Colorado heart-tuggers to perform How To Save a Life in full this December.
In a move that’ll have millennial emos reaching for their sideswept fringes and battered iPod Nanos, Grammy-nominated rockers The Fray are hitting Melbourne on their How to Save a Life 20th-anniversary tour, coming to Australian shores this December.
The Colorado outfit will perform their timeless debut album in full, giving fans a chance to belt out anthem after anthem and relive the soundtrack that defined a generation of Grey’s Anatomy viewers. Two decades and more than 12 billion streams later, these piano-rock tearjerkers continue to hit right in the feels.
The Fray Australian tour dates 2025
- 3 Dec – Metro City, Perth WA
- 5 Dec – Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane QLD
- 6 Dec – Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW
- 7 Dec – The Forum, Melbourne VIC
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The band, who went from parents’ basements and grandpa’s barn to selling over 4 million albums and 20 million singles globally, struck a massive chord with their heartfelt lyrics and signature sound back in 2005.
How to Save a Life climbed to the top of the Billboard 200 chart, delivering earworm hits like Over My Head (Cable Car) and the five-time platinum title track.
“We never imagined that the songs from How to Save a Life would still hold new meaning 20 years later,” said lead vocalist Joe King, who has taken over frontman duties following the band’s decade-long hiatus. “It’s an incredible honour to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary with our Australian fans.”
The tour announcement comes fresh off the back of the band’s triumphant return in 2024, with King joining longtime guitarist Dave Welsh and drummer Ben Wysocki for a new chapter in The Fray’s story. The multi-platinum band has racked up four Grammy Award nominations, three Billboard Music Awards and multiple Billboard top 10 hits throughout their career.
For those who spent the mid-2000s with Over My Head on repeat, this tour offers a chance to reconnect with the soul-searching songwriting and dynamic sound that Rolling Stone praised for its “stick-in-your-head hooks and eloquent narratives.”
Fans can gain early access to tickets through the artist presale beginning at 10am local time on Thursday 27 March, with general public tickets on sale from 10am local time on Tuesday 1 April.
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