Yellowcard have announced they will return to Australia in April of 2025, concluding a world tour belatedly celebrating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough fourth album Ocean Avenue. As part of the shows, the band will perform the album in its entirety, as well as a selection of songs from across their discography. The full list of tour dates and ticketing information can be found below.
“It has taken us a long time to sort out bringing the 20th anniversary of Ocean Avenue to Australia, but we promise it will be worth the wait,” the bans said in a joint press statement announcing the tour. “This lineup is so good, and we can’t wait to reconnect with our fans down under.” Indeed, the rest of the line-up is filled out with a similar vein of 2000s pop-punk nostalgia: The band will be joined by Motion City Soundtrack – themselves celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2005 album Commit This To Memory – and Plain White T’s, best known for the 2006 hit ‘Hey There Delilah’.
Yellowcard – ‘Only One’
Yellowcard originally released Ocean Avenue in July of 2003. It is best known for its title track, which was the second single released from the album following ‘Way Away’. The album went on to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with ‘Ocean Avenue’ additionally going double Platinum as a single. Two other singles, ‘Only One’ and ‘Breathing’, were also lifted off the album in 2004.
The band last toured Australia in 2017, as part of what was originally intended to be their farewell world tour. Frontman William Ryan Key returned for a solo tour a year later before joining New Found Glory as a touring guitarist, with Yellowcard ultimately reforming in 2022. They released an EP of new material, Childhood Eyes, the following year.
Yellowcard Ocean Avenue 2025 Tour
All shows are all-ages, except those with an asterisk indicating an 18+ show.
- Wednesday, April 2nd – Metro City, Perth WA*
- Friday, April 4th – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide SA
- Saturday, April 5th – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne VIC
- Wednesday, April 9th – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney NSW
- Friday, April 11th – Bar On The Hill, Newcastle NSW*
- Sunday, April 13th – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD
A pre-sale for the tour begins at 5pm AEDT on Tuesday, December 10th, and can be registered for here. General sale for the tour then follows on Thursday, December 12th at 9am local time via the tour’s official promoter, Destroy All Lines.
Further Reading
Love Letter To A Record: PLTS On Yellowcard’s ‘Ocean Avenue’
Love Letter To A Record: A Will Away On Motion City Soundtrack’s ‘Commit This To Memory’
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