Over the course of their career, which commenced in 1997, genre bending punk, rasta, soul gangsta rockers, HED PE have remained constant with relentless touring and a genuinely unifying live show bringing together fans of the multiple genres which they so effortlessly fuse.
The band returns to Australia for the first time since 2019, and for their third tour since 2018, much to the delight of a fiercely loyal fan base. If you have not experienced HED PE live, expect pounding riffage, solid grooves and funk infused rhythms all laced by the flow, melody and cadence of frontman, Jahred Gomes.
The band is firing on all cylinders and is coming off a very heavy 2022 touring schedule across the USA and Europe.
Australian fans of the band are in for a real treat.
THE CRYSTAL METHOD (USA) return to Australia for the first time since the Big Day Out in 2007! Considered to be one of “the” Electronic Dance Music pioneers.
Along with The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim and The Prodigy, THE CRYSTAL METHODare credited with being pioneers of the Big Beat genre and Electronica movement. Together they took electronic music out of warehouses and onto some of the biggest festival fields in the world!
Don’t miss THE CRYSTAL METHOD bringing the energy and excitement with a show stacked with bangers – Name of the Game, Busy Child, Trip Like I Do, Born Too Slow, Keep Hope Alive plus heaps more!
Yung Gravy has officially sold out the Sydney and Melbourne dates on his wildly anticipated Australian tour in February 2023 – less than a week after tickets going on sale. In response to this huge demand, Secret Sounds and Live Nation are thrilled to add a second and final Sydney show to the tour which will see the hip-hop phenomenon kick off his Australian performances at Enmore Theatre on Thursday 9 February. Tickets to the new date are on sale now via secretsounds.com!
Yung Gravy dropped Marvelous on 28 October via Republic Records. The album was accompanied by his new music video for single ‘Dancing In The Rain’ and ushers in Gravy’s biggest, boldest and best era yet – and we get to see it live!
Yung Gravy dropped Marvelous on 28 October via Republic Records. The album was accompanied by his new music video for single ‘Dancing In The Rain’ and ushers in Gravy’s biggest, boldest and best era yet – and we get to see it live!
Yung Gravy released the record’s lead single ‘Betty (Get Money)’ in June 2022, popping off as a generation bridging banger as it reignites the classic chorus (and iconic synths) of Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’. Produced by Dillon Francis, Dwilly, and Popnick, the track has already gone Gold in the United States and Canada, in addition to generating over 200 million global streams.
‘Betty (Get Money)’ notably broke out as Yung Gravy’s first Top 10 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs Chart and leapt into the Top 30 of the Hot 100, ticking off another first for the rapper. Dominating airwaves both in the US and Australia, the single led to Yung Gravy making his late-night television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and a performance slot at MTV’s VMAs pre-show.
Alongside these massive releases, Yung Gravy has accelerated his meteoric rise this year with a co-headline tour of the states with Dillon Francis, an opening slot on Limp Bizkit’s arena tour and a series of RIAA certified platinum and gold bangers including: platinum ‘Mr. Clean’, platinum ‘1 Thot 2 Thot Red Thot Blue Thot’, gold ‘oops!!!’ gold ‘Magic’, gold ‘Whip A Tesla’ and ‘Welcome to Chilis’ with bbno$.
Yung Gravy is currently on a 29-city, co-headline tour of North America with bbno$ through December, before reaching Australian shores in February. Tickets are selling fast so jump on the gravy train and get them quick!
YUNG GRAVY AUSTRALIA X NEW ZEALAND MARVELOUS TOUR Thursday 9 February 2023 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney (just added) Friday 10 February 2023 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney (sold out) Saturday 11 February 2023 – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide Friday 17 February 2023 – Astor Theatre, Perth Saturday 18 February 2023 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane Sunday 19 February 2023 – Forum, Melbourne (sold out) Tuesday 21 February 2023 – venue TBA, Christchurch* Thursday 23 February 2023 – venue TBA, Wellington* Friday 24 February 2023 – Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland Saturday 25 February 2023 – venue TBA, Dunedin*
Press Play Presents MUDHONEY Chimers, Gravel Samwidge, Feedtime, Paul Kidney Experience, Penny Ikinger, Green Blanket, Cull, Secret Buttons To 2023 Australian Tour Tickets on Sale now frompressplaypresents.com/artists/mudhoney
Mudhoney are pleased to announce a stellar lineup of local supports for their upcoming 2023 Australian tour ….
Wollongong post-punk duo Chimers join to open shows in Coolangatta, Byron Bay, Brisbane with noise psych band Gravel Samwidge, Sydney with legendary outfit Holy Soul, Wollongong with Sydney noise rockers Feedtime and Canberra!
Melbourne psych king Paul Kidney Experience join Castlemaine, Melbourne with Electric guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer Penny Ikinger and Torquay with local noise hero’s Green Blanket.
Garage punk rawkers Cull-The Band open Adelaide, while Perth’s Secret Buttons join for a hometown show, and the trip south to Margaret River!
Mudhoney return to Australia in 2023, marking nine years since their last local shows in 2014. A mammoth odyssey spanning April and May will see them playing headline shows across six states, with a handful of festival dates among them.
Mudhoney have an enviable career spanning over three decades, thirteen studio albums, five live records, and endless headline shows around the globe. Their provocative debut single ‘Touch Me I’m Sick’ and 1992 hit ‘Suck You Dry’cemented them as pioneers of the late 80’s early 90’s grunge explosion, with their sound an instrumental foundation of the era.
Press Play Presents MUDHONEY TOUR 2023
FRI 14 Apr The Cooly Hotel Coolangatta QLD Plus guests Chimers
SAT 15 Apr The Northern Byron Bay NSW Plus guests Chimers
SUN 16 Apr The Zoo SOLD OUT Brisbane QLD Plus guests Chimers + Gravel Samwidge
THURS 20 Apr Factory Theatre SELLING FAST Sydney NSW Plus guests The Holy Soul + Chimers
SAT 22 Apr UOW Uni Bar Wollongong NSW Plus guests Feedtime + Chimers
SUN 23 Apr Kambri at ANU Canberra ACT Plus guests Chimers
MON 24 Apr Hotel Westwood SOLD OUT Footscray VIC Plus guests The Double Agents
TUES 25 Apr HABA SOLD OUT Rye VIC Plus guests JJ McCann Transmission
Wed 26 Apr Northcote Social Club SELLING FAST Northcote VIC Plus guests Seminal Rats
THURS 27 Apr Corner Hotel SOLD OUT Melbourne VIC Plus guests Paul Kidney Experience + Penny Ikinger
FRI 28 Apr Theatre Royal SOLD OUT Castlemaine VIC Plus guests Paul Kidney Experience
SAT 29 Apr Torquay Hotel SOLD OUT Torquay VIC Plus guests Paul Kidney Experience + Green Blanket
WED 3 May Lion Arts Factory SELLING FAST Adelaide SA Plus guests Cull – The Band
THURS 4 May The Rosemount ABOUT TO SELL OUT Perth WA Plus guests Secret Buttons
FRI 5 May The River Margaret River WA Plus guests Secret Buttons
Canadian hardcore luminaries Alexisonfire have added a second Melbourne show on Saturday 25 February to their anticipated 2023 Australian visit.
Responding to demand during the pre-sale period, the five-piece will now deliver five headline shows down under, kicking off at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Friday 17 February, followed by a stop at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Monday 20 February, back-to-back nights at Melbourne’s Forum on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February, winding up in Adelaide on Monday 27 February.
All shows will go on sale to the general public tomorrow at 10am local time.
Admired by Australian audiences, on their eighth visit down under Alexisonfire will perform songs from their celebrated catalogue, along with tunes from their new record Otherness – their first full-length album in thirteen years, never before heard live by local audiences.
The group that Rolling Stone declared “put Canadian post-hardcore on the map”, Alexisonfire have blown audiences away at major international festival appearances over Northern Hemisphere summer, including Lollapalooza across South America, Canada’s Born & Raised Festival and a “flawless” Rage Against The Machine North American support.
Alexisonfire will be joined on all dates by local rockers Luca Brasi, one of the country’s most roadworthy outfits.
ALEXISONFIRE WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LUCA BRASI AUSTRALIAN TOUR FEBRUARY 2023 Presented by Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring
Academy and GRAMMY® Award-winning artist FINNEAS is pleased to announce he’ll return to Australia in February 2023, to perform two exclusive headline shows at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Wednesday 1 February, and Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre on Tuesday 7 February. The Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and producer was recently announced on the line-up for Laneway Festival ’23, with headline dates presented by Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring.
It’s been a huge 12 months for the prolific FINNEAS, following the October 2021 release of Optimist, his debut studio album, which earned a GRAMMY® nomination for Best New Artist. That nod takes his nominations to a career total of 14, thanks to FINNEAS’ extensive and chart-topping songwriting and production work for sister Billie Eilish.
‘O’Connell arrives on his own, and, for 43 minutes of pure pop bliss, entertains single-handedly’ – Under The Radar Magazine
With his classic, timeless pop structures and cutting-edge sound, these shows are not to be missed. Tickets go sale Friday 18 November (12pm local time) via frontiertouring.com/finneas. Frontier and Chugg Members can access the Pre-sale, which starts Wednesday 16 November @ 12pm (local time) – see website for details.
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of his debut LP, October 2022 saw the release of Optimist (Deluxe)–available now at https://finneas.lnk.to/OptimistDeluxe – which features all 13-tracks from the original album alongside four brand-new versions – the triple j playlisted ‘The Kids Are All Dying,’ ‘Only A Lifetime,’ ‘Love Is Pain,’ plus a cover of The Beatles’ ‘The Fool On The Hill’, new recordings captured live at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London.
Having spent much of 2022 conquering the globe with Eilish on the singer’s Happier Than Ever world tour, FINNEAS also performed with his band at Coachella in April, and was honoured by TIME Magazine in their annual ‘TIME100 Next list’ – which recognised 100 rising stars from across various industries and the globe. He also released singles ‘Naked’ and ‘Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa’.
FINNEAS AUSTRALIA FEBRUARY 2023 Presented by Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring
FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE via frontiertouring.com/finneas Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 16 November (12pm local time) or until pre-sale allocation exhausted
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE Begins: Friday 18 November (12pm local time)
FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE via frontiertouring.com/finneas Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 16 November (12pm local time) or until pre-sale allocation exhausted
Wednesday 1 February Metro Theatre | Sydney, NSW 18+ ticketek.com.au
Tuesday 7 February Northcote Theatre | Melbourne, VIC 18+ moshtix.com.au
Thundamentals have released their highly anticipated sixth studio albumAll This Life, featuring singles Top Of The World and Lifted Up, and are pumped to announce a national tour for January and February 2023.
With over a decade in the game, Thundamentals’ journey has been one of triumph and growth. From selling out shows in all corners of the country racking up millions of streams worldwide and landing multiple platinum and gold singles, Tuka, Jeswon and Morgs have consistently pushed Thundamentals to new heights, standing tall as one of the most notable names in homegrown hip-hop.
The band has just announced that founding member Tuka, whilst still an integral member of the band, won’t be part of Thundas’ All This Life national tour and in a move that has the full support of fellow band members Jesse and Morgs, will focus his energy on his songwriting and personal / family life.
In exciting news for the tour, Thundas will be joined and supported by special guest and lead vocalist of Horrorshow, Solo – he will be joining the Thundamentals set for these very special shows!
Like so many of us, Thundamentals went through an immense period of growth during the global pandemic. An uncertain future was lingering, and the group were unable to connect with fans at live shows as they had done so frequently throughout their career. Forced to reconsider their approach, they began to write constantly—at times, in person and at others virtually. At first, there was no particular goal in mind beyond pure escapism and maintaining a connection, but as the months went on the realisation set in that regardless of the physical limitations, there was still a lot of life happening.
Thundamentals’ sixth album All This Life came about from these conversations. The project represents a rise against adversity and a celebration of the goodness in life. Acting as a beacon of light in dark times, All This Life aims to leave listeners with a sense of hope and uplift them in times of uncertainty.
Sonically, the album could be considered a fresh direction for Thundamentals, but it’s one they took organically. Having been thrust into new circumstances with a newfound appreciation for life and creating also led to inspiration being drawn from childhood favourites from outside of their traditionally hip hop roots—iconic ‘60s rock idols like David Bowie and The Doors to the raw expression of ‘90s bands like Nirvana and Faith No More laid the foundations for an album that mixes nostalgic sounds with modern techniques while still incorporating the group’s origins in hip hop and R&B culture.
The final piece of the puzzle was collaborator Carl Dimataga, who brought his expert musicianship to the project. All This Life is a rose growing from concrete. A joyful, vibrant and uplifting body of work forged in darkness yet drenched in light. It represents not only a celebration of life itself but also the band’s position this far into their career. It’s a declaration: “We are still standing, and we have so much love and life still left to give.”
Jesse and Morgs, ably assisted by Solo from Horrorshow, will hit the road from January 13, 2023 in Cairns, before heading to Brisbane, Adelaide, Fremantle, Wollongong, Canberra, Melbourne, Torquay, and Newcastle, before concluding in Sydney on February 18. Audiences can look forward to hearing these new songs live for the first time, along with all the killer tunes from across the band’s lengthy career.
Canadian hardcore five-piece Alexisonfire today reveal they will return to Australia in February 2023, playing their first Antipodean headline dates since their 2017 tour. This summer, the band will bring their powerful on-stage energy to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Friday 17 February, followed by stops in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Local heroes Luca Brasi will open for Alexisonfire on all dates, warming audiences with their dynamic live set. One of the country’s most roadworthy outfits, the four piece never fails to electrify on the live stage, Loud Mag writing “a wonderful, emotional punk-rock performance”. Hailing from Tasmania, Luca Brasi reached a new level with Everything Is Tenuous, their sophisticated and uplifting fifth studio album, released last year.
Admired by Australian audiences, on their eighth visit down under Alexisonfire will perform songs from their celebrated catalogue, along with tunes from their new record Otherness – never before heard live by local audiences.
Otherness is the first full length studio album in over thirteen years from the group Rolling Stone declared “put Canadian post-hardcore on the map”. Their most cohesive and self-actualized record to date, across the ten tracks of Otherness the band builds a “deliciously gritty record” (Line Of Best Fit).
“As much as we love playing the old songs, we don’t want to be a nostalgia act. The only reason to come back is if we feel we still have something to say,” frontman George Pettit insists. “We spent so much time on the road thinking that if we stopped, people would lose interest. But when we went away, it only got bigger. We all carved new paths for ourselves, so coming back to Alexisonfire is a purely enjoyable creative venture. Something special happens when we get in a room together.”
Between 2002 and 2009, Alexisonfire released four hugely successful studio albums, all platinum-certified in their native Canada; Alexisonfire (2002), Watch Out (2004), Canadian No.1 Crisis (2006), and Old Crows / Young Cardinals (2009).
The band’s legacy across Canada and the world cannot be overstated; from their 2001 inception in Ontario, five guys playing aggressive rock (with no less than three of them singing and screaming) grew to a hockey-arena headlining phenomenon while pushing and pulling between spirited guitar leads, melodic might, and emotional weight.
As Revolver Magazine noted upon the release of the doomy “Familiar Drugs” comeback 7” in 2019: “It’s hard to overstate the influence Alexisonfire had in post-hardcore through the mid-2000s, their combination of singing and screaming setting the blueprint for many artists to come.”
Dallas Green’s engaging croon; the urgent attitude of Wade MacNeil; the heavy bellow of George Pettit; all anchored by a mix of vulnerability, confidence, iconoclasm, and celebratory recklessness. As every Alexisonfire song persistently expands and contracts, bassist Chris Steele and drummer Jordan Hastings remain impossibly tight, locked into unrelenting swinging grooves.
Alexisonfire has blown audiences away at major international festival appearances over Northern Hemisphere summer, including Lollapalooza across South America, Canada’s Born & Raised Festival and a “flawless” Rage Against The Machine North American support.
This February, experience music at its best when Alexisonfire take the stage with special guests Luca Brasi for four mind-blowing live shows.
ALEXISONFIRE WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LUCA BRASI AUSTRALIAN TOUR FEBRUARY 2023 Presented by Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring
FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE Via frontiertouring.com/alexisonfire Runs 24 hours from: Tuesday 15 November (10am local time) or until pre-sale allocation exhausted
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE Begins: Thursday 17 November (10am local time)
FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY The Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD ticketmaster.com.au
MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW ticketek.com.au
FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY Forum Melbourne | Melbourne, VIC ticketek.com.au
MONDAY 27 FEBRUARY Hindley Street Music Hall | Adelaide, SA moshtix.com.au
US post hardcore icons, Saosin will return to Australia for the first time in 13 years for a national headline tour in March, 2023!
Fronted by their original vocalist, Anthony Green, the band will be playing bangers from all of their highly influential albums, 2006’s self titled, 2009’s In Search Of Solid Groundand 2016’s Along The Shadowand from their groundbreaking EP’s including their debut, 2003’s Translating The Name. Songs such as You’re Not Alone, Voices, Seven Years and Collapse which have all racked up well over 10 million spins each and helped define a sub-genre.
One of post hardcore’s formative pillars. Saosin were among the first bands to fully embrace social media as a way of promoting themselves (remember MySpace?) and they burst onto the scene in 2003 with their explosive debut EP, Translating The Name.
Their poweful live shows and heavy internet presence, coupled with critical praise from the industry and media alike, cultivated a loyal underground following which has remained strong for the past two decades!
Rounded out by guitarist Beau Burchell, bassist Chris Sorenson, and drummer Alex Rodriguez, Saosin’s scene-defining blend of heady artistic intellectualism and passion is an adventurous rush of energy. Equal parts confidence and vulnerability, it straddles the line between metalcore angst and melodic experimentalism and strikes the perfect balance of what makes their music simultaneously pretty and brutal.
Don’t miss Saosin’s first ever headline shows in Australia and their first here since 2010! TOUR DATES Thursday, March 9: Croxton Bandroom , Melbourne Friday, March 10: Metro Theatre, Sydney Saturday, March 11: The Triffid, Brisbane Sunday, March 12: Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide Tuesday, March 14: Amplifier Bar, Perth
Early Bird Pre Sale Begins Tuesday, November 15 @ 9.00am local time Sign up here to access https://bit.ly/SaosinAU
General Public on sale Thursday, November 17 @ 9am local time destroyalllines.com
