BAD OMENS Announce ‘goodbye, friend’ Tour Heading to Australia in January 2025

American band Bad Omens have announced their highly anticipated return to Australia in January 2025. Supported by multimedia artist and visionary Poppy and alt-metal outfit House of Protection, Bad Omens will bring the ‘goodbye, friend’ tour down the east coast of Australia, with shows in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

Bad Omens are ready to entertain eager Australian fans once again, after their 2023 Knotfest appearances and sold-out tours around the rest of the world. Off the back of their latest LP Concrete Jungle [The OST] released this year and an experimental extension of their 2022 LP, The Death of Peace of Mind, the band has kept up appearances with select festival performances including Brazil’s KNOTFEST and a headline slot at California’s MAYHEM Festival. Coming up in November, Bad Omens will be supporting LINKIN PARK on their From Zero World Tour in Arlington, Texas.

The Bad Omens Australia ‘goodbye, friend’ tour kicks off at Melbourne’s Festival Hall on January 23, 2025, followed by Riverstage in Brisbane on January 25, and concluding at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney on January 28.

Tickets go on sale at 1pm (local), Thursday, October 24.

Artist pre-sale runs from Tuesday, October 22, 12pm local time to Thursday, October 24, 12pm local time.

Mastercard gives you special access to presale tickets. Get yours now for Bad Omens in Australia. Presale starts Tuesday October 22 at 12pm, and ends Thursday October 24 at 12pm local time, only with your Mastercard. Check priceless.com/music for details.

For complete tour & ticket information, visit: livenation.com.au

ABOUT BAD OMENS

Bad Omens slither through boundaries, only to ultimately choke convention in the process. The quartet—Noah Sebastian [vocals], Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson [guitar], Nick Ruffilo [bass], and Nick Folio [drums]—materialize with ghostly atmospherics, striking hooks, and the tingles of sensual high-register harmonies uplifted by cinematic production. Racking up over 1.9 billion worldwide streams to-date and earning widespread acclaim, the band presented an uncompromising and undeniable vision on their third full-length album, THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND [Sumerian Records].

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ABOUT POPPY

An insatiably inventive drive has fueled Poppy’s surrealistic rise through countless corners of the arts and music worlds, with each of her many projects so far revealing a different glimpse of a true visionary unconcerned with genre, unimpressed by convention, and forever defying expectations. It’s that eclecticism that has cemented Poppy’s reputation as a boundary-obliterating artist redefining culture as we know it, at every turn.

From performance art provocateur, to video director, to sci-fi graphic novel author, to a globe-traveling recording artist whose songbook encompasses anything from brutal metal breakdowns and snappy ‘60s bubblegum, to trap-pop and grunge-punk, absolutely nothing has been off-limits when it comes to Poppy masterfully executing her varied artistic vision. Her 2021 GRAMMY nod for Best Metal Performance (“BLOODMONEY”) marked the first time a solo female artist had ever been nominated in the category. Her staggeringly chameleon-like adaptability has kept fans guessing what’s next every step of the way. And yet, each impressive and feverishly ambitious pivot manages to sound uniquely, and singularly “Poppy”.

Poppy’s 2024 has been one of her most memorable years yet, between touring with 30 Second to Mars and Avenged Sevenfold, and releasing smash collaborative singles with the likes of Bad Omens (“V.A.N.”) and Knocked Loose (“Suffocate”). It only gets better, with the solo artist now vaulting deep into her next daring era with the release of her fifth multi-versal full-length, Negative Spaces.

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ABOUT HOUSE OF PROTECTION

House of Protection, the new venture from Stephen Harrison and Aric Improta, serves as a sanctuary for those who surrender to impulse. Abandoning any regard for tradition and form, they followed a feeling and unearthed a sound that sees them push their limits further than ever before. Bridging the not-so-disparate worlds of hardcore, electronica, and punk, they forged a space for boundless creativity and a community fuelled by chaos.

Between their shared experience with Fever 333, Aric’s ongoing work with experimental rock group Night Verses, and Steve’s turn as guitarist for iconic post-hardcore band The Chariot, the pair are renowned in the world of heavy music for never being afraid of extremes. House of Protection is a continuation of that unabashed self-expression, bottled into a snarling vessel of anger, uncertainty, joy, and creativity.

Inspired by the likes of The Smashing Pumpkins, The Prodigy, Alice Glass, Massive Attack, Cocteau Twins and Sleigh Bells, the pair were drawn to bands that invented their own way to bring a certain energy to the stage.

Teaming up with close friends Nick DePirro (Night Verses) and Jordan Fish (Bring Me The Horizon), they created the sprawling, urgent debut single ‘It’s Supposed To Hurt.’ House of Protection thrive in the margins of unpredictability, where anything goes and all are invited.

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