All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
Following a long radio silence, Finnish rock giants HIM have announced the Bang & Whimper Tour 2017, closing the final chapter on their 26-year career. Front man Ville Valo offers, “After quarter of a century […]
“Let’s ROCK those beautiful arenas JUST ONE MORE TIME!” says Brian May. Legendary superstar band QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT will visit Australia this August. This is the first QUEEN tour of Australia since 1985. The […]
STARSET’S musical vision is only understood by entering the psyche of founding member and multi instrumental vocalist, Dustin Bates. Bates – a graduate with a Masters degree in electrical engineering, who taught at the […]
Following their First Ever Australian Tour in 2014, German Metal Legends ACCEPT return this September for one show only in Melbourne. With multiple Sold Out shows on their last visit, ACCEPT reward fans with […]
Spread Eagle will embark on their first overseas tour. The trek will include performances at Hair Metal Heaven festival, Hard Rock Hell Sleaze festival, plus shows with Junkyard, Vain and Babylon A.D. Fans have the […]
Perth metal outfit Make Them Suffer have announced their new album Worlds Apart, which will be released on July 28 on Roadrunner Records. The album is available to pre-order now and features the new […]
Sydney’s own Tonight Alive are heading home and to celebrate they’ve announced a very special Australian headline tour. Kicking off on October 31 at The Basement in Canberra, this run of dates will see Tonight […]
Ozzy Osbourne featuring Zakk Wylde, Prophets of Rage, Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie and Incubus top the bill for the fourth annual Louder Than Life destination festival, Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October […]
GET PUMPED. Hotly tipped Milwaukee punk quartet DIRECT HIT! are headed to Australia for the first time ever. Still giddy from the international pick up of their 2016 Fat Wreck Chords LP WASTED MIND, […]
In 1789 the French had finally had enough of absolutism in the form of the monarchy driven government and vented their collective spleen by storming the Bastille. In 1977 the people of Australia were […]
DAVID DUCHOVNY, is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, director and New York Times best selling author. David Duchovny emerged to become one of the most highly acclaimed actors in Hollywood as the star in one of […]
The star studded Punk cover act Me First And The Gimme Gimmes have announced a string of Australian tour dates for October. The band is a who’s who of the pop punk world featuring […]
The Original Voice of SKID ROW, Musical Royalty SEBASTIAN BACH returns to Australia this October! Hailed as one of the finest front men to come out of the late 80’s / early 90’s with […]
Surprise, metal lovers! THY ART IS MURDER will charge furiously unto the breach once more. The globally recognised quintet have just announced their ‘Death Sentence’ Australian tour, with support from Alpha Wolf, Cursed Earth and Deadlights. Confidently attracting a potent […]
First Ever Headline Australian Tour for MINISTRY, the American Industrial Metal Juggernaut led by Al Jourgensen as they take over Australia for 5 shows this September! This will only the second time ever MINISTRY […]
The Sydney Blues & Roots Festival, Code One, and Rhythm Section are proud to announce the return of San Franciscan blues master Chris Cain who will be touring Australia this June. No stranger to our […]
After a ripper of a line-up in 2016 with the heavy hitting bill drawing crowds to the ‘gong, you would be excused if you thought that Yours & Owls couldn’t get any better…. but you […]
Rare is it for a band to have had such a long lasting effect on the musical landscape they exist within. Since their formation in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Paradise Lost have thrived in perpetual […]
This September The Getaway Plan will be embarking on a national tour performing their critically acclaimed album, ‘Other Voices, Other Rooms’. The band’s breakthrough album reached #3 ARIA Australian Album chart and #1 on the […]
ONE OK ROCK are the biggest rock band in Japan today, and are about to make their first ever headline tour trip to Australia! However, filling stadiums in Japan is not enough. ONE OK ROCK […]
Space-age progressive virtuosos present works from their masterful new album plus selections from 10 years of their groundbreaking best. Haken have become established leaders in the heavier progressive scene. Rated favourably alongside the band’s […]
Iowa hard rock outfit, STONE SOUR, has announced their long awaited Australian headline tour. Celebrating the upcoming release of their fifth album, “Hydrograd”, the band will play shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this […]
For AFI, the name of the game has always been about evolution; so it’s always a nail-biter to see where they land on each release. Enter The Blood Album. Proving they are as fired […]
Sydney’s With Confidence have announced they will be heading out on their only headline tour of Australia in 2017 this August. Joining them on home soil will be Seaway (Canada) and WSTR (UK). After a wildly successful […]
“Headstrong they’ll take you on”, American rock band TRAPT are heading down under for their first ever Tour this July. Since forming in 1997 TRAPT have released 7 studio Albums and sold over 2.5 […]
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