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Pete Davidson Announces 2025 Australian Stand-Up Tour

Pete Davidson is heading Down Under. The Saturday Night Live alum has announced he’ll bring his stand-up comedy tour to Australia for a limited run of three shows across Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in September and October 2025.

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The comedian and actor has announced three stand-up comedy shows in Australia for late September and early October 2025. Presented by Live Nation, the limited run will begin Sept. 29 at Riverside Theatre in Perth before continuing to Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on Sept. 30 and wrapping Oct. 1 at Enmore Theatre in Sydney.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. local time on Friday, Aug. 1, with a My Live Nation members pre-sale running from 12 p.m. Thursday, July 31 through 9 a.m. Friday.

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The upcoming shows mark Davidson’s return to the stage in a year that’s already seen the comedian maintain a busy schedule both on-screen and on tour. In addition to performing stand-up, Davidson currently stars in Bupkis, the semi-autobiographical Peacock series that he created, executive produced and wrote. The show, which blends comedy with fictionalized moments from Davidson’s life, debuted in 2023.

Davidson’s last stand-up special, Turbo Fonzarelli, arrived in 2023, following his 2020 Netflix special Alive From New York. Both projects showcased his signature blend of dark humor and candid storytelling, often touching on themes like mental health, relationships and public scrutiny.

A former Saturday Night Live cast member from 2014 to 2022, Davidson rose to prominence for his offbeat humor and viral music video parodies, becoming one of the show’s breakout stars. He later transitioned into film with roles in The King of Staten Island — which he co-wrote and starred in — as well as Big Time Adolescence, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Set It Up, Meet Cute, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and Dumb Money.

His upcoming projects include the horror film The Home, Amazon’s The Pick Up opposite Eddie Murphy, and How to Rob a Bank, directed by David Leitch, which is currently filming and expected to be released in 2026.

Davidson was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2022. For ticketing details, visit livenation.com.au.

See the full list of Pete Davidson’s 2025 Australian tour dates below:

Sept. 29 — Riverside Theatre, Perth WASept. 30 — Palais Theatre, Melbourne VICOct. 1 — Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW

July 30, 2025

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Marc Maron Happy to Pay a Hefty Price to Use Taylor Swift Song Snippet in New Stand-Up Special: ‘It Had to Happen’

Marc Maron knew that he needed to use a very specific Taylor Swift song at the end of his upcoming comedy special Marc Maron: Panicked. The comedian and pioneering podcaster opened up on the Good One podcast this week about what it cost him to get a snippet of Swift’s 2022 Midnights bonus track “Bigger Than the Whole Sky” into the special due out on Friday (Aug. 1) on HBO Max.
“I think it came out to $50K, around that,” Maron, 61, said. “I did everything I could to get the joke in front of her.” And while he didn’t know how one goes about securing such a deal, he is somewhat friendly with the song’s producer, Jack Antonoff, so he said he texted him for some advice.

“I know Jack Antonoff enough to text him, and he’s the co-writer on that song,” Maron said. “I said, ‘I don’t know what’s proper or how to do this, but we’re running out of money on this thing. It’s probably going to come out of my pocket. Is there anything you can do about this song or talk to Taylor?’”

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Antonoff counseled Maron to go through official channels first and see if he could get a proper sign-off, which he did at a reported cost of $50,000 for less than a minute of the track.

“It was doable,” he said of the price. “We made enough money. It was tight, but because of the ticket sales for the special, we were able to get that song.” Maron said. For the record, he could only afford the one minute, so he got together with the band from the special to write some intro and outro music to fill in.

Maron noted that his “relationship” to that song is so strong — as evidenced by the fact that he holds his phone up to play it during the special — that “it had to happen… the real fear is that she don’t let you use it,” he said. 

There was the possibility that Swift would say no and he would have to cut the bit, but Maron said he thought the singer would like the joke. “They can always say, ‘I don’t want him to play that.’ And then if you do, they sue you,” he said. “But they signed off on it. I have no idea if Taylor Swift saw the bit.” 

Check out Maron talking about locking down the Swift song below.

July 29, 2025