Today, Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE announce a run of headline Australian and New Zealand tour dates this May, following the announcement of a joint headline show as part of Vivid LIVE, plus their forthcoming collaborative LP POMPEII // UTILITY with SURF GANG (out April 3). Pre-sale begins Thu 26 Mar at 8am AEDT with general public on-sale available Fri 27 Mar, 9am AEDT. Sign up to the pre-sale HERE and access ticketing details HERE.

Arriving on the heels of 2025 albums from both rappers — MIKE’s Showbiz! and Earl’s Live, Laugh, Love — is the forthcoming collaborative album POMPEII // UTILITY with the celebrated SURF GANG, playing like a victory lap that traces their friendship back over more than a decade. Over this time, the pair have developed a loyal working relationship, tallying notable collaborations like ‘allstar’ on MIKE’s 2020 album weight of the world, ‘Sentry’ on Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist’s collab album VOIR DIRE. While MIKE and Earl have orbited it selectively, they haven’t fully lived inside the SURF GANG universe until now, making POMPEII // UTILITY feel like a full-circle collision of worlds.

With the recent release of the album’s lead double single ‘Minty // Earth’, Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and SURF GANG gear up for an album that at its core, embodies a shared ethos that has always been a part of their creative DNA: collaboration as community-building. It evokes African and diasporic traditions where art and story are collective, iterative, relational — part of a larger whole. From top to bottom, there was a clear concerted effort to keep every angle of the project within the family.

For over a decade, Earl Sweatshirt has galvanised fans with his storytelling, vulnerability, and lyrical gift. Having emerged at just 16 from the raw and incendiary Odd Future collective, Earl quickly set himself apart with his dense introspection, off-kilter cadences, and a brooding intellect that belied his youth. Across a number of albums and widespread critical acclaim, Earl has cemented himself as a definitive poet chronicling growth, self-discovery, and the resonant moods of a generation. 

Citing Earl as one of his largest inspirations, who he would go on to influence during the recording of Some Rap Songs, the New York-born rap whizkid MIKE made an explosive debut with the searing lyricism and scuzzy beats of his debut mixtape, MAY GOD BLESS YOUR HUSTLE (2017), wowed critics with his fully-realised follow-up tears of joy (2019) and delivered one of 2025’s most acclaimed records in the incisive and extraordinary Showbiz!.

Having just announced their joint headline appearance at Vivid LIVE, Earl and MIKE will also be taking to Auckland’s Studio The Venue, The Timber Yard in Melbourne, and The Tivoli in Brisbane for a run of headline shows with support from C.FRIM and Chef Chung at selected shows. For all details, see below. 

EARL SWEATSHIRT & MIKE TOUR DATES
Fri 22 May – Studio The Venue – Auckland ¢
Sat 23 May – The Timber Yard – Melbourne ¢ &
Sun 24 May – Sydney Opera House – Sydney*
Wed 27 May – The Tivoli – Brisbane ¢ &
 
¢ – with C.FRIM
& – with Chef Chung
*as part of Vivid LIVE

Pre-sale: Thu 26 Mar at 8am AEDT 
General on-sale: Fri 27 Mar at 9am AEDT

Pre-sale sign up HERE
Astral People Tour Info HERE
All ticketing details HERE