All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
Venom Inc. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA! The formidable Abaddon, Mantas and Demolition Man descend on Aussie shores for their Avé Australis Tour in February 2018. Formed as Venom in 1979 in Newcastle […]
2018 is set to kick off in the most sensational way. Brand new summer festival, Under the Southern Stars is bringing together the best of Aussie Rock with an international touch. Headlined by the […]
Cursed Earth have announced they will pummel their way through Australia one last time in 2017 this December. Kicking off in Brisbane, the band will headline shows around the nation with support from Shackles. […]
As the dust settles from the huge launch of Sydney’s newest one-day festival Sydney City Limits, the inevitable question of sideshows was bound to arise. It’s an understandable query, as the team behind Splendour […]
Prophets of the rampant 90’s Modern Rock movement SALIVA will be bringing their show to Australian stages for the first time ever. Fans can expect a crushing cross-section of the bands entire catalogue guaranteed […]
Metal United World Wide (MUWW) is a project which brings together metal bands, fans, show organisers, media and other supporters for one big event. The idea is to have metal shows all over the […]
Britain’s rocking roots trio Kitty, Daisy & Lewis are bringing their infectious energy and nostalgia-soaked fusion of rockabilly, vintage country and first-generation rhythm and blues to Sydney and Melbourne in February 2018. Delivering their […]
DESERTFEST LONDON are thrilled to reveal the next 8 acts for the 2018 edition of the festival, who will be joining the likes of MONSTER MAGNET, EYEHATEGOD, NEBULA & JEX THOTH to bring a battering ram […]
Adelaide mainstays GRENADIERS are stoked to release their third LP ‘Find Something You Love And Let It Kill You’ today. So stoked, in fact, that they’ve unveiled a chunk of headline dates to spruik it to the […]
Seminal Glaswegian rock heavyweights MOGWAI announce their return to Australia, playing Sydney and Melbourne headline shows through March, alongside appearances at Perth Festival and Golden Plains. Staggeringly prolific musicians, Mogwai have over the past […]
The world’s premiere rock and metal event is set to hit Australia for the first time with a tsunami of international and local acts flooding Melbourne this coming March. Fifteen mammoth years in Donington UK, […]
Iconic dream-pop/post-punk outfit THE CHAMELEONS (UK) have announced their First Ever Australian headline dates. Fronted by founding member, vocalist and bassist Mark Burgess, the tour will showcase the band’s genre-defining body of work, instigated […]
Handsome Tours proudly presents enigmatic post-rock outfit Godspeed You! Black Emperor, returning to Sydney in January 2018, to perform at The Metro Theatre. The tour follows the release of their sixth album ‘Luciferian Towers’. Godspeed You! Black […]
International rock superstars PARAMORE are making their highly anticipated return to Australia for their first headline shows in four years, bringing Tour Four to Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena and Brisbane’s […]
Grammy winning guitar legend & Johnny Winter protege Paul Nelson will be touring the US in support of his critically acclaimed latest album “Badass Generation.” For Paul Nelson, a new musical chapter beckons… Nelson […]
Since forming in 2015 Perth natives Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have had a head spinningly busy 18 months. Not only have the psyche rockers dropped two head rattling LP’s, ‘High Visceral’ Part One and Part […]
On his upcoming farewell world tour, OZZY OSBOURNE–Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy® winning singer and songwriter–will celebrate more than five decades as a performer (both as a solo artist and as […]
Fungalore Bunbury is kicking off their first ever music festival with Fungalfest 2017. The festival is set to go off at the Mumballup Tavern on Saturday 25th November 2017 showcasing 15 local punk, thrash […]
The self-proclaimed “Wrecking Crew” OVERKILL are set to destroy Australia in 2018. If you thought after 4-decades and 18 studio albums, OVERKILL would be losing steam, you don’t know OVERKILL. Throughout their existence, the […]
The term ‘Bursting on to the Scene’ is a term thrown around way too liberally these days. That is unless you’re talking about Indie rock sensation; THE HUNNA. Within the space of 12 months, […]
Sweden’s legendary hard rock band EUROPE, best known for their worldwide 1986 Smash Hit The Final Countdown, have announced a run of five Australian dates in May 2018. This will be the first time […]
The Bennies are excited to announce their forthcoming record Natural Born Chillers is out Friday 2 February via Pool House Records / Remote Control. To celebrate, the band have shared first cut ‘Get High Like An Angel’ which premiered last night […]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor are one of the most astounding, captivating post-rock acts of all time. The cult Montreal act have announced a one-off headline performance at Melbourne Recital Centre’s stunning Elisabeth Murdoch Hall on January 22, […]
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT–Devin Townsend (vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming), Ryan Van Poederooyen (drums), Dave Young (guitar, keyboards), Brian ‘Beav’ Waddell (bass), Mike St-Jean (keyboards, synths, programming)–is gearing up for shows with Clutch as part of […]
THRASH ATTACK! If head snapping riffs, mosh stomping beats & loud, drunken, rowdy shows whet your metal appetite, then this banger is for you. LICH KING (USA) tour Australia for the first time belting out […]
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