Punk Rock Legends Descendents Announce Australian Tour

Southern California punk rock legends Descendents aren’t only one of 17 whopping headliners at this year’s Yours & Owls festival, but they’re going to be spending more time in Australia touring across the country this October.

Booked to play six headlining gigs in Australia and New Zealand, including a highly anticipated performance at Wollongong’s Yours & Owls, this tour is a rare treat, with Descendents returning to Australia after six years.

If you want to jump onto the exclusive fan pre-sale, you can go here on Thursday, 26 June, at 11 am AEST. The general public on-sale begins on Tuesday, 4 July, also at 11 am AEST, here.

Starting their Australian and New Zealand tour at Auckland’s Powerstation on 11 October, Descendents will then perform at Brisbane’s Princess Theatre, Yours & Owls, Sydney’s Metro Theatre, Adelaide’s The Gov, Melbourne’s Forum, and the Torquay Hotel.

Local openers will join Descendents at all shows – you can find all the details below. Nursery Crimes, who opened for the band in 2017, will also open three shows on this tour.

Upon the band’s most recent visit to Australia in February 2017, The Music remarked that the show was a “masterclass”. Reviewer Mark Hebblewhite added, “It may only be February, but I can’t see any punk or hardcore band (let alone any other musician, quite frankly) topping this show for the rest of the year.”

Descendents aren’t the only punks on the Yours & Owls bill; they’ll be in good company with Angel Du$t, RedHook, RVG, Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers and many more outstanding acts. You can check out the full line-up here.

DESCENDENTS

2023 AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES

Wed 11 Oct POWERSTATION, AUCKLAND 
 +Flirting with Disaster and The Flash Harrys
 Fri 13 Oct PRINCESS THEATRE, BRISBANE 
 +VOIID and The Cutaways
 Sat 14 Oct YOURS AND OWLS FESTIVAL WOLLONGONG
 Sun 15 Oct METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY 
 +Nursery Crimes and Tantichrist
 Tue 17 Oct THE GOV, ADELAIDE 
 +Chinese Burns Unit and LOLA
 Wed 18 Oct FORUM, MELBOURNE 
 +Nursery Crimes and Something Something Explosion
 Thu 19 Oct TORQUAY HOTEL, TORQUAY 
 +Nursery Crimes and Something Something Explosion

All shows are 18+.