The Wombats Announce 2025 Australian Tour
The UK indie rockers are playing four headline shows alongside appearances at SummerSalt Festival in regional areas.
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Secret Sounds are pumped to announce the return of honorary Aussies, The Wombats. The indie trio have revealed a run of four headline gigs along with appearances at the regional SummerSalt Series taking place across the nation in September and October.
Fans can expect to hear tracks from The Wombats’ upcoming sixth album, Oh! The Ocean, set for release February 14 (pre-order/pre-save here), along with all the classic Wombats tunes, including ‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’, ‘Moving To New York’ and ‘Greek Tragedy’.
The Wombats will be joined by Del Water Gap for their Brisbane and SummerSalt Series performances, with Bea and her Business and Ra Ra Viper sharing the stage with the band on the final three headline gigs.
Touching down in Australia in September, The Wombats’ first show as part of the SummerSalt Series takes place at Torquay Common in Torquay on Saturday, September 20. The trio then play three headline gigs at Adelaide’s AEC Theatre (Sunday, September 21), Melbourne’s Festival Hall (Wednesday, September 24) and Brisbane’s Riverstage (Friday, September 26).
The SummerSalt Series continues with dates at Woodstock Farm in Tamborine (Saturday, September 27) and Speers Point Park in Lake Macquarie (Sunday, September 28). The Wombats then stop past Sydney for a headline gig at Hodern Pavilion (Wednesday, October 1) before wrapping things up with the final SummerSalt festival at Fremantle’s Esplanade Park on Saturday, October 4.
There are several pre-sale options, with Mastercard and eligible CommBank Yello customers able to score tickets from 10:30am local time this Wednesday, February 12 until 10:30am local time on Friday, February 14. Visit commbank.com.au/mastercardpresales for more details.
Westfield members have exclusive access to reserved tickets from 11:30am local time on Monday, February 17. All you need to do to become a Westfield member is download the app here: westfield.com.au/membership/.
The Secret Sounds pre-sale commences Friday, February 14 at 11:30am local time (click here for more details), with general on-sale kicking off Monday, February 17 from 11:30am local time via Secret Sounds.
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Emerging during the late 00s when indie rock dominated the charts, The Wombats broke through in 2007 with their major label debut, A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation.
The three-piece, consisting of frontman Matthew Murphy, bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen and drummer Dan Haggis, have gone on to become one of the biggest acts in the world, embarking on sold-out arena tours across the globe and headlining major European festivals.
The Wombats achieved their first UK Album Chart #1 with 2022’s Fix Yourself, Not the World, an album that also peaked at #2 on the ARIA Album Chart. The record has garnered over 2.5 billion streams and led The Wombats to headline shows at Crystal Palace and London’s The O2.
Expectations are high for the Liverpool band’s sixth album, Oh! The Ocean, with their latest single, ‘Can’t Say No’, another vibrant dose of catchy indie rock with introspective lyrics that suggests their upcoming record will be another chart-topper.
Catch The Wombats at AEC Theatre on Sunday, September 21. For full ticketing information visit secretsounds.com.
The Wombats Australian Tour Dates 2025
with Del Water Gap^, Bea and her Business* & Ra Ra Viper*
Saturday, September 20 – SummerSalt Series, Torquay Common, Torquay^*
Sunday, September 21 – AEC Theatre, Adelaide*
Wednesday, September 24 – Festival Hall, Melbourne*
Friday, September 26 – Riverstage, Brisbane^*
Saturday, September 27 – SummerSalt Series, Woodstock Farm, Tamborine^*
Sunday, September 28 – SummerSalt Series, Speers Point Park, Lake Macquarie^*
Wednesday, October 1 – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney*
Saturday, October 4 – SummerSalt Series, Esplanade Park, Fremantle^*
^Riverstage, Brisbane & all SummerSalt Series
*All dates (including SummerSalt Series)
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