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Beartooth Share New Single Free And Begin New Era With Fearless Records Signing

by Paul Cashmere

Beartooth return with Free, their first new music since 2023, launching a new era for the band following a signing with Fearless Records.

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Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons

Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons Cancel Australian And European Tour On Medical Advice

by Paul Cashmere

Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons have cancelled their Australian and European shows from March to May 2026 following medical advice received by Phil Campbell.

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Graham Bonnet Band

Graham Bonnet Band Unite With Bruce Dickinson For New Album Duet

by Paul Cashmere

Graham Bonnet has revealed a new duet with Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, recorded for the upcoming Graham Bonnet Band studio album.

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Eva Under Fire

Eva Under Fire Drop Murder Scene As A Stark New Chapter In Their Hard Rock Narrative

by Paul Cashmere

Eva Under Fire return with Murder Scene, a fierce new single exploring anxiety, body dysmorphia and self-doubt through hard rock intensity.

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GayC/DC

GayC/DC Bring Their All-Gay AC/DC Tribute To Australia For First Time

by Paul Cashmere

GayC/DC will tour Australia for the first time this February, bringing their acclaimed all-gay tribute to the music of AC/DC to six cities nationwide.

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Nazareth with Gianni Ponitillo

Nazareth Welcome Gianni Pontillo As New Lead Singer Following Carl Sentance Departure

by Paul Cashmere

Nazareth have introduced Gianni Pontillo as their new lead singer following Carl Sentance’s departure, signalling a major new chapter for the band in 2026

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Rainbow The Temple Of The King 1975–1976 9CD Boxset Cover Artwork

Rainbow The Temple Of The King 1975-1976 Captures The Birth Of A Hard Rock Legacy

by Paul Cashmere

Rainbow’s formative era with Ronnie James Dio is captured in The Temple Of The King 1975–1976, a new 9CD boxset featuring classic albums, live concerts and rare recordings

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Armageddon 1975 album 50th anniversary Atomic Red vinyl reissue

Armageddon Cult Classic Turns 50 With Limited Anniversary Vinyl Reissue

by Paul Cashmere

Armageddon’s legendary 1975 debut returns with a 50th anniversary remastered Atomic Red vinyl reissue.

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Motorhead singer and bassist Lemmy Kilmister. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Motörhead Mark 50 Years With Global Tributes And New Music

by Paul Cashmere

Motörhead close their 50th year with global tributes, new releases and the unveiling of a new Lemmy statue in Burslem, underscoring their enduring influence.

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Airbourne photo by Ros OGorman

Airbourne Turn Christmas Into A Dirty Rock ‘N’ Roll Party With New Single ‘Christmas Bonus’

by Paul Cashmere

Airbourne fire up the festive season with their loud and cheeky new single Christmas Bonus, a hard-rock holiday anthem packed with riffs and humour.

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Rose Tattoo at Red Hot Summer Bendigo photo by Winston Robinson

Rose Tattoo Announce Final Ever European Dates, Closing A Historic Chapter Abroad

by Paul Cashmere

Rose Tattoo have announced their final ever European tour dates for 2026, closing a 40-year chapter of extraordinary success across the continent.

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Conquer Divide return with new single The Ocean Between Us

Conquer Divide Forge Their Global Rock Legacy With New Single ‘The Ocean Between Us’

by Paul Cashmere

Conquer Divide have released The Ocean Between Us, a powerful new single blending melancholy and euphoria. The international rock act continues to build momentum ahead of their 2026 album and festival appearances.

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The Datsuns announce Australian tour 2026

The Datsuns To Tour Australia In March 2026 With New Music On The Horizon

by Noise11.com

New Zealand’s rock heavyweights The Datsuns will return to Australia in March 2026 for a national tour, previewing tracks from their upcoming eighth studio album.

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Bad Wolves band members pose together in promotional photo for Die About It (Deluxe).

Bad Wolves Expand Die About It With Deluxe Edition And New Stand Atlantic Collaboration

by Noise11.com

Bad Wolves expand their 2023 album Die About It into a deluxe edition with nine new tracks, including the explosive Stand Atlantic collaboration “Hanging On To Thunder”.

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Comastatic

Comastatic Team Up With Point North For Heavy New Single ‘Primitive’

by Noise11.com

Swiss alt-rock newcomers Comastatic have dropped their heaviest song yet, teaming up with US rockers Point North on the crushing new single ‘Primitive’.

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Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons

Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons Push Australian Tour To March 2026 After Line-Up Change

by Paul Cashmere

Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons have pushed their long-awaited Australian tour back to March 2026 following the sudden departure of frontman Joel Peters.

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Airbourne Premiere New Song ‘Gutsy’

by Paul Cashmere

Airbourne, Warrnambool Victoria’s most famous music act since Smokey Dawson, have released their first song in six years ‘Gutsy’.

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Horizon album

Horizon Brings Together John Farnham Band of Stuart Fraser, Brett Garsed and Angus Burchall

by Paul Cashmere

The unfamiliar band name Horizon will have a familiar sound as Horizon features three members of the John Farnham Band, Angus Burchall, Brett Garsed and the final recordings of the late Stuart Fraser of Noiseworks.

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David Lee Roth, Van Halen, Stone Music Festival, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

David Lee Roth Plays His First Show in Five Years

by Paul Cashmere

David Lee Roth has performed for the first time in five years at the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, Maryland.

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Rose Tattoo at Red Hot Summer Bendigo photo by Winston Robinson

Rose Tattoo To Call It A Day in 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Angry Anderson has confirmed that he will retire Rose Tattoo in 2025, fifty years after the band began in Sydney in 1976.

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Rose Tattoo at Red Hot Summer Bendigo photo by Winston Robinson

Rose Tattoo Are A Strong Reminder Of How Powerful Aussie Rock Used To Be

by Paul Cashmere

Take out the recent cover of Stevie Wright’s ‘Hard Road’ and the Rose Tattoo setlist was a step back in time to when Aussie rock was in your face.

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Frank Ferrer Guns N Roses perform at the MCG in Melbourne on Tuesday 14 February 2017. Guns N Roses are touring Australia on their Not In This Lifetime tour.

Frank Ferrer Quits Guns N Roses After 19 Years

by Music-News.com

Guns N’ Roses drummer Frank Ferrer has left the band after nearly 20 years.

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Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother Noise11 2025

Wolfmother Prepares For A Red Hot Summer Tour and New Music for 2025

by Noise11.com

Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother catches up with Noise11 to talk touring 2025, the 20th anniversary of the debut album, his songwriting process and experimenting with new music. He is about to tour Wolfmother for Red Hot Summer and he says has enough new music for a 2025 Wolfmother album.

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Shihad

Shihad To Call It Quits After Final Australia and New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

After 36 years together, New Zealand’s Shihad have announced they will be no more after one final tour.

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Tom Gleeson

APRA Awards Adds Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Category for 2024

by Paul Cashmere

The 2024 APRA Music Awards will recognise Hard Rock and Heavy Metal with a new category this year.

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Dave Gleeson of The Angels Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dave Gleeson Stands Down From The Angels, Nick Norton Steps Up

by Paul Cashmere

After 12 years fronting both The Angels and The Screaming Jets, Dave Gleeson is stepping away from The Angels.

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Ian Astbury, The Cult - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

The Cult Reveals ‘Under The Midnight Sun’ Details

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult will reveal their 11th album ‘Under The Midnight Sun’ in October and have announced the news with the premiere of ‘Give Me Mercy’.

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Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar Wealth Came From Outside Music

by Music-News.com

Sammy Hagar says music not being his biggest source of income makes playing shows more enjoyable.

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Sammy Hagar and the Circle

Watch Michael Anthony Sing Van Halen’s ‘Ain’t Talkin bout Love’

by Paul Cashmere

Fans at The Circle in New Jersey last week were treated to something special. Founding Van Halen member and bass player Michael Anthony performing the Van Halen song ‘Ain’t Talkin Bout Love’.

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Truck Lucky

Truck Get Lucky With New Australian Rock Anthem

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Truck, the with Andy McLean of Horsehead on vocals and Dave Leslie of Baby Animals on guitar, have premiered their new song for ‘Lucky’, and it has Australian anthem potential.

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