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September 13, 2022
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LUKE COMBS announces second Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne shows due to overwhelming demand in fan pre-sale!

Country superstar Luke Combs is thrilled to announce he will play second shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne next August on his World Tour 2023, due to unprecedented demand during his fan pre-sale which began yesterday.

The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year will now deliver a mammoth nine arena performances across Australia and New Zealand in his biggest Antipodean headline tour to date!

Combs’ will wow audiences with his explosive live show at back-to-back Brisbane Entertainment Centre visits on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 August, before heading to Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Wednesday 16and Thursday 17 August and Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 August, making debut stops at Adelaide’s AEC Arena on Wednesday 23 August and Perth’s RAC Arena on Saturday 26 August.

Combs will be joined by US country star Cody Johnson and Australian singer-songwriter Lane Pittman on all Australia and New Zealand dates.

Tickets for all shows go on sale to the general public at 2pm (local time) on Friday 16 September.

Taking in three continents, 16 countries, 35 concerts, Combs’ world tour the latest milestone in an already monumental career, whose acclaimed new album, Growin’ Up, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart in June. Out now via River House Artists/Columbia Nashville (stream/purchase here), Growin’ Up was produced by Combs, Chip Matthews and Jonathan Singleton and is his third studio album following 2019’s 3x Platinum What You See is What You Get and his 4x Platinum debut, This One’s For You. The record also features his current single, ‘The Kind of Love We Make’, which debuted at #17 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart—the highest chart debut since January 2020—and is currently top 5 and rising. The single adds to a historic run at country radio for Combs, who recently achieved his record-breaking, thirteenth-consecutive #1 as his single, ‘Doin’ This’, reached the top of both the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase/Country Aircheck charts.

A member of the Grand Ole Opry and a 6x CMA, 3x ACM, 3x Billboard Music Award-winner, Luke Combs is in the midst of a record-setting and historic series of years. His previous release, What You See Ain’t Always What You Get, debuted at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart as well as Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. With the record, Combs reached #1 on Rolling Stone’s Top 200 Albums chart, Top 100 Songs chart and Artists 500 chart—the first country artist ever to lead all three charts in the same week and first to top the Artists 500. He also made history as the first artist ever to have their first two studio albums spend 25 weeks or more at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart—breaking Taylor Swift’s previously held record at 24 weeks.

LUKE COMBS
​AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND TOUR
​AUGUST 2023
​WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CODY JOHNSON (USA) & LANE PITTMAN (AUS)
​Presented by Chugg Entertainment & Frontier Touring

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE 
​Via frontiertouring.com/lukecombs
​Runs 48 hours from: Wednesday 14 September (11am local time)
​or until pre-sale allocation exhausted

GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
​Begins: Friday 16 September (2pm local time)

ALL SHOWS LICENSED ALL AGES
​All shows all ages *
​* U18s must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian
​This event is recommended for patrons aged 16+

Wednesday 9 August
​Spark Arena | Auckland, NZ
​ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999

Friday 11 August
​Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Saturday 12 August | NEW SHOW, JUST ANNOUNCED
​Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Wednesday 16 August
​Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Thursday 17 August | NEW SHOW, JUST ANNOUNCED
​Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Saturday 19 August | NEW SHOW, JUST ANNOUNCED
​Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Sunday 20 August
​Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Wednesday 23 August
​AEC Arena | Adelaide, SA
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Saturday 26 August
​RAC Arena | Perth, WA
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

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September 12, 2022
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NORTHLANE Announce Regional Australian Tour

Australian heavy trailblazers Northlane are taking their #1 album, Obsidian, on tour through regional Australia in November and December. Kicking off in Wagga Wagga and winding up in Hobart, the run also includes a stop in Western Sydney – their first hometown show in a decade! 

The regional tour is set to cap off a stellar 2022 for Northlane. Earlier this year, the band released their acclaimed new album, Obsidian, which topped the ARIA Chart and has been streamed over 22 million times and climbing on Spotify. Self-recorded, self-produced (with the help of their longtime collaborator Chris Blancato), and self-released, album number six is a stunning feat that has truly transformed the heavy music landscape across the globe.

A bleak and anxiety-riddled album reflecting the state of the world it was written in, Obsidian stands at the apex of the Northlane sound with their signature heavy groove sitting in perfect harmony with techno, drum & bass, intriguing synths, perplexing time signatures and widescreen choruses. This fusion of metal and electronic music lent itself to some of the most mind-blowingly spectacular shows Australian venues have seen in recent times.

Supporting Northlane when they hit the regions will be Melbourne’s very own Windwaker – another top-tier live act who have already cultivated one hell of an exhilarating show that can’t be missed.

Just like Northlane’s last Australian tour, tickets are expected to sell out so snap ’em up quickly to avoid disappointment. Grab tickets at northlaneband.com

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September 12, 2022
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STING: MY SONGS Critically Acclaimed World Tour Confirms Australian 2023 Dates

Sting will return to Australia in February 2023 for the first time in nearly 7 years, on his critically acclaimed My Songs tour.  Sting’s My Songs concert is an exuberant and dynamic show featuring his most beloved songs, written throughout the 17-time Grammy Award winner’s illustrious career both with The Police and as a solo artist. Fans can expect to hear ‘Englishman In New York,’ ‘Every Breath You Take,’ ‘Roxanne,’ ‘Message In A Bottle’ and many more. Sting will be accompanied by an electric, rock ensemble, with Special Guest Joe Sumner on his first solo Australian tour.
 
Following a sold-out six-night residency at the London Palladium, My Songs was hailed “a masterclass” by UK’s The Times; “Sting remains an undeniably skilled performer with a gold-plated back catalogue”. A musical journey taking in hits like ‘Fields of Gold’, ‘Shape of my Heart’, ‘Roxanne’ and ‘Demolition Man’, the concert was described as “a rare treat” by The Telegraph and saw Sting praised as “near peerless” by The Guardian with “sublime pop alchemy”. 


Sting’s My Songs tour will commence in Perth on Friday, February 10 at Kings Park & Botanic Garden, followed by Sydney’s Aware Super Theatre on Wednesday, February 15, Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tuesday, February 21 and Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on February 23.
 
General public tickets go on sale on Friday, September 16 at 11am. 
 
Sting fan club pre-sale commences at 11am on Tuesday, September 13, concluding at 10am on Friday September 16. Live Nation pre-sale commences at 10am on Wednesday, September 14, running for 48 hours. All times are local. For complete tour and ticket information, visit: livenation.com.au

STING
MY SONGS
AUSTRALIA 2023
With special guest Joe Sumner
 KINGS PARK & BOTANIC GARDEN, PERTH
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10

AWARE SUPER THEATRE, SYDNEY
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15

ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, ADELAIDE
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21

ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 AT 11AM (LOCAL TIME)
Sting fanclub pre-sale: Tuesday September 13, 11am – Friday September 16, 10am
Live Nation pre-sale: Wednesday September 14, 10am – Friday September 16, 10am
For complete tour, ticket and VIP Experience information, visit: livenation.com.au 
 
ALSO PERFORMING AT A DAY ON THE GREEN
BIMBADGEN, HUNTER VALLEY SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY 
SIRROMET WINES, MOUNT COTTON, SUNDAY 19 FEBURARY 
MT DUNEED ESTATE, GEELONG SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 
CENTENNIAL VINEYARDS, BOWRAL SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY 

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 AT 11AM (LOCAL TIME)
Sting fanclub pre-sale: Tuesday September 13, 11am – Friday September 16, 10am
ADOTG pre-sale: Tuesday September 13, 11am – Friday September 16, 10am
Presented by A Day On The Green; visit www.adayonthegreen.com.au

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September 10, 2022
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Interview with Fletcher Dragge (Pennywise)

Hermosa Beach legends PENNYWISE are gearing up for their return to Oz next month and are bringing with them, for the first time to our shores, fellow Californian punk rockers CIRCLE JERKS to play seven shows along with special guests, Civic who will open all shows*. 

The tour will mark Pennywise’s first return to Australia since last visiting to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their ARIA certified Gold stratus album ‘Straight Ahead’ – the band’s highest charting album to date (number 8 in the ARIA charts).    

Fletcher Dragge enthuses;

“Finally Pennywise gets to come back to our home away from home, Australia! Where the beer flows nonstop, along with the chaos. Never a dull moment on a Pennywise tour down under… only one thing could make it better than usual, and that would be coming to town with our mentors and long-time friends THE CIRCLE JERKS!!!  They are back with a vengeance!

This is gonna be an off the f***ing hook nonstop party!  And we can’t wait! Get your tix, get on the booze, and get in the pit, we’re coming for you f***ers!!!!!”  

Formed in the South Bay of Los Angeles, a neighbourhood with a rich punk rock history, Pennywise began in 1988. The band would go on to amass an international following with their combustible chemistry which delivered some of punk rock culture’s strongest songs. Pennywise classics like ‘Same Old Story’, ‘Alien’ and ‘Homesick’ are as fundamental to punk rock and hardcore as stage dives and guitars.

Emerging from the punk underbelly of LA’s South Bay in 1979, Keith Morris (Black Fag, OFF!) and Greg Hetson (Red Kross, Bad Religion) formed Circle Jerks, who quickly became the innovators of a movement simply referred to today as HARDCORE PUNK ROCK.

Melbourne powerhouse Civic will open all shows on the tour (except for Gosford). Forming in 2018 and bonding over a shared love of tightly coiled riffs and a collective musical ethos, Civic have found a home somewhere between 80’s glam rock and Australia’s 70’s greats. Paying homage to the classics, but pivoting on them with an avant-charged edge. 

Raw, searing guitars; pummeling rhythms; driving bass; with vocals that lock into and synergise with their wall of sound. Balanced by the raucous and restrained weaving of melodies and textures, the imbued sense of nostalgia. Driving and tenacious, but never losing sight of a good hook and how to use it, Civic doesn’t tip-toe around the edges – but obliterate them with primal intensity!

This historic pairing of hardcore punk heavyweights will be leaving devastation in their wake this September.

 TOUR DATES

Saturday, September 17: Chelsea Heights Hotel, Melbourne SOLD OUT

Sunday, September 18: The Forum, Melbourne

Tuesday, September 20: Uni Bar, Wollongong

Wednesday, September 21: Drifters Wharf, Gosford

Friday, September 23: Enmore Theatre, Sydney

Saturday, September 24: Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane

Sunday, September 25: Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide

Tuesday, September 27: Metropolis, Fremantle

*Civic not appearing in Gosford

Tickets on sale now from

livenation.com.au

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September 9, 2022
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LUKE COMBS returns to Australia & makes New Zealand debut in August on his 2023 World Tour

Three continents, 16 countries, 35 concerts. Country superstar and reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Combs will embark on an unprecedented world tour in 2023.

Kicking off his Antipodean run at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Wednesday 9 August, Combs will perform his first ever New Zealand show before returning to Australia to play his biggest headline dates yet. 

The music icon will take in Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena, Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, Adelaide’s AEC Arena and RAC Arena in Perth, delivering his explosive live show to Australian fans for the first time since his sold out 2019 headline shows.

The upcoming tour is just the latest milestone in an already monumental career for Combs, whose acclaimed new album, Growin’ Up, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart in June. Out now via River House Artists/Columbia Nashville (stream/purchase here), Growin’ Up was produced by Combs, Chip Matthews and Jonathan Singleton and is his third studio album following 2019’s 3x Platinum What You See is What You Get and his 4x Platinum debut, This One’s For You. The record also features his current single, ‘The Kind of Love We Make’, which debuted at #17 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart—the highest chart debut since January 2020—and is currently top 5 and rising. The single adds to a historic run at country radio for Combs, who recently achieved his record-breaking, thirteenth-consecutive #1 as his single, ‘Doin’ This’, reached the top of both the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase/Country Aircheck charts.

On his 2023 dates, Combs will be joined by US country star Cody Johnson and Australian singer-songwriter Lane Pittman.  

One of country music’s most exciting rising stars, Cody Johnson “just might be the future of real country music” (MusicRow). Known for his explosive live shows and electrifying stage presence Cody has established a following of passionately loyal fans who regularly sell out shows across North America.

In the last year he released a critically acclaimed, award-winning feature-length documentary (Dear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story), delivered two celebrated albums (Human The Double Album and A Cody Johnson Christmas), sent his most successful single to country radio with Platinum-selling, two-week No.1 single ‘Til You Can’t’, added more RIAA platinum and gold singles and album certifications, played sold-out concerts and more. In fact, Johnson increased his worldwide streams by nearly one billion in 2021, growing from two billion to 3.7 billion streams, and is averaging 35 million streams per week.

At just sixteen years of age, Tamworth’s Lane Pittman is quickly making an impact in Australian country music. Rising to fame on the 2022 season of The Voice Australia, Pittman wowed judges with a stunning rendition of the Luke Combs’ song ‘Even Though I’m Leaving’ in the blind auditions, with all four judges turning their chairs and ultimately landing him on Keith Urban’s team.

A member of the Grand Ole Opry and a 6x CMA, 3x ACM, 3x Billboard Music Award-winner, Luke Combs is in the midst of a record-setting and historic series of years. His previous release, What You See Ain’t Always What You Get, debuted at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart as well as Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. With the record, Combs reached #1 on Rolling Stone’s Top 200 Albums chart, Top 100 Songs chart and Artists 500 chart—the first country artist ever to lead all three charts in the same week and first to top the Artists 500. He also made history as the first artist ever to have their first two studio albums spend 25 weeks or more at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart—breaking Taylor Swift’s previously held record at 24 weeks.

A captivating live performer, tickets to Luke Combs’ Australia and New Zealand shows will sell fast, so make sure you get in quickly!

LUKE COMBS
​AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND TOUR
​AUGUST 2023
​WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CODY JOHNSON (USA) & LANE PITTMAN (AUS)
​Presented by Chugg Entertainment & Frontier Touring

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE 
​Via frontiertouring.com/lukecombs
​Runs 48 hours from: Wednesday 14 September (11am local time)
​or until pre-sale allocation exhaustedGENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
​Begins: Friday 16 September (2pm local time)

ALL SHOWS LICENSED ALL AGES
​All shows all ages *
​* U18s must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian
​This event is recommended for patrons aged 16+

Wednesday 9 August
​Spark Arena | Auckland, NZ
​ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999

Friday 11 August
​Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Wednesday 16 August
​Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Sunday 20 August
​Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Wednesday 23 August
​AEC Arena | Adelaide, SA
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Saturday 26 August
​RAC Arena | Perth, WA
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849 

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September 8, 2022
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Interview with Kenny Leckramo (HEAT)

Scandinavia heads down under as Silverback Touring bring you two of Sweden’s finest Hard Rock exports H.E.A.T. This will be the first Australian Tour and the action takes place in September 2022.

Over the last several years H.E.A.T has established themselves as one of the leading brands in the melodic rock scene, both in their homeland Sweden and internationally. They have toured and performed front of thousands and thousands of fans around the world

In April 2008, their self-titled debut album was released and became a massive vitamin injection for the genre and instantly received accolades from both fans and critics worldwide. The release was followed up by immense touring and H.E.A.T played with bands such as Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy and on big festivals like Sweden Rock.

Since that time H.E.A.T have released a further 6 studio albums and have established themselves as a major force in the hard rock world.

During the Covid period, the band experienced a shift in personnel with original vocalist, Kenny Leckremo, returning to the fold replacing Erik Gronwoll. The band has a new album, Force Majeure, releasing on 5 August just in time for their Aussie visit.

“What can you say about H.E.A.T? If you don’t like these energetic Swedes you must be dead inside, as this year they’ve shown the UK crowd how to be the most complete band on the planet” – Classic Rock Magazine.

Local support comes from rising rock starlet, Cassidy Paris who fuses elements of melodic rock, pop punk and classic rock and is making noise all over the world as an artist to watch. 

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September 7, 2022
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MARLON WILLIAMS Announces ‘MY BOY TOUR’ For Australian East Coast in Feb 2023

Penny Drop and Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce New Zealand’s Marlon Williams will deliver his My Boy Tour to Australian East Coast audiences in February 2023. Beginning at Sydney’s newly renovated Enmore Theatre – in an intimate fully seated mode – on Wednesday 15 February, the tour will head through Brisbane’s QPAC Concert Hall on Thursday 16 February, before winding up at Melbourne’s iconic Palais Theatre on Saturday 18 February.

“Australia! Me and the Benders are about to head off and sharpen our tools out in the big wide world and THEN we’re stoked to be coming home to play with YOU,” says Marlon.

A celebrated live performer, Marlon Williams has wowed audiences the world over, playing major festivals, joining the likes of Lorde and Florence + The Machine live on-stage, and appearing on international late night television programs, Conan and Later with Jools Holland.

With Williams’ anticipated third solo album My Boy released on Friday 9 September, the distinguished singer-songwriter is emerging anew. Gone is the solemn, country-indebted crooner with the velvet voice – in his place comes a more playful, shape-shifting creature.

Across My Boy’s eleven songs, Williams’ takes listeners on a sonic and emotional journey which the artist explains is intentional; “As a live performer one of my favourite things to do is blindside people with upsetting mood shifts. I really wanted that to come across on this record.” 

Following the release of his second album, 2018’s stunning portrait of a breakup, Make Way For Love, Williams’ has become an in-demand collaborator, recording duets with Courtney Barnett, Paul Kelly and Yo-Yo Ma amongst others. My Boy parlays this flush of worldly experience into a vivid, dynamic record as spirited, complex and kinetic as the unfolding life of its performer.

An exquisite live artist, Marlon Williams is currently on the road taking his My Boy Tour across North America, and from mid-October lands in Europe for extensive headline dates. Don’t miss your chance to experience Marlon Williams live in concert in February 2023, when he returns to Australian shores.

Marlon Williams’ third solo album, My Boy is out on Friday 9 September on vinyl LP, cassette and digital through Virgin Music Australia 

Pre-Order Now: https://marlonwilliams.lnk.to/MyBoy

MARLON WILLIAMS
​AUSTRALIAN TOUR
​FEBRUARY 2023
​Presented by Penny Drop and Frontier Touring

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE ​
​**SYDNEY & MELBOURNE SHOWS ONLY
​Via frontiertouring.com/marlonwilliams
​Runs 24 hours from: Thursday 8 September (10am AEST)
​or until pre-sale allocation exhausted

GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
​Begins: Monday 12 September (10am AEST)

Wednesday 15 February
​Enmore Theatre | Sydney NSW
​ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

QPAC in association with Penny Drop and Frontier Touring presents…
​Thursday 16 February
​Concert Hall QPAC | Brisbane QLD
​Access pre-sale tickets from Friday 9 September (10am AEST)
​From qpac.com.au | 136 246

Saturday 18 February
​Palais Theatre | Melbourne VIC
​ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100

Marlon Williams Socials

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