Airbourne release new single ‘Kid In A Candy Store’

Airbourne have released their latest single, “Kid In A Candy Store”. Produced by Brian Howes (who helmed 2013’s Black Dog Barking), engineered by Mike Fraser (who worked on 2010’s No Guts. No Glory & 2016’s Breakin’ Outta Hell), mixed by Zakk Cervini (BMTH, Architects, Evanescence) and mastered by the legendary Ted Jensen, the track is taken from the Australian band’s forthcoming self-titled studio album, out August 28 via Spinefarm. Pre-order here.

Available spring 2025, do-or-die anthem “Gutsy” sent up the flare, the sign that a new album was on the horizon, along with a fresh chapter for the band;  “Christmas Bonus” followed in November, then “Alive After Death (Last Plane Out)”, both song and video serving as spectacular flag-bearers for the 12-tracker to come; and now “Kid In A Candy Store”, cut from the same battle-jacket cloth, a classic rite-of-passage anthem in the tradition of songs such as AC / DC’s “Whole Lotta Rosie”. 

When Airbourne – brothers Joel and Ryan O’Keeffe, vocals / guitar & drums respectively, bassist Justin Street and guitarist Brett Tyrrell – entered Music Farm Studio in south-eastern Australia to track their new album, they effectively drew a line in the Byron Bay sand. This was the moment, the mission clear: to create not just the greatest body of work in the Airbourne canon (“Real blockbuster shit!”, to echo their own words), but to scale the highest possible peak – minus shirt, naturally, true Airbourne style – in the name of the hard rock genre; to seek out new turf, to protect the ground hard won by heroes past, and to both strengthen and celebrate the special, sacred bond with rock fans everywhere.

Ryan: “We said, this is it, let’s make the oracle. And if we’re going to do it, no corner can be cut. Because if you cut a corner, you’re not going to pull it off. This record distils everything we stand for into one place. Everything we love. It’s the best album we could possibly have made.”

“It’s a rocket that we’ve been building and building, and we’ve filled it with this fuel and we’re ready to light it up and let it go,” exclaims Joel. “Everything we are as a band, our heart and soul, is in this record.”

Airbourne album tracklisting:

1. Gutsy
2. Alive After Death (Last Plane Out)
3. Here She Comes
4. Kid In A Candy Store
5. Sky High
6. Who Put The Rhythm In You?
7. Christmas Bonus
8. Last Man Standing
9. Rock ‘N’ Roll Ya
10. Bogotá
11. Hells Got No Vacancy
12. Send Me To Rock ‘N’ Roll Heaven

Made on home soil in the face of tropical storms, dangerous, potentially lethal wild-life and temperamental vintage gear, Airbourne is the album, the statement recording, that only one band could have created; for proud sons of Warrnambool, Joel and Ryan, it was all about setting a high bar, then raising it higher, with Bryan Adams and studio maestro ‘Mutt’ Lange adding their multi-platinum songwriting skills to a couple of the tracks.

Airbourne. Made with passion. Made in Australia. The Great Barrier Riff.

 Airbourne live dates 2026:
July 2 – Eurockéennes, France
July 3 – Rockharz Open Air, Germany
July 4 – Donauinselfest, Austria
July 7 – Castello Scaligero, Italy
July 10 – Bospop, Netherlands
July 11 – Eddfest, Knebworth, UK
July 16 – Guitare En Scene, France
July 17 – World Festival Ambert, France
July 20 – Festival De Carcassonne, France
July 22 – Kulturfabrik Kofmehl, Switzerland
July 23 – OM Concerts, Belgium
July 25 – Bobfest, Germany
July 28 – Boogaloo, Croatia
July 30 – Rockstadt Extreme Fest, Romania
August 1 – Wacken Open Air, Germany
August 4 – Tipos Arena, Slovakia
August 7 – Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Germany
August 8 – Rockowizna Festival, Poland
August 10 – Forum Karlin, Czech Republic
August 12 – Summer Breeze, Germany
August 14 – Reload Festival, Germany
August 16 – Motocultor Festival, France
August 18 – Navarra Arena, Spain
August 20 – Roig Arena, Spain
August 22 – V And B Festival, France
August 26 – Klub Studio, Poland
August 29 – Helitehas, Estonia
August 31 – Allas Sea Pool, Finland
September 3 – Tivoli Grona Lund, Sweden
September 5 – High Voltage Live, Norway