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UK’s Hairspray Metal band No.1, Midnite City, have released a single for the song ‘Someday’. The track is taken from the album ‘In At The Deep End’, which will be released on June 23rd, 2023 […]
Rock icons The Used have shared their newest single “Numb” off of their upcoming album Toxic Positivity, out May 19 via Big Noise. The track tackles the all-too-familiar sensation of feeling too much and nothing […]
Tickets for The Waifs 20th Anniversary Up All Night Australian tour have been snapped up in record time, with shows in Queenscliff, Melbourne, Meeniyan, Upwey, Warrnambool and Perth SELLING OUT in one day. The regional show sell outs […]
One of the world’s most exhilarating and esteemed creative forces, Grammy-winning Swedish theatrical rock band GHOST are delighted to announce their first Australian headline tour this October. Kicking off in Sydney on Tuesday, October 3 at the […]
Rev your engines, music lovers: Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce high octane rockers Eagles of Death Metal (USA) are headed down under, with eight huge shows announced for Australia and New Zealand in July/August 2023! Long overdue for an Antipodean visit, […]
English legends HAPPY MONDAYS are returning to Australia and New Zealand this October as part of their Twenty Four Hour Party People – Greatest Hits Tour. Formed in Salford England, Happy Mondays were one of the most influential […]
Metal fans have been eager to hear what the much-talked about new collaboration, ELEGANT WEAPONS, sounds like – with the arrival of their latest single, ‘Do or Die‘. Comprised of Rainbow singer Ronnie Romero, Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner, Uriah […]
For four decades, OVERKILL have been the trailblazers in producing some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. Today, the New Jersey Thrash legends bludgeon your ears with their twentieth studio album, entitled Scorched via Nuclear Blast […]
‘Dead Man Walking’ — the eagerly awaited, brand-new album from Cheshire-bred and raised songwriter, vocalist and guitar slinger Jim Kirkpatrick. A 10-track tour de force that showcases Jim’s multiple talents in rock, blues and Americana, even adding a touch […]
Multi-platinum hard rock icons EXTREME’s latest single “Rise” has seen unprecedented success following its debut on March 1 alongside a fiery music video which has received over 2 million views to date. The critically acclaimed song, […]
Dedicated to the Musical Legacy of Morbid Angel. I AM MORBID, the band featuring former MORBID ANGEL members David Vincent (bass, vocals) and Pedro “Pete” Sandoval (drums) will Host its “Morbidfest” Australia Only Shows in […]
Celebrated guitarist Philip Sayce is thrilled to return to the UK with six exclusive dates in November 2023. Tickets on sale NOW at www.thegigcartel.com and www.philipsayce.com. Special guest on all shows is slide guitarist Troy Redfern. The UK tour announcement precedes […]
ATAVISTIA is a wall of sound that joyously greets the ears and assails the senses. With sweeping instrumentals, grand orchestrations, and guitars heavier than Thor’s hammer, this Canadian epic metal band from Vancouver is preparing […]
Metropolis Touring is proud to present the first ever Australian tour for Britpop darlings DODGY playing Free Peace Sweet in Full Plus a special encore of Greatest Hits (‘Staying Out for the Summer’, ‘Grassman’, ‘So Let Me Go Far’ + […]
“AVATAR are simply one of the best bands on the planet and also have one of the greatest stage shows you will ever see. I’m counting down the days till I get to catch them […]
John Norum is mostly known as the founder and lead guitarist from the rock band Europe that quickly took the name as Sweden’s biggest rock export with the songs “The Final Countdown”, “Carrie” and “Rock the Night” and has sold over 15 […]
The Hollywood Vampires, the legendary supergroup, release a new single today – “My Generation (Live in Rio 2015)”. The recording is taken from their groundbreaking performance at the Rock in Rio Festival in 2015 and part of […]
Black Sabbath’s first official live album, Live Evil, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with a new Super Deluxe Edition that introduces newly remixed and remastered versions of the acclaimed double album. LIVE EVIL (40th ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE […]
On May 16th, the world will see Rock and Classical royalty unite on Drastic Symphonies – a brand-new euphoric album featuring Def Leppard’s greatest produced tracks dramatically re-imagined, and sounding more exhilarating than ever before, via the band teaming […]
LA-founded hard-rock hellraisers, L7 perform their landmark album ‘Bricks are Heavy’ in Full (Pretend We’re Dead, Shitlist, Wargasm, Everglade, Slide etc) L7 debut album came through Epitaph, run by Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz. Their second album Smell the Magic […]
GRAMMY® Award-nominated SEVENDUST are back with the announcement of their 14th studio album Truth Killer, slated for worldwide release via the band’s new label, Napalm Records. Truth Killer is the follow-up to the band’s 2020 critically acclaimed release Blood & Stone that saw the band […]
The mighty FIFTH ANGEL is proud to announce their epic fourth album, When Angels Kill, which will be released on June 16th, 2023 through Nuclear Blast Records. For FIFTH ANGEL fans, or fans of melodic power metal, this album is simply a “must have.” […]
Southern roots rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck have released a powerful live version of “Blame It On The Whiskey,” a standout track from their first ever live DVD Live At The Ancienne Belgique, out 4/21 via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records. […]
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA are back with their first new music of 2023. After a successful run of European dates last November, and the completion of an outstanding leg through Scandinavia in March, the Swedes follow up with […]
Two-time GRAMMY® winning entertainment legend, Tanya Tucker, who, earlier this week became the newest inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame (read the Rolling Stone story here), will release her highly anticipated new album, Sweet Western Sound, June 2, 2023, on Fantasy Records. (Pre-Order HERE) […]
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