Chocolate Starfish to bring ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ tour to Geelong, Mildura and Frankston

Chocolate Starfish ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ – the album and show that kicked off Chocolate Starfish’s acclaimed Classic Album Series…

International one-day event Palm Tree Music Festival is coming to Australia in 2023

After phenomenal success in Hamptons, New York, Cabo, Mexico and Croatia, the world-renowned Palm Tree Music Festival will head to…

Greenhouse’s Unfinished Business: Geelong ’90s cult favourites on triumph, tragedy and a long-awaited debut album

It was in the late ‘80s that the Greenhouse story began. Forming from the combination of the guitar-pop-oriented The Famous…

‘It’s going to be big’: Robbie Williams to Rock The Mic (right) at Mt Duneed Estate for A Day On The Green

“I’m going to be phenomenal.”  That is how global pop sensation Robbie Williams introduced himself to the AFL grand final…

Taxiride announce ‘Garage Mahal’ 20th anniversary show in Hepburn Springs

Featuring what would become the band’s biggest hit, ‘Creepin’ Up Slowly’, Garage Mahal turns 20 this year, and to celebrate Taxiride…

It’s official: blink-182 are reuniting, announcing Australian tour dates for 2024

Following months of speculation, a wiped social media account and a website ‘currently under construction’, blink-182 are heading out on…

Illy announces special shows in Torquay and Ballarat in November

Fresh from releasing his newest single ‘Like You’, Melbourne-born, Australian rapper Illy (the moniker of Al Murray) has announced two…

OZORA: One Day in Australia is heading to Melbourne for the very first time

Paradigm & Rainbow Serpent Festival have been busy over winter preparing the single-day edition of O.Z.O.R.A – One Day in…

Peking Duk, Spacey Jane and Girl Talk lead Dream Machine Festival 2023

From the people who deliver Wine Machine around Australia and Snow Machine in NZ and Japan, Dream Machine is returning…

Azealia Banks announces Australian tour

Following Azealia Banks’ debut single ‘212’ in 2012, she has gone on to release her critically acclaimed debut album ‘Broke…

Iconic rockers The Stranglers announce Australian tour

First forming in 1974, the band’s no-bullshit attitude saw the band blaze an experimental trail, from art rock to goth…

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission announce 20-date East Coast Christmas tour

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission, the latest vehicle for the main man of Melbourne’s legendary Weddings Parties Anything (and also featuring…

The Delta Riggs announce national tour and first new music in three years 

One of Australia’s most endearing indie-rock artists The Delta Riggs returns with their mesmerising new single ‘The Real Electric’ and…

Last chance: Queenscliff Music Festival’s FOOT-in-the-DOOR competition closes today

Aside from the established artists we see year after year, Queenscliff Music Festival stays ahead of the rest by running…

Cult DIY troubadour Ceschi announces Australian tour for 2022

American folk-rap artist for the barely alive Ceschi (pronounced chess-key) will be returning to Australia for the first time in…

Red Hot Chili Peppers announce two new huge Australian shows

Legendary rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers have today announced that they’ve added two massive stadium shows in Sydney and…

The 1975 are coming to Australia in 2023

Formed in Manchester in 2002, The 1975 have established themselves as one of the defining bands of their generation with their…

SummerSalt Festival brings Angus and Julia Stone, Ben Harper and more to Torquay

This year showcases exciting international artists alongside some Aussie favourites for a stellar line-up featuring Angus & Julia Stone, Ben…

The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers are playing the closing night of Bluesfest

In just over 26 weeks, the 34th Annual Bluesfest’s gates will open for what they are promoting to be the…

Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus, Magic Dirt, Scott Darlow to play Frankston show

Among Australia’s greatest, most beloved and enduring rock bands of all time, Hoodoo Gurus will join the ALWAYS LIVE Rockin’…

Katchafire

Legendary all-Māori reggae band Katchafire are coming to Geelong this November

Hailing from Kirikiriroa in Aotearoa, Katchafire have become a global roots reggae phenomenon. Their unique sound has earned them slots…

Baker Boy, Something For Kate, Montaigne and more to headline free all-ages festival this November

With Yolngu superstar Baker Boy, iconic Melbourne trio Something for Kate, electronic dance mavericks Art vs Science, art-pop singer Montaigne,…

Nick Cave

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis to play second Palais Theatre show

With a new show added today for Wednesday 30 November, which will see the pair return to the seaside suburb…

Regional folk and roots music festival CresFest announces lineup for 2023

Bringing together celebrated local, regional and statewide contemporary folk and world music artists for a weekend of revitalising musical encounters…

 

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