Canadian folk band The East Pointers have just released a brand new single to welcome fans into 2025; an upbeat folk-pop track titled ‘Anniversary’. After announcing the pending arrival of the new single back on December 4th, marking what would have been the 40th birthday of dearly departed band member Koady Chaisson, The East Pointers (made up of Tim Chaisson and Jake Charron) remember Koady now with a sincere and loving song written in his honour. Commenting on the beginnings of the song recently, band-member Tim expressed;
Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Kip Moore has announced his biggest and most ambitious album to date, Solitary Tracks will release on February 28th through Virgin Music Group. His sixth studio album, Solitary Tracks features 23 songs split over four sides, a resonant opus from beginning to end, and a testament to Moore’s wanderlust drive to pave his own path and explore new horizons. He also shared today the official video for his new song ‘Bad Spot‘ a dreamy, piano-led confession that reveals a weathered soul finally growing up.
Mike Tramp performs White Lion in Australia for the first time in two decades
Hard rock fans, the wait is over! Mike Tramp, the iconic voice of White Lion, is set to perform the songs of White Lion in Australia for the first time in 20 years. This marks Mike Tramp’s first tour of Australia since 2008, and it promises to be a spectacular celebration of White Lion’s timeless hits.
SoCal metalcore behemoth BLEEDING THROUGH is gearing up for the release of their long-awaited, ninth full length album, NINE, on February 14th via SharpTone Records, and have revealed an explosive new single called I Am Resistance featuring COMEBACK KID vocalist Andrew Neufeld. The band kicks off the new year with an unrelenting onslaught of blistering heavy riffs as they prepare for one of the most brutal releases of 2025.
Bursting into the new year and hot off the back of performances at Queenscliff Music Festival, Djerriwarrh Festival, The Town, Folk Rhythm & Life and Tanglewood Festival, Charlie Needs Braces is showcasing her sister and collaborator Miri Woods who has written and taken lead vocals on their new single, ‘Wompoo’ out Thursday 9 January. Wompoo is the final single taken from the forthcoming album NYAA WA due for release on Thursday 20 February. Vinyl album pre-orders are available now via Bandcamp, plus extensive tour and summer festival dates announced from St Kilda Festival to Moomba, Roar Fest and the National Folk Festival.
TEG Dainty is thrilled to announce that US comedian Nikki Glaser will bring her wildly successful Alive and Unwell tour to Australia and New Zealand in July, 2025.
For nearly two decades of sold-out tours, and as the host of three hit podcasts, Nikki Glaser has honed her shockingly honest, no-holds barred style, solidifying herself as one of the funniest voices in comedy today.
Thursday July 17 – AUCKLAND – Kiri Te Kanawa Friday July 18 – MELBOURNE – Plenary Theatre Saturday July 19 – SYDNEY – ICC Theatre Tuesday July 22 – BRISBANE – Brisbane Convention Centre Thursday July 24 – ADELAIDE – Her Majesty’s Theatre Friday July 25 – PERTH – Perth HPC (formerly HBF Stadium
2024 has been a monumental year for Glaser, starting with her standout performance at the Tom Brady Roast, which earned her viral attention and reinstated her title as “the best roaster on the planet”. Shortly afterwards, Glaser premiered her highly anticipated second HBO comedy special, Someday You’ll Die, for which she received her first Emmy® Award nomination. Glaser has captivated audiences with her trademark honest and unapologetic humour.
She kicked off 2025 by hosting the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards receiving outstanding reviews around the world.
Yellowcard with special guests Motion City Soundtrack & Plain White T’s
Legendary US Alt Rock band Yellowcard will be returning down under in April 2025 – celebrating the 20-year anniversary of their platinum-selling album ‘Ocean Avenue’. The Jacksonville 4-piece will be joined by legendary pop-punk stalwarts Motion City Soundtrack & Plain White T’s on all dates.
Bands of renown all boast a number of great albums to their name. But within that body of work there is always that one album. That magnum opus. That genre defining, gravity defying masterpiece that sets a standard by which not only their peers, but the band themselves are measured by forevermore. For ATREYU, THE CURSE is that album.
After a frustratingly lengthy spell on the sidelines, Newcastle’s Where the Devil are back with new tracks and a new line-up; featuring Jake Mason on vocals and Dan Johnson on Bass (joining existing crew Ben Hosking (guitars), Rob Carstein (drums) and ‘Remi’ Wilson (guitars).
TWILIGHT AT TARONGA 2025 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES The line-up with something for everyone! Tickets on sale Monday November 4 at 10am AEDT: twilightattaronga.org.au Proceeds contribute to Taronga Zoo’s new Wildlife Hospital
WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER – FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER – AEC THEATRE, ADELAIDE THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER – MARGARET COURT ARENA, MELBOURNE SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER – HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY* *Grandson not appearing The SUM 41 Australian swan song this December will see the Canadian rockers go out with a bang, with Good Things Festival and their headline sideshows marking the band’s last-ever ‘Tour of the setting Sum’ tour on our shores. Come for the infectious hooks, and stay for the heaving anthems!
A band who never fit in, and never wanted to in the first place, SUM 41 erupted into view at the turn of the century with an unforgettable style spanning high octane pop punk and hard-hitting heavy metal dexterity, casting a staggering shadow over popular culture and cementing themselves as a beacon of millennial domination. With a Grammy Award nomination, eight studio albums, including their formative album trinity consisting of All Killer No Filler (2001), Does This Look Infected? (2002) and Chuck (2004), as well as their most recent double-LP Heaven :x: Hell, SUM 41 have sold 15 million albums worldwide, featured in an array of major franchises, from Spider-Man through to American Pie and Bring It On, and remain to this day one of the most potent live acts on the scene.Having amassed a staggering 1 billion streams and counting, the platinum-certified Canadian / American maverick, GRANDSON, molds genres by sculpting rock, hip-hop, and electronic into a vision of alternative you’ve never quite heard, seen or felt before.
GRANDSON is the rare outlier who can appear with Senator Bernie Sanders on a livestream and has collaborated with everyone from Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and Steve Aoki to Travis Barker, Kesha, K. Flay, X Ambassadors, Whethan, Two Feet, and DE’WAYNE, to name a few. He joined forces with Tom Morello for Hold The Line and performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with the legendary guitarist. In 2023 he released his critically acclaimed sophomore album I Love You, I’m Trying and has garnered praise from Rolling Stone, Variety and Billboard.
