All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
Africa’s metal Mecca, Krank’d Up returns with an emphatic bang at the announcement of SikTh as their first international act of 2018’s highly anticipated instalment. That’s right, South Africa, the Watford mathcore sextet that […]
This year’s Bloodshed Fest 2018 set to take place in Eindhoven, Netherlands in September has been announced with full lineup details and more. It is with the utmost of joy and the greatest of pride […]
Fresh off their sold out national tour playing their biggest headline shows to date in support of their latest release, The Mortal Coil and performing with seminal down-under heavy heroes Parkway Drive, Polaris have entered 2018 with the Australian metalcore torch […]
The Viking gods of progressive black metal return to herald the coming of Spring along Australia’s East Coast this August. Fresh from delivering the outstandingly heavy powerhouse of an album ‘E’, ENSLAVED are bringing […]
THE DEAD DAISIES are returning to North America! After a Sold-Out Tour across the UK & Europe, the band are looking forward to rocking out with their US & Canadian fans! Their current single […]
Due to overwhelming demand for tickets, Queens Of The Stone Age have announced new shows to their upcoming Australian headline tour. The rock heavyweights have confirmed second and final shows in Sydney and Melbourne; […]
Power Trip executes music with raw energy. They’ve trimmed the fat on every reference they pull from – whether that’s Hardcore, Metal or Punk – to make music that actually cuts in 2018. Hailing […]
The team behind Blood, Sweat & Beers is excited to announce the line-up for the 2018 festival taking place at The Factory Theatre in Sydney on June 30. Way back in early 2009 three […]
The second annual Rocks At The Races in 2017 was a resounding success with 12 bands giving the people of Wagga Wagga their all. This November Rock at the Races returns to Wagga along […]
It’s been five long years since the brilliant American composer and guitarist KAKI KING has graced Australian shores. Now she is returning – in August 2018, with headline performances around the nation and with […]
In August 2017, Mammal stepped out of the wilderness after 8 long years to announce a reunion show and tribal gathering in their home town of Melbourne. The show sold out within hours of […]
UK TECH-FEST have completed their line-up for this year’s festival at Newark Showground from 5th to 9th July 2018. HEART OF A COWARD have been announced as the Thursday ‘Early Bird’ Headliner. Also announced are […]
THE ONES WE LOVE is a unique series of concerts in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne CelebratingR.E.M. featuring an All-Star line-up of singers – Jeff Martin (The Tea Party) Steve Kilbey (The Church) Ron S. […]
Acclaimed Modernist Art-Rock architect Steven Wilson returns to Australia and New Zealand to present his most spectacular show yet, with four astonishing audio-visual extravaganzas. Following the release of ‘To The Bone’, his most successful […]
All-round legends The Bennies will be taking their pumping new album Natural Born Chillers around the country next month, continuing their reign of taking 2018 as their own. The 11 date run will see […]
Sydney progressive rock trio Cog are set to release their second single this year. Following the release of The Middle, they’re back with a track that will blow you away, Altered States. Recently, whilst […]
Tex Perkins highly anticipated The Man In Black show at Twin Towns in May has sold-out! By popular demand, a second and final show has been announced for Sunday 27th May. A massive five […]
The Darkness Stays for Burden Man…. Sydney’s most morose artist, Burden Man has announced a stack of new tour dates to make the long winter nights even longer. Following last years release of his […]
Stellar superstars RACKETT have released their new single Space Cadet; a rocketing psych-jam introducing their new extraterrestrial friend Steve the alien. To celebrate the release of Space Cadet; RACKETT and Steve will be hitting […]
We sail through endless skies, stars shine like eyes… as we travel the universe. The Sword know no boundaries. JD Cronise [vocals, guitar], Kyle Shutt[guitar], Bryan Richie [bass], and Santiago Vela III [drums] take […]
HEAVY SCOTLAND is returning with a bang in 2018 to Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. Running from Friday 31 August to Sunday 02 September, the festival has announced four new bands: DECAPITATED, EXHUMED, CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR, and DEFACER […]
The Nations capital as yet again coughed up some quality metal. Five piece death metal beast Hostel have come slithering out of the political wastelands of Canberra and will deliver their debut album Malevolent […]
Metropolis Touring are thrilled to announce that one of the most widely-loved British bands, THE CHARLATANS are returning to Australia this August. Tim Burgess “We love playing in Australia” The group found initial success […]
Craft Recordings is pleased to announce a special reissue of Social Distortion’s Live at the Roxy. Due out on June 29th – almost 20 years to the day of the album’s original release date – […]
Rock icons, DEF LEPPARD, have extended their 70-plus US and UK tour to run riot Down Under, finally playing their landmark, longest recording in full – 1987’s seminal Hysteria LIVE! German rock legends, special […]
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