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Metallica‘s 2025 Australian/New Zealand Tour is mostly sold-out with tickets now only available in Perth and Adelaide. The global’s rock icons will be Down Under for their record-breaking M72 World Tour in November next year, with support shows from Evanescence and Suicidal Tendencies. This leg of the tour will see the heavy metal band visit stadiums in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne,
Tickets to Dua Lipa and for more information head to: https://premier.ticketek.com.au. Tickets to see Grammy Award-winning pop powerhouse Dua Lipa on her Australian Tour are selling fast with only limited options available for all shows. Dua Lipa is performing five shows in Melbourne: March 17, 19, 20, 22 and 23. There’s mostly C Reserve Side View Seating
US pop star Selena Gomez has announced her engagement to record producer boyfriend Benny Blanco via Instagram. The 32-year-old, who is currently promoting her latest song, “Love On”, made the declaration of love with a picture displaying a large engagement ring. “Forever begins now,” she says in the post. In the comments, Benny, 36, responds
Photo: Prince and Princess of Wales, Charles and Diana, ride the Big Pineapple train during their visit to the Sunshine Coast in 1983 (via Queensland State Archives). The Sunshine Coast’s famous oversized fruit – The Big Pineapple – now has a permanent royal touch. Home of Big Pineapple music festival (main picture), the iconic landmark
Photo: Jay-Z with his wife Beyoncé via Facebook. American rapper and music producer Shawn Carter AKA Jay-Z has denied raping a 13-year-old girl with disgraced rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, saying the allegations are “so heinous in nature”, and that his only heartbreak will be seeing his family deal with the press. An updated civil complaint
Fans have expressed their sadness after US band Sum 41 announced they will cancel their Australian tour after frontman Deryck Whibley fell ill with pneumonia. In a statement on social media on Thursday the band said “they are gutted” they will be unable to perform. Yesterday, the band had to cancel their Brisbane show at
US rapper Eminem’s mother Debbie Nelson has died overnight following a battle with lung cancer, it is being reported. Debbie, 69, had been battling “advanced lung cancer” for three months, when she passed in St. Joseph, Missouri. Since the start of his career, Eminem has made songs about his strained relationship with his mother, with
Grab your VIP fan club pre-sale tickets at times below! All tickets are available @ XavierRudd.com. Australian multi-instrumentalist and roots artist Xavier Rudd has announced he will play at The Station on the Sunshine Coast in April next year. He is also heading to Western Australia with two shows in Margaret River and Fremantle. On social media
Australian music lovers are desperate to know their most-played songs of the year with Spotify Wrapped 2024 – but it’s a secret. And fans can’t wait any longer with Google Trends showing more than 200,000 searches in Australia in the last six days. Spotify is starting to drop hints at what this year’s campaign is
Waiting to take pee while your fave band is playing has been named the biggest source of frustration for concert-goers, according to the Winarch Group’s 2024 Australian Live Music Census. Ease of transport to and from the venue is another main gripe and music fans want more venues closer to where they live, the census
