Frontier Touring and MG Live are thrilled to announce Australia’s heart of rock n roll, Jimmy Barnes, with his 6-date DEFIANT TOUR for June 2025.
Touring in celebration of his 21st studio album DEFIANT (out Fri 6 June via Mushroom Music, pre order here), Jimmy with his 9-piece band will play Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre on Saturday 7 June, Riverside Theatre PCEC, Perth on Sunday 8 June before heading to the east coast performing at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne on Saturday 14 June, The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane on Saturday 21 June and Sydney’s State Theatre on Friday 27 June before a final show at Canberra Theatre on Saturday 28 June.
Jimmy said, “I’m really looking forward to getting back on stage with my band again. I’m so proud of this new record – all the songs mean a lot to me and I can’t wait to share them with you. It’s going to be some serious fun!”
Never one to slow down, Jimmy Barnes has always been a fighter…the son of a Scottish boxing champion, a survivor of a violent childhood and was once part of an Adelaide band who battled tooth and claw for six years, so it’s only fitting his new album and tour is appropriately DEFIANT. Having notched up an unprecedented 21 #1’s on the Australian album charts (15 as a solo artist and 6 with Cold Chisel), the DEFIANT TOUR follows Cold Chisel’s triumphant The Big Five-O anniversary 2024 tour, and sees Jimmy hitting the road with his 9-piece band as he brings his DEFIANT album to life.
The first taste of the album being released tomorrow is the double-single ‘New Day’ (via Mushroom Music – available Monday 24 February here), including the accompanying music video directed by Paul van Kan starring Troy Cassar-Daley and Laurel Edwards and ‘Beyond the River Bend’ – inspired by the Barnes’ family home in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales where “hope keeps flowing like water”. It’s a thread which weaves through this music as it does through Jimmy’s life.
These are clearly the songs of a man who still has a point to prove: raw and inspiring. And he is in career-best voice – riding and driving an emotional rollercoaster from soothing croons to wailing abandon. They are the sounds of a singer who has finally arrived at the point of complete instrumental control.
JIMMY BARNES
DEFIANT TOUR
AUSTRALIA
JUNE 2025
Presented by Frontier Touring, MG Live, ANZ & Triple M
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FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE
via frontiertouring.com/jimmybarnes
Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 26 February, 11am local time
or until presale allocation exhausted
JIMMY BARNES PRESALE
Via jimmybarnes.com/mailinglist
Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 26 February, 11am local time
or until presale allocation exhausted
ANZ CIRCLE PRESALE
Via anz-circle.mushroomgroup.com/jimmybarnes
Runs 48 hours from: Tuesday 25 February, 10am local time or until presale allocation exhausted.
Available to ANZ Visa cardholders only. Eligibility criteria, fees & charges and T&Cs apply.
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TICKETS ON SALE
Begins: Friday 28 February, 10am local time
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Saturday 7 June
Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre | Adelaide, SA
Lic. All Ages
ticketek.com.au
Sunday 8 June
Riverside Theatre, PCEC | Perth, WA
Lic. All Ages
ticketek.com.au
Saturday 14 June
Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC
Lic. All Ages
ticketmaster.com.au
Saturday 21 June
The Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD
Lic. All Ages
ticketmaster.com.au
Friday 27 June
State Theatre | Sydney, NSW
Lic. All Ages
ticketmaster.com.au
Saturday 28 June
Canberra Theatre | Canberra, ACT
Lic. All Ages
canberraticketing.com.au
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Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers.
We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on the Frontier website.
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