The best live band on the planet announce world tour

To Whom It May Concern,

Which is everyone.

This message is to inform you that International Rock Sensations The Hives, the best live band on the planet and still your new favourite band, lauded on all continents for their masterful skill and reckless abandon in the rock music field, have once again, sooner than you expected, created a new body of work the likes of which have never been heard or indeed probably will again.

And let it be known that in the year of 2025, The Hives shall be making the following state visits:

Thursday 17 July 2025 – Metropolis, Fremantle

Saturday 19 July 2025 – Forum, Melbourne

Wednesday 23 July 2025 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney

Thursday 24 July 2025 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane

Tickets to the band’s Australian tour go on sale Thursday 10 April (12pm local time) via frontiertouring.com/thehives. Frontier Members can get early access via their presale starting Tuesday 8 April (12pm local time) – see website for full details. 

Full world tour dates below and tickets here: 

07/26 – Yuzawa, JP @ Fuji Rock

09/08 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater

09/09 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues

09/10 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues

09/12 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre

09/13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center

09/15 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall

09/16 – Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore Ballroom

09/17 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

09/19 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

09/20 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield

09/22 – Del Mar, CA @ The Sound

09/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

10/16 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrume Scene

10/18 – Copenhagen, DK @ KB Hall

10/21 – Berlin, DE @ Colombia Halle

10/24 – Munich, DE @ Zenith

10/25 – Leipzig, DE @ Haus Auensee

10/26 – Vienna, AT @ Gasometer

10/28 – Zurich, CH @ Xtra

10/29 – Milan, IT @ Alcatraz

10/31 – Barcelona, ES @ Sant Jordi Club

11/02 – Madrid, ES @ Wizink

11/04 – Lisbon, PT @ Sagres Campo Pequeno

11/19 – Brussels, BE @ Forest National

11/20 – Paris, FR @ Le Zenith

11/22 – Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS

11/24 – Cardiff, UK @ Utilitia Arena

11/26 – Glasgow, UK @ Ovo Hydro

11/28 – Manchester, UK @ Aviva Studios

11/29 – London, UK @ Alexandra Palace

12/01 – Cologne, DE @ Palladium

12/02 – Frankfurt, DE @ Jahrhunderthalle

12/03 – Hamburg, DE @ Sporthalle

12/06 – Stockholm, SE @ Avicii Arena

See when we shot them supporting AC/DC in 2015: https://somethingyousaid.com/2015/11/10/photographs-acdc-live-in-sydney/

See when we reviewed them in 2013: https://somethingyousaid.com/2013/01/18/the-hives-at-the-metro-sydney/

Words and top picture by Adam Davis-Powell.