# Garbage Announce 2025 Australian Tour **Tour Announcement** — On Your Markus **Dates:** 11 December 2025; 12 December 2025 **Venues:** Thebarton Theatre **Published:** 15 October 2025 **Author:** Markus Hamence **Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/tour-announcements/garbage-announce-2025-australian-tour/ --- **GARBAGE ANNOUNCE HEADLINE THEATRE SHOWS IN AUCKLAND, MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE, AND SYDNEY – DECEMBER 2025** **Tickets on sale Wednesday 22 October** Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of the alt rock icons **[Garbage](https://prezlymail.com/c/244b6e43-ccf8-4518-88c6-21f7302541ff/b77503ee/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.garbage.com%2F)**** **to **Australia **and **New Zealand **this **December**, with four electrifying shows for **Auckland**, **Melbourne**, **Adelaide** and **Sydney**. Standing among the most influential alternative rock bands of modern times, the band – Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Market & Butch Vig – are true pioneers, selling over 20 million albums and responsible for a catalogue of era-defining hits. These summer shows will be Garbage’s first Australian headline performances since 2016, and the band’s first appearance in Auckland since 2013. ![Four band members perform on stage bathed in vibrant pink and green stage lighting during a Garbage Australia and New Zealand tour date.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/repaired/aa5c484a-a0ab-40df-82eb-762d44d53a69/Garbage25_1920x1080-OSD.webp) > > *‘To be able to return to sacred, stunning New Zealand and to Australia *– *the home country of our most beloved music business guru, Michael Gudinski *–* is an immense thrill for us as a band. We have been aching to return to this part of the world for a long time now and this tour will be played every night in Gudinski’s honour’ *– Shirley Manson Performing in ornate theatres in each city, including a tour closing night onstage in the Concert Hall at the iconic Sydney Opera House, these shows are a must for long-time Garbage fans. Garbage return in celebration of their highly acclaimed eighth studio album, *Let All That We Imagine Be The Light*. Since its release in May 2025, the band have been hitting the road, currently midway through their first North American headline tour in a decade, which began in early September. In November, they’ll head to Mexico before closing out their US run with a final Los Angeles show, ahead of their long-awaited return to Australia and New Zealand. Onstage, the fearless outfit are hungrier than ever, earning rave reviews from critics at recent shows: > *‘Garbage has never been a band to play it safe … ​ Nearly three decades later, the band still commands a room with the same swagger that made Version 2.0 a global phenomenon’ *– Miami New Times > *‘The stage backdrop of gothic statues lit up in neon pink and UV lights serves as a perfect analogy for the band’s live sound: still slick and candy-coloured like their records, but with a surprisingly heavy industrial sensibility’ *– ★★★★ The Guardian Formed in Madison, Wisconsin, Garbage released their self-titled debut back in 1995 – an album that shot to #1 on the NZ Album Chart, #4 in Australia, and went 2x Platinum in both countries. What followed was three decades of era-defining records and chart-topping singles, including [‘Only Happy When It Rains’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBFOJ3R0M4), [‘Stupid Girl’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GhPUAVgHZc), [‘When I Grow Up’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CRyxgZndig), [‘No Gods No Masters’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXZB-YiYIak), [‘I Think I’m Paranoid’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypr18UmxOas), [‘Vow’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZsVcoWRIkY) and countless more. Now, the band continue to evolve, as heard on latest single [‘There’s No Future In Optimism’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRIdnuJZAqQ). > “*This record is about what it means to be alive, and about what it means to face your imminent destruction*,” says Manson of their latest opus. “*It’s hopeful. It’s very tender towards what it means to be a human being. Our flaws and our failures are still beautiful, even though we’re taught that they’re not… This is a tender, thrilling record about the fragility of life.”* Tickets to all shows **go on sale Wednesday 22 October (1pm local time)** via [frontiertouring.com/garbage](http://www.frontiertouring.com/garbage). Frontier Members presale starts **Tuesday 21 October (10am local time)** – see website for more information. Do not miss these special shows: a joyous, electrifying celebration of the band that defined a generation. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/embed/zRIdnuJZAqQ) **GARBAGE** **​AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND TOUR** **​DECEMBER 2025** **​**Presented by Frontier Touring --- **FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE ​** **​**via **[frontiertouring.com/garbage](https://frontiertouring.com/garbage)**** ​** **​**Runs 24 hours from: **Tuesday 21 October (10am local)** ​ ​*or until presale allocation exhausted* **TICKETS ON SALE** **​**Begins: **Wednesday 22 October (1pm local time)** --- **Wednesday 3 December** **​Auckland Town Hall | Auckland, NZ** **​**Lic. All Ages ​ ​[ticketmaster.co.nz](https://frntr.co/Garbage25Akl) **Thursday 11 December** **​Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC** **​**Lic. All Ages ​ ​[ticketmaster.com.au](https://frntr.co/Garbage25Mel) **Friday 12 December** **​Thebarton Theatre | Adelaide, SA** **​**Lic. All Ages ​ ​[ticketmaster.com.au](https://frntr.co/Garbage25Adl) **Sunday 14 December** **​Sydney Opera House Concert Hall | Sydney, NSW** **​**Lic. All Ages ​ ​[sydneyoperahouse.com](https://frntr.co/Garbage25Syd) ![Four band members perform amid colourful neon lighting on a dark starry background, with tour dates listed for Australia and New Zealand 2025.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/repaired/24098cda-6d12-43bf-996f-1615826eabd3/Garbge25_1080x1350-OSD.webp) **FOLLOW GARBAGE:** **[Website](https://www.garbage.com/)**** | ****[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/GarbageOfficial)**** | ****[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/garbage)**** | ****[X](https://x.com/garbagebandband)**** | ****[TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@garbage)**** | ****[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/garbage)**** | ****[Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6S0GHTqz5sxK5f9HtLXn9q?si=yCsjb8KeSnGJG8OJlGT6Aw&nd=1&dlsi=de544f15d0a44326)**** | ****[Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/garbage/109997)** **[frontiertouring.com/garbage](https://frontiertouring.com/garbage)**