POSTPONED - Under Southern Stars Australian Summer Festival Postpones till 2021
Under The Southern Stars Australian (UTSS) spectacular rock carnival festival series 2020 has regretfully been postponed. Read the Official Statement.
POSTPONED - My Chemical Romance Postpone Australasian Shows
Live Nation regret to announce that My Chemical Romance will be postponing their New Zealand Auckland date.
See the announcement from My Chemical Romance
POSTPONED - Deftones NZ Shows Postponed - Urgent Announcement - 13 March 2020
It is with intense disappointment Fuzen, Storm The Gates and The Rock announce the Deftones New Zealand show, scheduled for Sunday March 15th 2020 at Trusts Arena in Auckland, is now postponed.
Read the official statements here.
CANCELLED - Download Festival 2020 Australia Officially Cancelled
Download Australia 2020 is officially cancelled, read the statement from both My Chemical Romance and Download. “The Download team are devastated not to be able to deliver this show to Australian Downloaders as planned”. Read more to find out the details / ticket refunds official statements
Chelsea Wolfe announces NZ tour
Celebrated US gothic-rock/folk/doom-metal luminary CHELSEA WOLFE has announced her first ever tour of New Zealand, scheduled for June this year.
GREEN DAY, FALL OUT BOY AND WEEZER ANNOUNCE THE HELLA MEGA NEW ZEALAND STADIUM TOUR
Today GREEN DAY, FALL OUT BOY, and WEEZER, three of the biggest acts in rock music, announced they will be heading to New Zealand together for the first time ever on The Hella Mega Tour.
TOUR NEWS _Faith No More Announce NZ & Australian Tour in 2020
Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce one of music’s most influential and commanding bands, Californian five-piece Faith No More, will tour Australia and New Zealand in May 2020, performing seven arena shows – one show only in each city – in their biggest venues ever down under. These will be Faith No More’s first international gigs worldwide since 2015.
WOMAD release schedule for 2020
The full WOMAD 2020 stage schedule including World Of Words, Taste the World, Kidzone, Te Paepae workshops, STEAM Lab and the on-site performance programme is now available at womad.co.nz.
LIMITED SPECIAL AUCTION (by Private Tender) - STARCRAWLER Signed Print; full funds to Animals Australia
Award winning Photographer Stephen Boxshall (and Libel Music Australia’s lead photographer) is donating full funds generated by the sale of this stunning print of STARCRAWLER taken this month in Melbourne to the highest bidder (By Private Tender). The full band have signed this very limited print, its absolutely stunning! All funds will be donated and used to feed starving animals in Australia due to recent bushfires.
Tour News - NILE announce New Zealand Tour
There is death metal and then there is NILE. The time has surfaced to reacquaint diehard New Zealand fans with NILE’s saurian whirlwind and provocative funerary spells.
2019 Vodafone Music Awards - Full List of Winners!
Full list of winners from the 2019 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards!
TOUR NEWS : Tool Announces Australian & NZ Tour in 2020
The most anticipated rock tour of 2020 is confirmed! Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce the return of triple Grammy® award-winning Californian rockers Tool, performing in arenas across Australia and New Zealand in February 2020.
Kiss 'End of the Road' NZ Show Cancelled & Australian Reschedule
KISS today announced unavoidable changes to their upcoming Australian and New Zealand tour schedule; with the New Zealand leg being cancelled.
Iron Maiden announce NZ show
IRON MAIDEN will return to New Zealand in May 2020 to perform at Spark Arena, Auckland on May 13 for one show only on their Legacy of the Beast World Tour with special guests Killswitch Engage.
Tour News_My Chemical Romance Return to NZ for One Show Only!
Following intense speculation of a reformation, and 13 years after their last performance in New Zealand, Live Nation can now confirm that My Chemical Romance (aka MCR/My Chem) will perform at The Outer Fields, Western Springs on Wednesday March 25, following their 2020 headline shows at Download Festival in Sydney and Melbourne 2020
DOWNLOAD AUSTRALIA - My Chemical Romance to Headline Download 2020!
The secret is out ….My Chemical Romance are headlining Download Australia in 2020!
Check out the Download Class of 2020 (first line-up), ticket sales, allll the links and info you’ll need here!
FESTIVAL NEWS Download Australia Returns in 2020 - Dates & Venues Announced!
Gather your heavy music mates and get ready….. Download will return to Melbourne (new home at Melbourne Showgrounds) and Sydney (back to Parramatta Park) in 2020!
Gin Wigmore to play Mt Maunganui show with guests Tami Neilson and Hollie Smith
One of New Zealand’s most-loved and unique female artists, GIN WIGMORE, makes her great return to the Kiwi stage to perform at Soper Reserve this January. Joined by TAMI NEILSON and HOLLIE SMITH, this legendary powerhouse female line-up will have you up from your picnic blanket and away dancing in the Mt Maunganui twilight for one of summer’s biggest shows!
Scorpions & Whitesnake announce NZ show
Get ready for the biggest hard rock tour of the year! German icons SCORPIONS return to New Zealand in 2020 with WHITESNAKE, the legendary rock’n’roll band founded and formed by former Deep Purple singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Coverdale, for a double headline show at Spark Arena on Thursday, February 27.
TOUR NEWS Legendary Patti Smith Announces Shows in Australia & New Zealand
After an award-winning, sellout tour in 2017 the Godmother of Punk (and living legend) is returning to Australia and New Zealand April 2020.
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