Kaiser Chiefs Announce 2025 Australian Tour Celebrating 20 Years Of Employment This November

MELBOURNE (Wednesday, June 25):  UK indie icons Kaiser Chiefs have today announced their return to Australia this November, celebrating the 20^th Anniversary of their seminal record, Employment, one of the best-selling UK debut albums of all time. It will be their first visit to these shores since 2012, when they packed out venues across the country – they also played an exhilarating set at Splendour in the Grass along with sideshows in 2011.  The band is currently weaving their way across the UK and Europe playing an extensive schedule of outdoor celebration shows.

The Employment tour will commence on Sunday November 23 at RAC Arena Perth, followed by Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Tuesday November 25, Hordern Pavilion Sydney on Thursday November 27 and concluding at Fortitude Music Hall Brisbane on Friday November 28.

Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Australia. Mastercard Presale starts Friday, June 27 at 11am and ends on Tuesday July 1 at 11am. Plus, Preferred ticket access to some of the best tickets are available from Tuesday July 1 at 12pm. Check out priceless.com/music for details.

An artist presale will commence on Friday June 27 at 11am, concluding on Tuesday July 1 at 11am.

A Secret Sounds presale commences Monday June 30 at 11am, concluding on Tuesday July 1 at 11am.

General public tickets go sale on Tuesday July 1 at 12pm. All times are local.

Please visit secretsounds.com for tickets and further information.

KAISER CHIEFS
20 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT
AUSTRALIA 2025

RAC Arena, Perth
Sunday November 23

Festival Hall, Melbourne
Tuesday November 25

Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Thursday November 27

Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane
Friday November 28

Tickets on sale Tuesday July 1 at 12pm
Artist & Mastercard Presale: Friday June 27, 11am - Tuesday July 1, 11am
Secret Sounds Presale: Mon June 30, 11am - Tuesday July 1, 11am
All times are local.

Head to secretsounds.com for more information.

Supported by Double J.

ABOUT KAISER CHIEFS

On July 18 this year, Kaiser Chiefs will release the 20th anniversary edition of their seminal debut album Employment, Originally released in March 2005, the album landed to wide-spread acclaim and has gone on to become one of the most successful debut albums from a UK band. Peaking at No. 2 on the UK album chart, the record has since spent more than 17 months on the Official Top 40 chart, selling more than 2.1 million copies in the process, and being certified 7 x Platinum status by the British Phonographic Industry. Featuring a host of hit singles including ‘Oh My God’, ‘I Predict A Riot’, ‘Everyday I Love You Less And Less’ and ‘Modern Way’, the album catapulted the band to into the music world’s stratosphere, setting them onto the path of arena mainstays and festival headline status across the world.

“20 years ago, a brand new song by a brand new band was released. ‘I Predict A Riot’ was the start of something really special for some musicians from Leeds,” the band reminisced. “And the album that followed, ‘Employment’, changed our lives and has soundtracked the lives of millions of others since 2005. In 2025 we are saluting 20 years of that album and everyone is invited. Come celebrate the 2000’s, loving everything less & less and stripey blazers taking over the world.”

The Employment re-release includes three brand new expanded ‘China Anniversary’ formats. The 1LP edition is pressed on white vinyl, and includes ‘bonus’ track ‘Take My Temperature’; the 2LP set features 15 additional tracks, including a selection of B-Sides and CD single bonus tracks, plus two previously unreleased songs, exclusive to this format. On the 3CD set, alongside the original album, the band have added 40 tracks, including previously unreleased demo recordings, remixes, radio sessions, and a selection of live tracks that chart their rapid rise from small club dates in Leeds, to festival headline act. The original album has been remastered at Abbey Road Studios, and the bonus material was curated by the band from their own archive.

Formed in Leeds in 2000, Kaiser Chiefs are one of the most exciting and consistently successful bands of their generation. Fronted by the charismatic Ricky Wilson, with Simon Rix on bass, Andrew ‘Whitey’ White on guitar, Nick ‘Peanut’ Baines on keyboards and drummer Vijay Mistry, the band have released eight original studio albums (two of those UK No. 1), had nine Top 40 singles, including the No. 1 ‘Ruby’, received three Brit Awards, an Ivor Novello Album of the Year award for Employment, toured with U2, Foo Fighters and Green Day and sold more than eight million albums worldwide.

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