Slipknot Announce Exclusive Knotfest Adelaide Sideshow

This will be the band’s only Australian headline show in 2025.

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Fire up South Aussie Slipknot fans! The masked heavy metal ensemble are heading to Adelaide for an exclusive one-off Knotfest headline sideshow in March 2025.

Already in the country headlining Knotfest Australia 2025 to commemorate their 25th anniversary as a band, the Corey Taylor-fronted Slipknot have now added a special Adelaide date to their tour.

In between their headline festival spots at Knotfest Australia 2025 in Melbourne (Friday, February 28 at Flemington Racecourse), Brisbane (Sunday, March 2 at Brisbane Showground) and Sydney (Saturday, March 8 at Centennial Park), the band have locked in gigs at Adelaide’s AEC Arena on Tuesday, March 4, along with a New Zealand concert at Spark Arena in Auckland on Tuesday, March 11.

Knotfest Premium Members have access to pre-sale tickets at 8:30am local time on Thursday, December 5, followed by Promoter early bird pre-sale tickets at 9:30am local time on Thursday, December 5. You can register here for the pre-sales. General on-sale kicks off at 1:30pm local time on Tuesday, December 10 via Destroy All Lines.

READ MORE: Slipknot, BABYMETAL & A Day To Remember Headline Knotfest Australia 2025 Lineup

The third edition of Knotfest Australia 2025 takes place across February and March next year.

Along with Slipknot, the festival also plays host to Florida’s A Day To Remember – returning to our shores for the first time since 2019 – Japanese kawaii metal trailblazers BABYMETAL, Russian deathcore behemoths Slaughter To Prevail and Sydney heavy metal beasts Polaris.

If that’s not enough to get you excited, Knotfest Australia 2025 will feature electrifying sets from Within Temptation – making their first-ever trip Down Under – British rockers Enter Shikari, heavy metal beasts Hatebreed (celebrating their 30th anniversary) and Byron Bay metalcore lads In Hearts Wake.

Also appearing are HEALTH, Miss May I, Vended and Sunami. Tickets for Knotfest Australia 2025 are on sale now via knotfest.com.

Catch Slipknot at AEC Arena on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. For complete ticketing details visit destroyalllines.com.

KNOTFEST Australia 2025 DATES, VENUES & Lineup

Knotfest Australia 2025 Lineup

Slipknot, A Day To Remember

BABYMETAL, Slaughter To Prevail, Polaris

Within Temptation, Enter Shikari, Hatebreed

In Hearts Wake, HEALTH, Miss May I, Vended, Sunami

Knotfest Australia 2025 Dates

Friday, February 28, 2025 – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne

Sunday, March 2, 2025 – Brisbane Showground, Brisbane

Saturday, March 8, 2025 – Centennial Park, Sydney

Slipknot Headline Sideshows

Tuesday, March 4 – AEC Arena, Adelaide

Tuesday, March 11 – Spark Arena, Auckland

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