All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
UNBEATABLE A very special summer season, not only due to the tropical heat, is slowly coming to an end: Festivals have been rocked so hard that we would’ve been sweating even if mercury hadn’t […]
BUTCH WALKER is a singer, songwriter, and producer whose skills run from radio-friendly pop to high-attitude hard rock. Walker launched his public career with the band SOUTHGANG, who inked a contract with Virgin Records. […]
UK, progressive metal masters TesseracT will return to Australia this September! It will be nearly three years exactly since the band’s last visit and in that time their fan base has increased immensely as […]
Forty years after the release of one of the greatest Australian debut albums of all time – (I’m) Stranded – Ed Kuepper returns with a brand-new band and a brand new contender for the […]
Picture this… 1988, Bob Hawke is Prime Minister, Australia dumps $600 million bucks of tax payer cash on Expo 88, Home and Away hits our tellies for the first time, triple j launch the […]
Two World-Class instrumental/prog/djent outfits are coming to Australian shores in just over a month’s time and things are heating up! From September 21 to 24 in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Australian promoters Destroy […]
INXS’s KICK album proved to be such a hit in the Chocolate Starfish Classic Albums Series that the band is KICKing on in 2019 with another tour. After a spectacularly successful string of sold-out […]
Archspire have announced a secret Melbourne headline show announced for this Thursday August 23rd with guests Whoretopsy and Hollow World. Canadian technical death outfit ARCHSPIRE exude talent, drive, creativity, and absolute dedication. A tight […]
UNIFY Gathering are proud to announce the addition of four new acts to the already stacked 2019 lineup! Following the removal of I Killed The Prom Queen, UNIFY have added Every Time I Die […]
Peter Murphy first made his mark fronting influential UK group Bauhaus, who this year celebrate their 40th anniversary. Bauhaus appeared out of the London post-punk scene in 1978 and with their darkly romantic image and […]
He is one of the most recognisable and notorious frontmen of all time and DEE SNIDER ascended to hard rock royalty in the early 1980s as the lead singer for New York-based heavy rockers, […]
UK hard rock band, BIGFOOT, have announced European & UK ‘Consider Yourself Invited‘ tour dates in September and October 2018 in support of their self-titled debut album. BIGFOOT are one of the new crop of […]
To say the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are having a nice run of late would be a massive understatement. The Perth rockers have continued to go from strength to strength, landing successfully on the radar […]
We’re about to put you out of your misery and share some information on what’s behind those mysterious street posters that have been spotted on the streets of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. We’re thrilled […]
Beyond The Valley is getting set for a huge return in 2018 as it celebrates its 5th Anniversary and its greatest NYE celebration to date. With another amazingly crafted and considered line-up due to […]
The music video for ‘SILENT ENEMY‘, the title track off the new album from Blue Mountains alt/hard-rock band RED BEE, has arrived! From XYL Studio, who produced the visually stunning music video: “Our vision […]
Romanian female-fronted melodic metallers SCARLET AURA are set to release their new album “Hot’n’Heavy” via Sliptrick Records. Today the band unveils the release date, album artwork and tracklisting! With “Hot’n’Heavy”, SCARLET AURA bring a […]
Miami, FL hard rock band GEARS has announced US Tour Dates with ALL THAT REMAINS, UPON A BURNING BODY, EYE ON ATTRACTION, TOOTHGRINDER, NONPOINT, and ESCAPE THE PARADIGM. Starting August 21st with NONPOINT in Lexington, […]
Formed in High School in their hometown of Wollongong, The VANNS story centres around Jimmy Vann (vocals/guitars) and Lachie Jones (drummer) when they casually threw a band together to enter a competition. Following 2017’s […]
It’s 2001, you’re driving home from work, flicking through the radio stations, and Five Star Laundry by Motor Ace is being played on triple j, Triple M and a bunch of other stations in […]
After selling out their first two return shows, and following that up with an entire Australian run with Thy Art Is Murder, Oceanic hardcore outfit Antagonist AD are proving they’re here to stay as […]
Following last year’s epic 25th Anniversary celebrations, Western Australia’s beloved springtime musical adventure, Blues At Bridgetown, returns for 2018 with a weekend’s worth of good times and great sounds to ease your soul and […]
Hands Like Houses have revealed “Monster” – the second single from their new album -Anon. set for release on October 12 via UNFD. Alongside the single reveal, Hands Like Houses have announced an exclusive […]
In late March 2018, nearly 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne to attend Australia’s first ever Download Festival. Four days later, it was announced, much to the delight of those […]
LIVING COLOUR return to Australia to perform highlights from their debut album ‘Vivid’ in plus they will be armed with all their other classic tunes. The ground-breaking American rock band from New York City, […]
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