All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
American modern progressive metal innovators The Contortionist return to Australia as part of their Clairvoyant Tour, joined by special guests UK djent-metal pioneers SikTh – who will be making their first ever Australian appearances! Critics and fans admire their intelligent approach […]
Finally – on 3rd of August, DORO will release their long-awaited new studio album! The metal queen unveils: “The writing proccess of the album is done and we’re currently finalising the mixing. This new record […]
Melodicrock.it, Burning Minds Music Group & Rock Temple are glad to announce the opening of the official tickets pre-sale for “A Melodic Rock Night 2”, expected the next February 24, 2018 @ Dedolor Music Headquarters […]
Legendary rocker Gene Simmons has announced he will be moving his forthcoming Australian concert dates to August and September 2018, celebrating the milestone 40th anniversary of the release of his self-titled solo album. Tour dates […]
Legends of fun time ska, BAD MANNERS return to Australia and New Zealand in 2018 for a Greatest Hits Tour. Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel, the man famous for his shiny bald head and giant personality, BAD […]
THE DEAD DAISIES announce new Album “BURN IT DOWN” via Spitfire Music / SPV on Friday, April 6th, 2018 as well as a 2018 WORLD TOUR which will Bring the Heat to a Town […]
The Iron Maidens – the world’s best (and only all-female) Iron Maiden tribute act – are bringing their intense and electrifying live shows to light up venues across Australia and New Zealand. These five […]
This March catch Black Rheno taking on their most ambitious headline tour to date with a massive national tour hitting all major capitols plus a few extra towns in between. As the tour name […]
Launching his album in Sydney with one Australian show only, Dizzy Reed will be performing at Frankie’s Pizza on Sunday, 18 February, with support from local artists including The Kids, who will launch their […]
LIMP BIZKIT, what can we say, still one of the most fun and entertaining live bands from America. After 22 years and going stronger than ever, Limp Bizkit will carry their rap-rock torch loud […]
Just when you thought that all the Download Festival 2018 sideshows had been announced, we can finally share the exciting the news that Mastodon and Gojira are set to play two of their own […]
Last week The Smith Street Band announced the first round of artist for the inaugural Pool House Party and today the band announce they are also heading off around the country on their first […]
One of the most brutal, relentless and vital forces in extreme music, Cattle Decapitation will return to Australia in February! They will be joined by one of Australia’s most successful heavy acts, Psycroptic, to […]
JOE PERRY–legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of Aerosmith–has assembled an all-star band to perform alongside him at the sold-out record release show Tuesday, January 16 at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, […]
The January 2018 Glassjaw Australian tour dates have today been cancelled, with the hope that the tour dates will be re-scheduled later in 2018. MJR Presents Promoter Scott Mesiti today stated “Unfortunately, we have […]
Ram-Raid Entertainment and Soggybones have teamed up to bring you the debut instalment of WA’s newest, and skate lovin’ shindig – SOGGYFEST, presented over two skate punk fuelled shows in Dunsborough and Perth. Heading […]
Aussie rock legends Full Scale caught the attention of the American major labels in the early 2000s, signing a record deal with Columbia Records, releasing 2 full-length studio albums, 2 critically-acclaimed EPs, a feature-length […]
Multi-platinum Canadian pop-punk legends SIMPLE PLAN today reveal they will bring their No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls 15th Anniversary World Tour to Australia in April for a special run of East Coast dates. […]
The 2018 line up of Progfest will be the strongest yet with Norway’s LEPROUS confirmed to headline all 3 Progfest festivals, plus headline their own sideshows in Perth and Adelaide! A massive 24 bands […]
Chris Akin, author of CAUSE & EFFECT: MOTLEY CRUE and one half of THE CLASSIC METAL SHOW, will act as host of the three day hard rock festival known as MELODIC ROCK FEST 5 […]
2018 is about to kick off in the best way possible for heavy music fans around the country – with California’s best hardcore exports – Stick To Your Guns and Being As An Ocean […]
Polaris celebrate the release of their ARIA dominating debut album, The Mortal Coil, by hitting the road this April for their most ambitious run to date. Joining Polaris will be US metalcore titans, The Plot In You, along with […]
Welcome to the official Rockpit press page for the 2018 Download Festival Australia. Here you can keep up to date with all the latest press releases, interviews, sideshows and more as we help give […]
IHSAHN is a name that is synonymous with the Worldwide metal scene; a musical visionary who’s creativity is unparalleled and influence is far reaching. IHSAHN will, after all these years, make his live debut […]
Due to unprecedented demand, UNWRITTEN LAW have added Adelaide to their February Black Album tour. David Roy Williams “We’ve never seen such incredible demand from Adelaide for a show. We really hope to see […]
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