Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball Present Gomez By Request 2025 Australia Tour

Ben Ottewell (left) and Ian Ball.
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Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball, the two principal songwriters and founding members of indie-rock legends Gomez, are asking their Australian fans to Bring It on their next tour down under.

As the media release cheekily highlights must be their 10,000th voyage to Australia [Ed's note: Maybe 9,890 trips is more accurate!], Ottewell and Ball both agree our land is their favourite touring country (give or take a few); said it was cheeky.

The run of November dates will see gigs in Barwon Heads, Melbourne (x2), Fremantle, Perth (x2), Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Hobart and Archies Creek.

This batch of intimate, up-close-and-personal shows will see the lads throw open the set list to their fans to request their favourite Gomez songs: the classics, the deep cuts and the ones your mum loves.

With close to three decades experience touring and seven studio albums to choose from, this is the ultimate choose-your-own-Gomez adventure. Especially when you start listing all the songs that deserve to be heard: 'Tijuana Lady', 'Get Miles', 'How We Operate', 'We Haven't Turned It Around', 'See The World', 'Get Myself Arrested', 'Shot Shot', 'Whippin' Piccadilly', 'Bubble Gum Years', 'Devil Will Ride', 'California'; and that's just the tip of this Gomez-berg.



Put simply: It's no rules. Just two mates. Two guitars. Some electronic stuff, and decades of songs that have soundtracked road trips, breakups, breakdowns and breakthroughs.

Ticket holders can place their song requests for their chosen show. Once the request is in, a set list is presented to Ben and Ian to curate a show like no other. It's that simple.

Tickets on sale from 10am (local time) on 13 June.

Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball Present Gomez 2025 Tour Dates

Mon 3 Nov – Barwon Heads Hotel (Geelong)
Tue 4 Nov – The Corner Hotel (Melbourne)
Thu 6 Nov – Buffalo Club (Fremantle)
Fri 7 Nov – Rosemont Hotel (Perth)
Sat 8 Nov – Indi Bar (Perth)
Sun 9 Nov – The Gov (Adelaide)
Wed 12 Nov - Street Theatre (Canberra)
Thu 13 Nov – Liberty Hall (Sydney)
Fri 14 Nov – Northern Hotel (Byron Bay)
Sat 15 Nov – Miami Marketta (Gold Coast)
Sun 16 Nov – The Triffid (Brisbane)
Wed 19 Nov – Altar Bar (Hobart)
Thu 20 Nov – The Espy (Melbourne)
Sat 22 Nov – Archies Creek Hotel (Archies Creek)

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