The alt rock icons haven't been back since 2016 and they're making up for lost time.
Garbage are bringing their Australian and New Zealand tour to Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney this December. The band featuring Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig will perform in ornate theatres across the country, including a closing night at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
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- Auckland Town Hall, 3 December
- Palais Theatre, Melbourne, 11 December
- Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, 12 December
- Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney, 18 December
Check out our gig guide here.
These Garbage shows mark the group’s first Australian headline performances since 2016 and their first Auckland appearance since 2013. The tour celebrates their eighth studio album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, which arrived in May 2025. The band have been on the road since early September, currently midway through their first North American headline tour in a decade.
Formed in Madison, Wisconsin, the alternative rock pioneers have sold over 20 million albums since their 1995 self-titled debut. That first record hit number one on the New Zealand Album Chart and number four in Australia, going double platinum in both countries. Their catalogue spans three decades of chart-topping singles including Only Happy When It Rains, Stupid Girl, When I Grow Up, I Think I’m Paranoid and Vow.
The latest album explores themes of mortality and human fragility, with Manson describing it as a tender examination of what it means to be alive while facing destruction. The band’s most recent single There’s No Future In Optimism continues their evolution as one of alternative rock’s most influential acts. Tickets go on sale 22 October at 1pm local time, with a Frontier Members presale running from 21 October at 10am.
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