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Frontier Touring wish to advise that, due to illness, Jackson Browne’s scheduled performances at Aware Super Theatre, Sydney, tonight (Saturday 15 April) and Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, on Sunday 16 April, are postponed. In a statement […]
Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Jonny Polonsky releases “Wrong Dove.” The single is from his upcoming LP Rise of the Rebel Angels, out May 12, 2023 via Loosegroove Records/The Orchard. Pre Order/Save your copy HERE The hauntingly beautiful “Wrong Dove,” […]
TEG Live is proud to announce that one of the world’s most iconic and beloved bands, Culture Club, will return to Australia for a national Greatest Hits tour this September, featuring special guests 80’s synth […]
The BluesBones released 6 successful albums so far, which were all well received around the world. After touring extensively in 2021/2022 with their “Live on Stage” album, that became no.1 in UK and USA Blues […]
Bluesfest 2023’s return of international artists brought with it a steady supply of star power that left festivalgoers marvelling at the magic on show. Bluesfest returned in 2022 with the greatest coming together of Australian […]
The second video single, taken from the upcoming SERGEANT STEEL album MISTER SIPPI, saw the light of day. MAMA DIDN’T RAISE NO FOOL is not only the new single, it also shows another side of the new album! For […]
Bringing together East Coast attitude with West Coast swagger, TRIP THE WIRE is a high-energy hard rock band from one of rock music’s meccas: Seattle, Washington. The dynamic hooks, tight and driving rhythm ‘n’ grooves, […]
Renowned GRAMMY-nominated band Gov’t Mule has announced their new studio album, Peace…Like A River, will be released this summer and has shared the first single “Dreaming Out Loud” featuring Ivan Neville and Ruthie Foster. For the stirring new song, GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitar legend, and producer Warren Haynes wove […]
Over the course of five decades Steve Lukather has placed an indelible stamp on pop culture. Alongside his tenure as the only member of ToTo to never take a hiatus from the band, he has performed […]
Grab-you-by-the-collar Louisiana metal outfit VERMILION WHISKEY is preparing to release their latest album, Crimson & Stone, on May 26th, 2023. The album varies from head-nodders to fist-pumpers, with no pretensions of being anything other than a […]
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 […]
Electric Revival is a young, hungry rock n’ roll band from Los Angeles with musical roots in the 70s hard rock scene blended with a 21st century sound. If Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple had brought their kids […]
Ian Moss has rightfully earned his place as one of the world’s premier guitarists. Noted for his subtlety and nuance of touch, coupled with a voice as smooth as honey and exquisite tenderness, Mossy has […]
The Southern River Band have well-earned their reputation as the future of modern Australian Rock ‘n’ Roll. Between electrifying passion in their nationally touring live show, a 2022 W.A.M. Rock Band of the Year award, […]
Multi-platinum hard-rock heroes, EXTREME, announce their first Australian tour in 5 years to celebrate the release of their new album “Six”, and bringing their friends LIVING COLOUR to join them as they celebrate the 30th anniversary […]
Jethro Tull are set to release their 23rd studio album, ‘RökFlöte’, on April 21st 2023 via InsideOutMusic. Following 2022’s ‘The Zealot Gene’, the band’s first album in two decades, Ian Anderson and the band are returning with […]
Ontario-based melodic death-thrash outfit RAIDER are going to tear open 2023 with their new album, Trial by Chaos, which is out today! To commemorate the release, the band has unveiled a new music video for the title […]
Celebrating one of the most pivotal entries in the history of great British rock and prog albums, Wishbone Ash’s legendary LP Argus gets a 50th Anniversary multi-format Box Set release on 14 April 2023 through […]
GRAMMY Award-winning Iowan icons SLIPKNOT have shared “Bone Church”, a surprise standalone single available today on all streaming platforms. The new song arrives with a M. Shawn ‘clown’ Crahan directed video piece titled “Yen – Director’s Cut (Bone Church)” which finds the multidisciplinary artist and […]
Blues rock icon and five-time GRAMMY-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd has announced the second annual KWS Backroads Blues Festival, which will make stops across the US this spring and summer. Beginning with two performances in the Pacific Northwest […]
With 2023 marking the 50th anniversary of the iconic album Live Dates, this is a rare opportunity to hear the legendary Wishbone Ash performing their biggest-selling album in its entirety, along with songs from many of their […]
Alt-Rock outfit OK Hotel share their raucous new single ‘Get Out’. The high energy, riff heavy, chorus driven track alludes to more things to come from the trio this year. Forming in Wollongong Australia, OK Hotel are a melodic-driven, […]
The Hollywood Stars have announced that guitarist George Keller has joined the band’s lineup. Keller replaces Ruben de Fuentes, a founding member of the group in 1972. Also departing is rhythm guitarist Chezzare Monroe. Last […]
UK Ska Legends BAD MANNERS finally return down under for a Greatest Hits Tour. Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel with his exceptionally long tongue, big personality and even bigger figure, bald-headed Buster and BAD MANNERS have a huge set of fun original pop ska […]
“Drama” Started simply as a recording project in 2018 by a group of enthusiastic musicians in Louisville, Kentucky. Lead singer Ashton Blake and his bandmates caught the ear of Maryland-based HighVolMusic’s founder Bill Chavis, who […]
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