Hunters & Collectors, The Living End, Killing Heidi and more head to Ballarat for Red Hot Summer Tour 2022

Guaranteed to cool you down more than a Zooper Dooper, the Red Hot Summer Tour has announced a huge tour…

Theatre Royal, Northcote Social Club and Isol-Aid Festival take home gold in Music Victoria Industry Awards

The second-ever live-streamed Industry Awards event was broadcast live on Channel 31 and the web to award the industry-voted winners for…

An intergalactic cyber festival is happening this weekend to raise funds for Support Act

SIMULATION 4 is the fourth instalment of the ethereal cyber festival that promises a spectacularly supersonic simulation, featuring a range…

Billie Eilish is bringing her ‘Happier Than Ever’ World Tour to Melbourne 

I am not sure how many Australian visits it takes until you become an honorary citizen, but with Billie Eilish…

Wolfmother, Kingswood, Magic Dirt and more lead Melbourne’s new rock and metal festival Uncaged

Australia’s most mysterious new heavy festival Uncaged has finally unveiled its debut lineup, and it truly is a melting pot…

Out Here In The Field is the new boutique music festival heading to Tasmania in 2022

Bringing the beat and the magic back to Tasmanian music lovers in 2022, Out Here In The Field is set…

Ausmusic T-Shirt Day returns this November, raising much-needed funds for artists, artist managers, crew and music workers

Do you love Australian music? And care about the people who create it? Operating in an industry that focuses a…

Nominees announced for 2021 Australian Music Prize, Billy Bragg leads judging panel

The Australian Music Prize (AMP) will award one lucky act with the $30,000 cash prize for the best album of…

Loch Hart Music Festival postpones its November return to the Great Ocean Road

Hailed as one of Victoria’s best boutique festivals over the last couple of years, Loch Hart Music Festival is the…

Queenscliff Music Festival cancelled for 2021, the second year in a row

The QMF team have sadly had to cancel their 2021 iteration for its November dates as Australia moves out of…

The MSO’s free outdoor concert series returns to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl this summer

Igniting the spark in many Victorian music lovers, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced a return to the stage next…

Gorillaz announce first Australian tour in over a decade

Long before online concerts and festivals became a thing, Gorillaz ruled the virtual space, seamlessly meshing music, art and technology…

Music Victoria announce industry awards nominees, honouring our struggling Victorian live music venues

Music Victoria is thrilled to announce the 2021 return of the Music Victoria Industry Awards. After the success of last…

Guns n’ Roses reschedule their highly anticipated Aussie tour to November and December next year

The American rock legends’ national Australian tour will move to new dates in November and December 2022 due to Covid-19. The shows…

Video Premiere: Sirens immerse you into a mystical world with new single ‘Absence of Pleasure’ 

Bringing together a combination of psychedelic, progressive rock and dream pop music that makes you feel instantly immersed in their…

“It’s enough to break some people”: Piano Bar’s Andy Pobjoy shares the struggles of local businesses in poignant new video

Is anyone actually surviving in the most locked downstate in the world? That’s the question explored in a new video…

Blues Roulette release new EP to raise funds for hospitalised Melbourne blues musician Jesse Valach

Jesse Valach hails from Tauranga, New Zealand, and has been resident in Australia for some years. I first came across…

Hoodoo Gurus, Baker Boy, SIX60 and more join Bluesfest 2022 in what’s being dubbed the festival’s best-ever lineup 

Six60, Hoodoo Gurus, Baker Boy, Renee Geyer, Sam Teskey, Kara Grainger and Jeff Martin playing Led Zeppelin will all now…

The Whyte Cutting Through the Dark

Being a musician just now is a struggle. Gigs have dried up, festivals and tours have evaporated, and you can…

Pop superstar Dua Lipa announces Australian dates for her ‘Future Nostalgia’ tour in 2022

Prepare to get physical, because global pop superstar Dua Lipa has finally announced she’ll be bringing her ‘Future Nostalgia’ Tour…

Video Premiere: Grand Pine delivers a captivating cinematic voyage with new single, ‘Hi//Lo’

There’s something about Melbourne’s Grand Pine that is so cinematic, meaning that anytime they release a new music video, it…

Dope Lemon AKA Angus Stone is giving away a vintage Cadillac to celebrate his third album release

Dope Lemon, the side project of Angus Stone, just loves to treat music lovers, and this is most definitely his…

The sold-out Queenscliff Music Festival ‘unlikely’ to go ahead this November, hopeful plans for a smaller event

The music jewel of the Bellarine the Queenscliff Music Festival is only just holding out hope for an event this…

Meet Spinnin’ Juice, a new online shop that sells record-and-wine bundles from Igni’s Aaron Turner

Every single thing Aaron Turner – the man behind Geelong’s best dining spots, Igni, Tacos Y Liquor and The Hot…

 

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