New York’s The New Colossus Festival has announced its 2023 lineup – and it’s humongous. Started in 2018, The New Colossus Festival has established itself as the first stop in the US for many emerging international artists. Like CMJ before it, the event carries New York City’s long-standing tradition of welcoming artists and are looking…
With only one month to go, the countdown to the inaugural Harvest Rock is on! From some of the biggest acts in the world to carefully curated food and beverage experiences, here’s everything you need to know before you start making your way to Adelaide for two huge days of premium live music in the…
Austin City Limits closed out its second weekend Sunday with a lineup led by spectacular performers, with the overwhelming majority being women-led bands. As day three wound down, we saw some of our favorite performances of the weekend. The biggest name on Sunday was rock legend’s Red Hot Chili Peppers. It has been 10 years…
Day 2 of Austin City Limits wasn’t any cooler in temps than Day 1 but it also didn’t rock any less either. The lineup had some of the biggest names of the weekend and the crowd spanned all ages, as there was something for everyone and all styles. At the top of the bill was…
Austin City Limits came in hot to start weekend two as temperatures rose and the sun glared down on a crowd of over 75,000 thrilled music fans. The day was an incredible mix of global stars, up and comers and headliners new and old. It was an incredible showing for Australia as both Genesis Owusu…
The South Australian bands selected to perform at the VALO Adelaide 500 have been announced. These bands have been selected by a panel of music industry judges as part of Music SA’s Bands on Track initiative. The judges are Sam Lavers, known for his management of the Royal Croquet Club and other festivals, Courtney Duka,…
Punk icons blink-182 have come out with huge news overnight, announcing the highly-anticipated return of founding guitarist and singer Tom DeLonge and a 2023/24 world tour – as well as the new single “Edging”, out Friday. The trio unveiled the news in true blink style – a one-minute video of various people saying they “can’t…
As is tradition, more acts have already been added to the Bluesfest lineup and you can be sure it won’t be the last announcement before the festival kicks off over Easter in 2023. In a big name drop that will surely stir the attention of many a dad-rocker, The Doobie Brothers will be heading to…
Angus & Julia Stone and Ben Harper will co-headline an all-star line-up at the SummerSalt festival that will hit iconic locations across five states in late January and February 2023. Supporting the co-headline acts are Canadian act City And Colour along with The Rubens, Middle Kids and Alex The Astronaut across eight dates from January…
Los Angeles may have gotten a special appearance from Beck and Kevin Parker of Tame Impala last week, but last night, Toronto fans also received a treat. As Gorillaz kicked off their 5 1/2 song encore at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena last night, Damon Albarn commented “I didn’t think we’d ever play this song again”, before…
Manchester’s The 1975 have announced that they will be touring Australia and New Zealand in 2023. They were worthy headliners at Laneway 2020 and no doubt tickets will be in hot demand. It was teeming down with rain in Sydney, so we are looking forward to catching them indoors this time. The band will play…
The first weekend of December is when the VALO Adelaide 500 car race is being held. The after-race music is always a drawcard and Sunday night has Amy Shark and Something for Kate joining The Killers for an incredible night of music. Amy Shark became a household name in 2016 with the release of her…
After 18 years on the scene you could expect some festivals to pander to an older market, but not Laneway. For the festival’s 18th birthday they’ve brought out some of the world’s biggest acts to celebrate alongside you. At the top of that list sits the behemoth sibling rock band HAIM who just last year…
Celebrating 25 years of hits, Robbie Williams is set to return to Australia and New Zealand in November 2023. The tour will include three A Day On The Green dates in Australia, plus a date at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium, and Melbourne’s AAMI Park. The run will kick off with a special show in New Zealand…
The Austin City Limits Music Festival is a few weeks away from kicking off but the festivities just got bigger with the announcement of ACL Fest Nights. ACL Fest Nights will take place in 10 different venues across Austin, Texas as several of the bands playing the festival will pull double duty and play after-shows…
Summer is on its way and who isn’t excited after a cold and wet winter!? And while we wait, Falls Festival has dropped some juicy news about its 2022/23 Victorian location. After recently revealing their new Birregurra location, which was lovingly accepted by the local community and council, a small group has filed an application…
The first announcement for Byron Bay Bluesfest 2023 has just dropped, and it’s great to see the international acts are back in force. Forty-one acts have been announced in what is the largest initial announcement ever for the festival. Amongst the international acts who have been announced today are Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Beth…
The inaugural BODFest will be held in Sydney’s Paddington Town Hall on October 8 and aims to “celebrate women that turn up the volume on body positivity, a social movement advocating to embrace and accept all definitions of beauty and body standards.” “The event will feature live streamed interviews, panel discussions, all-inclusive fashion shows, interactive…
The 21st edition of BIGSOUND, Australia’s most significant music conference kicks off next Tuesday in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. The facts and figures are astounding. There are over one hundred and eighty artists, across twenty venues in Fortitude Valley. There will be 345 artist showcases, 20+ Official Bigsound parties, and 16,000 Festival attendees. The Conference has…
At just 18 years old, Californian singer-songwriter morgen has had a striking start to her burgeoning music career. Today, her latest single “Hammock” has dropped and will have you swinging through your problems with no worries at all. As a teenager in a global pandemic, the step into adulthood has been a big and confusing…
Celebrate the end of 2022 and kick off the New Year with some great music, and a warm embrace of self-care at the Lost Paradise festival in Glenworth Valley. The festival will run from the 28th of December until the 1st of January 2023. This festival has always been a favourite of mine. Glenworth Valley…
Justin Vernon‘s incredible debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, under the Bon Iver moniker, scooped many album-of-the-year awards in 2008, and he has never looked back. Exciting news has dropped today that Bon Iver will be returning to Australian shores next February and March. Personally, I’m super excited. I first saw them at the Sydney…
Over two days, Sat 19 and Sun 20 November at Rymill Park in Adelaide, Harvest Rock is presenting the only Australian show for legendary Jack White. Joining him on the bill will be Crowded House, The Black Crowes, Khruangbin, Groove Armada, Sam Fender, The Lumineers, Tones and I, The Avalanches and much more. Taking over…
The Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide’s newest state-of-the-art live music venue, will open its doors for the first time on Thursday September 15, celebrating with an incredible line-up that includes DMA’S, West Thebarton, Wafia, and Jess Day, all hosted by South Australia’s kings of radio, Ben and Liam. Previously known as HQ in Hindley Street,…
After a successful season early in 2022, Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett returns to Sydney Fringe. We caught the show in February, and it was an absolute hoot. I hadn’t laughed so hard in months. I swear a dislodged a filling that night. The show is packed with laughs, it leaves you gasping and is definitely…
This Thursday, the 25th of August, the SOUND WEST conference day will be held at CommBank Stadium in Parramatta. The conference will bring a shining light on the hotbed of talent coming from Parramatta and Greater Western Sydney. Amongst the speakers will be the rapper Masked Wolf, Dylan Alcott AO, Fred Schebesta (founder of Finder),…
KISS ‘The Hottest Band In The World’ in August/September 2022 are about to embark on their last tour ever in Australia. The End Of The Road tour started way back in 2019, but the tour was first cancelled in 2019 after Paul Stanley was advised by doctors to rest due to a bad case of influenza….
In what became some of the hottest tickets of the year, the first of two concerts celebrating the 25th anniversary of South Park was held tonight just outside of Denver, Colorado, at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The shows are being filmed to air later this week on US network Comedy Central, the home of…
Ahead of their first studio album since 2013’s idiosyncratic and widely acclaimed Kveikur, Icelandic music royalty Sigur Ros is just about to kick off a long-overdue tour of Australia. With live music now firmly back on the cards, it’s about time we’ve got something as immersive and ethereal as this unimpeachable Icelandic band, who have…
Gang of Youths are currently in the throes of their angel in realtime. tour. Today they have announced that they will be performing a one-off acoustic and intimate show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Monday, the 22nd August 2022. Tickets are available for presale now, and you can find the full ticketing options below. In…
