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NSW Fair Trading is investigating ticket reseller Viagogo as consumer complaints against the company spike in line with the reintroduction of ticketed events.

In great news for fans of live music TEG Live and Live Nation have teamed up with the New South Wales Government to present The Greatest Southern Nights - a limited series of COVID safe shows at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena this Summer.
 
On November 28^th, Ocean Alley will headline this historic return to live music, with special guests Jack River and Ruby Fields, together with Jack Botts.

Qudos Bank Arena is proud to relaunch music again!

TEG Live and Live Nation Australia have teamed up with the New South Wales Government to present The Greatest Southern Nights - a limited series of COVID safe shows at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena this Summer

On Saturday December 5^th Bernard Fanning will headline this historic return to live music.
Joining him for this very special evening will be Matt Corby.

AMERICAN EXPRESS IS BACKING AUSSIE ARTISTS, MUSIC BUSINESSES AND FANS

American Express launches $1 million music relief fund

A serial conman who ripped off a dozen victims, including fans of Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars by pretending to sell them concert tickets online, has not repaid a cent of his $200,000-plus frauds and probably never will, a court has heard.

Yet another warning to stop purchasing tickets from Ticket Scalpers, and to only buy from Authorised sellers.

 

AUSTRALIA IT’S TIME TO GET ALL REVVED UP! JIM STEINMAN’S EPIC ROCK MUSICAL, BAT OUT OF HELL is blasting into the country’s biggest arenas.

Taking over Qudos Bank Arena on Tuesday 18th May 2021.

To celebrate the One Year to Go milestone to the rescheduled Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, Seven will broadcast two landmark Olympic Games specials that revisit all the magic moments of the Greatest Games Ever, Sydney 2000.
Including never before seen footage from our very own Qudos Bank Arena.

Australia’s very own superstar, singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem is set to embark on her long-awaited headline shows in April May 2021 for the Bridge Over Troubled Dreams Tour.

Taking over Qudos Bank Arena 10 April 2021.

Don’t miss the Bridge Over Troubled Dreams Tour, featuring all of the hits from one of Australia’s favourite entertainers - the stunning Delta Goodrem.

Niall Horan’s Nice To Meet Ya Australian tour in September / October has been cancelled

Qudos Bank Arena are thrilled to welcome The Killers back to Australia.

The Australian leg of the Imploding The Mirage Tour has The Killers taking over Sydney Saturday 14 November 2020 

GIG POSTPONED TILL FURTHER NOTICE.

TEG Live and Qudos Bank Arena regret to advise that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and Government restrictions, Lenny Kravitz’s "Here to Love" tour has been cancelled.

HARRY STYLES ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIA ‘LOVE ON TOUR’ 2020 DATES
Taking over Qudos Bank Arena Nov 20 2020.

"EPIC" NEWS!
Faith No More are returning to Australia for their biggest headline tour! Taking over Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena Saturday 27 February!
Faith No More’s pioneering, genre-defining career saw the band morph from cult underground heroes to boundary-pushing global chart-toppers, mixing metal to alt-rock to hip-hop to punk and much, much more
Tickets and info for Faith No More | Live in Sydney: http://bit.ly/FNM_QBA
(Tickets on sale 12 Feb @ 12pm)

IT ISN'T IRONIC...WE JUST THINK YOU OUGHTA KNOW!
It's been 25 years since Alanis Morissette released "jagged little pill' and to celebrate Alanis will bring her 2020 World Tour to Sydney.
....and play the entire album - it'll be just like you remember!!
Taking over Qudos Bank Arena 17 November 2020.

Ticket and info for Alanis Morissette | Live in Sydney - http://bit.ly/ALANIS_QBA
(Tickets on sale 10am Feb 7)

Get one hand in your pocket and the other clicking 'Add to Cart'!
This is a show not to be missed!

Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons today announced a State Memorial for those impacted by the recent bushfires to be held on Sunday, 23 February at Qudos Bank Arena at Sydney Olympic Park.

Tame Impala are set to return to Australia and tour this April.
Taking over Qudos Bank Arena - Thursday 10^th December 2020

Rod Stewart will bring The Hits Tour to Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on Wednesday, 21 October 2020.

In 2019, Sir Rod Stewart celebrates 50 years as a solo artist. The legendary singer-songwriter is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with more than 250 million records sold worldwide during a stellar career that includes nine #1 albums and 26 Top 10 singles in the UK. Plus, 17 Top 10 albums and 16 Top 10 singles in the US.

Tickets on Sale for Rod Stewart - Live in Sydney at Qudos Bank Arena at 9am - November 22nd.
Tickets and info - click here: http://bit.ly/RODSTEWART_QBA

Iron Maiden are returning to Sydney!
One of the most influential rock bands of all time are heading to Qudos Bank Arena on 7 May 2020!!

Iron Maiden's Legacy of the Beast World Tour has been called one of the most exciting and extravagant shows ever!
With over a decade worth of fan favourite rock hits, this will be a show not to miss!

Disney On Ice is set to return to Sydney in 2020! ❄☃

The Greatest Rock Concert you never knew you needed - but 100% wanted!
Global Superband Scorpions and Mega Platinum Whitesnake are double headlining their Australian Tour - taking over Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on Feb 22 2020.

Lenny Kravitz is heading to Sydney!
Tickets are on sale now for his "Here to Love" Tour of Australia! 🎸💕
Lenny Kravitz - Live in Sydney takes over Qudos Bank Arena - 3 April.
Get your tickets and info here: http://bit.ly/QBA_KRAVITZ

Qudos Bank Arena is happy to announce a  brand new Seating and Hospitality option inside the Arena - known as Terrace Tables.

Qudos Bank Arena was today annnounced as the 4th Highest Grossing Arena in the World.
According to 'Billboard's Arena Power List of 2019".

Qudos Bank Arena's management company AEG Facilities - combines with SMG to create ASM GLOBAL.

Qudos Bank Arena and Backstreet Boys announce a 2nd Show due to massive demand for tickets!!

The Stars of Marvel Arrive in Sydney - taking over Qudos Bank Arena 16th --> 19th April

This much-loved and extraordinary event celebrates youth, education, culture, diversity and young Australian talent and will be held at QUDOS BANK ARENA, Sydney Olympic Park on 22 and 23 November, 2019. Tickets on sale NOW through Ticketek.

WWE LIVE^™ RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA

WWE LIVE will return to Australia and take over Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on Octover 21st, presented in partnership with TEG Dainty.

CHILDISH GAMBINO - CONFIRMS RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IN 2019

Fresh off the back of winning a Brit Award for ‘British Artist Video of the Year’ for ‘Woman Like Me’, and two Global Awards for ‘Best Group’ and ‘Best Song’; pop superstars Little Mix today announce that five new Australian shows have been added to 'LM5 - The Tour' for 2019.

Mickey and his friends return to Qudos Bank Arena this July for Disney on Ice - and they are bringing all their friends!

HE’S BACK….WITH A NEW SHOW
HUGH JACKMAN’S
The Man. The Music. The Show.
AUSTRALIAN Shows ANNOUNCED!

Chinese Singer-songwriter Joker Xue is coming to town this April. Tickets are now available at Ticketek for his “Skyscraper World Tour” Sydney concert 2019.

BY DEMAND!
NEW SYDNEY – BRISBANE - AUCKLAND SHOWS ADDED TO ELTON JOHN’S FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR - MUSIC ICON TO PLAY 26 AUSTRALIAN & 5 NEW ZEALAND DATES IN 2019 & 2020

FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD
ELTON JOHN AUSTRALIAN FAREWELL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

MUSIC ICON ANNOUNCES FIFTEEN AUSTRALIAN & THREE NEW ZEALAND SHOWS IN 2019 & 2020

MEDIA RELEASE
QUDOS BANK ARENA WELCOMES OVER ONE MILLION GUESTS TO THE ARENA IN 2018

Qudos Bank Arena welcomed over 1,066,607 ticketed patrons in 2018, the largest ticketed crowd to attend the Arena for live entertainment since opening just over 19 years ago.

Los Angeles, CA – June 1, 2017 -- In support of LGBT Pride Month, AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, is creating awareness around diversity and inclusion with the launch of “Better As One,” a social media campaign that underscores the organization’s belief in unity and diversity.

Qudos Bank Arena are pleased to announce the launch of their new responsive website – www.qudosbankarena.com.au.

After an incredibly successful year for Qudos Bank Arena in 2016, the Arena has welcomed its showing in Pollstar magazine’s 2016 Year-End rankings of the world’s top arenas.

Allphones Arena is set to become the R ‘n B heart of New South Wales when Grammy Award winning artists, Alicia Keys and John Legend bring their full bands to the venue on their Set the World On Fire tour on Wednesday, 11 December, 2013.

2013 was a stellar year for Allphones Arena in Sydney which was confirmed today with the news that it hosted 7 out of Pollstar’s 2013 Top 10 Highest Grossing Worldwide Tours as well as coming in 11th in the industry bible’s 2013 Year End Worldwide Venue Ticket Sales.

After 26 shows across Australia and New Zealand, global superstars One Direction performed their seventh and final Sydney show at Allphones Arena last Saturday night to another sell-out crowd breaking the venue’s record for ticket sales by a group and longest run for a single tour.

After more than three months criss-crossing Australia, American pop superstar P!nk performed her final Sydney show, the 100th show on her world tour, last Sunday night at Allphones Arena to another sell-out crowd and breaking the venue’s record for tickets sales by a solo artist.

After eight days of remarkable competition that showcased the strength and resilience of the human spirit, Sydney said thank you – and farewell – to the all-conquering 500 servicemen and women from 18 nations at the spectacular 2018 Invictus Games Closing Ceremony at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney.

Allphones Arena, Australia’s premier entertainment venue located in Sydney’s Olympic Park precinct is about to undergo an exciting name change.

British rock royalty Arctic Monkeys have ushered in a spectacular new era with their sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, and now Frontier Touring is over the moon to announce the band’s return to Australia and New Zealand for a mammoth run of arena shows in February and March 2019. Alex Turner and co. will kick things off in the west with a show in Perth, before crossing over to Melbourne and heading up the east coast with shows in Sydney and Brisbane before a final leg across the Tasman in Auckland. Joining them at all shows will be friends and collaborators Mini Mansions, the LA trio featuring members of Queens of the Stone Age, and The Last Shadow Puppets.

After entertaining country music fans across the United Kingdom and Europe since 2013, TEG Live and AEG Presents are proud to present the inaugural Country to Country (C2C) Australia at Sydney Qudos Bank Arena on Saturday 28 September 2019 and Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Sunday 29 September 2019, headlined by superstar Tim McGraw.

Frontier Touring are delighted to confirm that seminal American rock band Eagles will bring their critically-acclaimed Eagles World Tour to Australia and New Zealand in February and March. The best-selling American band of the 70s and one of the top-selling acts of all time, Eagles’ appeal continues to transcend both generation and genre. Since forming in Los Angeles in 1971, the band have sold more than 150 million albums, scored six #1 albums and topped the singles charts five times.

Platinum-certified country duo FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE today announce anticipated all-ages arena shows for March 2019, which will take them to the Cairns Convention Centre on Friday 15 March, Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Monday 18 March, and Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday 20 March.

Intel^® Extreme Masters (IEM), the longest running global pro gaming circuit in the world, is returning to Sydney on May 3-5, 2019.  The professional gaming competition at Qudos Bank Arena will see sixteen of the world’s best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) teams play live for a lion’s share of the $US 250,000 prize pool.

Award-winning Mandopop singer-songwriter, JJ Lin will return to Australia in 2019 after five years, to perform two spectacular nights! The highly anticipated “JJ Lin Sanctuary World Tour” will take place in Sydney, Qudos Bank Arena on 9 March 2019 and Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena on 11 March 2019.

After an epic and storied 45-year career that launched an era of rock n roll legends, KISS announced that they will launch their final tour ever in 2019, appropriately named END OF THE ROAD. The initial tour announcement was made a month ago on the US America’s Got Talent, which sent the internet into overdrive with fans hoping their city would get one final KISS show. The band announced the first set of North American dates on Monday and follow today with details of the Australian and New Zealand leg of the world tour set for November and December 2019.

Today, multi-platinum artist POST MALONE has announced his return to Australia with a HUGE arena tour taking in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney across April and May next year, 2019. Post Malone stirs hip-hop, R&B, and alternative into his own sonic “sauce” that’s both intoxicating and invigorating. “I describe what I do as sauce,” he affirms. “You can turn up to it. You can chill to it. You can do anything to it. It makes you feel some type of way, or it makes you want to party. It just comes naturally.”

Making stops in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, the comprehensive run will see the wildly popular quartet reconnect with a fanbase hungry for new material nearly four years after the release of their previous ARIA #1 album Wilder Mind. With new single “Guiding Light’ released last month, Mumford & Sons have once again proven, they are in the form of their lives.

Niall Horan to bring Global Nice To Meet Ya Tour to Australia in September. 

Niall will take over Qudos Bank Arena - Friday 2 October 2020.

Multi-platinum, chart-topping rock band, NICKELBACK, has announced their massive Feed The Machine Tour will land in Australia this summer, bringing their biggest production yet for three shows only.

Touring in support of their ARIA #3 album, Feed The Machine (out now through BMG), these will be Nickelback’s first Australian shows since May 2015. The multi-platinum-selling powerhouse will hit the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on February 13, Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on February 15 and Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on February 16 - with very special guests Bad Wolves.

With her schedule of 9 shows, the longest run of shows ever for a solo artist at the Arena, P!NK has smashed the ticket sales record at Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena, with her Beautiful Trauma World Tour that wrapped up on Wednesday 19 September 2018.

Qudos Bank Arena are excited to announce that they are joining forces with Starlight Children’s Foundation (Starlight) as their official Charity Partner

Due to overwhelming demand during the fan club and American Express Card Members pre-sales, a second and FINAL Sydney show has been added to RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Australia 2019 tour. 

Playing their first Australian headline tour in twelve long years, Red Hot Chili Peppers will bring their unique funk-rock sound and high-energy performances to Australia and New Zealand for arena and outdoor shows this coming February - March.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Australia 2019
 
Announcing very special guests – funk royalty:
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
 
Final tickets have been released - on sale 9am today

Grammy Award-winning, American rock guitarist Slash returns to Australian shores in January/February 2019 with Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators in tow. The Australian Tour will support the release of Slash’s fourth solo album, Living The Dream released on Slash’s own label Snakepit Records in partnership with Sony Music Australia which debut at #4 on the ARIA Album Chart. Tickets to Slash Ft Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators tour go on sale at 12 noon on Friday 26 October from Ticketek. A VISA cardholder pre-sale will commence at 2pm on Thursday 25 October through to 10am Friday 26 October.

In the summer of 2019, Frontier Touring and Arena Touring will introduce Australia and New Zealand to the ultimate throwback pop experience: So Pop. The concert series will bring the biggest names of ‘90s pop to the stage in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Auckland and Brisbane for one night only, transforming each venue into the school disco that you’ll wish never ends.

TEG Live & Division Agency proudly present global award-winning electronic act The Prodigy for the Australian tour in 2019 to celebrate the release of their new album ‘No Tourists’ to be released globally on 2 November 2018. With six of the biggest and most influential albums in modern music today already under their belt, The Prodigy have consistently proved to be one of the most thrilling live bands in the world! Vital and vitriolic, on stage The Prodigy are a snarling force to be reckoned with, a maniacal beast of epic proportions.

Tool are coming back to Australia for the first time in 7 years!
What will definitely be the most anticipated rock tour of the year - they take over Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on 17 February 2020.

TOOL's immersive live visual experience is as brilliant as the band’s music itself - and their groundbreaking, epic live show sees a band at the top of their powers, and not to be missed

The multi-sensory, groundbreaking experience that is TOOL, Live in Concert - Tickets on sale for TOOL In Concert | Live in Sydney Friday 22 November - 2pm.
Get info and tickets here: http://bit.ly/TOOL_QBA