Tour News - Alien Weaponry announce Aotearoa Nationwide Tour in March 2025 with special guests Shepherds Reign

Tour News - Alien Weaponry announce Aotearoa Nationwide Tour in March 2025 with special guests Shepherds Reign

Fresh off an exhaustive North American tour, sensational thrash metal band Alien Weaponry will return home in superb form next March to deliver their colossal adrenaline-charged performance to their loyal fans on a 6-date NZ tour with phenomenal Tāmaki Makaurau Polynesian metal band Shepherds Reign.

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Tour News - Alien Weaponry joins stellar lineup of Kiwi artists performing at Haka World Record on 29 September

Tour News - Alien Weaponry joins stellar lineup of Kiwi artists performing at Haka World Record on 29 September

On Sunday, Sept 29 New Zealand will aim for the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for largest haka at Eden Park, New Zealand’s national stadium.

Three-piece reo Māori metal band Alien Weaponry have joined the line-up of spectacular Kiwis artists performing at the record-breaking occasion.

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Taite Music Prize - Official Announcement

 Taite Music Prize - Official Announcement

Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) is very pleased to announce that the finalists for the Taite Music Prize 2019 have been confirmed. In celebration of its tenth year, the Taite Music Prize adds an extra element with a new Independent Spirit Award and a venue move to Auckland's Q Theatre for the Taite Music Prize award ceremony on Tuesday 16th April 2019.

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Ozzy Osbourne Cancels Download 2019 Appearance, Airbourne join the lineup

Ozzy Osbourne Cancels Download 2019 Appearance, Airbourne join the lineup

Sadly; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter Ozzy Osbourne has announced today that he must, unfortunately, cancel shows in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.  This follows news of the postponement of the entire UK and European leg of his NO MORE TOURS 2 tour on doctors’ orders.

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DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA 2019 - Second Lineup Announced!

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA 2019 - Second Lineup Announced!

2018 saw the Australian debut of the world’s premier rock and metal festival Download! 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Flemington christening Melbourne into the Download family alongside Donington UK, (the spiritual home of rock), Paris France, Madrid Spain. In 2019, Download returns to Melbourne and will head north to serve up a mammoth line up of sonic brutality and great times to Sydney-siders for the very first time!

Heres the second line-up announcement!

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DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA 2019 - First Lineup Announced!

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA 2019 - First Lineup Announced!

2018 saw the Australian debut of the world’s premier rock and metal festival Download! 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Flemington christening Melbourne into the Download family alongside Donington UK, (the spiritual home of rock), Paris France, Madrid Spain. In 2019, Download returns to Melbourne and will head north to serve up a mammoth line up of sonic brutality and great times to Sydneysiders for the very first time!

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