Ball Park Music Announce ‘Like Love’ Australian/New Zealand 2025 Tour
The Brisbane quintet are hitting the road in support of their upcoming eighth album, Like Love.
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Brizzy indie vets Ball Park Music are embarking on a massive 11-date Australian and New Zealand tour this May/June.
The tour comes in the leadup to the release of the band’s eighth album, Like Love. The record, which arrives April 14 (pre-order here), is named after the title track that landed at #43 in triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2024.
Supported by fellow Brisbane band Bean Magazine, Ball Park Music are excited to get back on the road and play for their adoring fans. “We are extremely excited to announce that we’ll be hitting the road in support of our new record, Like Love,” the band said in a press release.
“This run will see us return to many of our favourite venues in the country as well as making it to New Zealand for some of our first ever proper headline shows. The new record has seen us explore a more tender, introspective side of our band and we’re excited to redesign our show to accommodate this, as well as all our usual faves for the stage. Joining us in support for the Aussie leg will be our new fave Brissie band, Bean Magazine. We adore them and they’re gonna kill it. We couldn’t be more pumped to go. We’ll see you out there!”
The Like Love tour commences in Tassie with gigs at Fort’s Forth Pub on Friday, May 2 and Hobart’s Odeon Theatre on Saturday, May 3. Ball Park Music then have dates lined up at Bunbury’s Prince of Wales on Thursday, May 8, Margaret River’s The River on Friday, May 9, Melbourne’s Forum on Friday, May 16, Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall on Saturday, May 17, Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Friday, May 23 and Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Friday, May 30.
The tour arrives in New Zealand for shows at Wellington’s San Fran on Friday, June 6 and Auckland’s Tuning Fork on Saturday, June 7, before coming to an end at Canberra’s UC Refectory on Friday, June 13.
Pre-sale begins Tuesday, February 11 at 11:30am local time. You can register here. General on-sale commences Friday, February 14 at 11:30am local time via ballparkmusic.com.
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Along with an album and tour on the horizon, Ball Park Music have shared the cheeky new single, ‘Please Don’t Move To Melbourne’.
“The origins of this song are old. Proper old,” Ball Park Music frontman Sam Cromack explains. “I can recall writing the chorus in a house I rented many moons ago. I remember the enchanting nature of the three chords being spread over six bars; it gives it this suspended feeling as if it could just go on forever and never resolve. But all I had was that chorus.
“Inspired by a time when many friends were departing Brisbane for greener pastures down south, it lay dormant for years. I didn’t know how to complete the story. When scratching around for material on this record I shared it with the band and they instantly connected. Again, the unusual number of bars made us wanna play it all bloody night. It just has this circular, infinite quality to it. As we did that, I kinda just let the melodies and all those subconscious ramblings bubble up and suddenly we had verses! It’s endured a strange construction, but it’s truly one of our favourite songs we’ve made.”
The song is accompanied by a music video directed by the band’s guitarist, Dean Hanson, that features famous Brisbane landmarks, including The Wheel of Brisbane, the XXXX Brewery, Kurilpa Bridge and the Wally Lewis and Darren Lockyer Statues.
Catch Ball Park Music at Hindley Street Music Hall on Saturday, May 17. For full ticketing information visit ballparkmusic.com. Pre-order a copy of Like Love here.
BALL PARK MUSICLIKE LOVE 2025 Australian/New Zealand TOUR DAtes
Friday, May 2 – Forth Pub, Fort TAS
Saturday, May 3 – Odeon Theatre, Hobart TAS (All Ages)
Thursday, May 8 – Prince of Wales, Bunbury WA
Friday, May 9 – The River, Margaret River WA
Friday, May 16 – Forum, Melbourne VIC
Saturday, May 17 – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide SA
Friday, May 23 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD
Friday, May 30 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW (All Ages)
Friday, June 6 – San Fran, Wellington NZ
Saturday, June 7 – Tuning Fork, Auckland NZ (All Ages)
Friday, June 13 – UC Refectory, Canberra ACT
