Jimmy Eat World have announced their biggest ever Australian headline tour, celebrating 25 years of Bleed American this December.
The Arizona rockers will play Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane, marking Jimmy Eat World’s first Australian headline run since 2017 and the final shows anywhere in the world marking the album’s milestone birthday.
Fans across the country will get the rare chance to hear Bleed American performed in full, alongside a stack of other fan favourites from across the band’s catalogue. Joining Jimmy Eat World on every date are special guests Ruby Fields and A. Swayze & The Ghosts, rounding out what’s shaping up to be one of the year’s most stacked rock bills.
Bleed American first dropped on 24 July 2001 via DreamWorks Records, and it’s held up as one of the defining records of early-2000s alternative rock.
The album went platinum in the US and gold in the UK, with the single The Middle recently cracking Spotify’s Billion Streams Club – a huge feat for a track that’s now nearly a quarter of a century old. Its influence still ripples through the scene today, with bands like Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday and The Wonder Years all pointing to the record as a major touchstone.
Jimmy Eat World – 25 Years of Bleed American
- 10 December – Sydney, Hordern Pavilion
- 11 December – Melbourne, Margaret Court Arena
- 12 December – Adelaide, Hindley Street Music Hall
- 15 December – Brisbane, Riverstage
- Tickets here
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Frontman Jim Adkins and drummer Zach Lind have both spoken about approaching this run differently to how they did back in 2001, describing it as a chance to properly savour the album and show gratitude to the fans who’ve stuck around for a quarter of a century.
Expect a heightened production compared to previous tours, reflecting everything the band has learned about stagecraft over the past two and a half decades.
Beyond the studio, Jimmy Eat World have become festival mainstays across the globe, with appearances at When We Were Young, Lollapalooza, Coachella, Reading, Leeds, Southside and Hurricane, plus stops on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Saturday Night Live.
Their hometown even declared October 17 as Jimmy Eat World Day back in 2024. The band’s most recent release, the six-track Something(s) Loud EP, dropped in 2025 and proved they’re far from resting on nostalgia alone.
Tickets go on sale to the general public at 11am local time on Thursday 16 July. PayPal is the official presale partner for the tour, with eligible customers able to access tickets early from 10am local time on 14 July through to 10am on 16 July, or until sold out.
For more information, head here.
