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Ladies and gentlemen, may we introduce to you once again the world’s most commercially successful solo guitar performer, JOE SATRIANI. The legendary guitarist returns to Australia this November, thirty years after his first tour […]
Teutonic power metallers, Primal Fear are returning in November to rip Australia apart, just as they did in 2016! With their new album, Apocalypse being released on August 10th 2018 via Frontier Records, Primal […]
Today one of Australia’s most loved and respected rock bands, The Screaming Jets, releases their the eighth full-length album GOTCHA COVERED. The album has already achieved a #3 Debut on the iTunes Rock Chart! GOTCHA COVERED was […]
The Amity Affliction has shared a second new song – Feels Like I’m Dying – from their anticipated new album, Misery (out Aug 24). Feels Like I’m Dying is accompanied by an official music […]
Continuing to push limits and prove the transformative power of rock ‘n roll, legendary musician Tom Morello – co-founder of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and Prophets of Rage – is set to release […]
Frontier Touring and Roundhouse Entertainment are thrilled to announce the return of acclaimed Sugar Man, RODRIGUEZ, to Australia next February. The legendary singer-songwriter will bring his iconic blend of folk and psychedelic rock to […]
Bob Spencer is best known for his guitar exploits in bands such as, Finch, The Angels, Skyhooks and currently Rose Tattoo. He is an ARIA Hall Of Fame member, has had multi gold and […]
The Australian Music Association is thrilled to announce the 2018 return of the Melbourne Guitar Show, set to rock Caulfield Racecourse on August 4 and 5 – and this year, it’ll be bigger than […]
Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators will release their new album titled Living The Dream on September 21 via Slash’s own label Snakepit Records in partnership with Sony Music Australia. The group unleashed Driving Rain–-the […]
Columbus, OH rock band Beartooth are pleased to announce the details of their third studio album’s release. Entitled Disease, the band’s third effort is a stark look inward and the next instalment chronicling frontman […]
Perth groove metal act Bayview Suspect recently announced their new EP “Survival Or Ruin” earlier this month with the first single “Until Dusk” receiving rave reviews and positive feedback from fans and press alike […]
Judas Priest’s latest studio album, Firepower, was released March 9, 2018, via Epic Records. Co-produced by Tom Allom and Andy Sneap, the 14-track album has become one of the most successful of the band’s […]
The rough-and-tumble COCKNEY REJECTS, will be bringing their unique brand of authentic punk rock to Australia for the First Time Ever Formed in the East End of London in 1979 the pioneers of the […]
The highly anticipated Lez Zeppelin Australian tour, scheduled for July and August 2018, has been postponed due to the ill health of the tour promoter. The team is already working behind-the-scenes to secure a new […]
NEAL SCHON Dedicates Nightly Performance of “LIGHTS” to STEVE PERRY, Performance Featured on Click On Detroit / NBC JOURNEY founder and only remaining original member NEAL SCHON, while on the current Journey & Def Leppard […]
Celebrated blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa will return to the legendary Royal Albert Hall in London for three concerts on Wednesday 24th April 2019, Thursday 25th April 2019 and Friday 26th April. The […]
Tom Harte is a songwriter from Northern Ireland, he has played with some of the great rocks band of the present day, including Foo Fighters, Black Stone Cherry, Thin Lizzy, Airbourne, Thunder and many […]
On 7th September Simon Hinkler proudly releases Moving On EP on Correctitude Records. Simon began his musical career in the early 1980’s Sheffield, first with Artery, with whom he recorded two albums, two John […]
Since 1979 SAXON have shown their ability to take rock ‘n’ roll and give it an electrifying edge which has since cemented their status as pioneers of the British heavy metal wave. With over […]
DORO supports WACKEN blood donation campaign, EPICA release new single “Dedicate Your Heart, ROB ZOMBIE signs to Nuclear Blast. In two weeks‘ time the 29th edition of Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) will start. […]
ANAAL NATHRAKH Reveal Details For New Album A New Kind of Horror, MONTE PITTMAN Reveals details for two new albums ‘Better Or Worse’ and ‘Between The Space’, WHIPLASH American thrash metal legends sign to […]
L.A.’s FUTURE USSES deliver an astounding instrumental record of devastatingly heavy, oppresively slow, yet shimmery and lush sludge-paced rock, run through a filter of nightmarish psychedelia. It’s hard to believe that “The Existential Haunting“ […]
Muse have released Something Human, the new single taken from their upcoming album which will be released this November. Co-produced by the band and Rich Costey and mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, Something Human […]
UK melodic hard rock band Ten have announced their brand new album “Illuminati”, which will be released on November 9, 2018 on CD/LP/Digital. More details and the first track from the album will be […]
A Psychedelic Extravaganza – with Special Guests SAND PEBBLES & THE ELECTRIC GUITARS Special announcement – to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the album’s release, The Pretty Things will be performing their landmark […]
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