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Australian rock event By the C have announced further shows across Australia that will include Coolangatta, Geelong, Perth and Wollongong. By The C is a celebration of live music, food and community on iconic […]
Toronto, Canada – November 23, 2018 – A new musical built around legendary band FOREIGNER’s peerless catalogue of hit songs will make its world premiere this winter in Toronto. FOREIGNER recently celebrated its 40th anniversary of rocking […]
Australia’s premiere incendiary musical export, THY ART IS MURDER, has released the brand new single ‘Death Perception’. Check out the lyric video below. The song was produced, mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Will Putney. The […]
Following the release of 2016’s King of Everything, and the reissue of their groundbreaking second album Cloud Factory on Napalm Records, fans have chomping at the bit for new music from JINJER. Now it […]
Over 50 years since The Beatles first started to play and record together, their music is as popular as ever. All You Need Is Love, the live music concert featuring a selection of some of […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced additional shows for their upcoming Australia & New Zealand tour with Sydney and Auckland getting an extra show. Tickets are on sale now. Playing their first Australian headline […]
Forming in Massachusetts in 1990, Converge are regarded as pioneers within the aggressive music arena. In November last year they released ‘The Dusk In Us’, a brutal but beautiful album that shows the band’s […]
GRAMMY® award-winning rock band SWITCHFOOT have released ‘’Voices’’ as the second instant grat track / single available to fans who pre-order their highly anticipated new album, Native Tongue. SWITCHFOOT also released an accompanying music […]
Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater recently announced the forthcoming worldwide release of their 14th studio album, Distance Over Time on February 22, 2019. Distance Over Time showcases a newfound creativity […]
Seminal Swedish skate-punk band Millencolin have announced the release of their ninth studio album SOS, out February 15 on Epitaph. SOS will be their first album in four years, and a follow up to […]
Fresh off the back of the Queensland Tourism Awards held last Friday night where Blues on Broadbeach took home the silver award for Major Festivals and Events 2018, Broadbeach Alliance is proud to announce […]
Australia, you’re in for a treat as Californian rockers The Story So Far and UK’s five-piece, Basement will be returning to Australia in 2019 for a national co-headline tour which will see them hit […]
The Farmer & The Owl Festival debuts this March, at its new home among the steel-lined laneways and lush urban parklands of McCabe Park in the heart of Wollongong, lined with spacious lots and […]
One of the most influential and groundbreaking bands to rise from the British punk scene in the late ’70s was GANG OF FOUR. To Celebrate the 40th Anniversary since the release of their […]
Australia’s five-day music festival dedicated to showcasing some of the best live acts in the world, held in Byron Bay each Easter, today announced 14 new artists added to the line-up for the festivals […]
JOE PERRY–legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of Aerosmith–has cancelled his fall headlining shows as he continues to take some time off following his recent hospital visit. While doctors have released PERRY from care, […]
Eventually there comes a time when the hype about a band becomes superfluous, and their status alone speaks volumes. Such is the case with EMPEROR, the black metal gods hailing from Telemark, Norway. EMPEROR […]
Taking Back Sunday have unveiled the track listing and format details, for their 20-year anniversary compilation, Twenty. The 21-song collection will be released on January 11, 2019 and spans all seven of their full-length […]
Hot off the heels of their sold-out performance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, The Angels have announced two special dates of their highly acclaimed show Symphony Of Angels for Sydney and Melbourne in 2019. […]
Toyah Cordingley a beautiful, highly popular 24 year old animal and music loving young lady. Ms Cordingley’s body was discovered in the dunes at Wangetti Beach, north of Cairns, on October 22, a day […]
Rock / Metal Icons WITHIN TEMPTATION’S are back with a double helping of new music. Raise Your Banner and Mad World are taken from the highly anticipated new album Resist which will be released […]
Get ready. Twelve Foot Ninja are coming for their first headline tour of Australia in two years. The hard rock outfit have cemented a cult following off the back of their brand of genre-fusing […]
Dust off your dancing shoes, punk rock’s greatest supergroup cover band, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes have confirmed a run of headline shows along with their Download Festival performance. For the uninitiated, Me […]
Grammy Award-winning, American rock guitarist SLASH and his band Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators are thrilled to announce New Zealand rock royalty Devilskin as the support act for their January/February 2019 tour, playing Baypark […]
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 […]
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