Alt rock icons Garbage have extended their Australian visit this December.
Already slated to co-headline Good Things Festival in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, the 'Only Happy When It Rains', 'Stupid Girl' and 'I Think I'm Paranoid' hitmakers will headline concerts (their first in Australia since 2016) in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney.
"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," Shirley Manson says.
"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."
Manson, alongside Duke Erikson, Steve Market and Butch Vig are true pioneers, selling over 20 million albums and responsible for a catalogue of era-defining hits.
Their most recent studio album, and eighth overall, is 'Let All That We Imagine Be the Light' that was released earlier this year. It features the singles 'There's No Future In Optimism' and 'Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty'.
"Dear hearts, we are all absolutely blown away by the response to our new record," the band posted upon the album's release. Thank you so much for the outpouring of kindness we have received.
"Such wide open arms. Such long suffering love. Such a beautiful, most welcome surprise. Our sincere gratitude. And once again – from the very bottom of our shrivelled and dark old hearts – thank you. And Free Palestine."
Currently midway through their first North American headline tour in a decade, in November they'll head to Mexico before closing out their US run with a final Los Angeles show before heading to Australia.
"This record is about what it means to be alive, and about what it means to face your imminent destruction," Manson says 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 on sale from 1pm (local time) on 22 October.
Garbage 2025 Tour Dates
Thu 11 Dec - Palais Theatre (Melbourne)Fri 12 Dec - Thebarton Theatre (Adelaide)
Sun 14 Dec - Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
