Garbage have announced sideshows following their performances at Good Things later this year. The band shared that all of their shows will be played in honour of their “mentor and iconic Aussie, Michael Gudinski”.
After nine years of waiting, Garbage are set to return to Australia and have just announced they’ll be putting on side shows following their performances at Good Things Festival later this year.
The alt-rock group last visited Australia all the way back in 2016 for their Strange Little Dreams tour, so you can imagine fans are beyond keen to see the band make their way back down under finally.
Garbage will start their headline tour at the Auckland Town Hall on Wednesday, 3 December – two days before their Good Things dates in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Following Good Things, they’ll kick their sideshows off at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on Wednesday, 10 December, followed by Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre on Friday, 12 December, and finish at Sydney Opera House on Sunday, 14 December.
Garbage Australian Side Show Dates 2026
Pre-sale tickets will be made available on Tuesday, 21 October at 10am AEDT. General sale tickets open the following day on Wednesday, 22 October at 1pm AEDT. You can find out more information on pre-sale and ticket availability on Garbage’s website.
- Wednesday, 3 December – Auckland Town Hall, Auckland
- Friday, 5 December – Good Things Festival, Melbourne
- Saturday, 6 December – Good Things Festival, Sydney
- Sunday, 7 December – Good Things Festival, Brisbane
- Wednesday, 10 December – Palais Theatre, Melbourne
- Friday, 12 December – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
- Sunday, 14 December Friday, 12 December – Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Garbage would announce their side shows in an Instagram post this morning, writing:
“AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND. We are delighted to announce that we have added some extra side shows to our previously announced appearances in Australia and New Zealand in December.”
“This will be our first return to Australia since losing our mentor and iconic Ozzie, Michael Gudinski. All shows will be played in honour of him. Our beloved and dearly missed friend.”
“Ps. THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE,”
Garbage would also release their eighth studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, earlier this year. This would be their first album in four years, following the previous record No Gods No Masters (2021).
The album would receive impressive reviews, with NME‘s Alfred Soto writing, “With their eighth album, Shirley Manson’s gang channel a more optimistic outlook, and display some of their most profound songwriting to date”
You can listen to their new album here.
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