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With 12 huge arena shows locked in across Australia and New Zealand this October, global chart-topper Teddy Swims just keeps getting bigger. The ‘Lose Control’ hitmaker is fresh from setting

Monash University Performing Arts Centres’ (MPAC) Live at The Count’s continues its electric 2025 program, featuring iconic Australian songwriters, cult jazz outfits, premier instrumentalists, and emerging

NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest global non-profit music trade organization, announced today that The 2026 NAMM Show will celebrate NAMM’s 125th anniversary,

Celebrating a decade of live music, Melbourne’s beloved venue The Croxton Bandroom has today unveiled The Croxton Block Party – a huge two-day festival taking over the carpark

Frontier Touring is excited to announce Australian artists Sally Seltmann and Huck Hastings will join Ben Lee on his 20th Anniversary of Awake Is The New Sleep national tour. Sally Seltmann toured with Ben on his

After more than a decade of fan requests (and probably some gentle pestering), Paul Dempsey is finally delivering the sequel that listeners have been waiting for. Shotgun Karaoke Vol.

Tash Sultana has kicked off 2025 with undeniable force. Fresh off the release of their Return To The Roots EP, the multi-instrumentalist stormed through a 14-date U.S. tour, reigniting crowds

Today (August 1st in Australia) marks 20 YEARS since the release of Debbie Kruger’s  Songwriters Speak, a collection of 45 in-depth interviews with many of Australia’s

With ten Grammy Awards between them, Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers are known as some of the most innovative musicians on the planet. Sharing the stage with Curtis Mayfield before they could

SNIPPETZ: Thursday July 31, 2025 This week’s Snippetz features: Clint Wilson, Liam McAlary, Kyle Hollingsworth, SnarskiCircusLindyBand, Sycco, Pertubator, Estelle Conley, No Cigar, Bruce Dickinson, Darcie Haven,

The indie rock trio will head the charity festival at Ballina Skatepark in September, which will also bill several local schools bands to be announced soon.

The Eclectic Festival’s 10th Year Will Be Its Swansong A much-admired event on the Australian regional music festival circuit, the lovingly curated Nimbin Roots Festival celebrates

The Working Class Man is turning 40 – and you’re all invited to the party! To celebrate his landmark album For The Working Class Man, JIMMY BARNES is hitting

Queenscliff Music Festival continues to expand its 2025 lineup as it reveals its third artist announcement, shining a spotlight on a stunning suite of rising Australian

Stalwarts of Melbourne’s underground scene, Mantis and the Prayer‘s newest release ‘Roses Blue’ is a passionate tribute to the memory of Mantis’ sister Jacqueline. This weekend,

Set to bring their compelling blend of folk songwriting and harmonic bliss to Australian venues in January/February 2026, is the talented Ocie Elliott – the project of Canadian

South Australia’s biggest country music festival, The Bend Classic, has announced the return of its Homecoming Queen. That’s right, none other than Australian country music icon Kasey

  Max Cavalera’s legendary Soulfly to tour Australia in 2026 with Nailbomb and Snot “Max Cavalera’s stage presence is a powerful rallying cry, whipping up the

Everclear, one of the leading alternative rock bands to emerge from the ‘90s led by vocalist, guitarist and founder Art Alexakis, have announced November / December Australian dates

Legendary singer/songwriter, Richard Clapton continues to celebrate his career with his 50th Anniversary concerts around Australia (even though it’s now 52 years!). This weekend Richard rocks

Legendary Australian Genre Smashing Trio Reform For 25th Anniversary Tour of Non Comprehendus. Turn that shit up! Well, if you were a teenager back when one

Australia, come wake the demon this October when British mainstays BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE return down under for their biggest ever Australian headline tour, celebrating the 20th anniversary

Led Zeppelin Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Masterpiece Double Album Physical Graffiti  + New Live EP Features Four Live Songs. To Be Released On Sept 12 Led

SNIPPETZ: THURSDAY JULY 17 ,2025 This week’s Snippetz features: Zetra, Peach Fuzz, St Paul & The Broken Bones, SoSo, Cate Le Bon, The Rasmus, Nailed to

Back in the late seventies and early eighties Tony Faehse, along with Jeff Burstin were an incredibly powerful guitar combination in Joe Camilleri’s band Jo Jo

Today, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) announces its seventh annual Fender Next class: a global artist development program designed to spotlight and support the next generation

Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce New Jersey-born and Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and producer Jeremy Zucker Australian shows on his Welcome To The Garden State Tour this November! “I’m so excited

Heavy rock music pioneer Ozzy Osbourne has died at age 76, merely  weeks after performing with his band Black Sabbath for the final time in the

Frontier Touring and MG Live are thrilled to announce the hotly anticipated return of global superstar Ed Sheeran, who is heading back to Australia and New Zealand next January,  February and March with his

North Queensland’s largest music festival is officially relocating to Cairns for the first time ever, after three years in Mackay. Be Social Fest 2025 is set

Celebrate the return of WAAX and their first release in three years with the raw and intimate “UR A RAT” tour, fueled by Sailor Jerry’s rebellious

Fed Square is set to erupt with raw energy this AFL Grand Final eve public holiday, as cult Melbourne band Eddy Current Suppression Ring return to

  Noir Planet is proud to announce for the first time in Australia, ROME! For 20 years Jerome Reuter a.k.a ROME has been a force to reckon with in

Multi-platinum UK rock royalty The Darkness are set to make their triumphant return to Australia and New Zealand in February, 2026 for an epic run of summer shows,

Rock icons The Living End have announced details of their first album in eight years ‘I Only Trust Rock n Roll’ (September 26, BMG) – eleven new songs

One of the most vital voices in American songwriting, Lucinda Williams will bring her extraordinary life and music to the Sydney Opera House this August for a single, unmissable night of stories,