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News: Rebecca Black Announces First-Ever Australian Headline Shows This December

  • May 27, 2025
  • Deb Pelser
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Rebecca Black—the internet-breaking pop futurist turned underground icon—has announced her long-awaited debut Australian headline shows, bringing the SALVATION tour to Sydney and Melbourne this December. Slipping in between Spilt Milk appearances, the singer will take the stage at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Tuesday 9 December and Melbourne’s 170 Russell on Thursday 11 December.

Once defined by the viral whirlwind of “Friday,” Black has spent the last decade rewriting her own story. No longer a footnote in internet history, she has emerged as one of pop’s most progressive and unpredictable artists—an underground icon, fashion disruptor and LGBTQ+ advocate, equally at home in the boiler room as she is on mainstream stages.

Since her 2021 project Rebecca Black Was Here, she has collaborated with genre-bending innovators like Slayyyter, MØ, bbno$, Dorian Electra, and Big Freedia. The ten-year remix of “Friday” became a hyperpop moment in itself, and her debut album Let Her Burn (2023) confirmed what fans already knew: Rebecca Black is no longer chasing pop relevance—she’s defining it.

Her new body of work, SALVATION, is bold and unfiltered—diving headfirst into cathartic dancefloor euphoria with pulsing techno, synth confessionals, and club-ready choruses. After a sold-out North American and European tour, standout performances at Coachella and multiple Pride festivals, and a now-legendary Boiler Room debut, Black’s transformation into a full-fledged artist and performer is complete.

A self-made visionary in a post-viral world, Black creates in partnership with a tight-knit collective of collaborators, bringing a DIY ethic to big-budget ideas. Her live shows channel that ethos—visually explosive, emotionally resonant, and entirely on her own terms.

As Billboard put it during New York Fashion Week, she’s now one of the “ultimate cool girls” alongside King Princess and Hayley Williams. But to her fans—especially in queer and alt-pop spaces—Rebecca Black is something more: a symbol of resilience, reinvention, and the electrifying possibility of pop with purpose.

REBECCA BLACK THE SALVATION TOUR AUSTRALIA 2025

METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY
TUESDAY DECEMBER 9

170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11

Tickets HERE.

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