The Jesus Lizard have announced a three-date east coast Australian tour for October 2025. It will mark the American noise-rock quartet’s first tour of Australia in nearly 30 years, as well as their first Australian tour of the 21st century. They will be joined on all dates by The Nation Blue, who recently announced their reunion to support The Drones at their one-off Melbourne shows. The full list of tour dates, as well as ticketing information, can be found below.
The band were last seen in Australia circa 1998, where they performed at the Solar Stomp Festival in Mandurah alongside the likes of L7, Powderfinger, Primus and The Tea Party. They also played a series of shows in support of Primus, as well as some one-off headlining shows. Prior to that, the band toured twice in 1996. The first was as part of the Big Day Out line-up in January, alongside Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Rage Against The Machine and PJ Harvey. They returned ten months later for Livid Festival, joining Garbage, Silverchair, Everclear, Weezer, Regurgitator and Ash. The band were supposed to tour Australia in 2013 as part of the All Tomorrow’s Parties spinoff Release The Bats, but cancelled their visit and listed only “unforeseen circumstances” as the reason.
The Jesus Lizard – ‘Puss’
The Nation Blue, meanwhile, last released music in 2016. They simultaneously released their fourth and fifth albums, Black and Blue, on the same day. The Tasmanian-born and Melbourne-based trio last played a show in 2021. Since then, frontman Tom Lyngcoln has released the collaborative album Escapist Blues with Jensen Thjung in 2022 and formed a new band, Metho.
The Jesus Lizard/The Nation Blue 2025 Tour
- Wednesday, October 15th – Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne VIC
- Friday, October 17th – Liberty Hall, Sydney NSW
- Sunday, October 19th – Crowbar, Brisbane QLD
Tickets are on sale from 9am AEST via Ipecac Recordings.
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