old buddies – Australia’s punk-rock heavyweights The Meanies announce their ‘BETTER LATE THAN […]
Clutch has just announced a string of Winter 2021 headline tour dates celebrating 30 years of rock and roll starting on December 27th in Baltimore, MD. Supporting the tour will be STONER, the brand new band […]
Bluesfest rises again in 2021 with a massive lineup including Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes and many more. An official statement from Festival Director Peter Noble is below. Who would have thought after […]
‘My Lucky Card,’ the third video from Hardware, Billy Gibbons’ forthcoming (June 4) Concord album has surfaced. Like its predecessors, ‘West Coast Junkie’ and ‘Desert High,’ it was produced in California’s high desert near […]
A diverse rock lineup has been announced for the next ShipRocked, January 22-27, 2022, onboard Carnival Breeze sailing from Galveston, Texas, with stops in beautiful Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico in the Caribbean. ShipRocked […]
Piercing through the dark winter clouds, innovative leaders of the modern death metal scene, PSYCROPTIC, have decided that the time has arrived to lunge out of the darkness and back onto the stage! Since […]
JAMES STEVENSON will release the long awaited and highly anticipated follow up to the critically acclaimed ’Everything’s Getting Closer To Being Over‘ (2017) on Pink Gun on July 9, 2021 James Stevenson has been […]
Better Noise Music are honoured to announce the 40th Anniversary of the legendary Mötley Crüe! In November 1981, rock ‘n’ roll legends Mötley Crüe stormed into the cultural zeitgeist with the release of their […]
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