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XMusic Australian rock showcase at Soapbox Beer Brisbane

XMusic Announces Three Nights Of Rock In Brisbane

by Paul Cashmere

XMusic will present three nights of Australian rock, hard rock and metal at Brisbane’s Soapbox Beer from September 1 to 3.

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Deep Purple photo from earMusic

Ritchie Blackmore Reunites With Deep Purple After 33 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Ritchie Blackmore returned to Deep Purple for the first time since 1993, joining the band for Smoke On The Water at Jones Beach in New York.

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Stone Sour Come Whatever May

Stone Sour’s Come What(ever) May Turns 20 As Band’s Biggest Album Reaches Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

Stone Sour’s second album Come What(ever) May celebrates its 20th anniversary. The 2006 release became the band’s biggest selling album and featured the breakthrough hit “Through Glass”.

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Godsmack Awake graphic novel

Godsmack Turn Awake Into New Supernatural Graphic Novel

by Paul Cashmere

Godsmack have announced Godsmack: Awake, a new hardcover graphic novel with Sumerian Comics that transforms the band’s landmark 2000 album into a supernatural story.

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From Ashes To New photo by Alex Bemis

From Ashes To New Announce First Australian Headline Tour For October 2026

by Paul Cashmere

From Ashes To New have announced their first Australian headline tour, returning in October 2026 for shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane with Banks Arcade.

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Deep Purple photo from earMusic

Deep Purple Still Finding New Ways to Write Songs More Than 55 Years On

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Glover reveals how Deep Purple still writes songs with Ian Gillan, explaining the band’s unique creative process and why they continue recording new music in 2026.

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Motley Crue at Marvel Stadium Melbourne photo by Winnie Robinson

Mötley Crüe Revive Carnival Of Sins Tour As 45th Anniversary Celebrations Continue

by Paul Cashmere

Mötley Crüe have launched their Return Of The Carnival Of Sins tour, celebrating the band’s 45th anniversary while announcing a new series of limited edition vinyl singles.

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Rivals Sign To Epitaph Records And Debut New Single Bite The Bullet

by Paul Cashmere

Rivals have signed to Epitaph Records and debuted their first release for the label, “Bite The Bullet”, before heading out on tour with Nevertel across the United States.

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David Lee Roth Eat Em and Smile

David Lee Roth’s Eat ‘Em And Smile Turns 40 As The Album That Defined His Post Van Halen Reinvention

by Paul Cashmere

David Lee Roth’s platinum-selling solo debut Eat ‘Em And Smile turns 40 this week, marking a pivotal moment in the singer’s career after his departure from Van Halen.

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Deep Purple Splat

Roger Glover Reveals How Ian Gillan Came Up With Deep Purple’s New Album Title ‘SPLAT!’ and Why Their Songwriting Partnership Still Works

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover has revealed how Ian Gillan came up with the title of the band’s new album SPLAT! and explained why their songwriting partnership remains one of rock’s most enduring creative relationships.

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The Dead Daisies with Glenn Hughes

The Dead Daisies Stream Glenn Hughes Led ‘Purple Daisies’ Mini Concert

by Paul Cashmere

The Dead Daisies have released The Purple Daisies Mini-Concert, a six-song performance film featuring Glenn Hughes revisiting Deep Purple classics and Dead Daisies favourites.

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Deep Purple Splat

Deep Purple Release Twenty Fourth Studio Album Splat

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple have released their twenty fourth studio album, Splat, featuring a guest appearance by Keith Urban and reaffirming that the veteran British band has no plans to retire.

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Royale Lynn photo by Rowan Daly

Royale Lynn Unveils New Single ‘Altar’

by Paul Cashmere

Royale Lynn has released ‘Altar’, a new single and video that continues the dark pop and metal themes introduced on her debut album Black Magic.

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Bad Wolves

Bad Wolves Introduce Sara “Killboy” Skinner On New Single ‘Paint It Red’

by Paul Cashmere

Bad Wolves have entered a new era with ‘Paint It Red’, introducing Sara “Killboy” Skinner as the band’s new vocalist and signalling another chapter in the group’s evolving history.

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Ace Frehley Band

Ace Frehley Band Cancel Australian Tour Following Scrutiny Of Promoter Silverback Touring

by Paul Cashmere

The Ace Frehley Band has cancelled its planned September 2026 Australian tour, one week after promoter Silverback Touring and founder Danny Bazzi came under scrutiny in an A Current Affair investigation.

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Five Finger Death Punch

Five Finger Death Punch Announce Tenth Album Legacy And Release New Song De Oppresso Liber

by Paul Cashmere

Five Finger Death Punch have announced their tenth album Legacy and unveiled the new song De Oppresso Liber ahead of the record’s release on 31 July.

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Rob Zombie photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rob Zombie Unleashes ‘Tarantula’ Video As The Great Satan Continues Global Chart Run

by Paul Cashmere

Rob Zombie has released the official video for Tarantula, a standout track from his eighth solo album The Great Satan, continuing the momentum behind his first studio record in five years.

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Kiss You Wanted The Best

Kiss You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!! Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Released during Kiss’s blockbuster 1996 reunion, You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!! compiled classic live recordings from Alive! and Alive II while introducing several previously unreleased tracks.

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Beartooth by Ashley Oborn

Beartooth Release New Single ‘Bullshit’ Ahead Of ‘Pure Ecstasy’ Album And 2027 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Beartooth have released Bullshit, the third single from their forthcoming album Pure Ecstasy, ahead of a world tour and Australian headline dates in January 2027.

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Riff Raiders

Riff Raiders Release Welcome To Mars As Melbourne Hard Rock Outfit Lands Third Album

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne hard rock outfit Riff Raiders have released their third studio album Welcome To Mars, featuring new singles and marking their return to live stages.

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Deep Purple photo from earMusic

Deep Purple Unleash ‘Diablo’ Featuring Keith Urban Ahead Of New Album ‘Splat!’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple have released Diablo, the latest single from their upcoming album Splat!, with Keith Urban joining the band on guitar for the new track.

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Europe The Final Countdown

Europe The Final Countdown Turns 40 As The Album That Took A Swedish Band Global

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Europe’s The Final Countdown remains one of the defining hard rock albums of the 1980s and the record that took the Swedish band onto the world stage.

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The Pretty Reckless

The Pretty Reckless Release New Title Track ‘Dear God’ Ahead Of Fifth Album

by Paul Cashmere

The Pretty Reckless have released Dear God, the title track from their upcoming fifth album, with Taylor Momsen describing it as “desperation set to music” ahead of the June 26 release.

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Bolan Memory

Bolan Releases ‘Memory’ Ahead Of Debut Solo Album ‘Gargoyle Of The Garden State’

by Paul Cashmere

Rachel Bolan has unveiled ‘Memory’, the third song from his debut BOLAN album ‘Gargoyle Of The Garden State’, presenting a more reflective side of the Skid Row songwriter.

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Deep Purple Splat

Deep Purple Release Arrogant Boy Ahead Of SPLAT! Album

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple release Arrogant Boy as the lead single from SPLAT!, their forthcoming studio album exploring transformation themes, due July 3 via earMUSIC.

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Enuff Znuff

Enuff Z’Nuff And Pretty Boy Floyd Announce Australian ‘RU PRETTY ENUFF’ Tour For November 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Enuff Z’Nuff and Pretty Boy Floyd will bring their RU PRETTY ENUFF Tour to Australia in November 2026 with four national dates celebrating classic glam metal and power-pop.

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Deep Purple Splat

Deep Purple Announce New Album Splat!

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple will release their 24th studio album ‘Splat!’ on July 3, with Ian Gillan describing the record as the band’s heaviest work in years and a return to the spirit of the classic 1970s era.

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Aerosmith’s fourth album Rocks turns 50, marking a defining moment in hard rock with lasting influence on generations of musicians.

Aerosmith Rocks At 50, The Album That Cemented A Hard Rock Blueprint

by Paul Cashmere

Aerosmith’s fourth album Rocks turns 50, marking a defining moment in hard rock with lasting influence on generations of musicians.

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Led Zeppelin Presence

Led Zeppelin Presence Hits 50 Year Milestone As The Cry Of Survival

by Paul Cashmere

Led Zeppelin Presence has reached its 50th anniversary milestone. Paul Cashmere looks back at the “cry of survival” recorded by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant in just 18 days.

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Godsmack 2026

Godsmack Announce Live At Mohegan Sun

by Paul Cashmere

Godsmack’s Live At Mohegan Sun captures their sold-out 2024 performance, marking a career-spanning live album and launch of the 2026 Rise of Rock World Tour.

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