Welsh rock trio Holding Absence have announced their first ever Australian headline tour this August, bringing California metalcore outfit Kingdom of Giants out to join them on their run around the country. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday 29 April at 11am local time via Destroy All Lines.
The tour kicks off on Friday 14th August at Princess Theatre in Brisbane, before making its way through Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, concluding at Magnet House in Perth on Thursday 20th August. The run sees the band stepping into several cities as headliners for the first time, after having previously visited supporting tours with Thornhill, Void Of Vision and You Me At Six.
Over the past decade, the Cardiff group have built a devoted global following and a reputation as an unmissable live act. Amassing hundreds of millions of streams worldwide, they have toured extensively across the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. Earlier this month, they shared their poignant new single Whisper Of A Dream, their first new music since 2023’s ‘The Noble Art Of Self-Destruction’ and their debut release with Sumerian Records.
Since forming in 2015, Holding Absence have rapidly established themselves as leaders within modern post-hardcore, with ‘The Noble Art Of Self-Destruction’ closing a defining trilogy that began with their 2019 self-titled debut and 2021’s ‘The Greatest Mistake Of My Life’.
‘The Noble Art Of Self-Destruction’ was a final, defiant love letter to themselves, and at end of that campaign came the cold, hard questions: What do we lose? And what do we keep? What does it mean – and has it meant – to the thousands of fans across the world adorned with the moth tattoo? And how do we carry out this metamorphosis without losing that? Australia’s August tour stands as one of the first real glimpses into that next phase, reintroducing what remains and what changes as Holding Absence step into their next life cycle.
Joining them on all dates, Kingdom of Giants return to Australia following their 2023 run with Bury Tomorrow. Since then, they’ve released two new EPs, ‘Bleeding Star’ and ‘Burning Chrome’, and are primed and ready to bring their expansive and cinematic take on heavy music back to Aussie stages. With unique guitar work, synth-driven atmospheres, and vocals that shift between melodic and menacing, the band designs music that feels fully immersive. Their sound lives at the meeting point between crushing and compelling, drawing inspiration from synthwave and cyberpunk, bending the boundaries of modern heavy music.
HOLDING ABSENCE (UK)
Australian Tour August 2026
with KINGDOM OF GIANTS (US)
Tickets on sale Wednesday 29 April at 11am local time via Destroy All Lines
Friday 14 August: The Princess Theatre, Brisbane
Saturday 15 August: Liberty Hall, Sydney
Sunday 16 August: 170 Russell, Melbourne
Wednesday 19 August: Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide
Thursday 20 August: Magnet House, Perth
With thanks to Bigmouth PR
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