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Announced today, Chicago punk quartet Rise Against will tour to Australia and New Zealand, joined by Boston’s rock ‘n’ roll underdogs turned champions, Dropkick Murphys. Produced by Live Nation, this

ARIA-Award winning Gamilaraay artist Thelma Plum is hitting the road this July and August, performing stripped-back sets across the country for the ‘I Don’t Play That Song Anymore’ Tour.

Dom Dolla is set to make his debut at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Thursday 24 September, in partnership with Untitled Group and Frontier Touring. Landing on the eve of Melbourne’s long weekend, the announcement marks an Australian-exclusive

Multi-award winning composer brings his groundbreaking new live show to Australia this October. Tickets on sale Wednesday 3 June “This show represents the next evolution of

Hey Australia! Boston offers you The Delta Generators, some damn fine organic gritty rock with release their new studio album titled ON & ON. Timed to the

In 2026, the Oddworld returns to home soil, with OCEAN GROVE today announcing their Oddworld Underground Australian Tour this August, joined by special guests CANE HILL

UK dark rock icons The Sisters of Mercy will return to Australia at the end of 2026, bringing their acclaimed live show back across the country, including a stop

Live Nation today announced the Australian and New Zealand leg of Post Malone’s The BIG ASS World Tour, marking the global superstar’s largest headline shows in

Yeah, so the Meanies are getting busy, with a free St Kilda Bowls Club show Sat June 6 to help young King Charles celebrate his birthday, a weekend in WA – their first shows

Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) today unveils the first artists set to appear as part of its 2026 program, offering an early glimpse into this year’s

Following the success of their ACCLAIMED concerts at the SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE and Melbourne’s PICA, TSIM (aka TISM) have agreed to headline their FIRST NATIONAL TOUR

Rising UK star Erin LeCount has announced  highly anticipated Australian headline dates for August. On her debut visit, Erin will perform intimate shows at Melbourne’s Forum

Town Folk Festival unveils its first 21 artists for 2026, an impressive assortment of local and international talent who will all descend on Djaara / Castlemaine on Saturday, 21st

Canadian alt-pop breakout MICO today announces his debut Australian headline tour this November, bringing one of music’s fastest-rising new artists to local stages in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne for the first time. At just

Chilean-Australian percussionist, composer and producer Alex Pertout has received international recognition for his acclaimed album Viajes (Travels), winning the prestigious Premio Internacional at the 2026 Cuban

The Primrose Potter Salon is the baby sister of the acclaimed Melbourne Recital Centre at 31 Sturt St Southbank. It’s a uniquely intimate 140-seat space for

2027 will bring pure ecstasy for Australian BEARTOOTH fans, with the prolific rockers today announcing their biggest Australian headline tour ever next January, joined by special guests

The 2026 Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash is shaping up as another massive celebration of Australian music, community and outback adventure, with a powerhouse line-up headed

Legends of modern heavy music, Killswitch Engage return to Australia and New Zealand in 2026, bringing more than two decades of genre-defining metal to the stage with

Live Nation has today announced Spacey Jane’s Heading Back Down Under 2026 Tour will include two special performances at Sydney Opera House Forecourt as part of the acclaimed On The Steps summer concert

SNIPPETZ: THURSDAY May 14 2026 This week’s Snippetz includes: Cam Butler, Modest Mouse, Deep Purple, Laguna, Clover, Mono, CYCAD, Holly Hebe, Ocean Sleeper, Jack Raymond, Waiting

­ Thanks to the continued support from the South Australian Government’s Music Development Office, AIR is thrilled to return to Australia’s UNESCO designated City of Music

American guitar virtuoso and composer Julian Lage is touring Australia for the first time from September 11-18. Julian Lage is a genre-defying guitarist whose work explores

Big Riffs. Huge Vocals. One massive night of Classic Rock. Described by Kerrang! magazine as “better than a Led Zeppelin reunion” and hailed by Warner Music as “Europe’s

Australia, get set to step into oblivion and mosh until the world goes cold this October when GRAMMY Award-nominated metal pioneers LAMB OF GOD team up with fellow

US power-pop legends Enuff Z’Nuff and Sunset Strip icons Pretty Boy Floyd have teamed up for a double assault on Australia this November with the ‘RU PRETTY ENUFF’ Tour. A

Entries for the 2026 Diana Torossian Emerging Songwriter Award are now open to songwriters aspiring to make a career in the music industry. Entrants must be

THE CHURCH return with their most ambitious and expansive live show yet – A Psychedelic Symphony with The George Ellis Orchestra.  A Psychedelic Symphony will see THE CHURCH joined

The late-great Steve Cropper had another ace up his sleeve before his tragic passing in December 2025. To anyone who knows the roots and branches of American music,

  SNIPPETZ: THURSDAY May 7 2026 This week’s Snippetz includes: Belle Roscoe, Rageflower, Taj Mahal, Mel Parsons, Obscura, Slayyyter, Ernie Garland Jr, Godsmack, Kramer & Thurston

In 2026, one of Australia’s most prolific live performers will deliver mind-bending musicality across the country with guitarist, producer and composer extraordinaire PLINI today announcing a headline run

He’s one of Australia’s most fearless artists and heading across the country next week: seven-time ARIA Award winner Genesis Owusu. With his highly anticipated new album REDSTAR WU