FROM VIRAL BREAKTHROUGH TO FESTIVAL STAGES: THE 15-YEAR-OLD NEWCASTLE PHENOMENON CONTINUES HER METEORIC RISE WITH NEW SINGLE

Did you miss this? Untitled Group and Beyond The Valley are celebrating the festival’s record-breaking 10th birthday sellout with a huge run of official sideshows. 

Beyond mere tales of fable and fantasy, Australia’s largest travelling music celebration, Good Things Festival, is thrilled to announce the addition of MAPLE'S PET DINOSAUR to it's alternative myth-making line-up alongside a stellar roster of international legends, local heroes, and budding dreamweavers. 

Wherever you are in 2026, make sure you don't miss Japanese megastars ONE OK ROCK returning down under for their biggest ever Australian Tour, bringing their animated live show to the East Coast next March, joined by very special guest STAND ATLANTIC.

Grammy-nominated rock band I Prevail have announced their fourth studio album Violent Nature set for release September 19 via Fearless Records. They also released their third single off the record, Rain with an accompanying music video.

Roll up, roll up and prepare for the most ambitious undertaking by any band in Australian touring history in 2026! In an Australian first, the circus is coming to town next February and March when PARK WAVES, the curated travelling festival from Australian metal juggernauts PARKWAY DRIVE, arrives for its Australian debut.

Due to ongoing and overwhelming demand, rock icons THE USED today announce an additional show for Melbourne to kick off their upcoming 25th Anniversary Tour this August and September; an extra and definitely final performance for this run with no further shows to be added.

ICYMI: Off the back of their highly anticipated tour announcement two weeks ago, Bloc Party have added a second and final show in Sydney at the Hordern Pavilion on Thursday 31 July, on sale now.

Tickets are selling fast for remaining shows and won't last long so purchase your ticket now to avoid disappointment!

In a few short weeks, Australia is set to play home once again to the freshest up-and-coming artists in the realms of alt rock, post-hardcore, shoegaze, grunge, punk and beyond, with NEW BLOOM FEST once again primed to bring the golden age of DIY hardcore shows and all things alternative into a modern setting.

FEAT. AARON GILLESPIE, KELLIN QUINN, REDHOOK, NORMANDIE, THE GETAWAY PLAN
CELEBRATING THE NEW ALBUM AT LAUNCH SHOWS ACROSS AUSTRALIA

Canberra's Hands Like Houses are closing in on the release of their 16-track double album, 'A T M O S P H E R I C S' out February 14 via Civilians, and today they announce three intimate album launch shows this February featuring exclusive early documentary screenings and re-imagined renditions in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Tickets on sale now!

Canberra's Hands Like Houses continue their new era with single Fatally Fractured, the final phase of the incredible new album 'A T M O S P H E R I C S' due out 14th February 2025 via Civilians, pre-order here. The band will celebrate the release on a regional run of Australia supporting The Butterfly Effect later this month – tickets on sale now.

As always, attendees can expect a performance unlike any other, from a band who only get more thrilling, exciting and cathartic as time goes on. Having released a new record in 2022, The End, So Far (crowned at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart; their fourth consecutive album to do so), SLIPKNOT refuse to rest on past glories and continue to innovate, with fan favourites including as many new songs as older.

“Cartoon Darkness sees them poised for the big time, one of the best albums of the year”
—NME

ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT FEATURING KESHA’S MOST ICONIC HITS AND MORE SET FOR JANUARY 23, 2025 AT ENMORE THEATRE IN SYDNEY

Secret Sounds is excited to announce that Glaswegian musician, songwriter and producer ODD LUKE and Sydney singer-songwriter Hannah Brewer (solo) will be opening stages for AURORA’s anticipated Australian tour in February 2025

Off the back of a mammoth Summer, kickstarted by their iconic headline set at Glastonbury’s Other Stage and capped off with a sold-out North America tour, British rock outfit IDLES will make their highly-anticipated return to Australia and New Zealand in January 2025 in support of their latest album, TANGK. 

On Duél, JINJER continue their long-lasting collaboration with accomplished producer Max Morton, who co-produced, mixed and mastered the album. This new masterwork lives up to JINJER’s reputation as metal visionaries, once more showing that the band refuses to follow any set rules in their genre, but choose their own path of creativity.