Aussie Punk Icons 28 Days Announce 30th Anniversary Tour Dates

Few bands capture a specific era of Australian music quite like 28 Days — and now they’re celebrating three decades of doing things their own way with a national tour this June.

Formed out of the Frankston skate scene in the late ’90s, 28 Days quickly became one of the defining acts of Australia’s punk and rap-rock crossover boom.

Their 2000 album Upstyledown didn’t just break through, it debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and helped cement the band as a staple of the era.

Tracks like “Rip It Up”, “Say What?” and “Sucker” became synonymous with turn-of-the-millennium Australian alternative culture, soundtracking packed-out mosh pits and festival stages across the country.

At a time when events like Big Day Out and Homebake were shaping the national music identity — and with Channel V Australia pumping video clips into Aussie living rooms — 28 Days stood at the centre of it all.

Thirty years on, the band are still bringing the same raw energy that made them a force in the first place. And while anniversary tours often lean heavily on nostalgia, this run feels more like a reminder: 28 Days weren’t just part of that era, they helped to shape it.

The upcoming shows promise a celebration of longevity in an industry that rarely allows it, revisiting the songs that have remained embedded in Australia’s punk DNA while proving the band’s staying power is far from a relic of the past.