Reviews of live concert performances and events with full photo galleries.
Last night Rod Laver Arena was treated to a show that showcased some of the world’s most exciting new talents along with a band that for the last fourteen years has captivated the music world. […]
The penultimate night of the Boney M Tour of Australia 2026 (just one date left in Adelaide before it heads to New Zealand) rolled into The Astor Theatre for a second sold-out evening that felt […]
There are gigs that feel like events, and then there are gigs that feel like the roof might actually lift off the building. When Massive Wagons juggernaut rolls into town, you don’t just get a […]
As the saying goes, when life throws you lemons, you make lemonade. But when you’re a musician dealing with serious health issues and time spent in hospital, what do you do? If you’re Laurence Jones, […]
On what was the coldest evening this year the line outside Stay Gold was keen to catch some Heat in more way than one. With doors set to open at 7pm we were still in […]
Robert Jon & The Wreck’s relationship with the UK has been building steadily since their first tours here in 2021, and nights like this prove why. Every return visit finds the Californian five‑piece sharper, tighter, […]
Preston’s own Blues Harvest returned to their hometown haunt, The Ferret, for what proved to be a riotous Friday night celebration of geek culture done properly live. Blues Harvest have spent over a decade delighting […]
Tonight is a journey that started forty years ago. It started with the incredible Australian Made Tour that swept the county back in 1986/7. Hobart was the first show of that tour on boxing day […]
Calling a tour “The Big Rock Show” is a big call. Through the history of time there have indeed been some big rock shows and tours. This one is a little different though. It’s celebrating […]
With BluesFest being cancelled at such short notice this tour almost didn’t happen. Set to be one of the headline acts of the iconic festival this initial couple of sideshows in Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane […]
You could feel it before a single note was played, this was never going to be just another tour stop. With Elles Bailey closing her Can’t Take My Story Away tour at the Picturedrome, expectations […]
There has always been something about The Pogues that has captivated me. When ‘Rum, Sodomy & Lash’ came out forty years ago I didn’t appreciate their music at all. Over the years as my tastes […]
When it comes to tours that I have been excited about this one was on top of my list. I have been chomping at the bit to see Anthrax with Joey Belladonna. It was a […]
There was a sense, walking into Metro City, Perth on Saturday night, that Oz Dhun Live was about to deliver something rather different to our usual Rock Show. The ‘Oz Duhn Live Rock Takeover’ was […]
Tonight was the annual big birthday bash of the founder of Wanstock, Geoff Wainsborough. Wanstock started in 2018 and this was my third consecutive year. Wanstock was held over 2 big nights – Friday 20th […]
If there was ever any doubt that Tony Hadley still knows how to put on a show, Perth got the answer loud and clear last weekend. Across two sold out nights at the Astor Theatre, […]
Steel Panther brought their Twenty Twenty Sex Tour to Varsity Theatre on March 22, 2026, and the tour already feels like a runaway success. Packed rooms. High energy. A crowd ready to have fun. The night […]
There are few bands who understand the absurd theatre of rock quite like Electric Six, and on Friday the 13th at Freo.Social they proved once again that their particular brand of sleazy, synth-laced garage disco […]
There are gigs you walk into with trepidation and walk away from smiling — and then there are nights like this, the kind that make you feel like you’ve just witnessed history being written in […]
There is a certain energy that you feel when you walk up to a venue where the lines are just off the hook long. Tonight at Rod Laver Arena they were massive and the external […]
This would have to be one of the most anticipated tours of the last year. The new look, new sounding Linkin Park has tongues wagging ever since the decided to move forward with Emily Armstrong […]
You know it’s going to be a good night when Samantha Fish rolls into town. When the support act is the brilliant Zac Schulze Gang as well, you know you’re in for something special. Opening […]
My first encounter with Taylor Acorn was her support slot for Bowling For Soup as a part of The Good Things 2024 sideshows. It should have been my second, but that’s a story for another […]
There’s always something extra in the air when a hometown hero steps back onto familiar turf. For Zack Breen, The Hara’s guitarist and Leyland lad made very good indeed, The Ferret in Preston was never […]
They say good things are worth waiting for—but how long do you wait for something truly great? In the case of a full‑band Lynne Jackaman show, the answer for me was over six years since […]
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