MELROSE AVENUE TO PERFORM AT PALLADIUM CONCERT HALL
Australian modern metalcore band Melrose Avenue, which has rapidly broken through in the international heavy music scene, will visit Palladium concert hall for the first time on February 19. From its first fans outside its native Australia to sold-out tours across several continents, the band has quickly established itself as one of the most in-demand new heavy rock acts right now.
Tickets go on sale on June 11 at 12:00 in the “Biļešu Serviss” network. Members of the Positivus Festival and FBI Concert Club will be able to buy tickets in presale from June 10 at 12:00.
Despite the pandemic restrictions that for a long time at the start of this decade prevented musicians from performing in front of audiences, the newly formed Australian quartet Melrose Avenue found its first wide audience online. Skillfully using the possibilities of social media, the band quickly attracted listeners far beyond Australia’s borders, and in 2023 became one of the most viewed music projects on TikTok in Australia and New Zealand.
The band consists of lead vocalist and main songwriter Vlado Saric, guitarist Mitch Black, drummer Jed McIntosh, and guitarist/vocalist Shawn Mayer. The quartet emphasizes, however, that the rapid wave of success is not only the achievement of four rock musicians in black leather jackets - producers, fans, and the team that helped turn Melrose Avenue’s digital recognition into a real international movement have also played a significant role.
Melrose Avenue’s sound combines the intensity of heavy guitar riffs, explosive energy, and melodic vocal lines, making the band’s songs easy to connect with even beyond the narrower boundaries of the metalcore genre. At times, the melodic clean vocals are replaced by a rap-like rhythm, while at climactic moments Vlado Saric’s voice gains an anxious sharpness, which is one of the band’s most recognizable weapons.
References can be heard in the band’s songs to acts such as Bring Me The Horizon, Memphis May Fire, and Linkin Park, but Melrose Avenue does not repeat them; instead, it uses them as a springboard for its own contemporary, aggressive, and anthem-like style. This is also confirmed by listeners’ interest on streaming platforms, where the band’s tracks have collectively surpassed 20 million streams.
In 2025, after their debut tour of Australia, the band went on its first US tour, opening for Ice Nine Kills and The Word Alive at twenty-six sold-out shows. Soon after came their own packed shows in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, while the UK and European tour sold out within 72 hours. In 2026, Melrose Avenue launched its biggest tour to date in the US - and next year they will bring that energy to Riga as well!
