Australia, clear your November. Rise Against and Dropkick Murphys are coming down together, and they just added Boston hardcore band Haywire as special guests. Subtlety isn't invited. It never is with this bill.
Haywire earned this slot the hard way. The band has played around 400 shows in less than three years. That run included 96 shows in 101 days in the summer of 2025. Ninety-six shows in 101 days. My voice hurts just reading that. Their new album, I Don't Wanna Say Goodbye, landed earlier this month on Roadrunner Records, and now they get to open for two of the biggest punk bands on the planet.
“Haywire earned this slot the hard way.”
Moe Train
The run hits Melbourne at John Cain Arena on November 26, then Gosford for Meltdown Festival on November 28 with The Living End and Jebediah on the bill. Brisbane gets Riverstage on November 29, Sydney gets the Sydney Opera House Forecourt on December 1, and Perth gets Red Hill Auditorium on December 4.
Dropkick Murphys at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt. Bagpipes outside the Opera House. Australia is about to get a loud lesson in Boston manners, and I mean that with love. Tickets are on sale now through Live Nation Australia.
Source: Something You Said
