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Rock band PLUSH returns with a brand new single, entitled “Left Behind,” which showcases the band’s heavier side. “Left Behind” was recorded in Nashville with producers Zac Maloy, Blair Daly and Kile Odell, and is out now via Pavement Entertainment. Listen […]
After years spent as the only internationally touring INXS show in the world, The Australian INXS Show are returning to local stages next month for an extensive run of regional dates, with tickets on sale today. Having first formed out […]
The wait is nearly over. The Don Broco headline tour begins next Thursday, May 4 in Melbourne. Some fans recently had a small taste of what lays ahead as frontman Rob Diamani joined Papa Roach on stage in Melbourne at […]
Swedish industrial cult act DEATHSTARS finally return with their latest sonic output Everything Destroys You, which will be released on May 5th via Nuclear Blast. Their first release in over eight years marks a long-awaited comeback with everything that is DEATHSTARS: […]
After a few years in exile in various corners of the world (Sweden, New Zealand, Japan) THE DATSUNS made their long awaited return to the live stage in 2022. Throwing off the COVID induced hibernation resulted in […]
Kings County, have been hard at work over the last year writing and recording new music, including their single and video for, “Holding On” dropping April 28, 2023. This track is like no other with […]
Reunited and performing together for the first time in over 10 years, the Steve Morse Band returns with a long-awaited live set including fan favourites from the band’s illustrious career. Featuring a trio of some of […]
With ‘Wargod‘, the pioneers of Norwegian black metal, IMMORTAL, deliver a new single leading up to the release of their impatiently awaited 10th studio album War Against All, due to be released on May 26th via Nuclear Blast Records. […]
After all the good signs shown in the previously released two digital singles, TYGERS OF PAN TANG now release a third song from the new and upcoming album “Bloodlines”. “Back For Good” is the chosen track. When […]
Dark. Disturbing. Different. Deutsch. For the six Berliners there is a certain way of doing things. The kind that has made their band and their brand a worldwide phenomenon, an award-winning, multi-platinum record-breaking collective unlike anything […]
Today, iconic Australian musician and vocalist Ian Moss announced the release of his 8th studio, his forthcoming album, Rivers Run Dry, and the forthcoming Rivers Run Dry Tour in August through Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Co-produced by Ian and Brent Clark, who also […]
From Love Me Do to Let It Be, from the Cavern to the Apple rooftop, from black and white to psychedelic technicolour, the world’s Premier Beatle band returns to take you on a whistle stop […]
Fresh off winning Best Rock Album of the Year at the iHeart Radio Music Awards, Ghost announces the coming of PHANTOMIME, a five-song covers EP intended from the start to follow last year’s international chart-topping […]
The Guess Who is a legendary Canadian band who enjoyed chart-topping hits in the late 60s and early 70s with an impressive catalogue of songs including “American Woman,” “These Eyes,” and “No Time.” During the […]
“Gotta Get To Peekskill” is the current single from their forthcoming Okemah Rising album, out May 12 via the band’s Dummy Luck Music / [PIAS]. Okemah Rising is the second in Dropkick Murphys’ series of works interpreting the words of Woody Guthrie for a new generation. […]
Sweet are back, and you’re not going to want to miss out come December as they go Full Circle! A National Treasure and Glam Rock Royalty who have taken the world by storm for six […]
W.A.S.P. have announced The 40th Never Stops World Tour 2023. Produced by Live Nation, the 33-city run kicks off on Saturday, August 5 in Wheatland, CA, making stops across North America in Vancouver, BC, Omaha, […]
‘Cutting through the blacktop, peeled treads and livestock A hundred shades of yellow and brown He came to his senses, tired and defenceless and decided he could turn it all around And head back to […]
Following a year of staggering losses, personal introspection and bittersweet remembrances, Foo Fighters return with But Here We Are, out June 2 on Roswell Records/RCA Records. A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured […]
Award-winning South African Blues-Rock guitarist Dan Patlansky Announces May 2023 UK Headline Tour which will see him returning with a full band electric tour to the United Kingdom for eight dates commencing on Friday 12th […]
The Damned have just released a new video and track, “You’re Gonna Realise,” in advance of the forthcoming studio album from which the song is taken. Inspired by a theme of international espionage, the video is directed […]
Elles picked up 3 awards at the prestigious UK Blues Awards earlier this month: Artist of The Year; Vocalist of the Year; & Album of the Year. This will be Elles’ fifth award this year, having picked […]
Southern roots rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck have released Live At The Ancienne Belgique, their first-ever live concert film, via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records. Recorded during their sold-out show at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium on June […]
ST. SINNER are the newest export in Australian Alt-Rock. Hailing from the nation’s Capital, the three-piece rage across the stage with a cocktail of punk, metal hard rock and dark pop influences. The name “St. Sinner” […]
The Grym Sins, the West Virginia hard rock band, have recently released their latest single, “Downpour”. The track combines the classic and blues rock influences of the early 70s with a contemporary, heavier sound. Opening […]
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