Good Things Festival 2025 Lineup Announced
Tool, Weezer and Garbage to headline Australia’s biggest heavy music festival.
Good Things festival, brought to us by promotors Destroy All Lines and taking over Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane across the first weekend of December is delighting heavy fans with the release of their 2025 lineup - covering some of metal, rock and punk’s finest and most nostalgic American and global heroes.
Since Good Things burst onto the Aussie festival scene in 2018, the one-day music extravaganza has established itself as Australia’s top alternative, punk and metal festival. The 2025 lineup upholds this standard, bringing the best nostalgic alternative, punk and metal bands from across the globe to Australian soil, as well as championing up and coming acts.
Four-time Grammy award winning American heavy metal band Tool is set to headline, marking their first Australian show in over five years, and first Australian festival appearance since Big Day out in 2011.
Joined by age-less iconic American rock band Weezer, and American alt-rockers Garbage, who released their last album 'Let All That We Imagine Be the Light' in May, the headliners transport audiences to the sweet spot of 90’s heavy and rock music.
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Other major bands gracing the stages across the festivals tour are All Time Low, off the back of their new singles ‘The Weather’ and ‘SUCKERPUNCH’, Machine Head, with their new album ‘UNATØNED’, The All-American Rejects, returning to Australia for the first time in over 15 years, hard-core punks Knocked Loose, death-core Lorna Shore and Refused, in their final run of Australian shows.
Australian additions include metalcore Make Them Suffer, rockers Tonight Alive and legacy act James Reyne, lead singer of the iconic ‘Australian Crawl’ (reckless).
Hailing from across the globe, the wider lineup includes, New Found Glory, Dayseeker, Kublai Khan Tx, Cobra Starship, Goldfinger, Bad Nerves, Civic, Dead Poet Society, Fever 333, Gwar, High Vis, Inertia, Palaye Royale, Scene Queen, South Arcade, Wargasm, Windwaker, Yours Truly, packing a heavy and satisfying punch for Aussie audiences ready for a hectic festival day.
Pre-sale Tickets to the Festival will be available for purchase from Tuesday August 19 at 10am AEST. General Admission tickets go on sale on Thursday August 21 at 10:00am AEST via Oztix.
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Good Things Festival 2025 Dates & Venues
Friday 5 December - Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne
Saturday 6 December – Sydney Showground, Sydney
Sunday 7 December – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane
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