Get ready for a ‘blissed out dirty rock ride’! EAGLES OF DEATH METAL are bringing their unique blend of double – entendre boogie to Australian stages again for the first time in 7 years! It’s Jesse Huges! Its sex, humour and fun! It’s churning guitars and hook-driven choruses and a band whose only agenda is to have a good time! With the band in the studio recording new music, 2014 just got a whole lot shinier! “Hughes delivered a powerful dose of his sex-charged tongue-in-cheek ’70s swagger pastiche” – CraveOnline
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BLISS N ESO | announce ‘Circus Under The Stars’ colossal 15-date outdoor tour with Horrorshow & Seth Sentry
Local giants Bliss N Eso aren’t pulling any punches after a massive 2013 with the announcement of their biggest tour to date and what is sure to be Australian hip-hop’s most monumental outing ever. Illusive and Frontier Touring will be taking the Sydney trio on a goliath ‘Circus Under The Stars’ 15-date outdoor tour throughout April and May in support of their ARIA #1 album ‘Circus in the Sky’.
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Richie Sambora announces Sidewave shows!
Celebrated American rock icon RICHIE SAMBORA will play just two intimate sidewaves while in the country for Soundwave Festival 2014! For the first time EVER, Australian fans will have the opportunity of a lifetime: To see one of the greatest musicians and singer- songwriters of our time performing material from his solo records with a few surprises thrown in. With three acclaimed solo albums that have highlighted a more personal and intimate side to Richie’s songwriting, (1991’s Stranger in This Town, and 1998’s Undiscovered Soul and 2012’s Aftermath of the Lowdown, which spawned the powerful single “Every Road Leads Home To You.” this promises to be a mind-blowing night of rock and roll!
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Biffy Clyro announce Soundwave Sideshows!
Firmly established as one of the biggest bands in the UK following the amazing success of their current album Opposites – which debuted at #1 in the UK and #22 in Australia – Biffy Clyro have announced two side-shows ahead of their appearance as part of the 2014 Soundwave Festival.
Biffy Clyro’s live chops are well established internationally, the band having headlined the infamous Leeds and Reading Festival in the UK last year as well as collecting a slew of awards in 2013 – including Best Live Band (Kerrang Awards), Best British Band (NME Awards) and Best album for Opposites (Q Awards) to add to those won in previous years.
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Live at Your Cosmic Mind to Take Over Brighton Up Bar – February 2014
Friday the 21st of February will see the first Live at Your Cosmic Mind event take centre stage at Sydney’s Brighton Up Bar. A sonic-visual hybrid experience in every sense of the word, Live at Your Cosmic Mind will bring together art and music in a bewitching, unpredecented mindmeld.
Sydney artists Sindy Sinn and Mike Watt will take you on a journey that will push the boundaries of the mind until they shatter, taking their art to the wall as they sculpt the trajectory of a trip. Meanwhile, bands you may have heard of Raindrop, Glass Skies, Gypsys of Pangea and Grand Oyster Palace, will be scoring the trip, their psychedelic soundscapes working in tandem with the visuals to generate an unforgettable, mindblowing experience.
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Caspian announce Australian tour for March 2014 with Meniscus
CASPIAN have announced their first ever Australian tour dates for March 2014.
Known in post-rock circles for their impressive live show and melodic instrumental epics, the tour supports the release of their watermark record ‘Waking Season’ through Australian independent label Hobbledehoy.
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Jeff Beck announces Australian Headline shows – April 2014
Legendary guitarist and songwriter, JEFF BECK, brings his revolutionary musicianship to Australia for headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth following a headlining Bluesfest performance.
Heralded as one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, Jeff Beck began his career in 1966 as lead guitarist for iconic British rock group The Yardbirds, a band responsible for graduating Jeff, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton into the world of rock’n’roll.
From these early days and throughout his career, Jeff Beck has helped redefine and influence the role of guitar in rock music. Departing The Yardbirds at the height of their success, he embarked on what has been nearly four- decades of musical exploration, leaving a distinctive mark on hard rock, jazz-fusion and the evolution of modern music.
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Jeff Martin and Sarah McLeod announce ‘Man The Life Boats’ tour
A musical coupling of tremendous proportions, The Tea Party’s Jeff Martin, and Sarah McLeod announce the ‘Man The Life Boats’ tour, with a run of exclusive dates early 2014.
The pair met in late 2012 and performed a one-off acoustic set that ignited the spark to record together when they both had time outside of their own projects. Fast-forward 12 months later, and the pair are currently in Martin’s Byron Bay studio and hinting at a possible album collaboration.
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Calling All Cars “Raise The People” National Album Tour 2014
Having recently announced their highly anticipated new album Raise The People will drop on March 7th, Melbourne based rockers CALLING ALL CARS have announced an extensive 22 date national tour across the nation to treat the masses with their most fist-pump worthy material yet.
With two radio singles – ‘Werewolves’ and ‘Standing In The Ocean’ – from the album already saturating the airwaves, these are only a small taste of what’s to come on the band’s most accessible and arguably best offering yet. In the past, the band has toured with a star-swollen lineup of rock heroes like AC/DC, Queens of The Stone Age and Foo Fighters, so it’s no wonder their live show has a notorious reputation as one of the best in the country.
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Fiend Fest 2014 expands – Perth date announced!
Fiend Fest, Australia’s only crowd funded and crowd led festival of gothic, industrial and alternative music, culture and fashion now expands with a Perth date just announced! Featuring three of the biggest international names in the worlds of industrial, electronic and darkwave; Front Line Assembly, Leaether Strip and Clan of Xymox – along with a stellar cast of locals including Snog , Cold Divide, Shiv-R, The Dark Shadows, Noveaux, Viral Milennium, Novakill, Keller Kinder and many more to be announced! – Fiendfest crosses the country Anzac weekend with shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Tickets are now on sale!
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The Wonder Stuff – “Never Loved Elvis” Australian Tour – February/March 2014
In the 90’s the English town of Stourbridge became known for spawning three of the countries finest bands– Poppies aka Pop will Eat Itself, Neddies aka Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and of course the Stuffies aka The Wonder Stuff.
The Stuffies last played in Australia with Jesus Jones in 2011. They are returning for a headline tour in Feb/March 2014 performing their classic album “Never Loved Elvis” in it’s entirety!
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The Never Ever announce “In Or Out” – The Cinema Tour
The Never Ever will host a unique live experience to celebrate the release of their new single “In Or Out” (available digitally with a bonus acoustic version of the track on January __ 2014) which is featured on the band’s third EP “Ghosts and Ghouls” (out now).
“These shows are going to be really special,” says singer Dylan Nash.
The five-piece who hail from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire will launch the single in centrally located movie cinemas in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne on February 21, 22 and 23 respectively. The launch will combine an intimate acoustic performance with the exclusive big screen premiere of the band’s music video. The shows will also feature an exclusive behind the scenes documentary that will never be seen again as well as a special Q&A session with the band.
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Alter Bridge / Living Colour announce Sidewaves!!
Rock juggernaut’s ALTER BRIDGE will be strutting the stages in Sydney and Melbourne and joined by none other than funk-metal royalty LIVING COLOUR for a series of incredibly special Sidewave shows!!
ALTER BRIDGE have firmly placed themselves as one of the most routinely acclaimed and adored hard rock bands on the planet. With 3 brilliant albums already under their belt ALTER BRIDGE has crafted one of the best rock records of recent time with ‘Fortress’. In fact, it’s a sprawling masterpiece that illuminates just how brilliant this band truly is, and it’s going to make believers of the world.
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The Gin Club add Brisbane show to February/March tour!
After flexing their weary music muscles during a triumphant December Ashes series, The Gin Club’s tenth anniversary year run fest shows no sign of letting up. They are back on the road in February and March for another run of shows about the place, and they’ll be giving fans a sneak preview of their upcoming fifth album, tentatively entitled “All Of Your Bases Are Now Under Our Control”. Thrillingly, they will be joined once more by prodigal Scandinavian all-rounder Ola Karlsson, who’s back in the country for another shot at the title.
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Ed Kowalczyk ‘Throwing Copper’ 20th Anniversary Australian Tour – February 2014
Travel through the career of American rock royalty, ED KOWALCZYK, as he pays tribute to the hits of his past – as the driving force of multi-platinum band Live – through to his solo career including the forthcoming album ‘The Flood and The Mercy’ featuring current single ‘Seven’ (out September 27 through Sony Music Australia).
“I wrote the songs for ‘Throwing Copper’ in a state of mind that was at once empty of any and all expectations, yet full of the potential and possibility that marked the ‘90s music scene in America. Being just 22-years-old at the time, I was literally learning to write songs as I went, feeling and fledgling my way into this probability cloud that had formed around bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins.
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