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News: Deftones Announce Explosive 2026 Australian Arena Tour with Interpol
Deftones will return to Australia in May for their first headline arena tour in nearly ten years, bringing Interpol and Ecca Vandal along for a colossal run of shows across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland.
News: Reneé Rapp Announces First-Ever Australian Shows for 2026
Reneé Rapp will make her long-anticipated Australian debut next year, announcing two headline shows and an Australian Open performance as she brings her acclaimed BITE ME album to fans Down Under for the very first time.
Premiere: oWo exclusively unveil new rock anthem ‘Cause Way’ ahead of new EP and launch date.
Eora/Sydney post punk and noise rock trio oWo have announced their new EP ‘Emerger’, due out in February 2026, and we are honoured to bring you an exclusive early listen to the first single off the EP, ‘Cause Way’. ‘Cause Way’ launches with crystalline guitars that create a buzz-saw bedrock to the yearning vocals. There …
Live Gallery: Sydney’s Month of Mega-Gigs Peaks with Metallica’s M72 Tour Stop at The Accor Stadium 15.11.2025
Metallica’s M72 tour hits Sydney with a sense of inevitability and scale, arriving in a city already heavy with huge shows. Evanescence and Suicidal Tendencies prime the room, but when Metallica step out, the stadium shifts. Their precision, history and weight turn Olympic Park into a study in what stadium rock can still feel like when a band refuses to coast.
Live Review & Gallery: Jessie Murph Brings Hollywood Glamour to Enmore Theatre – Eora Land/Sydney, 14.11.25
The foyer was already packed, and by the time you squeezed through to the doors of Enmore Theatre, any hope of reaching the barrier had evaporated. This was night one of two sold-out shows at the theatre and fans had claimed their territory hours earlier, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with that unshakeable determination that only comes from …
Album Review: ‘Soft Monstrous Masses!’ – 208L Containers deliver an anarchic dose of sardonic humour on a bed of angular post punk with a buzz-saw blast
Lutruwita/Tasmanian outfit 208L Containers have just released a blast of iridescent joy from the intense furnace of their creative minds in ‘Soft Monstrous Masses!’. Sardonic and unashamedly Australian-accented voices sing of a range of familiar and alien concepts laced with humour and a thousand yard stare, a mix of political observations with tales of the …
Live Gallery: Evanescence Strip It Back in a Rare, Intimate Sydney Show at The Metro Theatre 14.11.2025
At the Metro Theatre, Evanescence trade stadium grandeur for something far more revealing. On the eve of supporting Metallica at Acer Arena, the band deliver a taut, emotionally charged set that strips their gothic-metal hybrid down to its core—Amy Lee’s voice, the band’s shifting dynamics, and the enduring volatility of their two-decade catalogue.
News: What So Not and Buunshin Unite for New EP The Quiet That Hurts
Australian innovator What So Not and Dutch producer Buunshin join forces for The Quiet That Hurts — a genre-defying EP exploring silence, creation, and connection. Featuring Lucy Lucy, Alina Pash, Aiko, and Mara Necia, the project blends heavy bass with meditative emotion.
News: Mike Scott & The Waterboys To Bring “The Big Music” Back Down Under
After more than ten years away, The Waterboys will return to Australia and New Zealand in May 2026 for a long-awaited tour celebrating their new album Life, Death and Dennis Hopper — and a legacy that continues to shape the sound of modern rock.
Live Gallery: Pixies at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 13.11.2025
At the Hordern Pavilion, the Pixies remind Sydney why their sound has endured. Sharp, taut, and emotionally charged, their set feels less like a throwback and more like a statement of continued purpose.