GET FUCKED! Australia’s favourite pub-punk reprobates The Chats are officially back, announcing their first new album in five years, Half Cut, alongside a whopping 17-date national tour and a brand-new single, Off It.

The Sunshine Coast trio will get up close and personal with fans this November and December, playing a string of intimate venues around the country ahead of the release of their third studio album on Friday, 5th March 2027 (pre-order here).

The Chats – ‘Off It’

And if you’re worried that five years of international success might have transformed the Smoko hitmakers into respectable, well-adjusted adults, fear not.

With new song titles like Half Arsed, Hanging Shit and Brown Bottle Flu, it appears the boys haven’t entirely abandoned their commitment to the finer things in Australian culture.

That said, frontman Eamon Sandwith reckons their forthcoming record does represent something of an evolution.

“Half Cut is a fun rock and roll record, but it’s maybe a little more open than stuff we’ve written in the past,” he explains.

“I definitely hesitate to use the word ‘mature,’ but it’s a bit of a progression, I’d say.”

Recorded at Los Angeles’ Maple Sound Studio with Frenzal Rhomb frontman Jay Whalley, Half Cut finds The Chats exploring some slightly deeper territory, tackling everything from hangovers and confrontation to reconciliation and rehabilitation.

But don’t expect them to suddenly start writing earnest acoustic ballads about their feelings.

The album promises to retain the band’s signature no-bullshit Australian lyricism and rowdy rock’n’roll spirit, while allowing a little more introspection to creep into the mix.

Fans can get their first proper taste of this new era right now, with the album’s opening track ‘Off It’ landing on streaming platforms today alongside a suitably bonkers music video (watch above).

The announcement comes after another whirlwind chapter for the trio, who’ve spent the past five years taking their gloriously Australian brand of punk rock to increasingly enormous international audiences.

Since unleashing their previous album Get Fucked in 2022, The Chats have toured relentlessly across multiple continents, supporting the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters and The Hives.

They also made waves at Coachella earlier this year, earning widespread praise for their festival performance.

Not bad for a band whose rise to global notoriety began with a 2017 viral anthem about taking a durry break.

Now, the boys are bringing the chaos back home.

Their mammoth 17-date Aussie tour will kick off with two shows at Brisbane’s Crowbar on Friday, 13th and Saturday, 14th November, before tearing through Frankston, Sydney and Melbourne.

The run will then continue through Tasmania, Adelaide and Western Australia, wrapping up with two nights at Perth’s Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, 12th and Sunday, 13th December.

With multiple nights booked at iconic sweatboxes including Sydney’s Crowbar and Melbourne’s Tote Hotel, the tour promises a rare chance to catch one of Australia’s biggest punk exports in suitably intimate surroundings.

Tickets are on sale now, while Half Cut is set for release on Friday, 5th March 2027.

Check out all the dates below.

The Chats – Half Cut Australian Tour 2026

• Friday, 13th November – Crowbar, Brisbane QLD
• Saturday, 14th November – Crowbar, Brisbane QLD
• Sunday, 15th November – Singing Bird, Frankston VIC
• Thursday, 19th November – Crowbar, Sydney NSW
• Friday, 20th November – Crowbar, Sydney NSW
• Saturday, 21st November – Crowbar, Sydney NSW
• Thursday, 26th November – The Tote, Melbourne VIC
• Friday, 27th November – The Tote, Melbourne VIC
• Saturday, 28th November – The Tote, Melbourne VIC
• Friday, 4th December – Altar, Hobart TAS
• Saturday, 5th December – Forth Pub, Forth TAS
• Sunday, 6th December – Royal Oak, Launceston TAS
• Wednesday, 9th December – Jive, Adelaide SA
• Thursday, 10th December – Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide SA
• Friday, 11th December – Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough WA
• Saturday, 12th December – Rosemount Hotel, Perth WA
• Sunday, 13th December – Rosemount Hotel, Perth WA

Tickets on sale now via The Chats’ official website

Further Reading

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

triple j’s Hottest 200 Of Australian Songs: The Complete List

The Chats Share New Single ‘I’ve Been Drunk In Every Pub In Brisbane’

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SAY IT AIN’T SO! Alternative rock royalty Weezer are bringing one hell of a nostalgia-fuelled singalong to Australia in 2027, announcing a massive arena tour with fellow ’90s and noughties icons Third Eye Blind and Fountains Of Wayne.

Dubbed Weezer: The Gathering, the six-date Australia and New Zealand run will mark Weezer’s first full Australian headline sets in 14 years, with the band returning to our shores in February and March for five enormous shows across Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

‘Weezer – C.E.O.’

And with Semi-Charmed Life, Jumper and Stacy’s Mom also potentially on the menu, the combined setlist is shaping up to be an absolute fever dream for anyone who grew up worshipping at the altar of ’90s alternative rock and early-2000s power pop.

The Australian leg will kick off at Perth’s RAC Arena on Wednesday, 24th February, before heading to Adelaide’s AEC Arena on Friday, 26th February and Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Sunday, 28th February.

Sydney’s Afterpay Arena will host the tour on Tuesday, 2nd March, before the Aussie dates wrap up at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Thursday, 4th March.

The bands will then head across the Tasman for a final show at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Sunday, 7th March, marking the first-ever New Zealand performances for both Third Eye Blind and Fountains Of Wayne.

While Weezer last visited Australia as part of Good Things Festival in 2025, the upcoming tour will mark their first full headline sets Down Under since 2013.

And it’s been an even longer wait for their special guests.

Third Eye Blind will be returning to Australia for the first time since 2011, while Fountains Of Wayne haven’t performed on our shores since 1999.

Yes, you read that correctly. NINETEEN NINETY-NINE.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1992, Weezer burst onto the alternative rock scene with their self-titled 1994 debut, affectionately known as the Blue Album, delivering timeless anthems including Buddy Holly, Say It Ain’t So and Undone – The Sweater Song.

Over the following decades, Rivers Cuomo and co. continued to cement their place in alternative rock history with hits like Hash Pipe, El Scorcho, Island In The Sun and Beverly Hills, selling more than 35 million records worldwide.

Their ever-evolving discography now spans 20 studio albums, including their latest 2026 release, Weezer (Gold), which sees the band taking a tongue-in-cheek look at ageing, legacy and life as a long-running rock outfit.

Meanwhile, San Francisco alt-rock favourites Third Eye Blind will be bringing their own treasure trove of late-’90s radio classics to the party.

The band’s 1997 self-titled debut spawned enduring hits Semi-Charmed Life, Jumper and How’s It Going To Be, establishing them as one of the era’s defining alternative rock acts.

And rounding out this gloriously nostalgic triple bill are power-pop legends Fountains Of Wayne, whose 2003 smash Stacy’s Mom remains one of the most instantly recognisable earworms of the noughties.

After unofficially disbanding in 2013, the band returned to live performances in 2025 following the tragic passing of co-founder Adam Schlesinger in 2020.

Their upcoming Aussie dates will mark their first performances here in almost three decades.

With three generations of alternative rock anthems packed into one bill, Weezer: The Gathering is shaping up to be one of the biggest nostalgia trips of 2027.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 9am local time on Friday, 6th November, with a series of presales kicking off earlier in the week.

Weezer fan club presales begin at 9am local time on Wednesday, 4th November, followed by the Destroy All Lines presale at 10am that same morning.

Venue and ticketing presales will then commence at 9am local time on Thursday, 5th November.

Check out all the Aus tour dates below.

Weezer: The Gathering – 2027 Australian Tour Dates

With special guests Third Eye Blind & Fountains Of Wayne

• Wednesday, 24th February – RAC Arena, Perth WA
• Friday, 26th February – AEC Arena, Adelaide SA
• Sunday, 28th February – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC
• Tuesday, 2nd March – Afterpay Arena, Sydney NSW
• Thursday, 4th March – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane QLD

Ticket Info

Weezer fan club presale: Wednesday, 4th November, 9am local time

Destroy All Lines presale: Wednesday, 4th November, 10am local time

Venue/ticketing presale: Thursday, 5th November, 9am local time

General tickets: Friday, 6th November, 9am local time

Tickets and further information via Destroy All Lines

Further Reading

Weezer Release Cover of Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’

Weezer Drags Pitchfork In New Unreleased Track, Following 5.9 Review

Watch Weezer And Fall Out Boy Face Off In An Episode Of ‘Celebrity Family Feud’

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Amyl And The Sniffers have expanded their massive 2027 Australian summer tour, adding two extra shows in Melbourne and Adelaide following a rapid sellout in the Victorian capital.

The Melbourne pub punk juggernauts announced their homecoming run last week, with six shows now locked in across Brisbane, Fremantle, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide throughout February and March.

Amyl and The Sniffers – ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’

After tickets to their original St Kilda performance on Sunday, 7th March were snapped up, the band have added a second show at Palace Foreshore on Monday, 8th March, along with a brand-new all-ages gig at Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre on Wednesday, 10th March.

Tickets for both newly announced dates are on sale now.

The expanded run will see Amy Taylor and co. return to Aussie stages after another mammoth stretch of international touring, bringing their famously ferocious live show to a string of outdoor venues around the country.

The tour kicks off at Brisbane’s On The Banks on Friday, 26th February, with support from WAAX and Southeast Desert Metal, before heading west to Fremantle’s Palace Foreshore on Sunday, 28th February, where GRUB and Southeast Desert Metal will warm up the crowd.

Next up is Sydney’s Golden Hour at Bondi Beach on Thursday, 4th March, featuring Barkaa and Xiao Xiao, followed by the band’s two St Kilda shows with Spike Fuck and Techno 666.

The newly announced Adelaide date will round out the tour, with local favourites West Thebarton and Rosie and the Posies joining the bill.

The homecoming shows follow a whirlwind few years for Amyl And The Sniffers, whose third studio album Cartoon Darkness arrived in 2024 and propelled them to even greater international heights.

Produced by Nick Launay, the record debuted at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart, earned the band their first Grammy nomination and marked their debut appearance on the US Billboard 200.

The band went on to scoop four ARIA Awards in 2025, including Best Group and Best Album, alongside Best Live Act at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards and Song of the Year at the APRA Awards.

They’ve also continued to tear up stages around the world, with major festival appearances including Glastonbury and Coachella, and even found time to release a live country album.

But beyond the riffs, sweat and glorious punk rock chaos, the band are also using their Australian homecoming to support a number of important causes.

$5 from every ticket sold across the summer tour will be donated to charity, with the funds split equally between seven organisations: Foodbank Australia, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, Women’s and Girls’ Emergency Centre, Living Knowledge Network, Wilya Janta (Standing Strong) Housing Collaboration, Sisters Inside and Teach Us Consent.

An additional $1 from every ticket sold to the Sydney show will also be donated to the Bondi and North Bondi Surf Life Saving Clubs, recognising their actions during the Bondi attack.

“We want to extend our love and respect to the local community, and most importantly to those members of the Jewish community who were targeted during the attack,” the band said in a statement.

“Thank you for letting us play.”

With their original Melbourne date already sold out and two new shows joining the itinerary, Amyl And The Sniffers’ summer homecoming is shaping up to be one hell of a celebration.

Check out the full updated tour dates below.

Amyl And The Sniffers 2027 Australian Summer Tour

• Friday, 26th February – On The Banks, Brisbane QLD – With WAAX & Southeast Desert Metal
• Sunday, 28th February – Palace Foreshore, Fremantle WA – With GRUB & Southeast Desert Metal
• Thursday, 4th March – Golden Hour at Bondi Beach, Sydney NSW – With Barkaa & Xiao Xiao
• Sunday, 7th March – Palace Foreshore, St Kilda VIC — SOLD OUT – With Spike Fuck & Techno 666
• Monday, 8th March – Palace Foreshore, St Kilda VIC — NEW SHOW – With Spike Fuck & Techno 666
• Wednesday, 10th March – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SA — NEW SHOW / ALL AGES –With West Thebarton & Rosie and the Posies

Tickets are on sale now via Amyl And The Sniffers’ official website

Further Reading

Joey Valence & Brae Cover Amyl And The Sniffers For Like A Version

Watch Amyl & The Sniffers Rock ‘Tiny Bikini’ On ‘The Tonight Show’

Bob Vylan Share Amy Taylor Collab ‘Dream Bigger’ Ahead Of Debut Australian Tour

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My Chemical Romance have reportedly found themselves in legal hot water over their theatrical stage production, with the company behind the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders seeking legal action over allegedly unauthorised lookalike uniforms worn by performers during the band’s recent Hollywood Bowl show.

According to a report from TheWrap, Pro Silver Star Ltd., which owns the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders brand, has requested a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction against the use of the costumes, along with unspecified monetary damages.

FOOTAGE: My Chemical Romance (2026-10-21, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA)

The dispute stems from MCR’s performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Wednesday, 21st October, which featured dancers dressed in cheerleader-style outfits resembling the iconic Dallas Cowboys uniforms.

But these weren’t your average pom-pom-waving cheerleaders.

As reported by Metal Injection, the performers allegedly carried rifles during a theatrical firefight sequence and were depicted being shot as part of the band’s elaborate stage production.

Pro Silver Star claims the costumes infringed upon the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ protected trade dress – a form of intellectual property protection covering the distinctive visual appearance of a brand or product.

The company also alleges that the resemblance was close enough to cause confusion among viewers, with some reportedly believing the performers were genuine Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

However, the legal challenge is reportedly focused specifically on the costumes, rather than the band’s broader artistic vision.

According to TheWrap, Pro Silver Star has made clear that it is not seeking to censor My Chemical Romance’s music, political messaging, choreography or use of armed characters in the production.

Instead, the company wants the allegedly infringing uniforms removed from the disputed scenes.

The report also claims Pro Silver Star previously asked the band to stop using the costumes, but that the request was refused.

A representative for My Chemical Romance reportedly did not immediately respond to TheWrap‘s request for comment.

The dispute comes as the emo-rock icons prepare for two more Hollywood Bowl performances, scheduled for Friday, 30th October and Saturday, 31st October.

Whether the controversial costumes will make another appearance at those shows remains unclear.

At the time of reporting, it has not been confirmed whether a court has granted the requested restraining order or injunction.

The latest legal drama adds an unexpected twist to My Chemical Romance’s theatrical live era, which has seen the band embrace increasingly elaborate costumes, characters and dystopian storytelling as part of their stage performances.

For now, it remains to be seen whether the band’s cheer squad will be forced into a wardrobe change before their next Hollywood Bowl outing.

Further Reading

My Chemical Romance Announce Expanded 20th Anniversary Reissue Of ‘The Black Parade’

My Chemical Romance’s ‘Danger Days’ Is Finally Getting The Deluxe Treatment It Deserves

My Chemical Romance The Black Parade 2026 Tour Setlist

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Turnstile have turned their hardcore community spirit into some serious humanitarian action, drawing an estimated 60,000 fans to a free benefit concert at Washington DC’s iconic Washington Monument and raising more than $220K USD (that’s about $313K AUD)for relief efforts in Palestine, Sudan and Lebanon.

The Baltimore hardcore heroes staged the massive outdoor show on Saturday, 24th October, bringing the latest leg of their NEVER ENOUGH tour to a spectacular close with their biggest hometown-area gathering to date.

“THANK YOU WASHINGTON D.C.”

Organised in partnership with humanitarian charity Human Concern International, the concert was initially aiming to raise $US100,000 for communities affected by humanitarian crises across the three regions.

But by Sunday, donations had more than doubled that target, surpassing $US220,000.

For frontman Brendan Yates, who grew up in nearby Burtonsville, Maryland, the monumental occasion was also something of a homecoming.

“This is a scene that raised us,” Yates told The Washington Post ahead of the concert.

Despite reportedly nursing an injured ankle following weeks on the road, the vocalist led Turnstile through a mammoth 19-song, 75-minute set, tearing through fan favourites including Real Thing, Mystery, HOLIDAY, BLACKOUT and NEVER ENOUGH.

Midway through the performance, Yates thanked the enormous crowd for supporting the humanitarian fundraiser before leading a chant of “Free Palestine! Free Sudan! Free Lebanon!”

The location also carried a special significance for the region’s hardcore and punk community, with legendary Washington DC outfit Fugazi famously staging free concerts near the Washington Monument during the 1990’s.

The show marks another extraordinary milestone in what’s already been a massive year for Turnstile.

The genre-bending hardcore outfit took home their first two Grammy Awards earlier in 2026, including Best Rock Album for their acclaimed record NEVER ENOUGH, before making their Saturday Night Live debut earlier this month.

And the band’s commitment to using their platform to support grassroots causes has extended to our shores, too.

During their most recent visit Down Under in January 2026, which included an appearance at Beyond The Valley and a string of East Coast headline shows, Turnstile also staged a surprise Sydney benefit concert in support of First Nations Response (FNR).

Founded in 2020, FNR is a grassroots Aboriginal women-led organisation providing culturally appropriate food relief and crisis support to Aboriginal communities across Sydney’s inner-west and inner-city.

The organisation’s work spans everything from responding to floods and supporting families through sorry business to assisting women escaping domestic violence with essential furniture and household supplies.

While the final amount raised at Turnstile’s Sydney benefit has not been publicly confirmed, the show was another example of the band’s ongoing support for community-led initiatives.

With their Washington DC benefit now raising more than double its original fundraising goal, Turnstile have delivered another potent reminder of what can happen when a music community comes together for a cause.

Ed Sheeran should probs take a note or two.

Further Reading

All Ed Sheeran’s Support Acts Quit Stadium Tour In Solidarity With Macklemore

Love Letter To A Record: Rise Against On Fugazi’s ’13 Songs’

Watch The Amity Affliction Take On Turnstile For Their First Ever ‘Like A Version’

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Belgian post-black metal heavyweights Oathbreaker are finally making their long-awaited Australian debut, announcing a pair of cursed headline shows for March 2027 with an absolutely mega lineup of extreme music talent.

The genre-defying outfit will descend upon Brisbane and Sydney alongside Texan metal punks Portrayal of Guilt and Australia’s own screamo firebrands Blind Girls, ahead of their appearance at Melbourne’s inaugural Lucidity Festival.

Oathbreaker – Rheia (Full Album)

The headline shows will take place at Brisbane’s Crowbar on Thursday, 11th March, with local post-metal outfit Slowcut opening proceedings, followed by Sydney’s Crowbar on Friday, 12th March, where Melbourne experimental grindcore unit Diploid will kick things off.

The tour marks Oathbreaker’s first-ever trip to the Southern Hemisphere, arriving hot on the heels of their long-awaited reunion.

After establishing themselves as one of the most compelling forces in modern extreme music with their emotionally devastating blend of black metal, hardcore, screamo, shoegaze, sludge and post-punk, Oathbreaker announced a hiatus in 2018.

The band reunited in 2026 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their landmark third studio album, Rheia, which originally arrived in 2016.

That anniversary celebration will also take centre stage at the sold-out Lucidity Festival in Melbourne on Saturday, 13th March, where Oathbreaker are set to perform Rheia in its entirety.

Joining them on their Australian headline dates will be fellow first-time visitors Portrayal of Guilt, the relentlessly inventive Texan trio who’ve spent the past decade dismantling the boundaries between black metal, death metal, hardcore, crust, screamo and powerviolence.

The band will be touring in support of their 2026 record …Beginning of The End, bringing their own brand of genre-mutating sonic brutality to Australian stages for the first time.

Rounding out the touring package are Gold Coast screamo stalwarts Blind Girls, whose ferocious, emotionally charged sound has made them a formidable presence in Australia’s underground heavy music scene.

Brisbane’s Slowcut will add another dose of anguish to the hometown show, while Melbourne’s experimental grindcore outfit Diploid will make their first Sydney appearance in several years.

With Oathbreaker’s long-awaited arrival, Portrayal of Guilt’s Australian debut and a formidable cast of local support acts, this is shaping up to be one of the most punishingly beautiful heavy music bills of 2027.

Destroy All Lines presale tickets go on sale Thursday, 29th October at 11am AEDT, with the general public onsale following on Friday, 30th October at 11am local time.

Check out the full tour dates below.

Oathbreaker 2027 Australian Tour Dates

With special guests Portrayal of Guilt & Blind Girls

• Thursday, 11th March – Crowbar, Brisbane QLD – With Slowcut
• Friday, 12th March – Crowbar, Sydney NSW – With Diploid
• Saturday, 13th March – Lucidity Festival, Melbourne VIC – Oathbreaker performing Rheia in full (SOLD OUT)

Destroy All Lines presale: Thursday, 29th October, 11am AEDT

General tickets: Friday, 30th October, 11am local time

Tickets and further information via Destroy All Lines

Further Reading

Battlesnake Unleash New Single ‘Bog Bringer’, Announce 2027 Album & Australian Tour

Venom Frontman Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant Has Died, Aged 63

Primal Fear Announce 30th Anniversary Australian Tour For 2027

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OH-WAH-AH-AH-AH! Nu-metal titans Disturbed are getting down with the sickness Down Under, announcing their first Australian headline tour in more than a decade – and they’re bringing one hell of a setlist with them.

The Chicago heavyweights will return to our shores in April and May 2027 for five massive arena shows, performing their seminal 2000 debut album The Sickness in its entirety, followed by a second set of career-spanning greatest hits.

Disturbed – ‘Down With The Sickness’

Yep, that’s two full sets of Disturbed for the price of one ticket, with an intermission separating the band’s nostalgic nu-metal throwback from a barrage of their biggest anthems.

The Australian leg will kick off at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Wednesday, 28th April, before storming through Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, wrapping up at Perth’s RAC Arena on Sunday, 9th May.

The tour will also include two New Zealand dates in Auckland and Christchurch, marking the band’s first headline trek across both countries in more than 10 years.

The announcement follows Disturbed’s mammoth The Sickness anniversary tour across North America, the UK and Europe, which saw them perform to more than half a million fans.

Originally unleashed upon the world in 2000, The Sickness helped establish Disturbed as one of the defining forces of the nu-metal era, spawning enduring heavy music staples including Down With The Sickness, Stupify, Voices and The Game.

The record has since been certified five-times platinum in the US and spent a whopping 106 weeks on the Billboard 200.

More than a quarter of a century later, the band’s appetite for sonic destruction shows no signs of slowing.

Their latest single, I Will Not Break, recently topped the Mediabase Active Rock Chart, marking their 19th number one on the chart, while both Down With The Sickness and their haunting cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sound Of Silence have surpassed one billion streams apiece on Spotify.

Across their career, Disturbed have sold more than 17 million records, amassed nearly 14 billion streams and scored five consecutive number-one album debuts on the Billboard 200.

Now, Aussie fans will finally get another chance to experience the band’s formidable live show, with the added bonus of hearing the album that started it all from beginning to end.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 1pm local time on Friday, 30th October, with an artist presale kicking off at midday on Wednesday, 28th October.

A Live Nation presale will follow at midday on Thursday, 29th October, running until midday Friday or until the allocation is exhausted.

Check out all the Aussie tour dates below!

Disturbed 2027 Australian Tour Dates

The Sickness & Greatest Hits Tour

• Wednesday, 28th April – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane QLD
• Saturday, 1st May – Afterpay Arena, Sydney NSW
• Monday, 3rd May – Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide SA
• Wednesday, 5th May – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC
• Sunday, 9th May – RAC Arena, Perth WA

Artist presale: Wednesday, 28th October, 12pm local time

Live Nation presale: Thursday, 29th October, 12pm local time

General tickets: Friday, 30th October, 1pm local time

Tickets and further information via Live Nation Australia

Further Reading

Disturbed’s Dave Draiman Finally Explains Why He Ditched His Chin Piercings

Disturbed Drop Cover Of Sting’s ‘If I Ever Lose My Faith In You’

Disturbed’s Frontman Singing Like A Chipmunk Is The Weirdest Thing You’ll Watch Today

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Do you know about this crazy fucked up thing called “custardification”?

Honestly, you can’t make it up.

Custardification refers to the journey of a caterpillar to a butterfly.

It’s a colloquial, evocative way to describe histolysis – the biological process where a caterpillar liquefies itself into a nutrient-rich “soup” inside its chrysalis or cocoon then transmogrifies (an equally excellent word) into a beautiful butterfly.

You can see where I’m going with this.

The first time I saw Kevin Parker and Tame Impala was at The Corner Hotel in Richmond in 2009. The band was still in the stonkingly heavy, psychedelic rock phase of their career, Parker was ripping licks and trying to sing at the same time, not always making it to the mic in time for his cue.
It was still a sick show.

Tonight was just a wee bit bigger / more professional.

This was the moment we got to really see how much Parker had made the leap to become the *180,001 species of lepidopteran, (an order of winged insects which include butterflies and moths)
*citation needed.

Ninajirachi opens the show at 7.30pm and admits: “It’s a bit scary being in front of so many people, Melbourne, so thank you for giving me your energy.”

Her two-table set-up of sound gear allows the pocket rocket to jump between each workstation, triggering loops and adding keyboard effects to songs from her magnificent maximalist masterpiece I Love My Computer.

After starting strongly the set treads water a bit until she changes tempos to glitchy trap and drum’n’bass rhythms then really and I mean really peaks towards the end with a teased out version of iPod Touch then Fuck My Computer. It was the most amount of buy-in I’ve seen by an audience towards an opening act.

The white octopus tentacles coming down from her stage set up turn multi-coloured for the final two bangers above and when she asks the crowd: “You wanna what?” the expletive laden answer comes back loud and proud. “FUCK… MY COMPUTER!”

A short break then it’s Tame time.

The spotlight comes up on Our Kevin standing by himself, no mic, no guitar, no flimsy scarf tossed over his shoulders like he used to wear.

Very bold “it’s just one guy” energy. 

Sidenote, how good are these home-made t-shirts I spotted after the show.

“Melbourne what’s up! Thank you for having us back in your beautiful city. You look beautiful,” he says.

“Please thank Ninajirachi, what a weapon.”

They slam into the ‘Beatles-esque drums of Apocalypse Dreams and I count five members on stage with him, all facing out, all locked in, all brooding.

Parker is dressed in smart casual, wearing a blue and white striped jumper and an expensive, perfectly tousled haircut. He sings: “Nothing ever changes / No matter how long you do your hair” and gives his manicured mop a playful scrunch.

Three tracks in and they’re absolutely cooking.

The warm, hip hop thud of Borderline hits hard as the lighting rig moves like an indecisive UFO deciding whether or not to land. Blues and greens splice through the arena and a friend later comments: “He’s inventing colours we’ve never seen before, we were calling him Kevin Pantone.”

Parker’s eyes gleam a little brighter when playing new stuff from Deadbeat.

The come-hither guitars of Loser ring out and the crowd lets out the biggest roar of the night. “I had to tell ya, it’s now or never/ So much for closure, I lost composure.”

His upper register is heading more and more into the Supertramp territory and he cribs Beck’s breakout hit, Loser, for the start of the chorus.

Both excellent developments.

“I’m supposed to talk to you now while they sort out the lights. What’s happening in Planet Melbourne?” he says, padding. Parker notices a home-made poster and lets out a wicked chuckle.
“That sign says ‘I got back with my ex to see you Kev’. That’s diabolical (laughs). I’m sure there’s a beautiful story.”

Elephant sees him settle into the rock god moment with ease and Feels Like We’re Only Going Backwards is the biggest singalong of the night.

“We’ve never played this one before, it feels like a fucking fun one, what do you reckon?” Parker flirts before singing the floaty, unsettling opening vocals of Dracula. The lighting and lasers all turn crimson red and the stomping beat sounds majestic and menacing.

Fun fact: the “bloop” effect in the song is meant to sound like a drop of blood.

Parker heads to B Stage to play the Chemical Brothers meets Underworld new cut Ethereal Connection (with a snippet of Glimmer) into Not My World. Parker writhes about on the ground, surrounded by kamps, lying on his back, looking up at the camera.

They start to really bring it home when confetti cannons THWACK on the drop of Let It Happen, then mosey into a tripped out Nangs, a dusting off of Expectation and the simply massive one touch punch of Eventually and the conspiratorially slow New Person, Same Old Mistakes.

At the start of the encore, Parker says “While I was on tour, getting a Melbourne Bitter at my local pub in Fremantle was the thing I looked forward to the most…and I got home and they’d changed it to Carlton Draught!”

He follows up by addressing the bootyshakers on the right: “I’ve been watching you guys dancing. I know that sounds creepy.”

They finish off with My Old Ways, The Less I Know The Better and the shuddering chug of End of Summer. Confetti rains down again and as we hit the exits, beaming.

I explain to my plus one that part of the custardification process is that while there is total anatomical liquefaction, research has proven that butterflies retain memories from their caterpillar days. Crazy, right?

“Parker is like a brand new person but he’s still willing to give us all the best moments from when he was a caterpillar.”

My buddy nods half-heartedly at my strained metaphor and slaps my back.

I guess you had to be there.

Further Reading

Tame Impala Announces Fifth Album ‘Deadbeat’, Shares ‘Loser’

Tame Impala Returns With New Single ‘End Of Summer’

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Melbourne’s Freeform Festival returned to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday, 3rd October for its second annual instalment, transforming the iconic outdoor venue into a sprawling playground of underground electronic music. Across four stages, a stacked lineup of international and homegrown talent served up a genre-bending smorgasbord of house, techno, bass and left-field club sounds, with the likes of Richie Hawtin, Ben UFO, Avalon Emerson, Barry Can’t Swim and D.Dan on hand to keep the dancefloors moving.

But beyond the pulverising beats and mind-bending DJ sets, there was plenty of gloriously unexpected weirdness unfolding across the festival grounds. Music Feeds’ Mikey Cahill (AKA DJ Joey Lightbulb) was there to soak up the sonic mayhem, dodge the muddy patches and witness a few moments that definitely weren’t on the official set times. From techno transcendence to spontaneous card games and some deeply questionable personal anecdotes, here are the eight coolest things he saw and heard at Freeform Festival 2026.

1. Richie Hawtin at the Waveform Stage

Holy Fuckamole. The first time I saw the Canadian techno titan was when he was rocking a party at The Docklands (Two Tribes 2002 maybe?) and a guy who ended up stealing my girlfriend gave me the hot tip that Richie Hawtin’s Decks, Efx & 909 was the game-changing crossover CD I needed to hear. He wasn’t wrong. Just like back then, Hawtin played scintillating cuts and flipped between records like he was putting cutlery away. He’s absolutely still got it.
As for my ex, they had a bad break-up only a few months later. Fun fact: I DJed her wedding 10 years later when she hooked up with a work colleague. Sad fact: they’re now divorced. Silver lining: they have two great kids.

2. “That’s not Ned Bennett,” I hear someone utter, perplexed.

Correct. Neighbour Ned had plane issues. Thankfully no off-duty pilots had to bust into the cockpit, pull it out of a nosedive and save everyone’s lives.

Instead, Crown Ruler Artist Liaison, Sydney DJ and producer Mincy stuck the landing with a tight, pulverising set of hard techno and bass music, peaking with an Un-Shazamable remix of Benny Benassi’s Satisfaction. No wonder she’s just been signed to Niche Agency in the last week.

3. Ben UFO took over from a hyper-pop, super-fast set by Memphis LK and calmed the farm.

Anybody worried 5pm would feel too early forgot that man is always on time. The 40-years-young Benjamin Button figure is equal parts praying mantis and alien. Every time he built to a nasty crescendo of breaks, bass and all-round battery he half rubbed his hands together with understated glee. Maybe they should have cast a miniature version of him as Tom Cruise’s cat in DIGGER and the film wouldn’t have bombed.

UFO finished with The Cure’s 162bpm noir classic A Forest as shards of blue and white light, then swathes of orange cubed and darted across the screens — it felt like the dancefloor was hurtling through the outer reaches of space. “They don’t say he can mix oil and water for nothing,” quipped a mate.

4.  Detroit-born, Atlanta-based, Ash Lauryn

… who had the Garden Stage in the palm of her hands with a set of deep, soulful house and techno that culminated in a vicious edit of Kendrick Lamar’s DNA. “I got I got I got…”

5. Seeing a bunch of 20-something girls playing Snap on a speaker near the Garden Stage

… after the previous DJ played a chunky remix of The Jacksons’ Enjoy Yourself. The eye-hand coordination, the squeals of delight, this must become a festival staple.

6. Avalon Emerson playing a buzzsaw, acid-flecked remix of Fcukers’ if you wanna party, come over to my house.

Dressed in a red jumper, Emerson did the old left foot right foot hop on the spot, her blonde fringe flopped about as she punched the air like a funky Geography teacher who just stepped out of Berghain.

7. Smuggling in a flask of vodka for timely nips.

*Promise I won’t do it again.
*citation needed.

8. D.Dan!

Earlier in the day the lack of sun meant things didn’t quite click when we got to the Skylab stage, the grey against all that arc’tyrex and black meant the vibe hadn’t settled yet. We had left the Bowl Stage where Barry Can’t Swim was a little too sluggish (apart from Dance of the Crab) and not helped by a now-muddy Amphitheatre. We were hunting something with a bit more pinch, and the Korean-American was hitting the crowd with thrilling, sci-fi techno. He made it feel like the bass was coming from deep within the earth itself as he sent soundwaves up the deep, cavernous ramp that winds its way back at the rear of the stage like a scorpion’s tail. Arachnids 1 – Crustacean 0. 

Further Reading

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Dust off the eyeliner and start stretching those vocal cords, because Camp Screamo is coming to Australia in 2027.

Post-hardcore heavyweights Story Of The Year and Silverstein are joining forces for a huge co-headline tour down under next February, with special guests Point North coming along for the ride.

Story Of The Year – ‘See Through’

Fresh from selling out their Camp Screamo co-headline run across North America, the two scene veterans will bring the concept to five Aussie cities, kicking off at Melbourne’s Forum on Friday, 5th February.

From there, they’ll head to Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle before wrapping things up at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Friday, 12th February.

Story Of The Year will arrive armed with material spanning their career, from early 2000s post-hardcore staples Until The Day I Die, Anthem Of Our Dying Day and And The Hero Will Drown through to their latest studio album, A.R.S.O.N., released earlier this year.

The St. Louis rockers last visited Australia in 2024 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their million-selling debut album Page Avenue.

Meanwhile, Silverstein will bring more than 25 years of emo and post-hardcore history to the double-header, including scene staples My Heroine, Smile In Your Sleep, The Afterglow and Infinite.

The Canadian faves most recently returned down under in 2025 for their 25th anniversary, the same year they released their dual album project Antibloom and Pink Moon.

Rounding out the Camp Screamo festivities will be Los Angeles rockers Point North.

Formed in 2017, the genre-fluid trio have released two albums to date – 2020’s Brand New Vision and 2023’s Prepare For Despair – and collaborated with artists including nothing,nowhere., Sleeping With Sirens frontman Kellin Quinn and FEVER 333.

Point North made their Australian debut in 2025 supporting Ocean Sleeper, with Camp Screamo marking their return to our shores.

Pre-sale tickets go live from Monday, 12th October at 12pm local time, before general tickets hit the market on Wednesday, 14th October at 12pm local time.

Catch all the details down below!

Story Of The Year + Silverstein – Camp Screamo Australian Tour 2027

with special guests Point North

• Friday, 5th February – The Forum, Melbourne VIC
• Sunday, 7th February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW
• Monday, 8th February – Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide SA
• Wednesday, 10th February – Metropolis, Fremantle WA
• Friday, 12th February – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD

Pre-sale tickets on sale: Wednesday 14 October @ 12pm local time
To Gain Early Ticket Access Register Here -> https://daltours.cc/CampScreamo

General tickets on sale: Friday 16 October @ 12pm local time via destroyalllines.com

Further Reading

Sleeping With Sirens Announce 2027 Australian Tour With State Champs & Boston Manor

The Good Things Festival 2026 Sideshows Have Arrived

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

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Sound the unholy trumpets and prepare your sacrificial offerings, because Australia’s most gloriously deranged metal serpents, Battlesnake, have slithered forth from the primordial sludge bearing a triple-headed beast of an announcement.

The flamboyant heavy metal hellraisers have unleashed their filthy new single Bog Bringer, revealed their forthcoming album BOGPOCALYPSE AND THE ANNIHILATION OF LUCIFER, and announced a six-date Australian tour for February 2027.

Battlesnake – ‘Bog Bringer’

Their latest sonic abomination, Bog Bringer, is the third taste of the band’s forthcoming LP, following previous offerings I Killed Satan and Mud Apocalypse.

Swamp-soaked, sacrilegious and gleefully unhinged, the track plunges deeper into Battlesnake’s twisted mythology of demonic warfare, apocalyptic storytelling and riffs powerful enough to raise the dead.

And if the album title hasn’t already tipped you off, the band’s next chapter promises to be their most magnificently ridiculous yet.

Described by Battlesnake themselves as “a 90s Goosebumps novel with guns”, BOGPOCALYPSE AND THE ANNIHILATION OF LUCIFER will arrive on Friday, 19th February 2027, following their acclaimed 2025 opus Dawn Of The Exultants And The Hunt For The Shepherd.

The record was forged in Prague during a three-and-a-half-week studio session, sandwiched into the middle of a six-week UK and European tour.

Living together in the studio, the band entered the recording process more prepared than ever, allowing them to push their sound into increasingly adventurous territory.

“We definitely all commented on how this felt like the most prepared we’d been going into record an album,” the band explained.

“We’ve really started to sink into the roles we’ve developed over multiple albums in the recording process.”

But familiarity hasn’t dulled their appetite for sonic chaos.

“I think this album, to the band, is a bit of an experiment, really trying to branch out and develop not only the maturity of our sound, but the songwriting structure as well.”

Having spent recent years spreading their gospel of glorious heavy metal lunacy across the UK and Europe, Battlesnake are now preparing to bring the apocalypse home.

Their February 2027 Australian tour will kick off at La La Las in Wollongong on Friday, 12th February, before descending upon Hobart, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Newcastle.

And if you’ve never witnessed the unholy spectacle of Battlesnake in the flesh, prepare yourself.

We’re talking bedazzled papal regalia, chainmail underwear, pyrotechnics, demonic theatrics and enough monstrous riffs to make the gates of Hell rattle on their hinges.

Formed in 2019, Battlesnake have built a formidable reputation by combining the operatic extravagance of Queen, the molten steel of Judas Priest and the doom-laden darkness of Black Sabbath into a flamboyant, utterly outrageous heavy metal beast.

Following their self-titled debut in 2023, the band unleashed The Rise And Demise Of The Motorsteeple in 2024 and Dawn Of The Exultants And The Hunt For The Shepherd in 2025.

Along the way, they’ve terrorised stages at Download, Copenhell, Rock For People and Mad Cool, while sharing bills with the likes of KISS, The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane’s Addiction.

Now, with their next infernal chapter looming, the serpentine overlords are ready to unleash their most ambitious assault yet.

Tickets for Battlesnake’s 2027 Australian tour go on sale Friday, 16th October.

Bog Bringer is out now on all streaming platforms (spin it above), while BOGPOCALYPSE AND THE ANNIHILATION OF LUCIFER arrives Friday, 19th February 2027.

Behold the dates of your impending doom below.

Battlesnake 2027 Australian Album Tour

• Friday, 12th February – La La Las, Wollongong NSW
• Saturday, 13th February – Altar, Hobart TAS
• Thursday, 18th February – Crowbar, Sydney NSW
• Friday, 19th February – Crowbar, Brisbane QLD
• Saturday, 20th February – Max Watts, Melbourne VIC
• Friday, 26th February – Hamilton Station, Newcastle NSW

Presale: Thursday, October 15, 10 AM (sign up here)

GA Onsale: Friday, October 16, 10 AM

Further Reading

Battlesnake Release New Single ‘Alpha and Omega’

Miss Chile Just Unleashed Death Metal Vocals At The Miss World Pageant

Avatar Reveal What It’s Really Like To Tour With Metallica – And Why Australia Feels Like Home

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The wait is finally over! Powderfinger have unveiled the full itinerary for their long-awaited 2027 Australian reunion tour, announcing a massive 18-date run inside a travelling, stadium-sized big top (!!!!!)

Following last week’s confirmation that the beloved Brisbane rock legends were officially getting back together, the band have now revealed they’ll hit six Australian cities across September and October next year, marking their first full-scale live tour since calling it quits in 2010.

“We are absolutely ecstatic to be coming together to play again” – Powderfinger

The tour will kick off with four hometown shows at Brisbane Showgrounds from Friday, 3rd September, before heading to Cairns, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, wrapping up with four shows at Melbourne Park Oval in late October.

But rather than simply booking a string of traditional concert venues, Powderfinger are doing things a little differently.

The band will perform inside a massive travelling big top, described as part festival, part spectacle and part rock ‘n’ roll circus, with both standing and seated ticket options, curated food and drink offerings and an atmosphere designed to bring thousands of fans together.

“We are absolutely ecstatic to be coming together to play again,” the band said in a joint statement.

“Over the years there have been tons of suggestions for us to go back on the road but, until now, it never felt quite right or lined up for all of us.”

They continued: “We have always been so grateful for the continued support from our long-term fans and over the years we’ve picked up a lot of new ones who have never seen us play. So, it feels right to bring all of these people (including our kids who were too young to see us play) together for a special run of shows around the country next year.”

And there’ll be plenty of homegrown talent along for the ride.

Powderfinger will personally curate an all-Aussie lineup of support acts, with different emerging and established artists joining the bill across the tour.

The band say supporting the wider Australian music industry – including the crews, managers and creatives working behind the scenes – is a major focus of the reunion.

A special support announcement is expected during AusMusic Month this November.

The tour will also partner with Mission Australia, raising funds and awareness to support vulnerable Australians experiencing homelessness and related hardships. Further details about the partnership and how fans can get involved will be announced at a later date.

The reunion marks an extraordinary comeback for Bernard Fanning, Darren Middleton, Ian Haug, Jon Coghill and John ‘JC’ Collins, who originally formed Powderfinger in Brisbane in 1989.

Across their career, the band released seven studio albums, scored five ARIA #1 albums and collected 18 ARIA Awards, while delivering some of Australia’s most enduring rock anthems, including My Happiness, These Days, On My Mind, Sunsets and Pick You Up.

Their final Sunsets Farewell Tour in 2010 drew more than 300,000 fans, culminating in their last show on 13th November that year.

Now, 17 years later, they’re preparing to create a whole new set of memories.

“People often tell us that our music is connected to their most treasured and joyous memories,” the band said.

“We hope to spread a little more of that joy when we make our way around the country with some of Australia’s best established and upcoming talent, and to make some new memories for us all.”

Fans can also read an exclusive interview with all five members in the next edition of The Big Issue, available from Tuesday, 13th October.

Check out the full itinerary below!

Powderfinger 2027 Australian Reunion Tour Dates

• Friday, 3rd September – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane QLD
• Saturday, 4th September – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane QLD
• Friday, 10th September – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane QLD
• Saturday, 11th September – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane QLD
• Friday, 17th September – Cazalys Stadium, Cairns QLD
• Saturday, 18th September – Cazalys Stadium, Cairns QLD
• Friday, 24th September – Wellington Square, Perth WA
• Saturday, 25th September – Wellington Square, Perth WA
• Friday, 1st October – The Domain, Sydney NSW
• Saturday, 2nd October – The Domain, Sydney NSW
• Friday, 8th October – The Domain, Sydney NSW
• Saturday, 9th October – The Domain, Sydney NSW
• Friday, 15th October – Ellis Park, Adelaide SA
• Saturday, 16th October – Ellis Park, Adelaide SA
• Friday, 22nd October – Melbourne Park Oval, Melbourne VIC
• Saturday, 23rd October – Melbourne Park Oval, Melbourne VIC
• Friday, 29th October – Melbourne Park Oval, Melbourne VIC
• Saturday, 30th October – Melbourne Park Oval, Melbourne VIC

TICKET ONSALE TIMES
All times local – until allocation exhausted
Sign up at powderfinger.com now for pre-sales from Wed 14 October
General on-sale from Mon 19 October
All shows are All Ages.
It is strongly recommended that anyone 14 and under purchase a seated ticket, subject to availability. All patrons under 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult aged 18+.
A responsible adult must also hold a valid ticket to the show.

BRISBANE
Artist + Telstra Presales: Wed 14 Oct, 10am AEST
Live Nation Presale: Fri 16 Oct, 11am AEST
General Public Onsale: Mon 19 Oct, 10am AEST

CAIRNS
Artist + Telstra Presales: Wed 14 Oct, 11am AEST
Live Nation Presale: Fri 16 Oct, 12pm AEST
General Public Onsale: Mon 19 Oct, 11am AEST

PERTH
Artist + Telstra Presales: Wed 14 Oct, 11am AWST
Live Nation Presale: Fri 16 Oct, 12pm AWST
General Public Onsale: Mon 19 Oct, 11am AWST

ADELAIDE
Artist + Telstra Presales: Wed 14 Oct, 1pm ACDT
Live Nation Presale: Fri 16 Oct, 2pm ACDT
General Public Onsale: Mon 19 Oct, 1pm ACDT

SYDNEY
Artist + Telstra Presales: Wed 14 Oct, 1pm AEDT
Live Nation Presale: Fri 16 Oct, 2pm AEDT
General Public Onsale: Mon 19 Oct, 1pm AEDT

MELBOURNE
Artist + Telstra Presales: Wed 14 Oct, 10am AEDT
Live Nation Presale: Fri 16 Oct, 11am AEDT
General Public Onsale: Mon 19 Oct, 10am AEDT

For complete tour & ticket information, visit: livenation.com.au

Further Reading

Powderfinger Officially Reunite, Announce First Australian Tour In 16 Years

Are Powderfinger Reuniting? Cryptic Clues Have Fans Convinced Something Big Is Coming

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

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Canadian rock titans Nickelback are heading back down under in 2027, announcing a massive seven-date Australian tour with UK rock heavyweights Don Broco.

The RIAA Diamond-certified outfit will bring their Everything Under The Sun Tour to Australian arenas and outdoor venues next October, in support of their forthcoming eleventh studio album of the same name, due for release on Friday, 30th October via Virgin Music Group.

Nickelback – ‘Make Me Love You’

The Australian leg will kick off at Perth’s RAC Arena on Saturday, 2nd October, before heading to Adelaide, Melbourne, Geelong, Brisbane and Sydney, wrapping up at Roche Estate in the Hunter Valley on Saturday, 16th October.

Joining them for the ride will be genre-bending British rockers Don Broco, with whom Nickelback recently joined forces on the track Nightmare Tripping, the title track from Don Broco’s latest album.

The collaboration grew out of a mutual appreciation between the two bands, making their upcoming tour together a natural next step.

For Nickelback, the tour marks the beginning of another huge chapter following the success of their 2022 album Get Rollin’ and its accompanying world tour, which became the fastest-selling and highest-attended trek of their career.

Their new record Everything Under The Sun has already spawned the explosive single Rattle The Cage, featuring guitarist John 5, which has climbed to #1 on US Active Rock radio.

Meanwhile, subsequent releases Leave Me Behind and Make Me Love You have showcased a more vulnerable side of the band’s sound, offering a taste of the emotional and sonic range fans can expect from the forthcoming LP.

The tour itself is a mammoth global undertaking, with Nickelback kicking things off in North America next February before heading across the UK and Europe throughout May, June and July, ahead of their Australian return.

With almost 65 million albums sold worldwide, billions of streams and a catalogue of stadium-sized anthems, Nickelback remain one of rock’s biggest commercial forces.

Their enduring popularity was also explored in the Netflix documentary Hate To Love: Nickelback, which spent weeks in the platform’s Global Top 10.

Meanwhile, Don Broco have established themselves as one of the UK’s most formidable live acts, blending metal, post-hardcore and electronica into a high-energy sound that’s seen them sell out venues including Wembley Arena and Alexandra Palace.

The band’s latest album Nightmare Tripping arrived via Fearless Records, with its title track featuring a guest appearance from Nickelback.

Tickets for the Australian tour go on sale to the general public on Friday, 16th October at 10am local time, with a huge range of presale opportunities available beforehand.

An artist presale kicks off Tuesday, 13th October at 10am, followed by Vodafone and Mastercard presales on Wednesday, 14th October, and Live Nation and Spotify presales on Thursday, 15th October.

VIP packages will also be available, offering perks including premium tickets, access to a pre-show lounge and exclusive merchandise.

Check out the full Australian itinerary below!

Nickelback 2027 Australian Tour

With special guests Don Broco

• Saturday, 2nd October – RAC Arena, Perth WA
• Tuesday, 5th October – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide SA
• Thursday, 7th October – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC
• Saturday, 9th October – Mount Duneed Estate, Geelong VIC
• Tuesday, 12th October – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane QLD
• Thursday, 14th October – Afterpay Arena, Sydney NSW
• Saturday, 16th October – Roche Estate, Pokolbin NSW (Hunter Valley)

PRESALE INFORMATION:

ARTIST:

Tuesday, October 13 at 10am – Thursday, October 15 at 10pm.

VODAFONE:

Wednesday, October 14 at 10am – Thursday, October 15 at 10pm.

MASTERCARD:

Wednesday, October 14 at 10am – Thursday, October 15 at 10pm.

LIVE NATION:

Thursday, October 15 at 10am – Thursday, October 15 at 10pm.

WESTFIELD RESERVED:

Thursday, October 15 at 10am – Thursday, October 22 at 10am.

SPOTIFY:

Thursday, October 15 at 12pm – Thursday, October 15 at 10pm.

GENERAL TICKETS ON SALE:

Friday, October 16 at 10am via livenation.com.au

ALL TIMES ARE LOCAL

Further Reading

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Alt-pop sensation Remi Wolf is heading back down under this December, announcing two exclusive Australian headline shows alongside her appearances at Spilt Milk Festival 2026.

The US singer-songwriter will bring her genre-bending live show to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Tuesday, 15th December, before hitting Melbourne’s Forum on Thursday, 17th December, with rising New York artist Leyla Ebrahimi joining her at both dates.

Remi Wolf – ‘I Won’t Cry’

The announcement arrives alongside the release of Wolf’s third studio album, Mud, out today (Friday, 9th October) via Island Records.

Spanning 11 tracks, the record marks a more grounded and vulnerable chapter for the artist, following the kaleidoscopic sounds of her previous albums, 2021’s Juno and 2024’s Big Ideas.

Led by the single Twiggy, Mud finds Wolf embracing warmer, more spacious production while retaining the adventurous musical spirit that has become her calling card.

The album was born out of a period of reflection following a whirlwind run of international touring, which saw Wolf sharing arena stages with the likes of Paramore, Olivia Rodrigo and Halsey, alongside her own increasingly ambitious headline shows.

A familiar face to Australian audiences, Wolf previously toured the country supporting Paramore in 2023, before returning for headline dates and her Laneway Festival debut in 2024.

She’s also made her mark on Aussie radio with a viral rendition of Amy Winehouse’s Valerie for triple j’s Like A Version.

With more than one billion global streams under her belt, Wolf has built a devoted following through tracks including Photo ID, Sexy Villain and Cinderella, alongside performances at major international festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo.

Joining her for the two headline dates will be New York City-based singer-songwriter Leyla Ebrahimi, whose genre-fluid sound moves between dark synth-pop, dreamy dance-punk and fuzzy indie rock.

The emerging artist released her debut tracks i’m too pretty for this and nobody matters but You in 2025, with the latter co-produced by Alexander 23, whose credits include Olivia Rodrigo and Reneé Rapp.

Ebrahimi is currently working on her debut album.

In addition to the Sydney and Melbourne headline shows, Wolf will perform at every stop on the 2026 Spilt Milk Festival tour.

Frontier Members can access a 24-hour presale from Tuesday, 13th October at 11am local time, before general tickets go on sale Wednesday, 14th October at 12pm local time.

Check out the headline dates below.

Remi Wolf 2026 Australian Tour

With special guest Leyla Ebrahimi

• Tuesday, 15th December – Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW (Licensed All Ages)
• Thursday, 17th December – Forum, Melbourne VIC (18+)

Frontier Members presale: Tuesday, 13th October, 11am local time

General tickets: Wednesday, 14th October, 12pm local time ​via frontiertouring.com/remiwolf

Further Reading

Lewis Capaldi & RAYE Lead Spilt Milk’s Huge 2026 Lineup

Love Letter to a Record: Franko Gonzo on Remi Wolf’s ‘Disco Man’

Remi Wolf Announces Sophomore Album ‘Big Ideas’ And Releases First Single ‘Cindrella’

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It’s official: Powderfinger are getting the band back together.

After a week of cryptic billboards, mysterious social media activity and feverish fan speculation, the beloved Aussie rock legends have confirmed they’re reuniting for a national tour in 2027, 16 years after calling it quits.

The Brisbane icons broke the news in a video posted to their social media this morning (Friday, 9th October), with frontman Bernard Fanning revealing that the band will hit the road from September next year.

“We always said that if we were going to get back together to do some shows, that you guys would be the first to know,” Fanning told fans.

“We’re going to do some shows all around Australia from September next year.”

Guitarist Darren Middleton added: “We’re going to build something pretty special just for you guys. We’ll see you from the stage.”

The announcement finally puts an end to a week of increasingly convincing reunion rumours, which began when mysterious billboards appeared across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

The displays featured cryptic numerical clues referencing Powderfinger’s career, including their seven albums, five members, ARIA Awards history and triple j Hottest 100 appearances.

Other clues included the date of the band’s final concert in 2010 and references to classic tracks including Pick You Up and The Day You Come.

Meanwhile, a mysterious Instagram account named @thereturnoftheelectrichorsemen began sharing the teasers, with its handle seemingly referencing (The Return Of) The Electric Horseman, the closing track from Powderfinger’s 1996 album Double Allergic.

Powderfinger’s official Instagram account was also following the page, sending the rumour mill into overdrive.

The band subsequently added fuel to the fire by sharing their own cryptic teaser, captioned: “Add enough time to enough variables and something extraordinary happens…”

Well, consider the extraordinary officially confirmed.

Formed in Brisbane in 1989, Powderfinger went on to become one of Australia’s most successful and beloved rock bands, breaking through nationally with 1996’s Double Allergic before cementing their superstar status with 2000’s Odyssey Number Five.

The latter topped the Australian charts and collected six ARIA Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for My Happiness.

The band also became triple j Hottest 100 royalty, topping the countdowns in both 1999 and 2000 and scoring 22 entries across the annual polls.

Powderfinger originally called time on their career in 2010, embarking on a massive farewell tour that sold more than 200,000 tickets across 34 shows.

While four members briefly performed together at Splendour In The Grass in 2017, all five reunited remotely in 2020 for the One Night Lonely livestream during COVID-19 lockdowns, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Support Act and Beyond Blue.

At the time, the band stressed that the virtual performance was a one-off.

But now, 16 years after their farewell, a full-scale live comeback is officially on the cards.

Powderfinger have yet to announce specific tour dates, venues or ticketing details, with the band confirming only that shows will take place around Australia from September 2027.

We’ll bring you more details as they’re announced!!

Further Reading

Are Powderfinger Reuniting? Cryptic Clues Have Fans Convinced Something Big Is Coming

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

Love Letter To A Record: Darren Middleton On The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’

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