All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
Following the announcement of six new concerts last week and overwhelming demand during the pre-sale period, Sir Elton John again extends the Australian leg of his mammoth sold out Farewell Yellow Brick Road World […]
After announcing their upcoming Chemical Hearts tour only a couple of weeks ago, legendary Aussie rockers Grinspoon have already sold out The Forum in Melbourne and Waves in Wollongong, with a bunch of other […]
Wisconsin-bred guitarist Jared James Nichols returns to the UK supporting Living Colour on their July 2019 UK Tour alongside Wayward Sons. He will also play a headline show at the Boston Music Room in […]
Australian hit machine Diesel has today announced the Sunset Suburbia project: a trilogy of EPs leading into an album in 2020. And to coincide with the release of new music, Diesel will hit the […]
It’s a very good day for Off With Their Heads fans as the band reveal details of their forthcoming album Be Good, set for release on August 16, and announce their return to Australian shores this November. To accompany […]
Hot off the heels of the release of their latest album Future Ruins earlier this year, which saw them stamp their authority as the OG purveyors of widescreen psychedelic shoegaze, Swervedriver are ready to […]
HEART—ANN and NANCY WILSON–will extend their massive “Love Alive” cross-country summer tour into the fall with dates now taking the group through October. New dates include stops in Newark, Little Rock, Memphis, Kansas City, […]
Italy’s symphonic death metal horde, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, return! Over a clutch of consistent, ever more intricate and dissonant recordings, this Roman outfit has impacted the global metal scene profoundly with its sculpted compositions and […]
For the first time in Australia and for a very rare run of shows, DARK ANGEL has reformed and hit Australian shores for a very limited number of appearances. The legends themselves, GENE HOGLAN […]
For 30 years, BACKYARD BABIES has delivered top of the line dirty rock ‘n’ roll, both live and recorded. The fact that the original four guys that started the band still are playing together, […]
Following the release of their universally acclaimed Life Metal LP and the first leg of their US tour last April, SUNN O))) is pleased to announce a West Coast tour in support of the album. This […]
When you talk about classic albums shaping genres Cruelty and the Beast by CRADLE OF FILTH sits proudly and menacingly at the top of the tree for extreme music. In 1998 Cruelty and the Beast was […]
This year marks an auspicious anniversary for Tex Perkins, it is a decade since he first took to the stage with his award-winning The Man In Black – The Songs & Story of Johnny […]
Jon Stevens is heading to Western Australia with his Jon Stevens – The Hits Tour, traversing all the hits of his career, from his solo work, right through to Noiseworks, INXS, and even Jesus […]
In response to enormous demand, and hot on the heels of the incredible global success of the Rocketman epic musical fantasy, Elton-mania has reached fever pitch! It can today be announced that Sir Elton […]
Sydney progressive metal quartet Red Sea have just released their new single, The One. Following their epic, and acclaimed progressive metal single and video The Art of Transcending (TAOT) released in September 2018, the band have returned with The One. After the […]
Australia’s alt-rock queens The Beautiful Monument have announced they will be heading out on a headline tour around Australia in August to showcase their brand new album, I’m The Reaper (out June 28 via […]
Full Terror Assault Open Air Festival – the first true European-style open air festival for extreme music fans in the U.S. – officially announced their fifth-year line-up details in late May. The festival will […]
Perth groove metal act Bayview Suspect have had a stellar year in 2019 so far, first supporting the legendary Phil Anselmo & The Illegals alongside King Parrot at this year’s sold out Slayfest and […]
With several shows on the upcoming Wisconsin Death Trip 20th Anniversary Tour already sold-out, STATIC-X has announced additional dates for this fall. The tour will feature the same lineup of co-headliners DevilDriver and support […]
1989. Bob Hawke is still Prime Minister, Canberra and Hawthorn are NRL and VFL Premiers, the Berlin Wall came down and Bart Simpson became a TV superstar. Tim Burton’s Batman was released, the 14th […]
Perth groove metal act Bayview Suspect have had a stellar year in 2019 so far, first supporting the legendary Phil Anselmo & The Illegals alongside King Parrot at this year’s sold out Slayfest and […]
Montréal based melodic death metallers KATAKLYSM will kick off their Meditations Over North America 2019 tour on September 4th in Joliet, IL. The 21-date trek will make stops Portland, Dallas and Baltimore before concluding […]
Nordic Noise was established in 2013 and is considered one of the most important Heavy Rock festivals in Scandinavia. In 2019 the festival is expanding to the UK for the first time and Nordic […]
“Tear it down and start again,” goes the infectious thorough-line of All The Colours’ new single; a fitting return from one of Melbourne’s beloved rock bands, ‘Tear It Down’ heralds a new chapter. One marked […]
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