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News: Geoff Tate to perform ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ and ‘Queen of the Reich’ in full in Australia

Geoff Tate is returning to Australia with a set that reaches from the earliest days of Queensrÿche through to the album that became the band’s defining conceptual work. Presented by…

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Live Review: The Twang and The Fratellis – Tileyard Wakefield

Little old Wakefield doesn’t get many visitors, we’re known for The Cribs, Jane McDonald and Rhubarb but in August things just got exciting for the Merrie City. Tileyard North at…

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Say Psych: EP Review: Throw Down Bones – 4EP

4EP is the new EP from Milan/London experimental band Throw Down Bones, marking a deeper shift into dark electronic / IDM territory for a band that has long sought out…

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Live Review: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Scouting For Girls, Deco, Lois. Tileyard North, Wakefield 27/08/2026

There are some concert nights that begin long before the first note is played. You can feel them gathering in the air as the queues form, the lights around the…

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News: SOMBR announces Australian and New Zealand arena tour for April 2027

SOMBR is heading back to Australia and New Zealand in April 2027, and the rooms have become considerably bigger. The New York singer-songwriter will bring his ‘You Are The Reason…

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News: DRAIN announce Australian headline tour for February 2027

Anyone who caught DRAIN at New Bloom Fest in 2025 will already have a fairly good idea of what Australia is in for next February. Stage dives, flying bodies, gang…

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News: Arthur Hill brings ‘Arthway Round The World’ tour to Australia and New Zealand

Arthur Hill is heading back Down Under in 2027, bringing his biggest headline run yet to Australia and New Zealand as part of the aptly named ‘Arthway Round The World’…

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News: NOFX soundtrack their own unruly history on new double album

NOFX have released ‘40 Years of F*ckin’ Up: Soundtrack + Score’ digitally, accompanying a documentary that charts four decades of one of punk rock’s most stubbornly independent careers. The collection…

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Premiere: Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier exclusively unveil video for ‘The Shiny Side’ as former Radio Birdman guitarist locks in East Coast dates for ‘The Shiny Side Tour’

Chris ‘Klondike’ Masuak doesn’t do things by halves, and neither does the title track of his self-titled album with Dog Soldier. Backseat Mafia is thrilled to premiere the video for…

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News: Field Day 2027 announces Major Lazer, Sub Focus and huge New Year’s Day lineup

Field Day is returning to The Domain on New Year’s Day 2027, with Major Lazer, Sub Focus and a still-secret second headliner sitting at the top of a lineup stretching…

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News: Geoff Tate to perform ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ and ‘Queen of the Reich’ in full in Australia

Live Review: The Twang and The Fratellis – Tileyard Wakefield

Say Psych: EP Review: Throw Down Bones – 4EP

Live Review: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Scouting For Girls, Deco, Lois. Tileyard North, Wakefield 27/08/2026

News: SOMBR announces Australian and New Zealand arena tour for April 2027

News: DRAIN announce Australian headline tour for February 2027

News: Arthur Hill brings ‘Arthway Round The World’ tour to Australia and New Zealand

News: NOFX soundtrack their own unruly history on new double album

Premiere: Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier exclusively unveil video for ‘The Shiny Side’ as former Radio Birdman guitarist locks in East Coast dates for ‘The Shiny Side Tour’

News: Field Day 2027 announces Major Lazer, Sub Focus and huge New Year’s Day lineup