Three decades deep and still swinging, 28 Days are marking their 30 year anniversary the only way that makes sense.
Loud, sweaty, and packed into venues that feel like they might collapse under the weight of nostalgia and fun with this one, this June will be a reminder that 28 Days never really left, they just kept grinding while trends came and went around them.
28 Days 30 Year Anniversary Australian Tour
28 Days 30 Year Anniversary Australian Tour
- Friday, June 5th – Sydney, Crowbar
- Saturday, June 6th – Brisbane, Crowbar
- Friday, June 26th – Melbourne, Prince Bandroom
- Saturday, June 27th – Adelaide, Lion Arts Factory
Tickets available via: www.teamwrktouring.com
Three decades of noise
Born out of a Frankston skate park in the late ‘90s, 28 Days didn’t just ride the wave of Australian punk, they helped shape it, when ‘Upstyledown’ hit No. 1 on the ARIA charts in 2000, it cracked something open. Suddenly, punk wasn’t just underground noise, it was blasting out of TVs, festival stages, and backyard stereos across the country.
Tracks like ‘Rip It Up’, ‘Say What?’ and ‘Sucker’ weren’t just songs, they were fuel for packed out rooms and bodies moving as one. If you were there, you remember the heat, the push, the sense that something real was happening right in front of you.
28 Days ‘Rip It Up’
And that era? Big Day Out, Homebake, Channel V on loop, 28 Days sat right in the middle of it, carving their own lane while everything around them shifted.
Not just nostalgia
There’s always a risk with anniversary tours, bands lean too hard on the past and forget why people cared in the first place, that doesn’t feel like the case here.
Thirty years in, 28 Days are still chasing the same energy that got them started, this run feels less like looking back and more like dragging that original spark into the present and seeing who’s still standing.
If you’ve still got the muscle memory for a circle pit, you’ll be fine. If not, maybe stretch first, I will be.
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