“Rowland S. Howard’s guitar sound defined a generation. He was the best of us all. His influence continues to reberberate, down the years, to this day. Truly one of the greats.”  – Nick Cave The long-awaited remastered reissues of Rowland S. Howard’s Teenage Snuff Film and Pop Crimes will be released on Bloodlines (and Fat Possum for North and South …

Rock’n’Roll is a trip, not a destination…we all know how the saying goes!! To that end, 2020 will see The Dead Daisies continue on their journey with new music, performances and adventures. The band’s 2020 Global Tour will kick off in style with a massive European Summer jaunt — the first string of dates being a combination of arena and …

There isn’t much that can be said about punk rock legend Billy Idol that hasn’t been said before. Every time we are treated to a tour, Sydney erupts into an intense party of lost inhibitions and steamy Rock’n’Roll indulgence. Idol brings an event that is like no other and the long, hard 5 year wait has been worth it. What …

Brian Cadd | Deborah Conway | Joe Camilleri John Paul Young | Kate Ceberano | Leo Sayer Vika & Linda Bull | Wendy Matthews The line-up of legends that is the Apia Good Times Tour is set to return in the new decade for its 8th anniversary with eight (!) of our all-time favourite Oz music megastars heading from Bunbury (21 …

The RED HOT SUMMER TOUR has been forced to cancel this weekend’s two shows at Cockatoo Island in Sydney – on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th February – due to extreme flooding and more rain forecast across the coming days. An additional 150mm of rain is forecast per day on Saturday and Sunday. Promoter Duane McDonald says they have no …

With less than two months to go until Australia’s hottest country music festival, CMC Rocks QLD, kicks off in Willowbank Ipswich, plans are being finalised, boots are being dusted off, and excitement is reaching fever pitch! Today it can be announced that, in response to overwhelming demand, the festival has secured new land and will be able to accommodate close …

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neil Young’s Live Rust album that captured the best of his Rust Never Sleeps Tour, a supergroup of Australian & New Zealand artists will come together to perform the album in its entirety, live in concert and track-by-track, along with an Anthology of Neil Young Classics spanning Buffalo Springfield to Crazy Horse.    In …

Under The Southern Stars for 2020 has just gotten even bigger with the announcement of a special indoor show at The Timber Yard, in Port Melbourne for Wednesday, April 8. Already a massive undertaking with 11 outdoor festival shows taking place nationwide across April, UTSS is one giant rock carnival featuring rock heavyweights +Live+, Bush and Stone Temple Pilots plus homegrown action courtesy of Rose Tattoo and Electric Mary. …

Today GREEN DAY, FALL OUT BOY, and WEEZER, three of the biggest acts in rock music, announced they will be heading to Australia to tour here together for the first time ever on The Hella Mega Tour, presented by Live Nation and Triple M. The stadium tour kicks off on November 8 at Perth’s HBF Park, before heading to Melbourne’s Marvel …

Country Music will take over Berry on the South Coast of NSW on Saturday 9 May 2020 for the 2nd annual Big Country Festival featuring a line-up of Australia’s top country artists. Following a sold-out inaugural year, Berry will once again light up with performances from some of Australia’s biggest and best country music stars on stage at the Berry …