The Avalanches are officially entering album number four territory, announcing their new record No Bad Memories will arrive this October – and naturally, they’ve assembled one hell of a guest list for the occasion.

The Australian sample wizards will release the follow-up to 2020’s We Will Always Love You on Friday, 16th October, with collaborators across the record including Karen O, Jamie xx, Portraits of Tracy, Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza and Prentiss.

The Avalanches – ‘Can’t Get Over Losing You’ ft. Portraits Of Tracy

And behind that stacked collection of names is a pretty fascinating concept.

No Bad Memories explores the strangely powerful relationship between nostalgia, memory and consumerism – specifically, the way advertising, commercial jingles, technological sounds and audio logos can become tangled up with our most precious childhood memories.

In other words: how much of that warm fuzzy feeling in the back of your brain actually belongs to you, and how much was painstakingly engineered by a marketing department?

“It’s been interesting as adults to reflect on this often stunning period of marketing – the creativity, filmmaking, photography and music – but which was also, you know, selling a completely unobtainable dream,” The Avalanches explain.

“The way we value devices and products; the way we reflect and represent ‘a life lived’; the wonder of memory and deep power of nostalgia, especially in sound. Revisiting imagery and jingles from childhood and realizing how profoundly they have stuck…”

The trio ultimately began taking sounds from within that corporate machinery and doing what The Avalanches do best: chopping them up and transforming them into something entirely new.

“Taking these sound sources from within the heart of this kinda corporate framework and flipping the fragments into our own kind of joyous pop music… eventually we arrived at this world of No Bad Memories.”

Arriving alongside the album announcement is its fourth single, ‘Can’t Get Over Losing You’, featuring self-taught Louisiana producer and multi-instrumentalist Portraits of Tracy.

The track pairs driving garage-rock drums with the dreamy samples and euphoric melodies synonymous with The Avalanches, topped off by Portraits of Tracy’s vocals.

And it sounds like the collaboration has blossomed into a pretty special creative relationship.

“Tracy is an hilarious, brave and tender human being who Tony and I have become very close to over the years we’ve been making music together,” Robbie Chater says.

“Almost weekly another song arrives… ‘I made something new… what do you guys think!?’ And they’re always SO good. Every single song!”

Chater goes on to hail Portraits of Tracy as “truly a generational talent”, adding: “We feel very fortunate to make music together.”

Portraits of Tracy says the feeling was mutual.

“Working with The Avalanches was such an awesome experience!” she says. “I don’t find myself collaborating too often with peeps, but as soon as we connected it felt just right.”

The pair began working on the song in 2024 before re-recording and completing it the following year.

‘Can’t Get Over Losing You’ follows three previously released tastes of No Bad Memories, each revealing another heavyweight collaborator.

‘Blue Shadows’ features Yeah Yeah Yeahs icon Karen O, while ‘Every Single Weekend’ sees The Avalanches link up with Jamie xx. Meanwhile, the glitchy ‘Together’ features Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza and Prentiss.

No Bad Memories marks The Avalanches’ fourth studio album, following their enormously influential 2000 debut Since I Left You, 2016’s Wildflower and 2020’s We Will Always Love You.

The group – currently comprising Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi and Andy Szekeres – have also remained busy internationally, recently performing at Primavera Sound Barcelona and playing their first-ever live show in Mexico, with headline dates in New York and London still to come.

Their last major release appearance came courtesy of Jamie xx’s 2024 album In Waves, collaborating on the track ‘All You Children’.

The Avalanches’ No Bad Memories is due out Friday, 16th October and you an pre-order it here.

For now, you can wrap your nostalgia receptors around new single ‘Can’t Get Over Losing You’ up above.

Further Reading

triple j’s Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs: The Complete List

Listen to ‘Since I Left You’-Era Song From Ex-Avalanches Member Gordon “Gordy” McQuilten

The Avalanches Cancel Tour Dates Due To “Serious Illness”

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Prepare your emotions: Travis Barker is opening up about the trauma, survivor’s guilt and the extraordinary road to recovery that followed the 2008 plane crash that nearly claimed his life in a powerful new documentary, Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear.

And fair warning if you’re already feeling a bit fragile today: the newly released trailer will probably wreck you.

Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear | Official Trailer

“Why am I here when everyone else isn’t?” the Blink-182 drummer asks through tears in the first look at the decade-in-the-making film, which will chart his journey from global rock stardom through unimaginable tragedy and ultimately towards rebuilding his life.

Directed by Justin Krook and Michael Dwyer, Louder Than Fear delves deeply into the September 2008 plane crash that killed four people and left Barker with burns covering 65 per cent of his body.

Among those killed were Barker’s close friends and colleagues Charles “Che” Still and Chris Baker, while his friend and fellow crash survivor Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein died from an accidental drug overdose the following year.

Barker endured 27 surgeries in the aftermath of the crash and has spoken openly over the years about the immense physical and psychological toll of surviving it.

“I had to ask myself who I was going to be after this accident,” Barker says in the trailer while wiping away tears.

His answer, ultimately, was to throw himself into becoming the best version of himself for his family.

“I had the desire to become the greatest person and father I could be,” he says, as the trailer cuts to footage of Barker spending time with his children as Blink’s tear-jerking 2023 ballad ‘One More Time’ plays.

The documentary also explores Barker’s life before the accident, including Blink-182’s meteoric rise and his struggles with prescription drug abuse at the height of the band’s fame.

“It was all a blur,” Barker reflects, revealing that his substance use became so severe that he had a security guard tasked with watching him sleep to ensure he was still breathing.

Then came the crash.

Barker describes the horrifying scene simply as “fire and chaos everywhere”.

The trailer also revisits another enormous psychological hurdle in Barker’s recovery: flying.

For years after the accident, the drummer refused to set foot on a plane, describing the memories of the crash as triggering the “worst flashbacks”.

He ultimately returned to the skies in 2021, boarding a flight to Mexico with his now-wife Kourtney Kardashian for his first plane journey in 13 years.

Kardashian also appears in Louder Than Fear, acknowledging that she could “never truly understand” the trauma her husband endured.

Barker’s Blink-182 brothers Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge are among a stacked collection of musicians contributing to the documentary, alongside Questlove, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong and late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

The film will also journey back through Barker’s arrival in Blink-182, with Hoppus and DeLonge recalling the now-legendary story of recruiting him to replace original drummer Scott Raynor – with Barker reportedly learning their set in around an hour before taking the stage.

But judging by its first trailer, the beating heart of Louder Than Fear lies beyond Barker’s accomplishments behind the kit.

It’s about what happened when his life almost ended – and what he decided to do with the life he still had.

“Knowing how close I got to not being here, my appreciation for life is something I can’t even explain,” Barker says in the trailer.

Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear will premiere in Australia on Disney+ on Thursday, 13th August.

You can watch the emotional trailer up above.

Further Reading

7 Reasons Your Teenage Years Would Have Sucked Without Blink-182

Blink-182 Unleash ‘Take Off Your Pants And Jacket’ 25th Anniversary Edition Ft. Six Legendary Bonus Tracks

Blink-182: 10 Essential Tracks

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Some pretty wild reports have been circling the metal world over the past few days, claiming longtime Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson has been fired from the band after more than 25 years.

The bombshell allegations originated with gossip rag TMZ, who reported last Friday that Wilson had been informed he was officially out of the masked metal titans.

Before we venture any further down this particular rabbit hole, though, there’s one very important caveat: neither Slipknot nor Wilson has publicly confirmed that he’s left the band.

In fact, Slipknot guitarist Jim Root appeared to pour at least a little cold water on the speculation after the original report surfaced, sharing a cryptic Instagram post urging fans not to “believe everything you read” and to wait until more information emerged.

Root didn’t mention Wilson or TMZ by name, so his post stopped short of directly denying the claims.

But now, TMZ has doubled down.

In a new follow-up report, the outlet claims sources “with direct knowledge” have told them Wilson’s alleged firing was the result of Slipknot “finally” having enough of his behaviour – specifically, the way he allegedly treated his bandmates.

According to TMZ’s “unnamed sources”, the decision had been “a long time coming” rather than something made suddenly or in response to a single incident.

The outlet further claims Slipknot had actually been planning to announce Wilson’s departure themselves this week, only to lose control of the rollout when TMZ spilled the tea early.

According to the report, the premature ejaculation of the news caused the band to “freak out behind the scenes”, with members allegedly frustrated they were no longer able to announce the split on their own terms.

Again, none of those claims have been publicly confirmed by Slipknot or Wilson, and at this stage they remain allegations attributed to anonymous sources speaking with TMZ.

Wilson himself has since been spotted for the first time since the story broke.

TMZ approached the muso outside a Los Angeles recording studio on Sunday and asked him point-blank whether he’d been fired from Slipknot.

Wilson kept his head down and declined to respond before heading inside the studio with a mate.

Naturally, that’s done little to quieten the speculation – but silence in the face of a TMZ camera is hardly confirmation of anything either.

Wilson joined Slipknot in the late ’90s and has spent more than 25 years as one of the most recognisable members of the band’s classic nine-piece lineup.

Known as #0, his turntables, samples and famously chaotic stage presence have become an integral part of Slipknot’s sound and live identity.

If his departure is ultimately confirmed, it would mark another major lineup shake-up for the Iowa metal institution following the exits of Craig Jones and Jay Weinberg in 2023.

For now, though, we’re firmly in “reports are circulating” territory.

TMZ is standing by its original story and has now offered an alleged explanation for Wilson’s reported firing, while Slipknot and Wilson themselves have yet to officially address his status.

We’ll keep you posted if that changes.

Further Reading

Watch Slipknot’s Sid Wilson Propose To Kelly Osbourne At Black Sabbath’s Final Show

Ex-Slipknot Drummer Jay Weinberg Is Working On A Solo Album

Slipknot Confirm Eloy Casagrande As Their New Drummer

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Got beef? A grievance? Something that really grinds your gears?

Queens Of The Stone Age would, apparently, like to hear about it.

Ahead of their return to Australia this December, Josh Homme and co. have launched their very own 24/7 complaint hotline, inviting “fans, friends, and foes” alike to pick up the phone and unload whatever happens to be pissing them off.

“No bitching too big. No whiny too tiny.”

The band unveiled the hotline on socials this past Wednesday, 5th August, encouraging callers to “air their gripes and grievances, moans and groans, chagrin’, carpin’ and any judgments they wish to pass”.

Their official policy? “No bitching too big. No whiny too tiny.”

In news that makes this whole enterprise even funnier, QOTSA claim each complaint will be “reviewed personally”, with callers potentially even finding “a live ear at the other end of the line”.

“Sometimes people just need to complain, and Queens of the Stone Age are here to listen,” the band explain.

Whether that means Josh Homme himself might occasionally pick up the blower to hear about your shitty landlord, cooked situationship, nightmare commute or neighbour who inexplicably starts mowing the lawn at 7am remains to be seen.

But if you’ve been desperately searching for somewhere to lodge a formal grievance with Queens Of The Stone Age, congratulations. Your bizarrely specific prayers have been answered.

The hotline arrives shortly after QOTSA dropped ‘Easy Street’, their first new song since 2023 album In Times New Roman.

Originally debuted live during the band’s Catacombs run last year, the loose and psychedelic new tune features guest vocals from Nikki Lane and was deliberately recorded with all of its little human imperfections intact.

“It’s not just about silliness,” Homme recently explained of the track. “It’s about understanding the imperfection of your life. The song, like your life, is in the mistakes. Its imperfections are unbeatable.”

And happily for us, Aussie fans will soon have an opportunity to take any outstanding complaints directly to the source.

Queens Of The Stone Age will return Down Under this December for a six-date Australian tour, bringing alternative rock legends Primus and one of Australia’s most uncompromising live acts, Tropical Fuck Storm, along for the ride.

The run will mark QOTSA’s first Australian shows since 2024, kicking off in Adelaide before hitting Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane.

You can air your grievances via QOTSA’s new complaint hotline on +1 (760) 437-1966 (keeping in mind that’s a US number, so international call charges may apply).

Or, if your complaint can wait until December, catch them IRL at the dates below.

Queens Of The Stone Age Australian Tour 2026

With special guests Primus & Tropical Fuck Storm

• Tuesday 8 December – The Drive, Adelaide
• Friday 11 December – MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
• Sunday 13 December – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
• Tuesday 15 December – Afterpay Arena, Sydney
• Wednesday 16 December – Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle
• Friday 18 December – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane

Tickets on sale now via livenation.com.au

Further Reading

Queens Of The Stone Age Announce Australian Tour, Drop First New Song In Three Years

You Can Now Watch Queens of the Stone Age’s Epic ‘Catacombs’ Concert Film For Free, Right Now

Queens of the Stone Age Setlist for Catacombs Tour Adds A New Song

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No, it’s not the lineup. Everybody remain calm.

Good Things Festival has thrown us another sizeable breadcrumb ahead of its hotly anticipated 2026 return, officially confirming the venues for this year’s East Coast heavy music pilgrimage – while simultaneously assuring us that “the big one” is coming.

“All shows 16+. The big one is coming. Sit tight.”

The travelling riff circus will once again descend on Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane across the first weekend of December, kicking things off at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse on Friday, 4th December.

From there, Good Things will roll into Sydney Showground on Saturday, 5th December, before wrapping up at Brisbane Showgrounds on Sunday, 6th December.

Notably, all three events will also be 16+ this year.

“Yes, we know. It’s not the lineup,” festival organisers cheekily acknowledged while unveiling the news on social media.

“Put down the pitchforks… We’ve got something almost as exciting – you now know exactly where to book accom or park your car in December.”

And then came the sentence most likely to send the Australian heavy music rumour mill into overdrive:

“The big one is coming. Sit tight. \m/”

So, while we don’t have an official lineup reveal date just yet, it certainly sounds like we won’t be waiting too much longer to find out who’ll be soundtracking our annual December heatstroke.

Good Things previously confirmed its 2026 return shortly after wrapping last year’s festival, promising punters: “We will be back in 2026 and look forward to welcoming you again next year!”

The 2025 edition was headlined by TOOL, marking the prog-metal titans’ first Australian festival appearance since 2011 and first visit Down Under in more than five years.

They led an absolutely cooked bill featuring Weezer, Garbage, All Time Low, Machine Head, The All-American Rejects, Knocked Loose, Lorna Shore, Refused, New Found Glory, Make Them Suffer, Dayseeker, Kublai Khan TX, Cobra Starship, Goldfinger, Scene Queen, Wargasm, Windwaker, a reunited Tonight Alive and stacks more.

Who’ll be tasked with following that up in 2026?

For now, your guess is as good as ours. But with the dates and venues officially locked and loaded – and Good Things itself teasing that “the big one is coming” – we’d suggest keeping those eyes peeled.

Peep the 2026 details so far below.

Good Things Festival 2026

• Friday, 4th December – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, VIC
• Saturday, 5th December – Sydney Showground, Sydney, NSW
• Sunday, 6th December – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane, QLD

All shows 16+

2026 lineup TBA

Further Reading

Good Things Festival Confirms It’ll Be Back In 2026

Garbage’s Shirley Manson Absolutely Lost It Over A Beach Ball At Good Things (And Uh… We May Have Been Involved)

Good Things 2025 Lineup: TOOL, Weezer, Garbage + MORE

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Northlane are officially entering album number seven mode, announcing their new LP Anemoia alongside the biggest Australian headline tour of their career.

The Aussie heavy trailblazers will take over some seriously sizeable rooms across the country this November, bringing US metalcore crushers After The Burial along for the ride alongside local rising force Cenobia and Sydney heavies Above, Below.

The news comes alongside a fresh taste of Anemoia in the form of new single ‘CUT_it’, which you can take for a spin below.

Northlane – ‘CUT_it’

Due out Friday, 30th October via Independent / Immortal Music Group, Anemoia follows Northlane’s chart-topping 2022 album Obsidian and finds the band once again throwing their sonic rulebook into the blender.

Executive produced by former Bring Me The Horizon member Jordan Fish, the seeds of the album were planted after guitarist and songwriter Jon Deiley caught a mind-altering set from UK producer and DJ Evian Christ.

The experience inspired Deiley to explore how the emotional intensity and sheer scale of trance music could collide naturally with guitars and the cathartic brutality of heavy music.

The result sees Northlane’s electronic metal shapeshifting through euphoric trance, brain-rattling breakdowns, drum-and-bass, jungle, pop and some of the band’s heaviest moments since their earliest days.

The album takes its name from the concept of feeling nostalgia for a time or place you’ve never actually experienced, using that yearning to explore a push-and-pull between darkness and light.

“There’s darkness here, but it’s not nihilism – and there’s hope, but it’s not naivety,” vocalist Marcus Bridge explains.

New single ‘CUT_it’, however, lands firmly on the darker end of that spectrum.

Built around a suffocating low-end groove before erupting into outright sonic violence, the track tackles the physical and psychological exhaustion of running yourself completely into the ground.

“‘CUT_it’ is about burnout – the feeling of grinding through things when you’re completely spent, mentally and physically,” Bridge says.

“The imagery is deliberately visceral, painting a picture of that exhaustion rather than analysing it.”

Anemoia will arrive more than 15 years into a career that has seen Northlane continually mutate the parameters of modern heavy music, racking up multiple chart-topping records, awards and more than 500 million streams along the way.

And just days after the new album lands, they’ll take it out for its biggest Australian headline victory lap yet.

The Anemoia Australian Tour will kick off at Perth’s Metro City on Thursday, 5th November, before heading to Melbourne’s Festival Hall, Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre, Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, Newcastle’s Bar On The Hill and finally Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall.

Peep all the dates and details below.

Northlane ‘Anemoia’ 2026 Australian Tour

w/ After The Burial (USA), Cenobia + Above, Below

• Thursday November 5 – Metro City, Perth – 18+
• Saturday  November 7 – Festival Hall, Melbourne – LIC AA
• Sunday  November 8 – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide – LIC AA
• Wednesday November 11 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney – LIC AA
• Friday November 13 – Bar On The Hill, Newcastle – 18+
• Saturday November 14 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane – LIC AA

Presale begins Wednesday 12 August @ 11am AEST. Sign up for access here

Tickets are on sale Thursday 13 August @ 11am Local via destroyalllines.com

Further Reading

triple j’s 100 Best Unearthed Discoveries: The Complete List

Parkway Drive’s Aussie ‘Park Waves’ Festival Run Cancelled

triple j’s Like A Version in 2019

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#1 Dads is officially coming home, with Tom Iansek announcing his first Australian tour under the moniker in six years.

The Melbourne-bred, London-based artist will embark on an extensive 16-date national run this October and November, venturing well beyond the usual capital city circuit for a stack of intimate solo performances in support of his forthcoming fourth #1 Dads album, Every Little Fire.

Due out Friday, 16th October via Pieater and available to pre-order here, Every Little Fire marks Iansek’s first #1 Dads record since 2020’s Golden Repair.

#1 Dads – ‘Already Something’

For the upcoming tour, Iansek will strip things right back, performing solo and drawing from across the #1 Dads catalogue alongside material from Every Little Fire.

And it sounds like the stripped-back format has also given him an excuse to get properly off the beaten touring path, with shows locked in everywhere from Mt Glorious and Murwillumbah to Bellingen, Maitland, Port Kembla and Beechworth.

“As you may already know I moved to the UK a few years ago but I have thoroughly missed Australia and I have really missed being on the road,” Iansek says.

“I’ve missed the pre-show nerves, chatting to people after shows, the Hume, coffee and car tunes, finding the best place to eat.”

“This tour is special as I’ll be performing by myself, which is fairly new to me and certainly new to #1 Dads,” he continues. “The beauty of this means that I can take the show well off the beaten path, which you can see from all the amazing regional dates.”

“I’m so stoked to be performing all of these shows, playing some new tunes from the album (along with some classics) and I hope you can make it along to one.”

Iansek has been a fixture of the Australian music landscape for more than two decades, both through #1 Dads and as one half of Big Scary and No Mono. He’s also become a sought-after producer, working with artists including Maple Glider, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Paper Kites, Ruby Gill and Lisa Mitchell.

His #1 Dads catalogue stretches back to 2011 debut Man Of Leisure, followed by the ARIA-nominated About Face in 2014 and Golden Repair in 2020.

His forthcoming LP was created following a period of major change in Iansek’s life, including relocating across the world and growing his family.

“It was not an easy thing to do,” he says. “It has been an insane, wonderful, chaotic, intense and joyful period of my life.”

Iansek produced and mixed Every Little Fire himself, recording in small spaces including a DIY bedroom studio and deliberately preserving some of the imperfections in the performances – breaths, tempo fluctuations and longer unvarnished takes among them.

Fans will get their first chance to hear the new material live when #1 Dads kicks off the Australian tour at Mapleton Pub on Thursday, 22nd October.

Check out all the dates below.

#1 Dads 2026 Australian Tour

• 22 Oct – Mapleton Pub, Qld – Kabi Kabi Land / Sunshine Coast
• 23 Oct – Junk Bar – Magandjin / Brisbane 
• 24 Oct – The Citadel – Bundjalung Land / Murwillumbah
• 25 Oct – Elm House – Turrbal Land / Mt Glorious
• 29 Oct – The Eltham – Wurundjeri Land / Eltham
• 30 Oct – Bellingen Golf Club – Gumbaynggirr Land / Bellingen
• 5 Nov – Lansdowne Hotel – Eora / Sydney
• 6 Nov – Grand Junction Hotel – Wonnarua Land / Maitland
• 7 Nov – The Servo – Dharawal Land / Port Kembla
• 12 Nov – Altar – nipaluna / Hobart
• 13 Nov – The Church – Waddawurrung Land / Geelong
• 14 Nov – Old Stone Hall – Baarmutha / Beechworth
• 21 Nov – Brunswick Ballroom – Naarm / Melbourne
• 26 Nov – Gang Gang – Ngunnawal Land / Canberra
• 27 Nov – Grace Emily – Kaurna Land / Adelaide
• 28 Nov – Mojo’s – Walyalup / Fremantle

Tickets available via musicyourdadmakes.com

Further Reading

Love Letter To A Record: Oly Sherman On #1 Dads’ ‘Golden Repair’

REVIEWS: #1 Dads – Golden Repair

Big Scary on ‘Me and You’: “There is Much Less Ego in This Band Than There Used to Be”

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Dust off the eyeliner and prepare to scream every word to ‘Baby, You Wouldn’t Last A Minute On The Creek’, because Chiodos are officially returning to Australia for the first time in more than a decade.

The Michigan post-hardcore icons will make their long-awaited return Down Under this November, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal debut album All’s Well That Ends Well by performing the record live in full.

Chiodos – ‘Baby, You Wouldn’t Last A Minute On The Creek’

They’ll also be bringing some friends along for the nostalgia-fuelled ride, with US post-hardcore crew Rain City Drive and Melbourne’s The Beautiful Monument joining them across all five dates.

The tour will kick off at Brisbane’s The Tivoli on Saturday, 21st November, before hitting Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and wrapping up at Perth’s Magnet House on Saturday, 28th November.

Originally released in 2005, All’s Well That Ends Well helped establish Chiodos as one of the most distinctive acts to emerge from the mid-2000s post-hardcore scene.

Combining chaotic breakdowns and synths with haunting piano, huge melodies and Craig Owens’ unmistakable combination of soaring clean vocals and throat-shredding screams, the record spawned enduring fan favourites including ‘Baby, You Wouldn’t Last A Minute On The Creek’ and ‘The Words “Best Friend” Become Redefined’.

Owens also re-recorded the album in its entirety in 2025 to mark its 20th anniversary.

Chiodos emerged from hiatus in 2024 after being invited to perform at When We Were Young, subsequently returning to the road for a run of sold-out shows. They’ve since kicked open another new chapter with the release of their latest single, ‘TAPDAT’.

Their forthcoming Aussie dates will mark the band’s first visit to our shores since 2015.

Meanwhile, Rain City Drive will be making a speedy return following their debut Australian headline tour earlier this year. The Florida outfit have amassed a sizeable international following with their blend of post-hardcore heaviness and polished melodic hooks, touring alongside the likes of Dance Gavin Dance, Set It Off, From Ashes To New and Memphis May Fire.

Rounding out the bill are Melbourne favourites The Beautiful Monument, who’ll arrive armed with their forthcoming third studio album Euphoric Thriller, due out Friday, 7th August.

You can peep all the dates and details for Chiodos’ All’s Well That Ends Well 20th anniversary Australian tour below.

Chiodos 2026 Australian Tour

w/ Rain City Drive (USA) + The Beautiful Monument

• SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE 18+ 
• SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER – METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY LIC AA
• WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER – 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE 18+
• THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER – THE GOV, ADELAIDE LIC AA
• SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER – MAGNET HOUSE, PERTH 18+ 

General tickets on sale: Tuesday 4 August @ 12:00pm local time from destroyalllines.com

Further Reading

Lorna Shore’s Adam De Micco Names His 5 Favourite Songs To Play Live

The Beautiful Monument Return With Long-Awaited New Album ‘Euphoric Thriller’

Craig Owens Confirms He’s Left Chiodos, Shares First Single From New Project badXchannels

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Australia’s own guitar wizard Plini is about to bring the live spectacle home, returning this August for a national headline run in support of his new album An Unnameable Desire.

The tour will see Plini unleash his biggest production yet across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, joined by UK math-rock favourites Delta Sleep, rising local alt-metal enigma Cenobia on select dates and Sydney newcomers Nightdive. But after years spent criss-crossing the globe, sharing stages with everyone from Sleep Token and Periphery to Animals As Leaders and TesseracT, it turns out some of Plini’s most treasured touring memories have very little to do with actually playing music. Ahead of his Aussie homecoming, we asked the prog virtuoso to rewind through five of his fave adventures from the road – involving an ill-fated dice game for Protest The Hero, an Irish publican abandoning her own bar, an accidental Amsterdam techno bender, some extremely serious coffee-nerding and fireworks beneath the Arizona stars.

Plini – ‘Vespertine’

1. Cleaning Out Protest The Hero At The Gov

Plini: “This is the Australia one. So, a few years ago had Protest The Hero come on tour and they are lovely Canadians who are very fond of a dice game, which I’ve forgotten the name of, but it’s just a casual play amongst friends gambling for cash dice game. I’ve forgot what it’s called. We were in Adelaide at The Gov just sitting outside in the courtyard sort of area and they were playing and I was like, “All right, I’ll get in on this.” And in basically one round, I cleaned them out of all their buyouts for the entire tour and there were just cheers guys and walked off.”

2. Closing The Pub For A Plini Show

Plini: “Another one we were playing in Florida, I think in Fort Lauderdale, but it might’ve been Jacksonville. It was kind of not super central in the city venue, but just a suburban venue, I guess. And I went to meet my lighting guy at an Irish pub, basically across the road before the show. And there was this really funny Irish chick working there. I guess it was her bar. And she was kind of complaining to us, “Where the fuck is everyone? It’s Friday night. They’ve all gone to some fucking show or something.” And I was like, “Oh, that’s my show that’s across the road.” And then we were just chatting and then it was like, “All right, it’s time to go play the show.” And she was like, “Oh, fuck this. ” And then just closed the bar and came with us and just watched the whole set with my lighting guy and then finished, went back, reopened the bar. And then I guess everyone from the gig went and gave her pieces.”

3. When A Surprise Visit Became A 3AM Techno Party

Plini: “Recently, the second last show of the European Tour in Harlem, which is kind of near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. My very good friend Raul, who booked my first Australian tour and used to live in Sydney, flew in as a surprise so mid-soundcheck and our sound guy was like, “You have a visitor.” And then we were all like, “Ah God.” It was really exciting. And then Harlem’s a really cute town/city too, so we finished soundcheck. And even before Raul had come the morning, we were just walking around drinking coffee and eating pastries and our whole crew was sort of out doing the same thing but without planning it. So I’d get a coffee and run into so – and-so. It was a really fun, easy day. And then a really sick show. Oh, and the promoter, Tom, who is a legend, the venue turned into a techno club night, but we were meant to leave at one because the bus power was going to be turned off.

And so, I’m in the techno club with Raul and Tom and some others at 12:59. And I just said to Tom, “Can you just not turn the power off?” And he was like, “Yes, you’re staying till three.” Yeah, the entire day was just good vibes from everyone. It was like, let’s have fun. It was nice.”

4. Nine Metalheads Walk Into A Seven-Seat Coffee Shop…

Plini: “Another recent one. We’re in Stockholm and I had gone before the tour, and I went to this cafe that I was recommended where the insane barista was obviously Australian. And I had the best coffee of my life, went back a couple of days later, had to steal somehow the best coffee of my life. And then because

“My band and crew are coffee people, it was like, when we’re in Stockholm, we’re going to this place. And I didn’t realize that they… It’s not really a cafe; it’s just you go in and have an experience sort of thing. And I didn’t realize that they only had seven seats or whatever. So this group of, I guess, nine people in black death metal hoodies and shit just descend on the place. And the guy that I had met, the Aussie guy wasn’t working that day. It was a younger barista and she was like, “I can’t do this. ” Because we were too many people and it’s usually 30 minutes at least of chatting. And we were like, “Oh no, we’re fine. Take your time.” And eventually we completely befriended her and just spent probably two hours in this place drinking insanely sick coffee and getting just coffee nerdy and then just I guess vibrated back to the venue.”

5. A 2AM Fireworks Detour In The Arizona Desert

Plini: “And then final one, I guess we’d probably just played in Arizona, and we would’ve been driving to California. And my driver for that tour, whose name is Desty, which is already a good sign, is an Arizona guy. And he was like, “I’m surprised for you boys.” And so, it’s like after the show, it’s probably 1:00 or 2:00 AM driving into the middle of nowhere in Arizona just stops on a random dirt road and then produces a box of fireworks. And it’s the clearest night sky you’ve ever seen. You can see the Milky Way and then we’re just ripping fireworks into the sky. Yeah, it was just surreal and beautiful.”

Plini – ‘An Unmissable Desire’ 2026 Australian Tour Dates

With Delta Sleep (from UK), Cenobia (Bris/Syd/Melb only) and nightdive

• Thursday 6 August – Princess Theatre, Brisbane
• Friday 7 August – Liberty Hall, Sydney
• Saturday 8 August – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
• Sunday 9 August – Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide
• Tuesday 11 August – Magnet House, Perth

Tickets on sale now via https://www.plini.co/anztour

Further Reading

Plini Announces New Album ‘An Unnameable Desire’, Drops Intricate New Single

Doja Cat Apologised To Australian Guitarist Plini For Borrowing His Composition For ‘Say So’ Performance

Five Common Misconceptions About The Prog Scene With Caligula’s Horse

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Lorna Shore are gearing up to unleash their biggest-ever Australian headline shows this October, graduating to some seriously enormous rooms after selling out their maiden headline run Down Under in 2025 and returning later that year to wreak havoc at Good Things Festival. This time around, the New Jersey deathcore juggernauts will hit Melbourne’s John Cain Arena, Adelaide’s AEC Theatre, Perth’s Metro City, Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion and Brisbane’s Riverstage, with fellow US heavies Whitechapel and The Acacia Strain along for the ride.

So, with another bout of “face-ripping sonic armageddon” headed our way, what songs does Lorna Shore guitarist Adam De Micco actually get the biggest kick out of playing live? Ahead of the band’s Aussie return, we handed De Micco the proverbial aux cord and asked him to talk us through five of his current live faves – from the song he uses to gauge whether a crowd is truly cooking, to the technically brutal number that briefly has him believing in divine intervention every time its guitar solo rolls around. Read his words down below!

1. ‘Oblivion’

Adam De Micco: “In no particular order, Oblivion is the first song I’d pick that I really like to play live. That was probably one of my favourite songs when we wrote it and I was excited to play it. Even though it’s our first song that we’ve added into the set, I still enjoy playing it like when we first started playing it last year. It’s definitely still one of my favorite songs to play. We usually have been opening up the set with it, and it’s quite enjoyable to start off the set with a song like that.”

2. ‘War Machine’

Adam De Micco: “Another one would be War Machine, I love playing that one. I feel like I could turn my brain off for a moment in that song, I’ll embrace those sorts of  songs as much as I can. But aside from being able to turn my brain off, it is just a lot of fun to play on guitar. You can actually just enjoy yourself. I love a lot of the guitar riffs too. And the crowd engagement’s been really awesome since we started playing it too. I think unanimously, across the board when we first started playing it, everyone in the band was just like, “this is a lot of fun to play”. And I was like, “awesome, because I’m having fun playing it!”. Nothing’s worse than when there’s a song that you love to play and other people are like, “that is my least favorite song”. Then it’s definitely a fight to try to figure out what to play in the set when someone’s like, “I love this song,” and someone else is like, “I hate this song”. But we all love War Machine.“

3. ‘Prison Of Flesh’

Adam De Micco: “After that, this is a love/hate for me because it’s definitely one of the most difficult songs in the set, but I’ll say Prism of Flesh next. It is a very difficult and challenging song, very technically demanding. The guitar solo is… I’m not really a religious person, but at that point in time I believed in a little bit of religion to get me through that moment for those 16 bars, for someone to help me out! It’s a very technically demanding song, but when I nail it, I feel amazing. And it also is really cool because I feel like how it’s been placed in this set is usually after a lot of the lighter songs so I feel like it changes the mood of the show after that. It’s really awesome to go from a lighter, softer side of us to a completely opposite end of the spectrum. And for me personally, I just definitely enjoy it. I enjoy the vibe. I enjoy the energy of it. It’s a song I love to play, but it’s also a very hard song to play. Sometimes I’m like, “I hate playing this”. But genuinely, I still love playing it.”

4. ‘Sun//Eater’

Adam De Micco: “I’ll bring it back to another older song for another favourite here. I think it’s one of the oldest songs in the set, or the song we probably have been playing consistently on almost every single tour, and that song is Sun//Eater. I love Sun//Eater because we released it four years ago, back in 2022, and we’ve been playing it nonstop for all four years. I just love playing it. It’s really cool because a lot of people know that song, and it’s just awesome to see a crowd’s reaction to that one. It’s also a high energy song, it’s another fast song. People have always reacted very positively to it, we always keep it in the middle of the set so it keeps the energy going. I can always tell if the show’s going to be good or not, because if we get to that song and the energy sucks? It’s going to be a rough one. You never know at the beginning of the set, you’re like, “the crowd could still be getting warmed up”. You just don’t know. But by Sun//Eater, if I know for a fact that the crowd is not into it, I’m like, “this is going to be a rough one”. But there’s been many, many times where I’ve been like, “it’s going to be a rough show”. And then we’d get to Sun//Eater and it completely changes the dynamic of the show. It’s still a fun song for me to play.”

5. ‘Into The Earth’

Adam De Micco: “For my last favourite song…if you ask me this at different times of the year, I’d have a completely different answer. But as of right now, I’m going to say Into the Earth. I’ll go with Into the Earth because we have to get back into playing it. I’ve been practicing it. I’m excited because it feels like a new novelty again at the moment. We haven’t played for a few tours now. And same situation like with Prison of Flesh, it’s a love/hate thing. When you nail it, you feel on top of the world; when you don’t, you want to cry in your bunk and forget the day existed. But we hope it favours in the direction of loving. I’ve been practicing this one a lot, I’m excited to play it on this tour in the States we have coming up after all this time. I’m excited, but who knows? Maybe in a month I’ll be like, “I don’t want to play that song ever again!” (laughs). And similar to Oblivion, Into the Earth was one of my favorite songs on Pain Remains, and Oblivion was one of my favorite songs on I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me. It’s always cool to have some personal favorites that we play more often, they’re really enjoyable to have in the set. As of right now, in the middle of the summer for me, these are my five songs I enjoy playing live.”

Lorna Shore Australian Tour 2026

With Special Guests: Whitechapel + The Acacia Strain

• Friday October 16 – John Cain Arena, Melbourne, VIC
• Saturday October 17 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theate, Adelaide, SA
• Monday October 19 – Metro City, Perth, WA
• Wednesday October 21 – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW
• Friday October 23 – Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD

Tickets on sale now via https://daltours.cc/LornaShore

Further Reading

Lorna Shore Are Returning To Australia For Their Biggest Headline Tour Yet

Sleep Theory Announce First-Ever Australian Headline Tour With Rivals

Hellbound II Lineup: Parkway Drive, Thy Art Is Murder + MORE

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The wait is over.

After weeks of rumours and speculation, Beyond The Valley has finally unveiled its 2026/27 lineup – and it’s bringing one of the biggest New Year’s Eve parties in the country back to regional Victoria with John Summit, an Australian-exclusive performance from Black Eyed Peas, and a stacked mix of global electronic heavyweights and homegrown faves.

“We’re so excited to be delivering such an incredible lineup”

Returning to Barunah Plains from 28 December through 1 January, the festival enters its 11th edition fresh off last year’s edition, which sold out in under an hour.

Leading the bill is one of dance music’s biggest names, John Summit, who’ll take over Beyond The Valley’s coveted New Year’s Eve countdown slot following another blockbuster year that included his latest album CTRL ESCAPE, a headline set at Tomorrowland and sold-out arena shows around the globe.

Joining him for what will be their only Australian performance are multi-platinum pop icons Black Eyed Peas, bringing a catalogue packed with generation-defining hits including Where Is The Love?, Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling and Rock That Body.

Elsewhere, Dutch techno superstar KI/KI returns for a special three-hour set, while UK grime pioneer Skepta heads back to Beyond The Valley for the first time since the 2019/20 edition.

The lineup also features Australian favourites Ocean Alley, The Veronicas, Odd Mob, The Jungle Giants, Rum Jungle and Playlunch, alongside international artists including Overmono, Nia Archives, Vince Staples, Armand Van Helden, Jayda G, salute, SPFDJ, Disco Lines, Frost Children, Hamdi, Boys Noize, Hannah Laing, Funk Tribu and many more.

Beyond the music, festival favourites including The Lounge Room, POOF DOOF’s Cirque Du Slay, The Palms Pool House, The Sanctuary, Jack Daniel’s House Party, Red Bull Unforeseen and Smirnoff Schmall Klub will all return, while campers can also explore a brand new area dubbed The Woods.

Speaking about this year’s event, Untitled Group Co-Founder and Managing Partner Nicholas Greco said festivals continue to play an important role in bringing music communities together.

“Festivals matter more than ever. They give people a place to belong, and a place to fall in love with music – and it’s a privilege to play a part in that through BTV. We’re so excited to be delivering such an incredible lineup to our BTV community, and to bring in the new year with you all again.”

With last year’s event disappearing almost instantly, organisers are once again expecting tickets to move quickly so if you’re keen, better get on your bike!

You can suss all the lineup and ticketing details down below.

Beyond The Valley 2026 Lineup

• 2charm
•  2LUBLY
•  Afrodisiac
•  After
•  AKEYLAH
•  Anetha
•  Arielle Free
• Armand Van Helden
•  Baby Oliv
•  bellxsxs
•  Benwal
•  BIIANCO
• Black Eyed Peas (AUS Exclusive)
• Boys Noize
•  Bryson Hill
•  Carla Martinez
•  Club Angel
•  CRŸBABY
•  DART
•  Dean Turnley
•  DELULU
• Disco Lines
•  DJ PGZ
•  Eva Charley
• Ewan McVicar
•  Faster Horses
•  Frost Children
• Funk Tribu
•  Hamdi
• Hannah Laing
•  Helena Lauwaert
•  Jackie Hollander
•  Jamback
•  Jayda G
•  Job Jobse
• John Summit
•  Jordan Brando B2B Luuk Van Dijk
•  The Jungle Giants
•  JUPiTA b2b bbsanii
•  Kiara Friend
• KI/KI
•  Kyle Starkey
•  Layton Giordani
•  Lex
•  Lexï
•  Love, Jess
•  Mella Dee
•  Mia Koden
•  MPH
• Nia Archives
•  Nice Girl
•  nimino
• Ocean Alley
•  Odd Mob
•  Oppidan
•  oskar med k
• Overmono
•  Playlunch
•  Renaessance
•  Riordan
•  Robert Baxter
•  Rossi.
•  Rum Jungle
•  Saint Ludo
•  salute
•  Skepta
•  Soul Mass Transit System
•  southstar
•  SPFDJ
•  Su Yen 素燕
• THC
•  Tiff Cornish
•  Tommy Holohan
•  TWOFACED
•  VANNA
• The Veronicas
• Vince Staples
•  Waxx Off
•  WOLTERS
•  WVCHWY
•  X & Ivy
•  Yikes
• THE LOUNGE ROOM (A-Z)
• Ash McGregor
• Ball Magnets
• Bittersweet
• Breaking Through
• Cowboy C*untry
• Cupid’s Court Live Dating Show
• Fast Fashun
• The Grill
• In Pour Taste: Comedy Wine Tasting
• Kath Ebbs
• Masters of Ceremonies
• Ross + Will Weightman
• TDA In Conversation
• Wintana Kidane

Beyond The Valley 2026

• 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027: Barunah Plains, Wadawurrung and Eastern Maar Country, Victoria

The Daily Aus presale begins Tuesday 4th August 10AM AEST

Official presale goes on sale Thursday 6th August 6PM AEST

General on sale begins Friday 7th August 12pm AEST

Further Reading

Aussie Festival Prices Are Rising Twice As Fast As Inflation, New Study Finds

WATCH: 13yo Inkabee Becomes The Youngest Artist In ‘Like A Version’ History

The Black Eyed Peas Are Suing Over a Line of Pooping Toys

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If a three-hour King Gizz set somehow wasn’t enough for you… how about two?

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have unveiled the lineup for their 2026 Croxton Block Party, with the Melbourne psych-rock heroes once again transforming The Croxton carpark into a two-day mini festival packed with friends, collaborators and some of their favourite artists.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – ‘Level 5’

Taking place across Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, the weekend will feature mammoth three-hour headline sets from King Gizzard on both nights, alongside performances from Japanese punk-pop legends Shonen Knife, Sydney rockers C.O.F.F.I.N., Byron Bay psych favourites Babe Rainbow, Gut Health, ORB, Public Figures, Heavy Moss, Moktar and plenty more.

To boot, even more artists are still to be announced.

The event returns after the successful debut of the Croxton Block Party in 2025, once again transforming the venue’s surrounding carpark into a festival site celebrating Melbourne’s famously eclectic music community.

For The Croxton, the partnership also marks another chapter in a long-running relationship with one of Australia’s most adventurous bands.

“It’s a fitting one for us,” the venue shared. “Gizz played their first-ever Croxton show back in December 2015, just after we opened our doors, and they’ve been back eight times since – including a three-night residency in 2016, the run-up to Polygondwanaland in 2018, and their legendary Bushfire Benefit show back in 2020.”

“We’re so honoured to have the boys back for a Block Party takeover in 2026.”

Beyond the music, King Gizzard are also partnering with climate impact agency FEAT, with $1 from every ticket going towards biodiversity restoration on Tasmania’s Lungtalanana Island.

The initiative will help restore habitat for native species including the Bass Strait wombat and long-nosed potoroo through a project led by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre alongside WWF, Green Collar, the University of Tasmania and FEAT.

With more artists still to be announced and two sprawling King Gizzard headline performances locked in, this year’s Block Party is shaping up to be one of Melbourne’s most unique live music weekends.

The Croxton Block Party 2026

Saturday, 17 October

• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• Shonen Knife (Japan)
• Babe Rainbow
• Heavy Moss
• Moktar
• TECHNO666
• B3LLY
• Stu Mackenzie (Eurorack)
• + More TBA

Sunday, 18 October

• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• C.O.F.F.I.N.
• Gut Health
• ORB
• Public Figures
• Glyconic
• Moktar
• + More TBA

TICKETS HERE
Artist/Promoter presale: Tuesday, July 28, 12 pm until Thursday, July 30,12pm
GP on sale: Friday, July 31, 12 pm

Further Reading

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Discography Now Pay-What-You-Want On Bandcamp

Watch King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Jam With Jello Biafra On A Dead Kennedys Classic

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Have Officially Bailed From Spotify

The post King Gizzard Are Curating Their Own Melbourne Mini-Festival This October appeared first on Music Feeds.

One of modern rock’s fastest-rising new bands is finally heading Down Under.

Memphis heavyweights Sleep Theory have announced their first-ever Australian headline tour, bringing Los Angeles duo RIVALS along for the ride when they hit five cities across the country in February 2027.

Sleep Theory – ‘Static’

The run kicks off in Perth before making stops in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

In the space of just a couple of years, Sleep Theory have gone from underground newcomers to one of the hottest names in modern rock. Their breakout single ‘Fallout’ became one of Active Rock radio’s biggest songs of 2024, while the band’s blend of crushing riffs, soaring melodies and frontman Cullen Moore’s powerhouse vocals has earned comparisons to the likes of Linkin Park and Bring Me The Horizon.

Their rapid rise hasn’t gone unnoticed either, with artists including Jelly Roll and Disturbed frontman David Draiman singing their praises, while tours alongside Shinedown, Falling In Reverse, Beartooth, Nothing More, Wage War and Set It Off have helped cement their reputation as one of heavy music’s most exciting live acts.

Across their acclaimed Paper Hearts EP and debut album Afterglow, Sleep Theory have carved out a distinctive sound that effortlessly fuses metal, hard rock, pop and R&B into something uniquely their own. That momentum saw Amazon Music, Loudwire and Revolver all name them among their Artists To Watch in 2025.

Joining them on all Australian dates will be Los Angeles outfit RIVALS, whose blend of dark pop, post-hardcore and alternative rock has earned them a devoted global following.

The duo have become known for pairing emotionally charged songwriting with huge hooks and explosive live performances, making them a fitting addition to Sleep Theory’s long-awaited Australian debut.

If you’ve been waiting to hear Fallout live, your moment has officially arrived.

Sleep Theory Australian Tour 2027

With special guests RIVALS (US)

• Sunday 7 February – Magnet House, Perth 
• Wednesday 10 February – The Gov, Adelaide 
• Friday 12 February – 170 Russell, Melbourne
• Saturday 13 February – Metro Theatre, Sydney 
• Sunday 14 February – Princess Theatre, Brisbane 

Tickets on sale Friday 31 July at 9am local time via Destroy All Lines
Exclusive presale available Wednesday 29 July from 9am local time

Further Reading

Windwaker Announce New Album, Drop Explosive Single ‘Closer’ & Biggest Australian Headline Tour Yet

From Ashes To New Announce First-Ever Australian Headline Tour

Froth & Fury Fest 2027 Drops Huge First Lineup

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Australia, it’s fucking official.

After a mysterious projection featuring both bands’ iconic artwork sent heavy music fans into complete meltdown, System Of A Down and Faith No More have confirmed they are joining forces for a colossal Australian stadium tour in early 2027!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jan-Feb 2027

System Of A Down will return Down Under for their first Australian headline tour in more than a decade, bringing Faith No More along as very special guests for three enormous shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

The run will kick off at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on Friday, 22 January, before hitting Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Wednesday, 27 January and wrapping up at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Monday, 1 February.

In other words: one of the most absurdly stacked heavy music bills ever assembled on Australian soil is actually fucking happening.

The announcement follows days of feverish speculation after Wall Of Sound’s Browny captured footage of a large-scale projection in Brisbane flashing Faith No More’s eight-pointed star logo alongside the red hand artwork from System Of A Down’s self-titled debut album.

Fans immediately suspected some kind of joint announcement was brewing.

They were absolutely correct. More projections were spotted at East Coast stadiums over the weekend and now, it’s official.

For Australian System Of A Down fans, the wait has been br00tal.

The Armenian-American heavy icons have not toured here since Soundwave 2012, meaning these newly announced stadium dates will mark their first Australian performances in 14 years.

Across albums including their self-titled debut, Toxicity, Steal This Album!, Mezmerize and Hypnotize, System Of A Down became one of the most singular and influential heavy bands of the modern era, blending metal, punk, Armenian musical traditions, political fury and complete sonic chaos into a sound nobody else has ever successfully replicated.

With more than 42 million albums sold worldwide and a catalogue featuring era-defining tracks including Chop Suey!, Toxicity, B.Y.O.B., Aerials, Sugar and Hypnotize, the band’s return is already shaping up as one of the biggest live music events Australia has seen in years.

And then there’s Faith No More.

The genre-warping legends recently confirmed plans to return to touring in 2027 after years of uncertainty surrounding their future, with bassist Bill Gould declaring: “Yeah, we’re gonna do it. We’re gonna play.”

The Aussie shows will carry enormous significance for local fans.

Faith No More have not performed in Australia since Soundwave 2015, while their last full Australian headline tour took place all the way back in 1997.

A planned comeback tour was originally announced for 2020, before being postponed twice by the pandemic and ultimately cancelled in 2021 as frontman Mike Patton stepped back to focus on his mental health.

Now, after nearly a decade away from the stage altogether, Faith No More are finally returning – and Australia will be among the first places to witness it.

Together, System Of A Down and Faith No More represent two wildly different but equally uncompromising strains of alternative heavy music.

Both bands built their careers by refusing to fit neatly into any existing genre, smashing together metal, punk, funk, experimental music, political commentary, absurdist humour and theatrical chaos while influencing generations of artists in their wake.

Now they’re bringing that collective history to Aussie stadiums.

Hold onto your butts.

System Of A Down + Faith No More Australian Stadium Tour 2027

• Friday, 22 January – Accor Stadium, Sydney
• Wednesday, 27 January – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
• Monday, 1 February – Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

The System Of A Down and Faith No More artist presale begins Tuesday, 28 July for fans subscribed to the bands’ mailing lists.

PayPal First Access begins Wednesday, 29 July.

General tickets go on sale Friday, 31 July via https://teglive.com.au/ at:

• 10am AEST – Sydney
• 11am AEST – Melbourne
• 12pm AEST – Brisbane

Further Reading

HOLY SHIT: Are System Of A Down & Faith No More Teasing A Huge Australian Tour?!!

Faith No More Confirm 2027 Live Return, Giving Aussie Fans Good Reason To Hope

11 Unforgettable Soundwave Festival Moments

The post System Of A Down & Faith No More Announce Massive Australian Stadium Tour appeared first on Music Feeds.

Spilt Milk has finally lifted the lid on its 2026 lineup, and after weeks of rumours, the regional touring giant has delivered a pretty serious bill.

Scottish hitmaker Lewis Capaldi and four-time GRAMMY nominee RAYE will headline this year’s festival, with both artists appearing exclusively at Spilt Milk across four dates in December.

The fest will return to its spiritual home of Canberra on Saturday, 12 December before heading to the Gold Coast, debuting at its new Victorian home in Geelong and wrapping up in Perth.

Capaldi arrives following a huge return to live touring, including a sold-out Australian arena run in 2025 and more than one million tickets shifted worldwide. He’ll bring with him recent UK No. 1 single Survive, alongside the catalogue that made him one of the biggest voices in modern pop, including Someone You Loved.

Sharing top billing is RAYE, who’ll arrive armed with forthcoming sophomore album THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. and its blockbuster single WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!. Following her record-breaking sweep at the 2024 BRIT Awards, the South London artist has continued building one of contemporary pop’s most compelling catalogues, moving effortlessly between jazz, soul, dance music and emotionally devastating pop songwriting.

Elsewhere on the international front, Spilt Milk has locked in Irish electronic powerhouse KETTAMA, US rapper Baby Keem, British singer-songwriter Maisie Peters, alt-pop firecracker Remi Wolf, Dublin artist F3miii, Brooklyn producer jigitz and rising US rapper Samara Cyn.

The Aussie contingent is equally stacked.

DMA’S will return to Spilt Milk for the first time since playing the festival’s inaugural 2016 edition, this time bringing their forthcoming self-titled fifth album along for the ride.

They’ll be joined by Miss Kaninna, Aleksiah, Becca Hatch, Harry Hayes, Pash, The Moving Stills, The Terrys, Tobiahs, STÜM and Yes Boone, among others.

The fest will also continue spotlighting emerging talent, with local triple j Unearthed winners set to open each leg of the tour, while the Gold Coast edition will feature an American Apparel StAArt Up Fund winner.

Beyond the music, Spilt Milk’s visual arts program will again be developed in collaboration with socially conscious art studios, including its longstanding partnership with Victoria Park Centre for the Arts’ Create Connect Art initiative, supporting artists with disabilities through structured creative workshops.

Spilt Milk 2026 will take place across two weekends in December, and you can peep the full lineup and ticketing details down below.

Spilt Milk 2026 Lineup

• Lewis Capaldi
• RAYE
• KETTAMA
• Baby Keem
• Maisie Peters
• Remi Wolf
• DMA’S
• Aleksiah
• Becca Hatch
• Borderline
• F3miii
• Fat Papi
• Harry Hayes
• jigitz
• Leyla Ebrahimi
• Miss Kaninna
• Pash
• Samara Cyn
• STÜM
• The Moving Stills
• The Terrys
• Tobiahs
• Yes Boone
• Local triple j Unearthed winners
• American Apparel StAArt Up Fund winner (Gold Coast only)

Spilt Milk 2026 Dates

• Saturday, 12 December – Exhibition Park, Canberra/Ngunnawal
• Sunday, 13 December – Gold Coast Sports Precinct, Gold Coast/Kombumerri
• Saturday, 19 December – Kardinia Park Precinct, Geelong/Wadawurrung
• Sunday, 20 December – Claremont Showground, Perth/Whadjuk

Ticket Request open now until 4pm AEST Monday 27 July
Presale available from Thursday 30 July at:
Canberra – 8am AEST
Gold Coast – 11am AEST
Geelong – 9am AEST
Perth – 8am AWST
Tickets on sale to the general public from 10am AEST Friday 31 July (all cities)

Further Reading

Spilt Milk Reveals New Victorian Home Ahead Of 2026 Lineup Drop

Aussie Festival Prices Are Rising Twice As Fast As Inflation, New Study Finds

Spilt Milk 2025 Line-Up: Kendrick Lamar, Doechii, ScHoolboy Q + More

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