to headline star-studded Lookout Festival in Torquay

GLOBAL hitmakers OneRepublic will storm the Surf Coast this summer as the headline act for the 2026 edition of Lookout Festival, bringing their signature anthems to Torquay for an electrifying one-day music event.

The gig forms part of the band’s Sweet Escape Tour, as OneRepublic prepares to take their sixth album Artificial Paradise on the road. The group’s return to Australia comes off the back of a sold-out tour across the nation in 2023.

OneRepublic, fronted by vocalist Ryan Tedder, released their debut album Dreaming Out Loud in 2007, its lead single Apologize launching the Colorado natives onto the world stage and earning them a Grammy nomination.

A string of chart-dominating singles followed, including Counting Stars, Secrets and Good Life, while the band’s 2022 single I Ain’t Worried, which features in Top Gun: Maverick, has alone racked up more than three billion streams.

Sharing the bill is Swedish pop sensation Zara Larsson, whose platinum-certified 2017 album So Good is one of the most-steamed debuts on Spotify by a female artist ever.

With smash hits like Lush Life, Ain’t My Fault and Never Forget You, Larsson has quickly become a defining voice in modern pop, and earned accolades from the Swedish Grammys, BRIT Awards and MTV EMAs.

Also set to take the stage are Australian favourites Birds of Tokyo, Eskimo Joe and Sneaky Sound System.

Birds of Tokyo – known for their soaring alt-rock anthems such as Lanterns, Plans and Good Lord – have become a staple of the Australian festival circuit and appeared as special guests for heavy hitters such as Muse, Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel, Incubus and Bon Jovi.

Meanwhile Black Fingernails, Red Wine juggernauts Eskimo Joe have enjoyed an almost 30-year career, during which they’ve notched up six studio albums, eight ARIA Awards and 35 nominations, a figure surpassed by only Silverchair, Powderfinger, Kylie Minogue and John Farnham.

And for those craving the dancefloor, Sneaky Sound System, comprising vocalist Miss Connie and DJ Angus McDonald, promises a disco-tinged throwdown featuring club favourites UFO, Pictures and I Love It.

Lookout Festival will hit the Torquay Common on February 14.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, head to lookouttour.com.au