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Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE have announced a run of Australian and New Zealand headline shows in May, alongside their previously announced joint appearance at Sydney’s Vivid LIVE festival.
The tour takes in Auckland’s Studio The Venue on May 22, Melbourne’s The Timber Yard on May 23, and Brisbane’s The Tivoli on May 27. The Sydney Opera House show for Vivid LIVE on May 24 rounds out the run. C.FRIM and Chef Chung will provide support at selected dates. Presale opens Thursday, March 26 at 8 a.m. AEDT, with general public on sale from Friday, March 27 at 9 a.m. AEDT.
The shows follow the announcement of POMPEII // UTILITY, a collaborative album from Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and New York collective SURF GANG, due April 3 via 10k/Tan Cressida Records.
The double-disc project — featuring lead single “Minty // Earth” — brings together two artists whose friendship and creative partnership stretches back more than a decade, with previous collaborations including “Allstar” on MIKE’s 2020 album Weight of the World and “Sentry” on Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist’s 2023 collaboration VOIR DIRE.
Earl Sweatshirt — born Thebe Kgositsile — emerged at 16 as part of the Odd Future collective before launching a critically acclaimed solo career. His debut album Doris (2013) debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Top Rap Albums. His subsequent records I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside (2015) and Some Rap Songs (2018) both peaked within the top 20 of the Billboard 200 and earned widespread critical praise. His most recent solo album, Live, Laugh, Love, arrived in August 2025.
MIKE, the New York-born rapper and producer, has built one of the most prolific and critically admired catalogs in underground hip-hop over the past decade. His 2025 album Showbiz! was among the year’s most acclaimed releases.
