STEELE IN SOUTHPORT

Wollongongs beatdown deathcore band Skarmekal's Debut Album a new strain releasing in July are on the road for the first time on their debut tour!

Supported by Roronoah, Insect and RVN//NT.

SKARMEKAL 'A New Strain' East Coast Tour

Takeover are hitting the road this August and September celebrating the release of their debut EP with a SEQ and Indonesian tour!

With their unique blend of emotionally charged pop-punk music and high energy live shows, Takeover have quickly become one of Brisbane’s rising acts to watch out for. Fresh off their festival performance supporting The Screaming Jets at the “Where We Belong” festival in June, Takeover have also played alongside other heavy hitters such as Dear Seattle, Talk Heavy and Deadheat and this August the 21st are bringing their latest releases and crowd favourites to Vinnies Dive Bar on the Gold Coast.

Joining them for the night are local friends Milk Before Bed and Super Regular, making for a night you won’t forget anytime soon.

So grab your mates and secure your tickets below before they’re gone!

Takeover SEQ x INDO Tour

NIGHTSHADE AND THE FATES

DAWN OF DUSK

IS MAN KIND

DOUBLE MAJOR

Doors 7pm.

FREE ENTRY

NIGHTSHADE AND THE FATES + FRIENDS *FREE ENTRY*

15 years ago, beers were cheap, pubs were packed, and a band from Melbourne called The Bennies released their first full-length album… Party! Party! Party!

In the years that followed, the band crisscrossed the country in vans, playing beer-soaked rooms across Australia and making mates everywhere they went with their genre-smashing sound and ability to unite a room full of strangers.

Then on March 25, 2016, The Bennies release Wisdom Machine, the album that would define a generation of Australian punk.

Wisdom Machine became the soundtrack to a chapter of life for thousands of people around the globe. It was road trips with Detroit Rock Ciggies on repeat, stealing the aux at 2am to put on Legalise (But Don't Tax), and jumping with your arm around a mate while screaming Party Machine.

Fifteen years of memories. One massive party.

The Bennies | Wisdom Machine and Party! Party! Party! Canniversary Tour (AA w/ Guardian)

Off the back of their explosive debut album Dissonance, Victorian-based deathcore outfit Hate Complex return to the road for their first-ever headline run - the Dissonance East Coast Tour.

Since their formation, Hate Complex have quickly carved out a reputation as one of Australia’s most intense and uncompromising heavy acts. Blending chaotic aggression with sharp modern production, the band has built strong momentum alongside a growing national fanbase that continues to show up both online and in the pit.

Following national tours alongside Thy Art Is Murder and Make Them Suffer, as well as support slots with both international and Australian heavyweights, Hate Complex are now ready to take on their own headline run - bringing Dissonance to the streets across the East Coast in full force.

Joined by Product of Neglect, The Nameless and Burn the Kingdom, the tour delivers a relentless lineup of crushing riffs, unfiltered energy and a live show built to hit harder every night.

This is Hate Complex at full throttle.

HATE COMPLEX Dissonance East Coast Tour

HAYWIRE - Live in Australia, August 2026 with guests Feel The Pain

HAYWIRE keep cementing their reputation as maybe the hardest working band in music right now, not just hardcore, period. Having just been through Australia supporting Poison The Well, they're heading straight back to headline a run of more intimate shows, the kind of room where you really get to see Haywire at their peak.

Joining them on every date except Perth will be Newcastle's Feel The Pain. They kicked off 2026 sharing stages with Turnstile, Gridiron and Iron Mind, then headed to New Zealand for their first overseas shows, and now they're locking in their first Australian tour of the year alongside Haywire.

HAYWIRE (USA) Australian Tour - Gold Coast (AA w/ Guardian)

CONCRETE SURFERS ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM & AUSTRALIAN TOUR

National circuit main-stays CONCRETE SURFERS have spent the last decade touring the country, selling out shows, supporting major artists and continuously releasing ever-more refined music.

Today, the band have announced their debut self-titled album will be released on the 7th of August. The announcement of the record comes with the news of the band’s return to the road for a large national tour throughout August.

CONCRETE SURFERS have been meticulously working on their debut record for the past few years. The album is a culmination of everything that makes CONCRETE SURFERS so loved. It’s full of punchy lyrics, driving guitars.

Concrete Surfers | Gold Coast

Fresh off the back from supporting The Living End and Dune Rats on their debut East Coast Tour, SPEIRA are back in town for a night of nonsense. Party with them as they wrap up their tour and celebrate the release of their next single ‘Spend My Mind’. Joined by local powerhouses JIB and The Fem Grems. Doors at 6pm.

Fresh merch is up for grabs x

Tickets are on sale now.

Meet us at Vinnies.

Speira - Spend My Mind Tour

LARGE MIRAGE ANNOUNCE WILDFIRE SINGLE TOUR

PRESALE 14 JUL 26 - ON SALE 16 JUL 26

‘WILDFIRE’ SINGLE RELEASE DATE 23 JUL 26

Some bands borrow from rock history, LARGE MIRAGE are writing its next chapter.

Following a breakthrough six months that has seen LARGE MIRAGE open two sold-out stadium shows for AC/DC, headline sold-out shows in Sydney and Melbourne, appear at Australia's leading festivals and build one of the country's most talked-about live reputations, LARGE MIRAGE return with their biggest statement yet.

New Single 'WILDFIRE', released 23 July, is an exhilarating collision of towering guitar riffs, soaring melodies, infectious hooks and fearless musicianship, capturing everything that makes the band impossible to ignore.

The 'WILDFIRE' Single Tour kicks off in Sydney on Fri Jul 24 before making its way around the country, and finishes up at BONFEST 2027 in Scotland.

TIX ON SALE NOW

MORE INFO VIA LARGEMIRAGE.COM

Fri 04 Sep 26 - Vinnie's Dive Bar, Southport QLD

CLICK TO PRE SAVE ‘WILDFIRE’ OUT 23/07

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Reviews have already begun telling the story:

Grace Stokes (Scenestr, Syd) wrote after supporting AC/DC that: "Large Mirage kick off the evening with bone-rattling riffs. It's clear why AC/DC chose them as a support."

Clea-Marie Thorne wrote: "Large Mirage isn't just reviving classic rock; they're reinventing it with fresh fire."

Andrew Slaidins from The Rockpit concluded: "Large Mirage are the real deal."

LARGE MIRAGE - 'WILDFIRE' SINGLE TOUR

Fresh off the back of a busy start of the year supporting Memphis May Fire, Bless The Fall and Hawthorne Heights, both domestically and abroad.

Sienna Skies announce their headlining return to the Gold Coast, as part of the bands “Australian Spring Tour" this coming September.

The bands unique blend of rock and modern metalcore, is the perfect recipe to create the angst filled anthems and epic rock singalongs these boys from Sydney have signatured for over a decade.

Primed with a diverse set list that covers the band’s vast catalogue, Sienna Skies are set to rock Vinnies Dive for fans old and new.

Joining them, Are Melbourne melodic hardcore outfit Saving Face and Adelaide's high-energy Down and Out and local support Total Buzzkill.

Sienna Skies "Australian Spring Tour"

Seattle garage-rock powerhouse The Darts are finally bringing their explosive live show to the Gold Coast. Signed to Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles, featured in Peaky Blinders and praised by Rolling Stone, The Darts have toured with The Damned, The Living End and Billie Joe Armstrong’s The Longshot, while tearing through major stages across the US and Europe.

Joining them are Gold Coast favourites The Spivs, delivering ’60s garage rock turned up to 11, with plenty of attitude, plus Jollee, the fierce, theatrical four-piece described as the sonic lovechild of Patti Smith and The White Stripes.

Three powerhouse bands. One wild night of garage rock, punk attitude and unapologetic rock ’n’ roll.

VINNIES DIVE BAR

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