The Offspring Have Added Extra Gigs to Their 2025 Australian Arena Tour Due to Demand
After their initial concerts sold out, the Californian band will now come out and play at two shows in Brisbane and Melbourne.
If all you want in 2025 is to see The Offspring and Simple Plan, and in you're in Brisbane or Melbourne, you now have an extra chance to make that wish come true. To help wrap up 2024, the two bands announced a combined Australian arena tour for this year, fresh from The Offspring playing an Aussie gig in November last year as part of Victoria's Always Live music season, which was their only stop Down Under. Due to demand, the upcoming visit has now added a couple more shows.
Yes, this is your latest excuse to pretend it's the late 90s and 00s, in a year that's also bringing Green Day this way on their own tour. In May, The Offspring and Simple Plan will play single shows at AEC Arena in Adelaide and Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, as well as two nights each at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne and Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
The keen response shouldn't come as surprise. That Always Live gig sold out in 30 seconds, after all. The new dates: in Melbourne, Thursday, May 8 has been added to the roster, while Brisbanites can now head along on Thursday, May 15.
It's been more than a quarter of a century since The Offspring earned a claim to fame that every music fan Down Under should know: topping Triple J's Hottest 100 with 'Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)', a win that still ranks as the annual countdown's most-controversial result to date. 2024 also marked four decades since the band first formed in the early 80s, and more than 30 years since it came to mainstream attention with hits like 'Come Out and Play' and 'Self Esteem' — and the Californian outfit isn't done belting out its catchy brand of punk just yet.
While the band released albums Let the Bad Times Roll and Supercharged in 2021 and 2024, respectively, you can still expect to hear their famous tracks — including 'Gotta Get Away', 'Why Don't You Get a Job?', 'The Kids Aren't Alright' and the song that's forever cemented in Australian radio history, obviously.
Still led by frontman and guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland — the group's only remaining member from its initial 1984 lineup, so you can definitely call him the original prankster — The Offspring will have company in the form of Canada's Simple Plan.
From The Offspring alone, you'll get the words "gunter glieben glauchen globen" stuck in your head for another couple of decades.
The Offspring Supercharged Worldwide in '25 Australian Tour
Sunday, May 4 — AEC Arena, Adelaide
Wednesday, May 7–Thursday, May 8 — Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Sunday, May 11 — Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Wednesday, May 14–Thursday, May 15 — Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
The Offspring are touring Australia in May 2025. Pre-sale tickets for the new Brisbane and Melbourne show go on sale at 9am local time on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, with general tickets from the same time on Friday, January 17, 2025. Head to the tour website for further details.
The Offspring images: Daveed Benito.
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