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Due to popular demand from Australian fans and following a hugely successful concert tour of UK & Europe the world’s greatest Dire Straits show returns to Australia in September 2018 to perform the incredible […]
As the sun set on last year’s monumental Yours & Owls Festival, with an all-star line-up and largest sold-out crowd to date, fans and music-lovers nationwide have been waiting with anticipation to see if […]
Teutonic power metallers, Primal Fear are returning in November to rip Australia apart, just as they did in 2016! With their new album, Apocalypse being released on August 10th 2018 via Frontier Records, Primal […]
HARM’S WAY Launch New Video For Last Man, REDEMPTION Reveal details for new album, ‘Long Night’s Journey into Day’ first single, “Little Men”, KING DIAMOND ‘Conspiracy’, ‘The Dark Sides’, ‘The Eye’ LP re-issues now […]
For decades, Lizzy Borden has been one of theatrical rock’s top front-men. And on June 15th, Borden will issue his first album in 11 years, My Midnight Things, via Metal Blade Records. The extended layoff […]
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band has today announced an East Coast tour of Australia in October 2018, his first visit in more than six years. Blues fans are in for a rare treat with Ash Grunwald […]
Raucous indie surf rockers Caravãna Sun have today announced their infectious new single Beauty and The Pain, written to celebrate the good and the bad times within a relationship, set for release on May 25. […]
While still in his teens, American born guitarist/singer Mark Lizotte was snatched from his bar band in Perth and launched on to the Australian charts as the leader of Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. A […]
POWERWOLF Release Video For Demons Are A Girls Best Friend, DEVILDRIVER Reveal Part Three of the “Outlaws ‘Til The End: Vol. 1”Interview Series, Answering the Question: “The Guests”, OTEP Challenges Trump in Hyper-Political Single […]
“Whether at the track or at the bar, she was always in fine form” (Oh Josephine) “One of the most vivid memories I’ll ever have of Nan is her first introducing me to horseracing and […]
Lenny Kravitz will release his brand new studio album, Raise Vibration on September 7 via BMG, available to pre-order HERE. The first single ’Low’ is a pulsating introspective composition dealing with the issue of […]
It’s a busy month for Zeal & Ardor. The band are preparing for a series of live shows next month (including a London headline show & a slot at Download Festival) as well as […]
New York girl rockers Lez Zeppelin – the all-girl band earning the reputation as one of the most exciting live acts on the scene – are bringing their version of the rock-laden classics penned by […]
LA-based metal outfit BUTCHER BABIES are known for juxtaposing brutal, aggressive riffs with beautiful melodies that wail with emotional redemption. That emotion plays strong in their new documentary style music video for the single […]
Pop punk heroes State Champs have premiered new song, Mine Is Gold on Billboard. Mine Is Gold is taken from the bands recently announced new record Living Proof which will be released on June 15, 2018 on Pure Noise Records / Sony Music Australia. The […]
Classic 80’s rock veterans Vixen will release Live Fire via Rat Pak Records on July 6th. Mixed by Michael Wagener, Live Fire features 12 live tracks and was recorded at Chicago’s legendary Arcada Theater […]
HEAVY SCOTLAND 2018 completes its lineup announcing the final two headliners, CHILDREN OF BODOM, and ENSIFERUM. They’re joined by BLEED FROM WITHIN for the festival at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange, from Friday 31 August to Sunday […]
Isolation can often result in unique outcomes. Hailing from the tiny, frosty, untamed and detached Australian state that is Tasmania, Psycroptic have become an unparalleled act in an enigmatic worldwide movement commonly known as […]
Guitar legends Richie Kotzen, Vinnie Moore and Gus G. will join forces for a 10-date U.S. tour in the fall. Prior to the trek, Vinnie and Gus will play four shows in Texas without Kotzen. […]
Chugg Entertainment is thrilled to announce that, due to incredible demand, legendary music icon Bob Dylan has added a second Melbourne show to his Australian arena tour this August. The ‘voice of a generation’ […]
May 23 in the year of the King (2018): Citizens! If the message hasn’t been clear enough already, the King of Kings above all Kings ruling in the realm of Kings has decided to […]
Just two months left until IN FLAMES’ first annual festival, Borgholm Brinner, takes place, July 27th – 28th, at historical Borgholm Castle on the island of Öland. As the Swedish summer lures just around […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the upcoming Australian tour for The Sword, originally planned for September has been rescheduled to October. All tickets currently held by purchasers will be transferred to the new dates. Ticket […]
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones became the ambassadors of the 90s ska explosion (the third wave of SKA) by forging new territory and being one of the first, if not the first band to cross […]
The Apocalypse Blues Revue are back with their new album, The Shape Of Blues To Come, out on July 20th 2018 via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. Following 2016s self-titled debut, Godsmack’s Shannon Larkin (Drums) and […]
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