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ABC News
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Nessa Barrett and sombr lock in Spilt Milk sideshows
Didn't get a ticket to Spilt Milk or want more time with some of your faves? Don't stress, it's sideshow season. Big names from the festival are announcing their own headline shows while they're in town, so if you wanna catch them at their own gig you're in luck. We'll keep updating this as more sideshows are announced by artists on the Spilt Milk 2025 line-up. There's a few months left before the festival kicks off but the sideshows are locking in. Nessa Barrett and sombr have announced their own headline gigs, with dates down the east coast while they're in Australia. Check out all the Spilt Milk sideshows below! Nessa Barrett Tickets on sale 1pm local time Friday 23 May. Tuesday 9 December - Margaret Court Arena, Wurundjeri Land, Melbourne Vic (Lic. AA) Tuesday 9 December - Margaret Court Arena, Wurundjeri Land, Melbourne Vic (Lic. AA) Wednesday 10 December - Hordern Pavilion, Gadigal Land, Sydney NSW (Lic. AA) Wednesday 10 December - Hordern Pavilion, Gadigal Land, Sydney NSW (Lic. AA) Tuesday 16 December - Fortitude Music Hall, Turrbal Land, Qld (18+) sombr Tickets on sale 4pm local time, Thursday 22 May. Tuesday 2 December - Auckland Town Hall, Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland NZ (Lic. AA) Tuesday 2 December - Auckland Town Hall, Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland NZ (Lic. AA) Thursday 4 December - Festival Hall, Wurundjeri Land, Melbourne Vic (Lic. AA) Thursday 4 December - Festival Hall, Wurundjeri Land, Melbourne Vic (Lic. AA) Tuesday 9 December - Hordern Pavilion, Gadigal Land, Sydney NSW (Lic. AA) Tuesday 9 December - Hordern Pavilion, Gadigal Land, Sydney NSW (Lic. AA) Thursday 11 December - Fortitude Music Hall, Turrbal Land, Brisbane Qld
Scoop
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Sombr Announces Debut Headline AU & NZ Dates As Part Of His Late Nights & Young Romance World Tour
Press Release – Frontier Touring Company Frontier Touring is hyped to announce 19-year-old, alternative-pop artist sombr will make his Australia and New Zealand headline debut this December. Also in the country for shows at Spilt Milk festival, sombr will perform unmissable headline shows at Auckland Town Hall, Melbourne's Festival Hall, Sydney's Hordern Pavilion and Brisbane's The Fortitude Music Hall. Frontier Members can access the presale which begins Wednesday 21 May from 3pm local time, before tickets go on sale Thursday 22 May from 4pm local time. Tickets and tour information via Shane Boose became sombr via a make-shift recording studio in his bedroom. The 19-year-old Lower East Side native honed his talents at New York's performing arts school, LaGuardia High, spending his days studying classical music and late nights dabbling in young romance, skateboarding, and generally getting into trouble. When COVID hit, his own music became an escape for the young artist from the physical and social isolation brought on by the pandemic. sombr taught himself music production and immersed himself in obsessively recording emotional indie-rock tracks. His song 'Caroline' (released in 2022) became a sad girl anthem, taking the internet by storm. The track was self-produced, self-written and self-released when sombr was just 16, it has since been streamed on Spotify over 45 million times. Continuing to drop EPs and singles ever since, sombr now has over 28 million monthly listeners. His songs 'would've been you', 'do I ever cross your mind', ' back to friends' and latest single ' undressed ' have become indie-rock hits, with the latter two certified Gold in Australia and currently in the top 10 of the ARIA singles chart. sombr also teamed up with Rachel Chinouriri (2025 Britt Nominee and support for Sabrina Carpenter's tour) to release a remix / collab of Rachel's hit 'All I Ever Asked'. It's the kind of trajectory that feels once in a generation. Between his remarkable aural instincts and an insatiability for experimenting with new sounds, sombr exudes staying power. This became more evident during his headline 2024 North American tour. Concert Chronicles stated, 'sombr did not disappoint, delivering a performance that was both mesmerizing and electrifying' of his live show, with My Life In Sound adding, 'If you have the chance to see sombr live, seize the opportunity – his performance is not to be missed.' Earlier this year sombr toured North America and will soon support Nessa Barrett in the UK and Europe, before embarking on his very own world tour. Australia and New Zealand don't miss sombr's first visit to our shores, grab your tickets when they go on sale this Thursday
Scoop
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Sombr Announces Debut Headline AU & NZ Dates As Part Of His Late Nights & Young Romance World Tour
Frontier Touring is hyped to announce 19-year-old, alternative-pop artist sombr will make his Australia and New Zealand headline debut this December. Also in the country for shows at Spilt Milk festival, sombr will perform unmissable headline shows at Auckland Town Hall, Melbourne's Festival Hall, Sydney's Hordern Pavilion and Brisbane's The Fortitude Music Hall. Frontier Members can access the presale which begins Wednesday 21 May from 3pm local time, before tickets go on sale Thursday 22 May from 4pm local time. Tickets and tour information via Shane Boose became sombr via a make-shift recording studio in his bedroom. The 19-year-old Lower East Side native honed his talents at New York's performing arts school, LaGuardia High, spending his days studying classical music and late nights dabbling in young romance, skateboarding, and generally getting into trouble. When COVID hit, his own music became an escape for the young artist from the physical and social isolation brought on by the pandemic. sombr taught himself music production and immersed himself in obsessively recording emotional indie-rock tracks. His song 'Caroline' (released in 2022) became a sad girl anthem, taking the internet by storm. The track was self-produced, self-written and self-released when sombr was just 16, it has since been streamed on Spotify over 45 million times. Continuing to drop EPs and singles ever since, sombr now has over 28 million monthly listeners. His songs 'would've been you', 'do I ever cross your mind', 'back to friends' and latest single 'undressed' have become indie-rock hits, with the latter two certified Gold in Australia and currently in the top 10 of the ARIA singles chart. sombr also teamed up with Rachel Chinouriri (2025 Britt Nominee and support for Sabrina Carpenter's tour) to release a remix / collab of Rachel's hit 'All I Ever Asked'. It's the kind of trajectory that feels once in a generation. Between his remarkable aural instincts and an insatiability for experimenting with new sounds, sombr exudes staying power. This became more evident during his headline 2024 North American tour. Concert Chronicles stated, 'sombr did not disappoint, delivering a performance that was both mesmerizing and electrifying' of his live show, with My Life In Sound adding, 'If you have the chance to see sombr live, seize the opportunity – his performance is not to be missed.' Earlier this year sombr toured North America and will soon support Nessa Barrett in the UK and Europe, before embarking on his very own world tour. Australia and New Zealand don't miss sombr's first visit to our shores, grab your tickets when they go on sale this Thursday
News.com.au
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Punters go wild over ‘insane' headliners for Aussie music festival
Finally an Australian music festival story that isn't bad news. Amid what feels like a never-ending slew of Aussie music festival cancellations, Spilt Milk festival this morning announced their 2025 line-up – and organisers have pulled off quite the coup, with two of the biggest rappers in the world as headliners. This year's Super Bowl halftime performer Kendrick Lamar and Doechii, who scored a recent Aussie number one with her hit Anxiety, will headline Spilt Milk across four festival dates in December. Both rappers have had huge years: Lamar swept the Grammys with his brutal Drake diss track Not Like Us, while Doechii's debut mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal has turned her from critical darling to top-charting rap star. Also on the line-up are Dominic Fike and ScHoolboy Q, d4vd, Nessa Barrett, Sofia Isella, Skin On Skin, sombr, Club Angel, The Rions, South Summit and more. The initial reaction from Aussie punters – starved of a good line-up announcement amid all those cancellations – has been overwhelmingly positive. 'spilt milk line-up is actually insane,' one fan raved on X. Another agreed: 'spilt milk getting kendrick, doechii & dominic fike is kinda insane.' 'SPILT MILK LINE UP ATE OMFG,' was another all-caps rave. 'how tf did spilt milk afford kendrick lamar?' another asked. Another wondered how the Grammy winner would enjoy the festival's most rural date: 'No way Kendrick is gonna be strolling around Ballarat …' It's quite the comeback after Spilt Milk organisers announced in July last year that the 2024 edition of the festival would not go ahead. 'We couldn't get you the Spilt Milk you deserve this year,' they explained, amid reports that it had been difficult to attract international headliners. They joined the ranks of Aussie festivals who'd announced cancellations, among them Splendour in the Grass, Groovin the Moo, You & Me and Harvest Rock. Even Byron Bay's iconic Bluesfest will soon be no more, with organisers announcing that this year's festival would be the last. Spilt Milk festival dates Saturday 6 December 2025 – Victoria Park, Ballarat | Wadawurrung Sunday 7 December 2025 – Claremont Showground, Perth | Whadjuk Saturday 13 December 2025 – Exhibition Park, Canberra | Ngunnawal Sunday 14 December 2025 – Gold Coast Sports Precinct, Gold Coast | Kombumerri
