It’s safe to say that Amyl and the Sniffers have an exciting summer planned. The punks, who hail from Australia, were already set to support the revered Foo Fighters in several stadiums across the pond, and now they have added a bunch of headline shows of their own with support coming from the always incredible Lambrini Girls. (announcing their slot, LG simply wrote: “Touring North America this summer supporting @amylandthesniffers yum yum handburger time”).

Amyl and the Sniffers will be joining Dave Grohl and co. at various dates throughout July and August in New York, Boston, Hershey and Los Angeles, and around those shows, you can also catch them everywhere from Detroit to San Diego.

Amyl and the Sniffers are an Australian pub rock and punk rock band based in Melbourne, consisting of vocalist Amy Taylor, drummer Bryce Wilson, guitarist Declan Martens, and bassist Gus Romer. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, their self-titled debut record won the Best Rock Album category.

This caption was taken from The Lambrini Girls Bandcamp: ‘Imagine your nan is in the boot of your car with a croissant in her mouth and hears bikini kill for the first time. That could be you. It will never be us as we are not bikini kill and we are not your nan. We are Lambrini Girls. Bon appetite xoxox’

If you are a fan of fast-paced, female-fronted punk rock, then this US tour is the tour for you.

Check out Amyl and the Sniffers here:

And The Lambrini Girls here:

Amyl And The Sniffers’ full U.S. run looks like this:

July

19 Citi Field – New York, NY (with Foos)
20 White Eagle Hall – Jersey City, NJ
21 Fenway Park – Boston, MA (with Foos)
23 Hersheypark Stadium – Hershey, PA (with Foos)
25 The Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI
28 Venue TBA – Denver, CO
30 Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
31 Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY

August

1 HI-FI Annex – Indianapolis, IN
3 Asbury Hall – Buffalo, NY
5 Higher Ground – South Burlington, VT
7 Pioneer Courthouse Square – Portland, OR (with Sleater-Kinney)
9 BMO Stadium – Los Angeles, CA (with Foos)
13 The Sound at Del Mar – Del Mar, CA
14 The Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
15 The Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA

Hoobastank is returning to the UK for a one-off twentieth anniversary show of The Reason.

The US rock band are returning to the UK for one show to celebrate the twentieth-anniversary of their seminal second album ‘The Reason’.

The album was released in 2003, and the band will be performing the album in its entirety at the show.

You can now listen to the 20th anniversary-version of ‘The Reason’ album on all streaming platforms! This exclusive version of the album also includes a previously unreleased cover of @rodstewart‘s iconic track “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”. pic.twitter.com/E1dmx5d0NQ

— Hoobastank (@Hoobastank) January 12, 2024

The concert will take place at the o2 in Islington on the 17th of June. Tickets will go on general sale from 10 a.m. on the 1st of March, and you can buy yours here.

But don’t worry, if you miss out, the band will also be playing at Download Festival at Derby’s Donnington Park.

The announcement of the anniversary show came after the band released a twentieth anniversary version of ‘The Reason’ which featured a previously unreleased version of Rod Stewart’s ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy’.

The song, ‘The Reason’ becameone of the many ‘retro’ tracks that found a pocket of popularity on TikTok back in 2021.

The song, which spent 38 weeks in the US singles chart, also peaked at number two back in 2004.

Hoobastank themselves joined in the trend, creating an account and posting a video under the hashtag theme of #NotAPerfectPerson with the caption: “Realizing 20 years later that you named your band Hoobastank.”

Hoobsatank is an American rock band formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California, by lead vocalist Doug Robb, guitarist Dan Estrin, drummer Chris Hesse, and original bassist Markku Lappalainen. They were signed to Island Records from 2001 to 2012 and have released six albums and one extended play to date. Their most recent album, Push Pull, was released in May 2018. They have sold 10 million albums worldwide. The band is best known for their hit single “The Reason“.

So if you fancy a early ’00s throwback, then set your alarms for 10 a.m. on the first of March and be sure to get in the queue early because tickets will no doubt sell out rather quickly.

Whatever you reason for going to the show, I’m sure it will be a good one.

The Seasons World Tour comes as a celebration of the band’s latest album It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day which was released in September this year. The band also posted a short video of them performing one of their latest songs at the very top of the tower.

Leto took to Instagram to state, “As many of you also know, I love to climb. It’s one of the few things I’ve found that takes me away from some of the pressures of life and helps me to find a bit of freedom and equanimity. In a lot of ways, this album is about following your dreams and pushing yourself to do the seemingly impossible.”

It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day comes as the first album from the band without guitarist Tomo Miličevic, leaving brothers Jared and Shannon Leto as the sole members. British writers on the album include the likes of Steve Mac, Dave Gibson and even Ed Sheeran.

On social media, and in reference to the importance of the Empire State Building, Jared also stated, “I’ve had a fascination with the Empire State Building, the “world’s number one attraction”, since I was a kid. Not sure if it was Guinness world records, King Kong, but something about this iconic structure always captured my imagination. Built in just 13 short months, in one of the greatest cities in the world it has always been a powerful symbol to me of all the possibilities in life.”

The Seasons Tour, beginning in March in the US, the band will make their way over to Glasgow in April where they will start their UK and European leg of the tour. Here they have booked some of the largest venues in the country, from the AO Arena in Manchester, to the O2 in London.

This tour comes as their first time returning to the UK after almost 9 years with their previous tour, The Monolith Tour, in 2018.

“We are so excited to get back out on the road and to come see you in so many amazing places all over the world,” the band stated, “It’s been too long. We miss you. We love you. We’ll see you very soon!!!”

You can find the tour dates below and the link to tickets here:

16/04/2024 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow
17/04 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
19/04 – AO Arena – Manchester
20/04 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
22/04 – Utilita Arena – Cardiff
23/04 – The O2 – London

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The duo has sat on the top of the charts for three weeks with their drill song ‘Body’, the first drill song to go number one in the UK. The song has over 40 million Spotify streams and has continued to grow through Tiktok and the first remix which featured, Ardee, E1, ZT, Bugzy Malone, Buni, Fivio Foreign and Darkoo, and currently has 55 million Spotify streams.

This is not the drill rappers first chart success after releasing ‘Keisha & Becky’ in 2019, which similarly to ‘Body’ was followed by a remix that featured, Aitch, Swarmz, Sav’o and Jay 1, and helped the single reach number seven in the charts.

Individually Tion has had 5 top tens, the two featuring Russ, Nsgs’ ‘Options, ‘I Dunno’ with Stormzy and Dutchavelli, and a feature with Swarmz on KSIs song ‘Houdini’. Russ has had three, the two with Tion and his own single ‘Gun Lean’, which can be seen to have been one of the first commercial drill songs that gained chart success.

Jack Harlow rose to fame after the success of his single ‘What poppin’ a song that similarly to ‘Body’ was assisted and skyrocketed by its use on social media, especially TikTok. The 23-year-old who is signed to Atlantic records jumped on the drill hit with references to Chelsea American winger Christian Pulisic, Fulhams black and white kits and Bed, bath and beyond.

The Remix to ‘Body’ featuring Jack Harlow is available on all digital platforms.