Reviews of live concert performances and events with full photo galleries.
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 […]
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 […]
Once word of this show started to get around it was obvious that this would be one of the shows not to be missed. Thornhill themselves are riding on such a high upon their success […]
Werribee Mansion is without a doubt one of if not the most spectacular setting for the Red Hot Summer Tour. The beautiful gardens and historic structure play the perfect background to today’s show. I make […]
Some bands make an impact on you on the big stage, others in a tiny bar with next to no crowd, others can wow you in a club atmosphere. Hothouse Flowers completed a trifecta rarely […]
Multi-platinum UK rock royalty The Darkness made their triumphant return to Australia & New Zealand in with a spell binding tour opener at Gold Coast’s Miami Marketta before an epic run of summer shows in Newcastle, […]
British pop rock band Transvision Vamp returned to Australia for the first time in almost three decades, bringing their 80s smash hits to a packed Metropolis Fremantle and reminding everyone why this country once embraced […]
GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov has returned to Australia for his third tour performing in an intimate acoustic format. The shows offers audiences a special opportunity to experience stripped-down acoustic arrangements of favorites […]
It’s a strange feeling measuring time in relation to bands but standing inside a heaving and sweaty Magnet House watching Lacuna Coil close out their Australian tour, I couldn’t help but drift back almost twenty […]
If there was just one word to describe the two opening shows of the Hothouse Flowers Australian/New Zealand tour in Perth, Western Australia, that word is “epic!”. First on stage with his familiar acoustic guitar […]
There are some shows that really take you by surprise and quickly enfold you in their arms, shows that make you smile from ear to ear and realise that on a mid-week night in Fremantle […]
As many times as I have seen The Tea Party live, they never fail to amaze me. Tonight was no exception. The first show of the Elements tour was nothing but a masterpiece and a […]
There’s something wonderfully reassuring about heading out to see a band that you know will not only do justice to their vaulted past but also throw some new treasures your way too. Latest album ‘The […]
Melbourne this time of year has a buzz to it. We have the Australian Open filling our streets with tourist and speaking of tourists The Rasmus are in town tonight too and what a buzz […]
Sometimes you have to change your plans, drop everything and make sure you get to the show. Well when Orianthi announced a series of shows in the UK, then I had to be there. I […]
Can anything ever live up to a cherished memory? Can anything be as good as it was in your youth? Can David Byrne deliver a show that can live up to my adolescent love of his […]
The Perth date of Froth and Fury felt monumental long before the first riff tore through the air. This is a festival that had, until now, belonged solely to Adelaide — and its decision to […]
For over forty years UB40 have brought us songs that have translated across generations. Their biggest hit ‘Red, Red Wine’ is still on heavy rotation on commercial radio and has been engrained in our psyche. […]
There’s nothing quite like a night of rock ’n’ roll laced with moments of reflection – and that’s exactly what an evening with The 27 Club delivers. The show has earned rave reviews across the […]
It’s been fifteen long years since Till Lindemann visited our country and his return has been well overdue and highly anticipated. This though is his first visit to Australia as a solo artist, with his […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s been thirty years since Grinspoon formed. As a band they have taken me from my mid-twenties into my mid-fifties. When you connect with a band that way, you know […]
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