All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
When you think of Hollywood’s infamous ‘80s rock ‘n’ roll scene, it won’t take long before you turn your mind to Faster Pussycat. Led by the incomparable Taime Downe, Faster Pussycat was formed in […]
The death / thrash / black metal holocaust that is Nocturnal Graves bring the spirit of hell with them in grasping the national support for the upcoming WATAIN headlining tour of Australia / New […]
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Progfest is the ultimate annual gathering for progressive music fans, and prog as a genre is one of the nation’s fastest growing. The 2019 line up of Progfest is definitely […]
The Beasts announce the support acts for their upcoming ‘The Beasts Still Here’ national Australian tour this February / March 2019. Joining them for both Melbourne shows in St Kilda (Friday 22nd February) and […]
Independent metal phenoms TETRARCH have had an eventful fall preparing for their busiest year yet – 2019! To kick off the year, the band will take part in a month-long headline tour – the […]
MILLENCOLIN fans are always waging wars, pitting so many of their brilliant records against each other to see which comes out the victor. It’s a war that never will be won considering they are […]
Canberra’s Hands Like Houses are stoked to reveal alt-rock outfit Endless Heights and heavy genre-bending RedHook will join the previously announced Ocean Grove as national supports on their 2019 Australian tour. Kicking off in […]
With EMPEROR’S first ever Melbourne headlining show selling out rapidly, and with a horde of fans missing out on tickets, it has been decided that a second and final Melbourne show will be added, […]
With Leg Three: Europe of SLAYER’s Final World Tour having wrapped up this past Saturday, dates in Australia, Japan, the South Pacific and the final European dates announced in the past weeks, SLAYER announces […]
Since forming in 2010, Melbourne’s The Smith Street Band have toured relentlessly, making repeated laps around Australia as well as overseas jaunts to the US, UK and Europe, and have landed themselves a reputation […]
Handsome Tours is excited to reveal that enigmatic Epitaph rockers Joyce Manor will return to Australia in February/March 2019, playing shows in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne as well as Wollongong’s The Farmer & […]
Heavy demand for tickets for the Dance Gavin Dance and Veil of Maya shows on their February and March Australian tour has meant that an extra show has been added in Brisbane on the […]
Zeal & Ardor is truly a musical force like no other. A one-time experiment of Swiss-American mastermind Manuel Gagneux, the avant-garde combination of negro spirituals and black metal embraced on his 2015 album Devil […]
This spring brings another must-see event from premier independent U.S. music festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents. On Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, Chicago Open Air Presents a massive stadium show with headlining […]
Finally, the prescription you’ve all been waiting for… HAKEN, one of progressive music’s most exciting bands, recently released their much-anticipated and highly praised fifth studio album titled ‘Vector’. Following the announcement North American, European […]
Rock ‘n’ roll journeyman, JOHN CORABI, is no stranger to hard rock fans as vocalist of THE SCREAM, ESP (the Eric Singer project), UNION (with ex-Kiss guitarist, Bruce Kulick), RATT and his current role […]
Music legends Slayer have just announced Leg 5: North America, the fifth overall leg of their final world tour. Heavy rock icons LAMB OF GOD will continue on as direct support to the tour, […]
ROYAL TUSK have announced a new batch of U.S. tour dates on the first ever SiriusXM “Accelerator Tour.” The band will be supporting New Zealand rock band LIKE A STORM alongside AFTERLIFE. “There are […]
The ultimate death metal co-headliner is coming down under…DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING! Sweden’s HYPOCRISY & Canada’s KATAKLYSM are embarking on an east-coast sonic assault on the senses across Australia, leaving a trail of […]
Greta Van Fleet, one of the most buzzed-about new rock bands today, will play Australia for the first time early next year on their “March of the Peaceful Army” World Tour. The bands first […]
Following on from a massively successful return in 2018, SLAYFEST is proud to announce its saddling up again in 2019 with a massive 15 band line-up to deliver a night of total rock n […]
The Winery Dogs — the hard rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (Poison, Mr Big), bassist Billy Sheehan (Mr Big, David Lee Roth) and drummer Mike Portnoy (Sons Of Apollo, ex-Dream Theater) — […]
Nordic Noise Rock Festival can proudly announce the Swedish legends CANDLEMASS as the headliner of the 2019 program. ”Finally! We have been trying to get Candlemass to play Nordic Noise for the last couple […]
A truly one-of-a-kind live experience not to be missed. Don’t Change captures all the passion and energy that is INXS, featuring a line-up of 6 exceptional musicians fronted by the charismatic Blair Dwyer, recreating […]
Stick To Your Guns and Terror promised something special for their upcoming ‘True View Au‘ 2019 Australian Tour. Intimate hardcore shows, small stages, no barriers, and 300 of your closest friends. Another equality important […]
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