PARK RD have announced a headline tour of Australia.
The Auckland indie rock band will head to Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney next month, with a free show in Wollongong thrown in for good measure (see full dates below).
The upcoming tour follows PARK RD’s massive summer run in their home country. Tickets are available here.
After the success of their 2022 EP, Stupid Stories, PARK RD released their debut album, The Novel, last year, which featured festival-ready anthems like “Call Me Up”, “Every Night”, and “Secrets”.
Rolling Stone AU/NZ gave the album three stars, calling it a “debut album packed with singalong choruses and headily youthful songwriting.”
The review highlighted their “pop-meets-rock sound is firmly pitched towards fans of Spacey Jane (who, incidentally, once asked PARK RD to support them in Aotearoa) and The 1975 — particularly the latter. In Tom Chamberlain the band have a charismatic lead singer in the mould of Matt Healy.
“The songs on The Novel are, almost to a fault at some junctures, pristinely polished for commercial viability, but increased experimentation and narrative risks can, for the PARK RD boys, wait until a second album. For now, The Novel achieves what any debut collection should: it gathers their most memorable singles together, while also providing just enough moments of sonic intrigue between those standout moments.”
PARK RD have been to Australia before, supporting fellow indie rockers The Rions on the latter’s sold-out national tour. The Kiwi band have also performed at major festivals including Rhythm & Vines, Le Currents, Soundsplash, Homegrown, Golden Lights, Inbloom, and Outerfields, in addition to playing numerous support slots.
PARK RD’s The Novel is out now.
PARK RD 2025 Australian Tour
Tickets on sale now here
Friday, May 9th
The Workers Club, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday, May 10th
Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Friday, May 16th (FREE SHOW)
TBH Fridays, Wollongong, NSW
Saturday, May 17th
The Vanguard, Sydney, NSW
