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Metropolis Touring and Abstract Entertainment Proudly Present Bay City Rollers Re-live the excitement that was Rollermania! Scotland’s greatest pop / glam export, the BAY CITY ROLLERS Featuring Les McKeown will finally be back down […]
After 10 years on the road, three groundbreaking albums and multiple ARIA nominations, Dead Letter Circus are not the band they were at the beginning. They are a band at their peak… and ‘The Endless […]
There’s no denying Billboard’s ‘Rock Group of the Decade’, NICKELBACK continue to reign supreme as one of the most enduring and commercially successful acts of the past two decades. NICKELBACK’S Australian sales have hit 15-times-platinum with […]
Kent’s stormiest metal prodigies OHHMS have just announced two batches of shows with Hark and Bossk, to take place this April and May in the U.K. Hold on to your seats: the forces involved on these […]
Legendary AEROSMITH guitarist JOE PERRY is pictured here after being presented with the Les Paul Award at 32nd Annual NAMM TEC Awards. Perry presented with the prestigious honour by his Hollywood Vampires bandmate Johnny Depp, […]
Recorded in 1982, mastered for 2017: “TATTS: LIVE IN BRUNSWICK” out now. Tatts: Live in Brunswick is a 14-track album recorded at Melbourne’s Bombay Bicycle Club in Brunswick in 1982 and mastered for loyal fans in […]
Following the recent announcement of the Feb 24 release of THE GLORY DAYS OF AUSSIE PUB ROCK, VOLUME 2, Festival Records and Warner Music Australia are pleased to now announce the final track listing […]
Australia’s premiere incendiary extreme musical export, THY ART IS MURDER, recently welcomed back vocalist C.J. McMahon back into the fold. The band welcomed him back as a surprise onstage at their recent Unify Festival performance in Australia. Check […]
Melbourne’s much-loved cheeky garage-rock outfit The Pretty Littles are back kickin’ it on the road soon, with a bunch of shows to support super swell new single ‘Helluva Tuesdi’. In typical form, none of these shows […]
Australian singer/songwriter, Rick Price has walked the journey many musicians dreams are made of. In the 90’s very few southern hemisphere radio stations would go a day without a Rick Price song on high […]
Fast rising northern stars, The Jerry Cans, create music inspired by their hometown of Iqaluit, Nunavut in Canada’s frozen far north. They fuse their unique mix of Inuktitut alt-country, throat singing, and reggae with a […]
Melding brutality and brains into an unstoppable sonic force, San Francisco’s FALLUJAH (Nuclear Blast Entertainment) will be making their highly anticipated live debut on Australian shores with Killswitch Engage and now they have announced a […]
Sydney’s five-piece metalcore band POLARIS are thrilled to announce the re-release of their 2016 EP The Guilt & The Grief (which debuted at #34 on the ARIA album charts and #2 on the AIR charts) on 10″ vinyl […]
Vancouver thrashers TERRIFIER are proud to announce they will be headlining this year’s 2nd annual CEMR MetalFest in Calgary, AB on April 8th. The festival is presented by Canada’s Extreme Metal Radio, Voxx Promotions and The Forge featuring a […]
FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY have debuted a brand new music video for their newest track “Heads Will Hang” today exclusively via Alternative Press. Directed by Max Moore, (CODE ORANGE, OF MICE AND MEN) this is the […]
Groovin The Moo has announced its 2017 lineup, lined with a bunch of international and local favourites. The regional festival will trip around to six locations in Australia over April and May, and there are […]
Since 2001, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have created a musical brute that embraces all the finest qualities of melodic death metal yet does not shackle them, giving them room to constantly evolve and grow. While […]
In late 2016, ALTER BRIDGE announced that they will return to Australian shores in April 2017, presented by MJR Presents, on the back of their latest studio album ‘The Last Hero’. Today they are […]
German thrash titans KREATOR have released the official music video for the song ‘Fallen Brother’ from their just released long awaited album »Gods Of Violence«. The song features Swiss singer/songwriter Dagobert and pays respect to fallen music icons such […]
CANEDY, the solo band of THE RODS / ST. JAMES drummer and producer Carl Canedy have released “Gotta Keep A Runnin”, a cover song from the legendary US rock band THE GODZ which will be […]
Internationally celebrated heavy rock icons MASTODON are proud to announce the release of their eighth studio album, Emperor Of Sand, the follow-up to their universally praised 2014 album Once More ‘Round The Sun. The album […]
Leeds lads Pulled Apart By Horses are today releasing single Hotel Motivation into the world – the latest noise-pop anthem to be revealed from their forthcoming album, ‘The Haze’, due for release March 17th via Caroline Australia. Hotel Motivation is […]
Circa Waves today reveal ‘Fire That Burns’, the second single to be lifted from their upcoming album Different Creatures, released March 10 on Dew Process / EMI. The single was premiered as ‘Hottest Record’ on BBC Radio […]
With the release of The Mountain Goat Valley Crawl’s timetable, it’s time to grab your mates to spend a downright euphoric night out at Brisbane’s most revered live music venues. Plus, free entry to all […]
International music industry giants Billboard and Pollstar have named Bluesfest among the best music festivals in the world. Bluesfest has come in at number 7 on Billboard’s list of top musical festivals, and is the […]
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