1989. Bob Hawke is still Prime Minister, Canberra and Hawthorn are NRL and VFL Premiers, the Berlin Wall came down and Bart Simpson became a TV superstar. Tim Burton’s Batman was released, the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and it was the final months of the 1980s… It was also the year acclaimed Cold Chisel co-founder …

They say ‘you can’t keep a good man down’, well in the case of Australia’s country music legend Lee Kernaghan, it is more a matter of ‘you can’t stop the Boy from the Bush from flying’… Flying up the charts that is! In an amazing first week ARIA Chart result Lee’s new album Backroad Nation scored an incredible: #3 ARIA …

Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky are taking their first duo recording on the road with the Tryst tour heading to Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide this coming August, September and November. The Tryst tour is a very personal and intimate journey into words and music by two of Australia’s most respected musicians reinterpreting of some of the great love …

The Animals are “one of the most important bands” in the British Invasion. The Animals legacy is undeniable with original members John Steel and Mick Gallagher along with Danny Handley and Scott Whitely delivering The Animals live experience. This Greatest Hits Tour will include all their Classics – The House of The Rising Sun, We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This …

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.  …

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 …

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 …