All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
After receiving glowing reviews in Australia and beyond for their debut single Can’t Keep Your Man, Echo Del Tusker return with Fix Your Face – a track that The Rockpit has called “another fine […]
Sydney two piece PARTICLES, are proud to announce the release of their debut EP (‘Quark’) on NOVEMBER 12 and to celebrate, the band are hitting the road for a string of dates throughout November […]
High On Fire will not participate in the 2018 “Speed of the Wizard” tour sponsored by Revolver Magazine. The band had planned on co-headlining with Municipal Waste. The band has provided a statement: “Matt […]
UK rock & metal festival Amplified have announced more acts to the 2019 lineup which will include Jinjer, Flotsam & Jetsam, Memoriam, Conan, Kingdom of Giants, The Amorettes and more. “Over the last few […]
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN bring their trademark searing, feedback drenched rock and roll back down under Brothers William and Jim Reid led THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN to become pioneers of the post-punk […]
It might be almost Halloween but things will get a whole lot darker and more sinister in December as Sydney and Melbourne play host to MICHALE GRAVES for 2 nights of pure Horror Madness […]
Perhaps the greatest pairing since The Sausage Roll and Tomato Sauce, the ENDLESS BUMMER tour will see two of Australia’s sickest pub-punk bands join forces for a HUGE double headline tour this summer. Including […]
One of the greatest live bands this country has ever produced has today announced details for their very first live album release. As a special treat for their legion of fans (both local and […]
There’s something truly unique about an intimate hardcore show; a special feeling that can only be experienced in a room with a small stage, no barriers, and 300 of your closest friends. These are […]
The wait is finally over! The world’s biggest Metal opera is finally coming to Australia! 20 years after the release of the original Metal Operas, Musical mastermind Tobias Sammet will bring the full AVANTASIA […]
Twenty five years in and the Wildhearts are ready for more – originally formed in late 1989 in the depths of Newcastle, the group are returning to the big stage to perform their debut […]
Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani returns to Australia this November, thirty years after his first tour here in 1988, with Mick Jagger, bringing his latest album and world tour What Happens Next to Australian fans. […]
Grammy Award-winning, American rock guitarist Slash returns to Australian shores in January/February 2019 with Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators in tow. The Australian Tour will support the release of Slash’s fourth solo album, Living The […]
New Jersey based rock / metal multi-instrumentalist CHRISTOPHER DEAN (former Michale Graves, Darkness Descends, Alyxx) has announced that he will be joining the The Guitar Collective 2018 tour with ANGEL VIVALDI and NITA STRAUSS […]
Fans of 80’s and early 90’s hard rock and all things “Hair Metal” will not want to miss the first annual Rocklanta “Saints and Sinners” two-day music festival to be held in the heart of […]
Good Things come to those who wait and Good Things Festival are thrilled to announce headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge festival line up. This is the first and only […]
The wolves return! The unmerciful might of Sweden’s WATAIN are back for a sweeping attack of callous and unsympathetic satanic black metal in what will be their first headlining shows in these southern regions. […]
THE NEAL MORSE BAND—Neal Morse (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards), Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals), Randy George (bass), Bill Hubauer (keyboards, vocals), Eric Gillette (guitars, vocals)—will take fans on THE GREAT ADVENTURE with their latest double […]
Maverick are a 5 piece punk/metal band from the South Eastern suburbs of Sydney. Fitting a genre isn’t an option and their track history of shows is testament to that. From playing with US […]
America’s preeminent progressive rock band, KANSAS, will be touring select cities in the United States and Canada next spring, expanding the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of their massive hit album Point of […]
Last month, heavy metal frontrunners INCITE – lead by frontman Richie Cavalera – announced select details about their upcoming fifth full-length album, Built To Destroy. Produced by Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide […]
ANNIHILATOR were forced to postpone their tour, which was planned to take place this autumn by one year to 2019. Band leader Jeff Waters announced the delay in a video statement that was published […]
The wait is finally over! Tobias Sammet is pleased to announce the release of the upcoming AVANTASIA masterpiece »Moonglow« on February 1, 2019 through Nuclear Blast. Comprising 11 tracks, the new opus once again features several guest vocalists. […]
There is something in the water in Adelaide that creates excellent heavy music. Among the absolute dearth of heavy music that comes from Adelaide comes 23/19. Today, 23/19 return to the fray with what […]
In Hearts Wake are returning home to hit the stages on Australian soil in January 2019… but with a twist. The Summer Setlist Tour invites In Hearts Wake fans to vote for the songs […]
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