The Country Music Association invites those interested in pursuing a career in the Country Music industry to apply for the 2020 Rob Potts International Exchange Program. The four-week industry focused program, which honors the memory of the late Australian promoter Rob Potts, will select two recipients — one from the United States and one from Australia/New Zealand. Applicants for the Rob …

DEACON BLUE return to Australia for the first time in 30 years, fittingly to celebrate their 30th Anniversary, a tour which started in 2018 and has seen them play their biggest ever headline show in Glasgow to over 12,000 people. DEACON BLUE are one of Scotland’s most famous and successful bands, from their million selling debut album ‘Raintown’ (with classic …

After announcing an interstate expansion last week, the hotly anticipated line up for SCENE & HEARD has landed. Hitting three locations including Cairns, Brisbane and Newcastle this October and November, festival organisers have locked in three unique line ups worthy of an early noughties wet dream.  Wolfmother lead the charge. Fresh from an international tour and a performance at this years Splendour in the …

UK singer-songwriter NEWTON FAULKNER has announced a run of  Australian tour dates in support of his The Very Best of Newton Faulkner World Tour, taking in Fremantle’s Freo.Social on Friday 15 November, Adelaide’s Lion Arts Factory on Saturday 16 November, Brisbane’s Triffid on Monday 18 November, Newcastle’s The Cambridge – Warehouse on Tuesday 19 November, Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on Wednesday …

Get Ready For A Massive Concussion of Rock and Roll with The Dandy Warhols as they’ve just announced they’ll be heading to Australia to perform a special run of shows to celebrate their 25th Year Anniversary. The band will be performing in Melbourne at the Forum on Sunday 3rd November and in Sydney at The Enmore Theatre on Wednesday 6th November.  …

VANCE JOY, PEKING DUK, JACK RIVER, MIDNIGHT OIL, CLOUD CONTROL AND OTHER ARTISTS LAUNCH SOLAR INVESTMENT INITIATIVE Australian musicians touring to accelerate the clean energy future “At last a project that takes the great passion many artists have for a healthy world powered by renewable energy, and makes it doable. A stunning, much needed initiative.” – Peter Garrett, Midnight Oil …

Legendary Aussie rockers Grinspoon have announced their epic Chemical Hearts national tour, set to make its way around the country this October and November, supported by The Hard Aches, Gooch Palms and Bugs. The Chemical Hearts tour will be packed with hits and audience faves from the era when Grinspoon absolutely dominated the festival lineups of the day including Big …

Champions in blending classic heavy metal, hard rock, and 80’s hair metal, Canadian shredders STRIKER unleashed their sixth studio album Play To Win in October 2018 via their independent label Record Breaking Records. The band have just released a brand new video for the track, On The Run Watch it here Play To Win is out now Web | iTunes | Amazon | CD Baby | Spotify The band comment on the …

Grammy winner, Creed frontman, & platinum-certified solo artist, Scott Stapp has posted a lyric video for “Name” on his social platforms to highlight a song that pledges to break the cycle of abuse. The track will appear on Stapp’s first album in six years, The Space Between The Shadows, and it is a chill-inducing promise to protect his children from what …

Squeeze just can’t get enough of Australia! The South London new-wave warriors, who were previously down under in 2018 for a run of sold-out shows around the country, have announced their return to Australian shores in 2020, for their brand new tour ‘The Songbook Tour’. With shows set to land in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, fans around the …