Melbourne concerts Archives - Noise11 Music News

Richard Marx surprised Melbourne fans by bringing Kate Ceberano on stage to perform the unreleased song Go With Me during the final show of his Australian tour.

Violent Soho return to live performance with a September 2026 east coast Australian tour and announce a 10th anniversary Waco vinyl edition featuring rare and live recordings.

The Cat Empire will perform a major orchestral concert with Orchestra Victoria at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, revisiting their catalogue in symphonic arrangements.

TISM will headline an exclusive Melbourne show at PICA on 2 May 2026, featuring a full support lineup and the international theatrical debut of Death To Art Live

Linkin Park returned to Australia after 13 years with a packed Rod Laver Arena show in Melbourne, introducing Emily Armstrong as the band’s new vocalist on the From Zero World Tour.

UK glam rockers The Darkness delivered an explosive performance at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on March 7 as part of the Dreams On Toast tour, blending new songs with fan favourites including “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”.

Basement Jaxx returned to Australia with a full live band show in Melbourne featuring classics like Red Alert, Romeo and Where’s Your Head At plus new track Bambina.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds opened their three night Melbourne stand at Alexandra Gardens with a commanding Wild God tour performance beneath the city skyline.

ITZY have announced their return to Australia and New Zealand in April 2026 with their Tunnel Vision World Tour, marking their first full five member tour of the region

Live At The Gardens will return to the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne in March 2026 with five major shows starring leading Australian and international artists.

Leo Sayer will keep Australia dancing into 2026, adding Melbourne and Sydney encore shows to his sold-out Still Feel Like Dancing! tour, plus a festival stop at Mundi Mundi Big Bash.

GoldFord, the LA-based soul-pop singer-songwriter behind the viral hit ‘Orange Blossoms,’ will bring his ‘Space of the Heart’ Tour to Australia in March 2026, performing in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

AO LIVE 2026 at the Australian Open will feature The Kid LAROI, Peggy Gou, Spacey Jane, The Veronicas, and Sofi Tukker across five massive nights at Melbourne Park.

Groove Tunes, Melbourne’s accessibility-focused festival, returns to the Corner Hotel on 29 November 2025 with Dean Brady, Velvet Bloom, Dani Enli and Bel Kil.

Los Angeles-based psych-folk dreamer Swimming Bell (Katie Schottland) will make her long-awaited Australian debut in October 2025, bringing her atmospheric live show to venues along the east coast before heading west.

Danish soft-rock favourites Michael Learns To Rock will finally make their Australian debut in February 2026 with the Take Us To Your Heart Tour, bringing their catalogue of classics to Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast.

The Temper Trap will return in October 2025 with an intimate East Coast tour and their first new music in nine years. Tickets for Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney are on sale 17 September.

When Noise11 asked former Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell which album from his tenure with the band he was most proud of, his answer was immediate.

Evanescence are set to bring their haunting symphonic rock back to Australia later this year, announcing three intimate headline shows for October and November ahead of their role as special guests on Metallica’s mammoth M72 World Tour.

Bobby Valentine, one of Australia’s most respected bandleaders and vocal stylists, will bring his acclaimed Riding With The King album back to Memo Music Hall, in St Kilda in an exclusive new date just announced.

Sophistication isn’t difficult to absorb when it arrives at the very un–rock and roll hour of 2pm on a Saturday. Suited up for the occasion, Tim Freedman, Jack Housden, Terepai Richmond and Matt Fell, collectively The Whitlams, joined conductor Nicholas Buc and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for a rare afternoon of class and drama.