Hot Milk East Coast Headline Dates

Get ready to feel the heat! Frontier Touring are pleased to announce the return of euphoric Manchester alt rock force Hot Milk, performing in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane (their first headline show in QLD) this May.

The incendiary duo of Hannah Mee and Jim Shaw are headed back down, following on from their 2023 Australian debut visit, when the band tore through two huge headline gigs in Sydney and Melbourne and crossed the country as support for rock icons Foo Fighters. Hungry for more, Hot Milk return to our shores after three years bringing an unmissable live show that’ll see fans screaming back every word.

It’s been a busy start to 2026 for Hot Milk, who performed for the very first time in Mumbai, India, at Lollapalooza in January before wrapping up a run of European headline dates earlier this month. The band will then head to Japan, before arriving in Australia in May, with further festival sets at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival locked in for July.

First meeting in a Manchester bar back in 2016, over the course of three EPs – Are You Feeling Alive? (2019), I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I’M DEAD (2021) and The King And Queen Of Gasoline (2022) – Hot Milk have escalated from cult favourites to one of the UK’s most vital young rock exports, supporting the likes of Foos and Green Day. Following the release of their debut album A Call To The Void in 2023 and their most recent release Corporation P.O.P in 2025 (both out now via Sony Music Australia/Music For Nations), the band have dominated festival main stages, sold out headline rooms across the UK, Europe and the US, and built a reputation for live performances that are chaotic, cathartic and utterly unforgettable.

Catch Hot Milk kick off their latest Australian tour at Melbourne’s 170 Russellon Wednesday 20 May. The band will then head to Sydney’s Metro Theatreon Thursday 21 May, before wrapping up their latest run at Crowbar Brisbane on Saturday 23 May.

Frontier Members can get early access to tickets via the Members’ presale, which starts Tuesday 24 February (1pm local time) – see website for full information. Tickets go onsale Wednesday 25 February (2pm local time).

Opening the night at all shows is Melbourne’s fiercest alt-rock disruptors Bad/Love. Blending emotional intensity with crushing riffs and cinematic soundscapes, the rockers are known for their raw lyricism and genre-bending sound and have carved a unique lane in Australia’s heavy scene. Bad/Love are unapologetically loud, heartbreakingly honest, and impossible to ignore.

From sneering choruses to life-affirming bravado, headlining London’s iconic KOKO and Roundhouse venues to festival main stage appearances, don’t miss the defiant Hot Milk live on stage when they return to Australia!

HOT MILK (UK)
+ special guests Bad/Love
AUSTRALIA
MAY 2026
Presented by Frontier Touring

FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE
via frontiertouring.com/hotmilk
Runs 24 hours from: Tuesday 24 February (1pm local time)
or until presale allocation exhausted

TICKETS ON SALE
Begins: Wednesday 25 February (2pm local time)

ALL SHOWS 18+

Wednesday 20 May
170 Russell | Melbourne, VIC
Moshtix.com.au

Thursday 21 May
Metro Theatre | Sydney, NSW
Ticketek.com.au

Saturday 23 May
Crowbar Brisbane | Sydney, NSW
Oztix.com.au