Airbourne release 'Christmas Bonus' single to celebrate the season • GRIMM Gent

The mighty AIRBOURNE returned earlier this year with the tremendous ‘GUTSY’, their first new song in six years… but wait… there’s myrrh…

With less than 40 rockin’ days left until the Big Day, Airbourne gave fans – naughty and nice alike – a seasonal surprise with ‘Christmas Bonus’, their spirited new single…

Listen to ‘Christmas Bonus’,HERE.
Watch the not-safe-for-work animated music video, HERE.

Not only does the track contain a guitar solo cunningly constructed to unleash good cheer, even at a distance, but it also features references to the first ‘Die Hard’ movie, surely the most explosive festive flick of them all…

“Yippee-ki-yay… Merry Christmas!”says Airbourne frontman, Joel O’Keeffe, “Christmas is a time to rock ‘n’ roll! I remember being a little kid, and I really didn’t like carols at all – I thought they were annoying. I just wanted to listen to AC/DC and Black Sabbath. But then I got this new AC/DC record, ‘The Razor’s Edge’, and there was this song, ‘Mistress for Christmas’. I had no idea what it meant, but that’s what I was playing for Christmas that year. Rockin’ out at Christmas is one of the best times of the year to rock out – let’s all headbang around the Christmas tree!”

‘Christmas Bonus’, alongside ‘GUTSY’, was produced by Brian Howes, who worked with the band on 2013’s ‘Black Dog Barking’ album; engineering, meanwhile, was handled by Canadian studio legend Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Aerosmith, Rush, Metallica), with Zakk Cervini (Dayseeker, BMTH, Architects, Machine Gun Kelly) taking charge of the mix.

From that first ringing guitar chord onwards (and it’s no coincidence that it sounds like a bell!), ‘GUTSY’ makes zero excuse for being big, bold and bombastic – a crafted and layered take on signature Airbourne sonics, the whole thing packing enough of a low-end kick to be used as a defibrillator in moments of crisis. Listen to ‘GUTSY’, HERE

Airbourne have earned the respect and love of UK & European fans with their unbridled energy, thunderous riffs and driving drums. Anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of seeing the band live knows for sure that there’s no half measures here (onstage or off)!

The Australian outfit will return to Europe early next year, rockin’ hard through the winter into spring.

The full list of announced 2026 Airbourne live appearances is as follows:

Jan 30: Rock City, Nottingham, UK
Feb 3: TonHalle Munich, Germany
Feb 5: Raiffeisenbank Klosterneuburg, Austria
Feb 7: Columbiahalle Berlin, Germany
Feb 9: Poolen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Feb 10: Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway
Feb 12: B-K, Stockholm, Sweden
Feb 14: Georg Elser Halle, Hamburg, Germany
Feb 16: TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Feb 17: Luxexpo The Box, Luxembourg
Feb 20: Palladium, Cologne, Germany
Feb 21: Zenith Paris – La Villette, Paris, France
Feb 24: O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Feb 25: Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK
Feb 28: Roundhouse London, UK
Mar 2: UEA (University of East Anglia), Norwich, UK
Mar 3: O2 Guildhall, Southampton, UK
Mar 6: De Oosterpoort, Groningen, the Netherlands
Mar 8: Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany
Mar 9: Garage, Saarbrücken, Germany
Mar 11: Transbordeur, Lyon, France
Mar 13: Halle 662, Zürich, Switzerland
Mar 14: Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
Mar 17: Le Rocher de Palmer, Cenon, France
Mar 20: Paloma, Nîmes, France
Mar 21: Interférence, Toulouse, France
Mar 24: Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
Mar 25: Sala La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
Mar 27: Sala Santana 27 Bilbao, Spain
Mar 29: Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium