All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
Sydney’s Power Metal maestros Darker Halfbegan their “Are You Ready” tour last week with shows in Newcastle, Wollongong and Sydney. The response was summed up in this review at wallofsoundau.com:“The sky is the limit with these […]
Acclaimed Australian prog-guitar virtuoso PLINI has announced his second European tour, following his June tour with Arch Echo and Mestis. This will be his first time playing in Poland and also his biggest London […]
From the dark corners of Norway, the beast has surfaced. After 25 years, the world’s biggest black metal forge, DIMMU BORGIR, invades Australia & New Zealand for their first ever headlining tour. Casting shows […]
Sydney punkers SPEEDBALL are soon to embark on their most ambitious tour yet in support of their 3rd release, 2017’s How Will I Slam Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Mosh Today. The EP has […]
Due to popular demand from Australian fans and following a hugely successful concert tour of UK & Europe the world’s greatest Dire Straits show returns to Australia in September 2018 to perform the incredible […]
As the sun set on last year’s monumental Yours & Owls Festival, with an all-star line-up and largest sold-out crowd to date, fans and music-lovers nationwide have been waiting with anticipation to see if […]
Teutonic power metallers, Primal Fear are returning in November to rip Australia apart, just as they did in 2016! With their new album, Apocalypse being released on August 10th 2018 via Frontier Records, Primal […]
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band has today announced an East Coast tour of Australia in October 2018, his first visit in more than six years. Blues fans are in for a rare treat with Ash Grunwald […]
While still in his teens, American born guitarist/singer Mark Lizotte was snatched from his bar band in Perth and launched on to the Australian charts as the leader of Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. A […]
After releasing their debut self titled full length album in May 2017, Christ Dismembered were greeted with a very positive response and MOSH radio named it the #3 best South Australian release of 2017. […]
New York girl rockers Lez Zeppelin – the all-girl band earning the reputation as one of the most exciting live acts on the scene – are bringing their version of the rock-laden classics penned by […]
Ohio-based metalcore band Miss May I are certified veterans, now ten years in the game and stronger than ever. As a band of close friends since high school who took all the great advantages […]
HEAVY SCOTLAND 2018 completes its lineup announcing the final two headliners, CHILDREN OF BODOM, and ENSIFERUM. They’re joined by BLEED FROM WITHIN for the festival at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange, from Friday 31 August to Sunday […]
Isolation can often result in unique outcomes. Hailing from the tiny, frosty, untamed and detached Australian state that is Tasmania, Psycroptic have become an unparalleled act in an enigmatic worldwide movement commonly known as […]
Guitar legends Richie Kotzen, Vinnie Moore and Gus G. will join forces for a 10-date U.S. tour in the fall. Prior to the trek, Vinnie and Gus will play four shows in Texas without Kotzen. […]
Just two months left until IN FLAMES’ first annual festival, Borgholm Brinner, takes place, July 27th – 28th, at historical Borgholm Castle on the island of Öland. As the Swedish summer lures just around […]
Shatter Brain burst onto the Australian heavy music scene in January 2018 and have quickly become one of the country’s most exciting new bands. Hailing from Adelaide South Australia, Shatter Brain are comprised of members […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the upcoming Australian tour for The Sword, originally planned for September has been rescheduled to October. All tickets currently held by purchasers will be transferred to the new dates. Ticket […]
After a month of hibernation in RADA Studios in Perth, W.A. working away on their second album and a support run with US rockers Radio Moscow on their Australian tour, The Southern River Band […]
Perth is set to become Funky Town on the weekend of 8 and 9 June with Pseudo Echo, performing live! At a time when bands appear and disappear as quickly as twitter hashtags, it […]
Due to popular complaints The Bennies have added a handful of WA shows to their Natural Born Chillers tour. The band have just wrapped up their epic European tour and today, announced the addition of shows […]
Byron Bay’s Parkway Drive have announced an Australian tour in support of their sixth studio LP, Reverence. Accompanying them on the seven date run will be American metalcore giants Killswitch Engage and fellow countrymen Thy […]
Sweden’s Epic Power Metal masters DRAGONLAND are finally coming to Australia! An icon of the genre that boasts 5 stunning albums over a 19-year career, Australian audiences will be treated to the stories of the […]
SNOW PATROL are returning to Australia with a special one-off show in Melbourne at the iconic Palais Theatre on August 2, 2018. Breaking into the mainstream in 2003 with their mega-selling album “Final Straw”, […]
Goulburn Workers Club are excited to announce the inaugural CLASSIC HITS LIVE concert featuring ten of the biggest acts of the 70s, 80s and 90s coming together for one night only at the Goulburn […]
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