It’s a win that will place them in the NSW Tourism Hall of Fame. For the third year in a row Bluesfest Byron Bay has won Best Major Festival & Event at the NSW Tourism Awards. The competition was particularly fierce in 2017 with Vivid Sydney, 2017 Tamworth Country Music Festival and The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras all in contention for …

Following on from the release of his new single, Reckless Desires, earlier this week, Andrew Swift has dropped the video clip for the lead track from his forthcoming album, Call Out For The Cavalry, slated for release on Friday, 2 March, 2018 and available for pre-order now. Reckless Desires was filmed by Swift’s friend and independent director, Arlo Cook.  Shot at the back of Swift’s …

GRR to re-release classic albums, made available digitally  for the first time, and more!   Legendary Australian rock band Horsehead have signed with powerhouse independent record label Golden Robot Records who will be re-releasing the band’s catalogue and previously unreleased material internationally throughout 2018. The band’s first two albums, Horsehead and Onism, will also be made available digitally for the first time ever! Also planned for release are an album of B-sides, …

2018 may mark the first time that Neil and Liam Finn have played in the stunning surrounds of Twilight at Taronga, but demand for their only Sydney shows has been so high that a third and final show on Sunday February 18 has been announced and tickets are on sale now from twilightattaronga.org.au. Neil Finn is one of the world’s …

LUKE BRYAN REVEALS DEBUT AUSTRALIAN ARENA DATES FOR MARCH NEW ALBUM WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY RELEASED 8TH DECEMBER | PRE-ORDER NOW – WITH SPECIAL GUEST DUSTIN LYNCH – In an anticipated announcement, it can today be revealed that US country superstar LUKE BRYAN will play two arena shows, on his first ever Australian visit in March. Luke will hit Sydney’s …

Five years into their reformation and you could be forgiven for thinking the Sunnyboys revival was on the wane, however, with two Sydney shows selling out in just 4 days (faster than any time previous), setting a sales record at Sunshine Coast venue The Shed by selling 1/3rd of capacity in the first 8 hrs and eclipsing their previous best first week sales in …

  HEY LOVE – OUT NOW!   Canadian country artist, Amy Nelson has struck a distro deal with Social Family Records, with her first single through the indie label, Hey Love, dropping today. The energetic international performer burst onto the Australian music scene earlier this year with the single, Ish, charting across the nation.  The Canadian who has recently spent more time Downunder than in her native …

THE RED HOT SUMMER TOUR Goes International With Massive Aussie line-up Daryl Braithwaite, Shannon Noll, Ross Wilson, 1927, Pseudo Echo & Jason Singh BALI 2018 – tickets on sale Thursday For the first time, Australia’s beloved summer touring festival the Red Hot Summer Tour is heading international! Due to popular demand, 2018 will see the first Red Hot Summer Tour …

80’s Mania is an understatement! This was an 80’s dance and sweat fest, sprinkled with everything and anything that you can imagine. Multiple 80’s outfits decorating the packed out crowd, joyous singing, dancing, a few Saturday night drinks thrown in and lots of laughs. With a sensational line up featuring Cutting Crew, Paul Young, Wang Chung, Go West and Taylor Dayne, we knew we …

I relish the nights of seeing this unique band live and the excitement still hasn’t dissipated 23 years later …. and still counting. Our Aussie adopted Canadian sons, The Tea Party just continue to add more feathers to their already overdecorated cap with last night’s Enmore Theatre gig in Sydney.  The first course was a celebration of the 20 year anniversary …