Australian Tour Archives - Page 5 of 15

Kiss have cancelled the Australian leg of the End of the Road tour.

Violent Femmes, the former 100% American band, now two-parts USA and one-part Australian, will tour Australia in 2020.

With The Stranglers Australian tour looming for early 2020 it is timely to look back on the legacy of the band that was carving a Punk Rock template in real time as it was happening.

Guitar legend George Benson released his first album ‘The New Boss Guitar of George Benson’ in 1964. He had just turned 21 years old.

George Benson will play Sydney and Melbourne dates outside Bluesfest in 2020 marking a decade since he was last in Australia.

Just weeks ago Brandi Carlile was the big winner at the 18th annual Americana Honors & Awards in Nashville. She was crowned Artist of the Year by legendary songwriter John Prine.

Australia will once again be treated to punk royalty when The Stranglers return in 2020 for SBM Presents.

Kiss played the first show of their farewell tour in Vancouver, Canada on Thursday January 31.

KISS will bring their End of the Road world tour to Australia in November 2019.

Lauryn Hill will bring her ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20th Anniversary Tour’ to Australia in February with special guest Nas.

Bob Dylan’s one-off theatre show on his Australian tour included a performance of ‘Visions of Johanna’.

A Bob Dylan show is not about ‘hits & memories’. While many of his contemporaries are out cashing in their careers with their Vegas years performances, Dylan is staying true to what started him in the first place … authenticity.

The first episode of The Monkees aired on 12 September, 1966. After two seasons and 58 episodes the show went off the air and the legacy began.

Wolfmother and Rose Tattoo will open for select Guns N Roses show in Australia in February.

New York’s Helmet will return to Australia in 2017.

Melbourne has addeed a second Elvis Presley ‘The Wonder of You 2017’ Australian tour after a sell-out for the first show on June 9.

Bruce Springsteen has added second shows in Sydney and Melbourne and a third for Perth for his ‘Summer ‘17’ tour of Australia and New Zealand.

James Taylor will return to Australia in 2017 for his first tour since 2010 when he shared the stage with Carole King.

The Cat Empire and Xavier Rudd will be heading out together on tour in 2017.

Mike Love’s The Beach Boys and Otis Williams’ The Temptations will perform Australian dates in 2017.

Dixie Chicks will tour the MMXVII tour is cities around Australia and New Zealand in 2017.

Underoath will return to Australia in February for the ‘Underoath Reunion Tour’.

Elvis Presley will grace theatres and arenas across Australia when his voice will be heard in concert in 2017.

Culture Club will return to Australia to Australia in December just six months after a national tour in June.

Green Day will bring their ‘Revolution Radio’ tour to Australia and New Zealand in April and May.

Justin Bieber will head back to Australia and New Zealand for shows in March 2017.

The Zac Brown Band will perform Sydney and Melbourne sideshows in April as well as their Bluesfest show.

Kimya Dawson has had to cancel her Australian and New Zealand tour and will also no longer take part in the Bigsound conference as a speaker.

Charlie A’Court’s latest song ‘Refuse To Fear’ is a response to terrorism around the world.

Canadian blues guitarist Charlie A’Court will start his Australian tour with a couple of shows at the Gympie Muster this weekend followed by a series of East Coast shows over the next two weeks.