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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 […]
Chrome Division unveil lyric video to ‘I’m On Fire Tonight’, Nightwish reveal live video for “Sleeping Sun”, Metal Church release new single & music video ‘By The Numbers’. Raise your whiskey glasses, […]
The alternative-rock quartet Papa Roach announces their highly-anticipated 10th studio album, Who Do You Trust? out on January 18, 2019 through Eleven Seven Music available HERE and on vinyl. The album is now available […]
Collateral are thrilled to release their debut EP ‘4 Shots!’ on Friday 23rd November via Roulette Records. The E.P. features the band’s new single ‘Midnight Queen’ plus three other tracks. Ever since Collateral burst on […]
The INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival is back in action for 2019! The festival brought massive entertainment to over 18,000 fans in its first year, and this year, the festival aims even higher. Taking place […]
Jason Becker is thrilled to reveal the official video for his brand new song ‘Hold On To Love’ featuring singer Codany Holiday, taken from the new album ‘Triumphant Hearts,’ which will be released on […]
Live Nation is thrilled to announce that RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS will make a long-overdue and highly-anticipated return Down Under in 2019. Playing their first Australian headline tour in twelve long years, Red Hot […]
Dutch Symphonic heavyweights EPICA announce a select number of exclusive shows in support of the 10th anniversary of their album “Design Your Universe”. The album until today holds a special place in the […]
Dublin’s anthemic indie-rockers, KODALINE return for the first time since their Sold Out 2014 Tour Best described as a sonic hybrid of mainstream American rock fused with British pop, KODALINE possess an inherently lush […]
As the anticipation arises and the count down begins, Australia’s Good Things Festival is thrilled to announce the addition of local support acts added to the incredibly huge line up, reveal the timetables for […]
Celebrations for The Dandy Warhols’ 25th anniversary include a new album, Why You So Crazy, a single-shot 360° short film featuring Mad Men’s Jessica Paré for the single Be Alright, and a 2019 tour […]
Maryland rockers Clutch have announced the first batch of their 2019 Winter tour dates for February and March in support of their newest effort Book Of Bad Decisions. Tickets go on sale to the […]
RIVERS OF NIHIL launches new video for The Silent Life, ARTILLERY Releases video for third single, “Pain”, CANNIBAL CORPSE ‘Red Before Black’ vinyl picture disc now available. Rivers Of Nihil has launched […]
Following a limited run of regional shows in January earlier this year, Frontier Touring and Roundhouse Entertainment are thrilled to announce the return of Canadian rock icon BRYAN ADAMS to Australia next March with […]
Greta Van Fleet, one of the most buzzed-about new rock bands today, will play Australia for the first time early next year on their “March of the Peaceful Army” World Tour Fans in Sydney, […]
Are you ready for one of the best live recordings ever done by a rock band? On 21st of December 2018 the Tygers Of Pan Tang will release “Hellbound Spellbound Live 1981” featuring the […]
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 […]
SLIPKNOT have announced a 10th Anniversary Edition of their RIAA and ARIA platinum certified milestone LP, All Hope Is Gone. The release will feature newly reimagined artwork by the band’s own M. Shawn Crahan, […]
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Progfest is the ultimate annual gathering for progressive music fans, and prog as a genre is one of the nation’s fastest growing. The 2019 line up of Progfest is definitely […]
Following a guest performance during Billy Joel’s show last night at Madison Square Garden, Joe Perry experienced shortness of breath and was treated backstage by paramedics who gave the guitarist oxygen and used a tracheal […]
Get ready to stomp your feet in the pit and raise your fists in the air, Canadian political punks, Propagandhi have just announced a run of shows across Australia and New Zealand! The first […]
Sci-fi thrash metal prog-punks Voivod are celebrating thirty- five years on the warpath, and are rrröööaaarrring into 2019 in the best possible way for Australian fans with 4 big East Coast shows. Riding high […]
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