Hey Hey In Rockers and Welcome to The Lobby, right here in the pages of the mighty, mighty InRock! I’m coming to you from Down Under as the Goo Goo Dolls make our way through Australia on our 2025 Australian Summer Anthem Tour?and let me tell you, it’s been amazing so far!
Right now, I’m in Newcastle, a dreamy little beach town on Australia’s East Coast. We’ve already played Canberra and Sydney, with incredible crowds, great shows, and some truly vibey meet and greets. This is our first headlining tour in Australia in over 20 years, and it feels so good to be back on our own stage, stretching out our setlist, and giving our Aussie fans the full Goo Goo Dolls experience!
Last year, we were here with our friends in Matchbox Twenty, which was a blast, but there’s nothing like coming back with our own show?bigger, louder, and packed with deeper cuts for the die-hard fans.
We’ve got a total of six shows lined up, including five headline dates and a festival stop at the Yours and Owls Festival in Wollongong. This festival is packed with great talent?bands like The Kooks, Fontaines D.C., JPEGMAFIA, The Veronicas, and about 30 more bands from around the globe.
For our headline dates in Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle Adelaide, and Melbourne, we’re excited to have Thirsty Merc joining us. If you haven’t ever checked them out, do yourself a favor, these guys are great! Here’s something cool, Rai Thistlewayte, their keyboardist and lead singer, is also playing with Sammy Hagar, who we’ll be performing alongside at Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California, in April. Small world, right?
At our Sydney show we filmed an appearance for Australian Idol because one of the contestants, Emma Jones, is singing Iris on the show. John worked with her as a mentor, and she even got up on stage and performed Iris with us that night, and it will give us some great mainstream exposure here in Australia.
It’s been a busy trip so far with rehearsals, press and shows, but I always try to take some time to do some exploring in the places we visit. Today, I had a chance to wander Newcastle, walking down to the beaches, watching some surfers, and even hanging out with a few ocean-loving dogs (which, let’s be honest, is the real highlight). I checked out the Ocean Baths, walked out to the lighthouse, and just took in that salty summer air before returning back home to Buffalo, it’s freezing right now, so this sunshine is doing wonders for the soul. The Newcastle show is tonight and tomorrow morning we’re off to Brisbane!
We’ll be heading back to the U.S. soon, but not for long?because our rescheduled South African tour is finally happening! We had to postpone it a few weeks back when John was hospitalized with pneumonia, but now we’re adding another date and making sure we’re 100% healthy for the trip. We’ve been looking forward to this one, and we’re not missing it again!
Hope you’re all having a great month?catch you next issue with more tour stories and whatever 2025 continues to throw at us! Talk soon!

Peace,
Robby

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