Festival News

MG Live and Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce Australian indie-rock stalwarts The Temper Trap will embark on their highly anticipated national tour across September-October 2026.

Having just announced their new album Sungazer – dropping 10 July – the tour celebrates the band’s first full-length project in ten years, as they return with an explosive, anthemic sound and more confident than ever before.

The Temper Trap will kick off the tour at Forum Melbourne on Friday 11 September before heading to Brisbane for a set at Night At The Parkland on Saturday 12 September. The band head to Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide on Wednesday 16 September before a performance at Night At The Barracks, Sydney on Friday 18 September and rounding out with a final show at ICF:Warehouse, Perth on Friday 9 October.

Frontier Members can access their presale on Thursday 16 April from 10am local time, before tickets go on sale from 11am local time on Friday 17 April. Tickets and tour information via frontiertouring.com/thetempertrap.

Watch: The Temper Trap – Sungazer

A special release in the band’s career, Sungazer reflects nearly two decades of evolution, blending The Temper Trap’s signature sound with fresh experimentation. Tracks like ‘Lucky Dimes’ and ‘Giving Up Air’ showcase a shift toward electronic textures and dancefloor energy, while title track ‘Into the Wild’ balances introspection with powerful crescendos. The album veers from yearning intimacy to full-throttle catharsis, from guitar-riffing indie tunes to heavy electronica, all anchored in Dougy’s expansive, instantly recognisable voice.

The Temper Trap will hit the road in 2026 in a monumental way, having last toured their home country in 2025 with a series of intimate East Coast headline shows. Recently announced to support UK rockers Muse on their North American tour, as well as a definitive return to US shores alongside festival sets at Outside Lands (San Francisco) and Summerfest (Milwaukee) sharing the stage with the likes of The Strokes, ​ Rüfüs Du Sol and Charli XCX, the band will share Sungazer with fans across the globe and close to home for the very first time. ​

Watch: The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition

Rising to global attention with their 2008 UK Top Ten debut single ‘Sweet Disposition’, the Melbourne locals quickly built an international following through their soaring vocals, reverb-heavy guitars, and anthemic choruses. Drawing from their debut album Conditions (2009) , the album achieved multi-platinum success in Australia and gold status in the UK, followed by The Temper Trap (2012) and Thick As Thieves (2016). One of the most sought-after bands to come out of Australia, they’ve accumulated billions of streams, won multiple ARIA Awards, and gained recognition from major global stages and tastemakers, with ‘Sweet Disposition’ cementing itself firmly in Australian music history.

Now, nearly twenty years after their breakthrough, The Temper Trap continue to evolve while staying true to their emotional core. With new music, collaborations, and now a national headline tour all in 2026, these unmissable live shows represent both a reinvention and a reaffirmation of what has made their music resonate: a powerful blend of personal vulnerability and communal, uplifting sound. ​

THE TEMPER TRAP ​
​AUSTRALIAN TOUR ​
​SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2026 ​
​Presented by MG Live and Frontier Touring

FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE ​
​via frontiertouring.com/thetempertrap ​
​Runs 24 hours from: Thursday 16 April (10am local) ​ ​
​or until presale allocation exhausted

TICKETS ON SALE ​
​Begins: Friday 17 April (11am local time)

Friday 11 September ​
​Forum Melbourne | Melbourne, VIC ​
​18+ ​ ​
​ticketek.com.au ​

*Saturday 12 September ​
​Night At The Parkland | Brisbane, QLD ​
​Lic. All Ages ​ ​
​nightattheparkland.com.au

Wednesday 16 September ​
​Hindley Street Music Hall | Adelaide, SA ​
​18+ ​
​moshtix.com.au

*Friday 18 September ​
​Night At The Barracks | Sydney, NSW ​
​Lic. All Ages
​nightatthebarracks.com.au

*Friday 9 October ​
​ICF:Warehouse | Perth, WA ​
​18+ ​
​icfpresents.com.au

*Not a MG Live/Frontier Touring show

Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers.

We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on the Frontier website.

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Lismore-based media puzzle share their latest album New Racehorse, a 12-track collection that  is a surreal commentary on modern existence: technology, love, death, responsibility, and ego, out today via Impressed Records. LISTEN ON SPOTIFY + APPLE + MORE.

Marking their fourth album, New Racehorse signifies a rebirth for the band. Since first emerging in 2023, they quickly made name for themselves for their drum machine-riddled, scuzzy post-punk sound, with Pitchfork firmly praising their last project Intermission as “uncanny creativity that egg-punk weirdos love to tout, residing somewhere between Suicide’s dark melodies and Uranium Club’s remote eccentricities”. Now with New Racehorse, they have ushered in a new phase, with a focus on experimentation and building outwards from their trademark sonically distorted sound, bringing eccentric samples and dynamic pace.

In a succession of releases, the record brings together singles ‘Knowledge’ and ‘More Horse, Less Code’, and welcomes ten new tracks, all written and recorded independently over the past year in a place of creative growth with emphasis on collaboration – “Instinct over Algorithm. Feeling over System. Body over Machine. Equine Finality.”

Drawing the album’s title from the track ‘Equine End of Life’ with the lyric “Drug me up, and put me down. There’s a New Racehorse in town” representing the death of the old media puzzle, lead vocalist and guitarist Tom Peters paints the picture of the record’s production process – one that steps back, takes the opportunity to experiment and makes an intentional shift.

Across the album, we hear moments like ‘New Pet’, ‘Out Of the Rain’, ‘I Don’t Care’, ‘Tea Time’ capture a sense of disorientation and hypnosis where larger forces dominate, before moving motions in the second half of the record, with tracks including ‘See You There’, ‘My Age, In Minutes And Seconds’, ‘Don’t Know You’, ‘Equine End Of Life’, ‘Robotic Love’ and ‘Outro’ offering up a reflective palette cleanser.

New Racehorse is an album grounded in reinvention and driven by curiosity. Taking their name from a 2002 Melbourne Cup-winning Irish racehorse, media puzzle is a Lismore-based band fronted by Tom Peter (lead vocals/guitar) with support from Kellie Eden (synth/trumpet), Eden Yeigh (guitar), Oliver Clarke (drums) and Solomon Jones (bass), who after a year of recording and touring with showcases at SXSW Sydney to stages with Ty Segall, Regurgitator and more, have stepped fully into their sound.

Focused and refined, New Racehorse is a bold departure from media puzzle‘s previous catalogue, once a model of fuzzy scuzz-pop, to now an otherworldly post-punk entity.

New Racehorse is out now via Impressed Records, buy/stream here.

TRACKLIST
Knowledge
New Pet
Out Of The Rain
I Don’t Care!
More Horse, Less Code
Tea Time
My Age, In Minutes And Seconds
Don’t Know You
See You There
Equine End of Life
Dead Dog!
Outro

TOUR DATES
Fri 24 Apr – The Tivoli – Meanjin/Brisbane*
Sat 24 Apr – Princess Theatre – Meanjin/Brisbane*
Fri May 1 – Liberty Hall – Gadigal/Sydney*
Sat May 2 – Keystone 1889 – Wiradjuri/Bathurst*

*supporting Regurgitator

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Embracing a vibrant new chapter of music, legendary NZ producer and artist SOLA ROSA presents his highly anticipated new project, IN THE MIDS. Created meticulously between Melbourne and Auckland, the album features some of SOLA ROSA’s most striking material yet, redefining his artistry and demonstrating new sonic potential still to be explored.

Featuring singles ‘Jupiter (ft. Iva Lamkum)’, ‘Losing Time (ft. Muroki)’ and the dynamic ‘Like A Light In The Dark (ft. BRŪDE)’, the record is a love letter to the mix of genres that has become the blueprint for his signature style of production and arrangement. 

Upon a foundation of electronic patterns exists delicate shades of R&B, insatiable funk, compelling rhythms and attitude that is bolstered by the presence of a masterfully-curated cast of guest vocalists. 

In addition to Iva Lamkum, Muroki and BRŪDE, the listener is able to lose themselves in different moments of  IN THE MIDS where artists including Akosia (‘No Time For Love’), Blush’ko (‘We Try and We Lose’), Wallace (‘How Do You’) and Wilson Blackley (‘Dangerous’) take centrestage.

“This album began like all my others — I’d make a bunch of beats and see what stuck — but at first, I had no clear vision. I was still thinking in terms of a live band setup, and everything felt a bit rigid, too many rules. Then, during one of the final lockdowns in NZ, I watched a short video of renowned producer Decap saying, “just try and make a beat a day without judgement.” I gave it a go, and it was liberating — it brought real joy back into making music. Suddenly, it was okay to explore ideas that in the past might have felt outside my wheelhouse. After a few days, the music started pouring out in unexpected and fascinating directions. That’s how most of this album came together.

Once that approach became my norm, I had a much clearer sense of the sound I wanted — more dancefloor-friendly, heavy grooves, layered synths and arpeggiated textures, programmed beats, and strong vocal contributions. There’s still a signature Sola Rosa touch in there, with a mix of tempos, subtle and punchy, but ultimately this became an album focused on my production style rather than a live-band framework. Influences from the dance music I’d been DJing and listening to heavily at the time naturally crept in, shaping the direction of the beats and the overall energy. While some key players still feature, this is very much me as a producer exploring new terrain.”  SOLA ROSA

Across SOLA ROSA’s lauded career, the producer has cultivated a global fanbase courtesy of impressive releases and appearances on stages throughout North America, the UK and Europe. 

He has performed at festivals including Secret Garden Party (UK), WOMAD (NZ), Kendall Calling (UK), Green Man (UK) and Shambala (UK); while previous collaborations with artists including TALL BLACK GUY, DJ VADIM and HERMITUDE have further established SOLA ROSA as one of the best to come out of Aotearoa, with over 65 million streams to his name.

PRAISE

“Andrew Spraggon reaches for the big time”

MOJO (‘Chasing The Sun’, 2020) ★★★★

“..blooms with sensuality and sass”

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE (‘Low & behold, High & Beyond’, 2012)

“Low And Behold is fresh and funky”

NZ HERALD (‘Low & behold, High & Beyond’, 2012) ★★★★

“Melodic Soul Poetry”

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (‘Get It Together’, 2010) ★★★★

With IN THE MIDS out now, SOLA ROSA will be touring the record throughout Aotearoa this coming May & June.

SOLA ROSA ‘IN THE MIDS’ AOTEAROA TOUR DATES

Tickets via solarosa.com

Friday 22 May Double Whammy TĀMAKI MAKAURAU / AUCKLAND

Saturday 23 May Puketapu Community Hall HERETAUNGA / HAWKES BAY

Friday 29 May DeVille WHAKATŪ / NELSON

Saturday 30 May Hide ŌTAUTAHI / CHRISTCHURCH

Friday 5 June The Mayfair NGĀMOTU / NEW PLYMOUTH

Saturday 6 June San Fran PŌNEKE / WELLINGTON

SOLA ROSA: Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube 

Legendary Aussie rockers Spiderbait today announce they will return to stages around the country this July, to celebrate the 30^th Anniversary of their iconic 1996 album Ivy & the big apples.

Kicking off on Saturday 4 July at Brisbane’s The Tivoli, the band will head through Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney delivering their epic live show to fans nationwide. Iconic special guests Custard, Magic Dirt, The Meanies and Tumbleweed will join the party on select dates, as emerging Melbourne rockers The Gnomes warm audiences at all shows. ​

Frontier members can access presale tickets from 12 noon (local time) on Thursday 16 April, before tickets go on sale at 1pm (local time) on Friday 17 April.

For tickets and further information, head to frontiertouring.com/spiderbait

Widely regarded as a defining moment in Australian alternative rock, Spiderbait’s third studio album, Ivy & the big apples, marked a major breakthrough for the band, showcasing a bold shift toward a more polished yet still energetic sound. The record debuted in the ARIA Top 3, went Double Platinum, and stayed in the Top 50 for nearly a year — a testament to its enduring impact and the strength of singles like ‘Calypso’ and ‘Hot Water & Milk’.

Featuring standout track ‘Buy Me A Pony’, which became the first Australian song to take the crown in triple j’s prestigious Hottest 100, the record captured the raw, youthful spirit of the time while pushing the boundaries of the local music scene. A fearless mix of punk, pop and alternative rock, the album cemented Spiderbait as one of Australia’s most important bands of the 90’s.

Out on July 3, Ivy & the big apples 30^th Anniversary Edition LP celebrates this cultural touchstone. Reissued on vinyl to mark the moment, this is an essential piece of Australian music history, ready to be rediscovered. Pre-order it now.

The story of Spiderbait is an unlikely but heart-warming one – three friends from a small Australian country town taking on the music scene, and emerging triumphantly thirty years later, friendship intact, and now one of the biggest and best rock bands on the national landscape

Australian rock ‘n roll royalty, and with a catalogue of music that’s distinctive and uncompromising, Spiderbait’s anticipated Ivy & the big apples 30^th Anniversary Tour will see the band playing songs from their seminal album plus favourites from their extensive catalogue – Don’t miss out!
​

With special guests…

CUSTARD (Brisbane)
​Local indie rockers Custard are known for their witty lyrics and distinctive, understated sound, led by singer-songwriter David McCormack. Emerging in the 1990s, they became a cult favourite for their clever, often humorous take on everyday life.

MAGIC DIRT (Melbourne)
​Multi-ARIA Award nominated Magic Dirt are renowned for their gritty guitar sound and the distinctive vocals of frontwoman Adalita. They gained a strong following for their raw, emotive style and remain an influential presence in Australia’s rock scene.
​
​THE MEANIES (Perth + Adelaide)
​Seminal Melbourne punk rockers, The Meanies are renowned for their high-energy performances and irreverent style. Since the late 1980s, they have influenced the Australian punk scene with their frantic power-pop riffs, short sharp songs, raw sound and confrontational stage presence.

TUMBLEWEED (Sydney)
​Australia’s homegrown stoner rock heavyweights. Tumbleweed have built a reputation on hypnotic riffs, loose-limbed swagger, and a live show that feels like it might levitate at any moment. Riding the 90s on a wave of fuzz, feedback and sun-bleached psychedelia, they weren’t just part of the scene, they helped define it.

THE GNOMES (All shows)
​Hailing from Melbourne, The Gnomes deliver a feral, hook-heavy take on ‘60s beat, garage and power pop. With a cult following, they’ve built a reputation for chaotic live shows and a distinctly DIY approach to music.

Spiderbait’s Ivy & the big apples 30^th Anniversary Edition LP is out July 3 – Pre-order it HERE

SPIDERBAIT
​IVY & THE BIG APPLES 30^TH ANNIVERSARY AUSTRALIAN TOUR
​JULY 2026
​WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CUSTARD, MAGIC DIRT, THE MEANIES, TUMBLEWEED (SELECT SHOWS ONLY) + THE GNOMES (PLAYING ALL SHOWS)
​Presented by Frontier Touring ​
​
​FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE
​via frontiertouring.com/spiderbait
​Runs 24 hours from: Thursday 16 April (12 noon local)
​or until presale allocation exhausted

TICKETS ON SALE
​Begins: Friday 17 April (1pm local)

Saturday 4 July
​With special guests Custard + The Gnomes
​The Tivoli | Brisbane QLD (18+)
​ticketmaster.com.au

FRIDAY 24 JULY
​With special guests Magic Dirt + The Gnomes
​Forum | Melbourne VIC (18+)
​ticketek.com.au

SATURDAY 25 JULY
​With special guests The Meanies + The Gnomes
​Hindley Street Music Hall | Adelaide SA (Lic. All Ages)
​moshtix.com.au

FRIDAY 31 JULY
​With special guests Tumbleweed + The Gnomes
​Enmore Theatre | Sydney NSW (Lic. All Ages)
​ticketek.com.au

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new album Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right
digital album 1st May
vinyl 29th May
UK and European tour May/June

“Expect lightning-fast tempos, razor-sharp riffs, pulsating drums, and captivating melodies.” Under The Radar

“Real Farmer have paved the way for what modern punk can be.” Indie Is Not A Genre

“A sonic punch to the solar plexus.” God Is In The TV

Groningen-based punk four-piece Real Farmer are closing in on the release of their second album with new single I.D.K.T.S (I Don’t Know This Song) out now through Strap Originals (following BBC 6 Music Huw Stephens premiere). You can watch the video here and pre-order the album here.

For the experimental DIY video, the band teamed up with director Héctor Garcia Martin, who set out to reflect the deeply psychological nature of the song with his dynamic camera work. “What was most enjoyable for me about this shoot was that I felt among friends. It was just me and the three people in the video so I was able to be more immersive and empathetic in portraying the human story,” says Héctor.

I.D.K.T.S (I Don’t Know This Song) is the fifth track to be released as a single from their second album Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right, which is out digitally 1st May and on vinyl 29th May. It follows Missing Link (the thrashy call to arms), Run By Animals (a moving dream pop hymn), Heart Out (60s beat meets proto punk) and Sob Story (a pithy rabble rouser).

Real Farmer recorded the new album with audio engineer Niek van den Driesschen (Iguana Death Cult, Rats on Rafts) at Far Out Sound Studios in Rotterdam’s Coolhaven district. It was mastered by Mikey Young (Amyl and the Sniffers, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard).

Radio spins for the singles have come in from BBC 6 Music’s Huw Stephens, Craig Charles, Steve Lamacq and Apple Music 1’s Matt Wilkinson. And So Young, God Is In The TV, Indie Is Not A Genre and Pan m 360 have all lent their support in the press.

With Peter Doherty, Protomartyr, Babyshambles, Pitchfork Paris and Primavera supports or festivals in the bag over the past 12 months, Real Farmer are set for a 23-date tour of Europe and then the UK. The dates are as follows:

May
07 – Köln, Bumann & SOHN
08 – Horst, Nikspack Festival
09 – Amsterdam, OCCII
11 – Berlin, Schokoladen
12 – Hamburg, MS Stubnitz
14 – Basel, Hirscheneck
15 – Bern, ISC
20 – Marseille, L’intermédiaire
22 – Biel/Bienne, Chrüsimüsi
29 – Utrecht, ACU
30 – Eindhoven, Skinfest

June
01 – Paris, Verte est la nuit
02 – Brighton, Prince Albert
03 – London, New River Studios
04 – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
05 – Manchester, YES (basement)
06 – Newcastle, Marrapalooza
07 – Glasgow, The Hug & Pint
09 – Sheffield, Delicious Clam
10 – Oxford, Little Bully
11 – Nottingham, JT Soar
12 – Norwich, Norwich Arts Centre
13 – Southampton, Heartbreakers Bar

Real Farmer hail from the northern Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen, the birthplaces over the last sixty years or so of a lot of smart, independent and rough-edged rock music. Real Farmer have always channelled this singular, often rebellious history. Just listen to their explosive early releases like their dark and personal debut album (Compare What’s There [2024]), or hear tell of the turbocharged shows in any dive that would take them. Their name, on the cover of Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right, uses the Anarchist symbol.

“I grew up in a place where I had to bite back a lot, so I’ve become really good saying ‘fuck you!’ says frontman Jeroen Klootsema. “But I think when it comes to the bigger collective picture, it takes more than just one person kicking at things. It also requires knowing what you’re doing it for. I’m constantly reframing that on this album: what do I believe? What is anarchy to me? What is a community to me? In these songs, we’re collectively trying to re-examine all those things as a band.”

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Australian DJ and production powerhouse Odd Mob has just announced his highly anticipated Australian headline tour for 2026. Presented by Untitled Group, the five-date run will hit Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Sydney this September/October.

2025 was a massive year for the DJ/producer, with a run of shows as main support on John Summit’s sold-out national tour and a standout performance at Coachella as well as his own sold out headline shows across the country. 2026 is set to be even bigger, with new releases on the way and an extensive touring schedule across Australia, alongside international dates in the U.S., Asia, the UK and Europe, including a main stage appearance at Tomorrowland in Belgium.

Since breaking through with 2014’s Is It A Banger which charted in the triple j’s Hottest 100, Odd Mob has released a string of hits like LEFT TO RIGHT, Get Busy which surpassed 120 million streams and topped the ARIA and UK Upfront Club charts whilst landing the Aussie producer an ARIA Gold Record for his collaboration with Sean Paul. He continued this momentum with Won’t Be Possible, while collaborating with LA producer OMNOM on tracks such as Losing Control, System, All Day, All Night, as well as their newest collaboration Coming Up (It’s Dare), a fully cleared remake of Gorillaz’s ‘Dare’, pushing him past 450+ million streams across platforms.

In 2025, Odd Mob reached yet another career milestone, selling out The Shrine in Los Angeles following a major collaboration with Tiësto. The single quickly became the #1 most-played dance record on US radio and amassed over 40 million streams within months. His touring profile has continued to rise, with standout performances at Beyond The Valley’s Dance Dome in 2024, as well as Tomorrowland, EDC Las Vegas, Shambhala Music Festival, Beyond Wonderland, and multiple Elrow events worldwide. He has also supported Swedish House Mafia in Ibiza and secured a Las Vegas residency at Wynn for the second consecutive year in 2026.

With a unique blend of house, techno and club chaos, Odd Mob’s live sets have made him a standout on festival and club stages worldwide.

Presale Registration HERE

Presale tickets on sale – Tuesday 21 April 10am local time

General tickets on sale – Wednesday 22 April 10am local time

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Frontier Touring is pleased to announce that critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and producer Matt Corby will return to stages across the country this June 2026, bringing his celebrated live show to audiences nationwide with The Tragic Magic Tour.

With multiple ARIA Awards, platinum-selling releases and a body of work that continues to evolve with each release, Matt Corby stands as one of Australia’s most enduring and influential artists. The upcoming tour celebrates the release of the singer’s fourth studio album, Tragic Magic, set for release on Friday 17 April via Island Records (pre-order here) – a deeply personal and soul-soaked collection that captures a new chapter in Corby’s life and artistry.

Praised as one of the country’s most compelling live performers (as witnessed on his national trek supporting US star Teddy Swims in 2025), Corby’s shows are renowned for their intimacy and musicianship – a space where intricate arrangements and his unmistakable voice take centre stage. The Tragic Magic Tour will see Corby perform at some of the country’s most-loved venues, kicking off at Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre on Wednesday 3 June, followed by Perth’s Riverside Theatre on Thursday 4 June, before heading to Melbourne’s The Forum on Tuesday 9 June. The tour will continue to Newcastle’s Civic Theatre on Friday 12 June, before concluding at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Sunday 14 June.

Joining the tour as special guest is Gretta Ray. From a triple j Unearthed High win to touring alongside Maisie Peters, Mumford & Sons and Gang of Youths, Gretta Ray has continued to evolve as one of Australia’s most compelling pop voices. Following her acclaimed debut Begin To Look Around (2021), Ray’s 2023 sophomore album Positive Spin cemented her reputation for sharp, emotionally resonant songwriting.

Tickets to The Tragic Magic Tour go on sale Monday 13 April (11am local time) via frontiertouring.com/mattcorby. Frontier Members presale starts Friday 10 April (11am local time) – see website for details.

Matt Corby is a musical perennial. Three immaculate albums into an original music journey, with no end in sight, Matt first broke through back in 2011 with the bruising ballad and 10x Platinum hit ‘Brother’, a song whose enduring appeal was proven again with its #51 appearance on triple j’s ‘Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs’ in 2025. While it remains a defining song of its era, it is the work since – from the quiet intensity of singles such as ‘Resolution’, ‘Miracle Love’, or ‘Reelin’ – to the expansive albums Telluric (2016), Rainbow Valley (2018), Everything’s Fine (2023) – that underscores a career shaped by evolution over expectation.

The first taste of Corby’s forthcoming album came in the form of singles groove-laden single ‘Burn It Down’, the reflective ‘Long and Short’ and ‘War To Love’. Tragic Magic sees Corby further refine his timeless sound, Corby co-producing every track and performing the majority of instruments across the record.

One of Australia’s most soulful and stirring voices, don’t miss these special shows.

MATT CORBY
​+ special guest Gretta Ray
​THE TRAGIC MAGIC TOUR
​JUNE 2026
​Presented by Frontier Touring and triple j ​

FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE
​via frontiertouring.com/mattcorby
​Runs 24 hours from: Friday 10 April (11am local time)
​or until presale allocation exhausted

TICKETS ON SALE
​Begins: Monday 13 April (11am local time)

Wednesday 3 June
​Thebarton Theatre | Adelaide, SA
​Lic. All Ages
​ticketmaster.com.au

Thursday 4 June
​Riverside Theatre | Perth, WA
​Lic. All Ages
​ticketek.com.au ​

Tuesday 9 June
​The Forum | Melbourne, VIC
​18+
​ticketek.com.au

Friday 12 June
​Civic Theatre | Newcastle, NSW
​Lic. All Ages
​civictheatrenewcastle.com.au

Sunday 14 June
​The Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD
​18+
​ticketmaster.com.au

** Also playing (not a Frontier show, see artist website for details):

Saturday 6 June
​Winter Wine Festival | Gerringong, NSW

Saturday 13 June
​VIVID, Tumbalong Park | Sydney, NSW

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Perth icons Karnivool are thrilled to announce they are taking their number one album, In Verses, on the road for the first time, delivering the biggest headline shows of their career. To celebrate, Karnivool will be joined by special guests TesseracT (UK) and Car Bomb (USA) for an unmissable night of heavy excellence.

Kicking off with a hometown show at the Ice Cream Factory in Perth on July 18, Karnivool will deliver a career spanning set across five capital cities, winding up at Riverstage in Brisbane on July 25.

Landing 13 years after its predecessor, In Verses is a heavy prog masterpiece that stunned critics and fans who were both quick to forgive the band for the agonisingly long wait. A meticulously crafted, richly layered yet welcoming journey, the album is a rare chart-topper that wasn’t built for algorithms or respectable release cycles, yet it soared straight to #1 on the ARIA Chart, becoming the first local album to do so in 2026.

Behind the album’s success is a deeper story about resilience and perseverance. When the bagpipes swell on the album closer Salva, it’s a real triumphant celebration (and quite the tear jerker online) for the band and fans who have waited 13 years for this moment. Karnivool’s next challenge: learning how to deliver live the songs they’ve spent the better part of a decade wrangling into existence.

Joining Karnivool are fellow masters of their craft TesseracT. The UK metal titans are widely regarded as pioneers, expanding metal’s vocabulary beyond all measure with off-kilter riffs, soaring melodies, bending grooves and disorientating atmospherics. Over the course of their career, the band have built a formidable reputation for powerful, mind-altering live shows and Australian legions came out in force to experience their landmark record, War of Being, in 2024.

Rounding out this outstanding line-up is New York innovators Car Bomb, bringing their elite chops and maniacal arrangements to Australia for the very first time! 25 years in with a discography almost as lean as Karnivool’s, Car Bomb mines the depths of extreme metal to create a signature sound that is as confounding as it is cathartic with evolving polyrhythms, shifting tempos and deconstructive guitars designed to pulverise all senses live.

It’s been over a decade since Karnivool have toured a new album and they’ve assembled an elite suite of boundary shattering virtuosos to mark the occasion. Don’t miss this very rare and extraordinary event.

Presale begins Tuesday 14 April 9am local time
Tickets on sale: Thursday 16 April 9am local time
More info from destroyalllines.com

Local legend Courtney Barnett today announces Creature of Habit East Coast tour dates for November. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter will take her live show to Brisbane’s The Tivoli on 4 November and Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on 7 November, plus a stop at the iconic Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

Frontier Members can access presale tickets from 9am AEST on Wednesday 8 April, ahead of tickets going on sale at 9am AEST on Friday 10 April. More information at frontiertouring.com/courtneybarnett

More than four years since her last Australian tour, Courtney makes her homecoming in the wake of extensive UK and North American dates. Known for a performance that’s part intimate storytelling, part indie rock, with bursts of raw grunge-like energy, Courtney Barnett live is genuine and authentic. A signature blend of moody guitar, witty, anecdotal lyrics and her laconic talk-singing have cemented her as “one of the most distinctive voices in indie music” (The Mancunion).

Written in the wake of a relocation from Australia to Los Angeles and the closure of her long-running label Milk! Records, Barnett was grappling with changes that put the future of both her life and career in question. Rather than internalising those feelings, she decided to bring all this swirling confusion directly into the recording process. With singles ‘Stay in Your Lane’, and ‘Site Unseen (feat. Waxahatchee)’ setting the tone, the album marks a decisive new chapter in Courtney Barnett’s musical evolution.

​Courtney took to the stage at Manchester’s Radio 6 Music Festival last month, launching Creature of Habit to widespread acclaim. She also delivered a powerful live rendition of ‘Mantis’ for US television’s CBS Mornings’ Saturday Sessions.
​With Creature of Habit, Courtney Barnett reaffirms her place as one of the most compelling voices in modern rock; unafraid to confront uncertainty, embrace vulnerability, and transform it into something deeply human and electrifying.

Courtney will bring her new record and extensive catalogue to life with performances in some of Australia’s premiere venues this November, transforming each track into a dynamic, shared experience that resonates long after the final note.

Courtney Barnett’s Creature of Habit is out now (Fiction Records) – Get it HERE!

COURTNEY BARNETT
​AUSTRALIAN TOUR
​NOVEMBER 2026
​Presented by Frontier Touring, Penny Drop and Triple R*

TICKETS ON SALE
​Begins: Friday 10 April (9am AEST)

*Triple R presenting Melbourne show only

Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers.

We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on the Frontier website.

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Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and SURF GANG release their double album POMPEII // UTILITY via 10k/Tan Cressida/SURF GANG Records. A long-rumored, coveted collaboration between two friends who happen to be two of the most critically celebrated rappers in the game and renowned producer collective SURF GANG, the double album is a capstone on the musical community they’ve cultivated over the last decade. From top to bottom, there was a clear concerted effort to keep every angle of the project within the family. All of the art for this project, from single covers to the album cover, is pulled from work by sculptor and Earl Sweatshirt’s childhood friend, Sharif Farrag. LISTEN HERE.

Over the past week, Earl, MIKE, and SURF GANG have shut down intimate venues in LA, New York City and London for three secret shows they unveiled via a scavenger hunt on their website last month. Later next month, MIKE and Earl will also be playing a series of Australian and New Zealand tour dates in May, including a show at Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid LIVE Festival. Tickets are on sale below, with support on select dates from C.FRIM and Chef Chung. Following that, the official Home on the Range tour kicks off in June, which includes 26 US stops beginning June 9th in Riverside, before taking it overseas to Europe.

Structured as a double-sided album with MIKE on one side (POMPEII) and Earl on the other (UTILITY), SURF GANG’s Harrison, evilgiane, Elipropperr, and Flea Diamonds lace an animated and frenetic framework through the project with their production, resulting in a full-circle collision of worlds that was inevitable. POMPEII // UTILITY translates those nuanced differences between MIKE, Earl & SURF GANG into a singular language of their own, evoking a shared ethos of collaboration and community-building rather than a transactional exercise. The producer collective’s distinctly online, manic song structures give MIKE & Earl a new opportunity to fold their shared propensity for coded, meditative verses into the larger community they’ve built through their friendship since MIKE first caught the world’s, and Earl’s, attention in 2016, ahead of his cult classic 2017 album MAY GOD BLESS YOUR HUSTLE. In the years since, the pair have tallied notable collaborations like ‘allstar’ on MIKE’s 2020 album weight of the world, and ‘Sentry’ on Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist’s collab album VOIR DIRE.

POMPEII // UTILITY LP
MIKE, Earl Sweatshirt, SURF GANG
April 3, 2026 via 10k/Tan Cressida Records
BUY/STREAM HERE

EARL SWEATSHIRT & MIKE TOUR DATES
Fri 22 May – Studio The Venue – Auckland ¢
Sat 23 May – The Timber Yard – Melbourne ¢ &
Sun 24 May – Sydney Opera House – Sydney*
Wed 27 May – The Tivoli – Brisbane ¢ &

¢ – with C.FRIM
& – with Chef Chung
*as part of Vivid LIVE

All ticketing details HERE

Stay connected with
Earl Sweatshirt: Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | YouTube
MIKE: Instagram | X | YouTube | Soundcloud
SURF GANG: Website | Instagram | X | YouTube | Soundcloud