| Good Things | |
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| Genre | Heavy metal,metalcore,alternative metal,alternative rock, andpunk rock[1] |
| Dates | Early December |
| Locations | Australia Brisbane (2018–2019, 2022–) Sydney (2018–2019, 2022–) Melbourne (2018–2019, 2022–) |
| Years active | 2018–2019; 2022–present |
| Website | www |
Good Things is a music festival held in major cities aroundAustralia. It features a number of international and Australian music acts, from various genres includingrock,metal,punk, andemo.[1]
In early-2018, music tour organiser Destroy All Lines announced a new music festival,Good Things. It would become the biggest music festival held in Australia sinceSoundwave in 2015.[2] The Good Things festival debuted in Melbourne, before playing at Sydney and Brisbane. On 19 November, theNew South Wales Police Force issued a statement addressing accusations that they "made it impossible" for the Good Things festival to operate as all-ages in Sydney by imposing "multiple impediments" and charging "exorbitant" policing fees. The next day Destroy All Lines announced that the Sydney festival would no longer be an all-ages event, and it would restricted to 18-and-over. Under-age ticket holders for the Sydney festival were later contacted and given full refunds.[3]
Two weeks before the first festival, Destroy All Lines announced that under-aged ticket holders would have to be accompanied by a responsible adult at the Melbourne festival. The move was met with outrage as festival-goers and parents alike described it as 'unfair'. The Brisbane festival had no restrictions and was an all-ages event.[4] At the Sydney show, duringTonight Alive's set a 46-year-old security guard died due to a suspected heart attack.[5]
Good Things confirmed via their Facebook page that they would be back to host a 2019 festival.[6] On 19 August 2019, organisers announced the dates and venues for Good Things 2019. The Sydney venue was changed to Centennial Park to accommodate more people.[7]
The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the then-ongoingoutbreak of COVID-19. Dates were announced for the 2021 festival for 3–5 December in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.[8] However the 2021 festival was also cancelled from an outbreak of the then-recentCOVID-19 Omicron variant. Dates and the planned lineup still stand for the 2022 festival, which was announced alongside the former's cancellation.[9]
The 2018 Good Things festival was headlined byThe Offspring playing their 1994 albumSmash in its entirety,[10] andStone Sour. The festival markedBabymetal's first Australian tour, welcoming one of the biggest crowds of the day.[2]
The 2018 festival was sponsored byNintendo Switch,Marshall Amplification,Vans,Uppercut Deluxe, Dangerfield,Jack Daniel's, Furphy Ale,Captain Morgan, andSmirnoff.[11]
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The 2022 Good Things festival was headlined byBring Me the Horizon,Deftones, andNOFX. The festival marked the reunions ofTISM, who performed their first shows since 2004, andKisschasy, who played their 2005 albumUnited Paper People in full, their first live shows since 2015.NOFX also played their 1994 albumPunk in Drublic in full. The festival marked the debut Australian concerts ofElectric Callboy,Nova Twins, andBlood Command.
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The 2023 Good Things festival was headlined byFall Out Boy,Limp Bizkit andDevo. The 2023 edition marked the debut Australian performances ofHanabie.,Magnolia Park,Slaughter to Prevail, andRoyal & the Serpent.
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The 2024 Good Things festival was headlined byKorn,Electric Callboy andViolent Femmes; Sum 41 were initially meant to play their final ever Australian shows, however they were forced to withdraw at the last minute due to Deryck Whibley contracting pnuemonia.Killing Heidi also performed their 2000 albumReflector in full. The 2024 festival marked the debut Australian performances of From Ashes to New and Imminence; it also marked 311's first Australian tour since 1998.
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The 2025 Good Things festival is scheduled to be headlined byTool andWeezer. It will mark the final-ever Australian performances byRefused, as well as The All-American Rejects's first Australian performances since 2009. It will also mark the debut Australian shows of Bad Nerves, Dead Poet Society, and Wargasm.
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