Our weekly update brings you a round up of new and exciting tour news and announcements for this week. Featuring who’s heading to Melbourne and where to grab your tickets.
International
Jimmy Eat World
Arizona rock icons Jimmy Eat World will tour Australia this December to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their seminal album Bleed American. The tour will visit Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbaneand marks the band’s first Australian headline tour since 2017 and the final performances anywhere in the world celebrating the landmark album’s 25th anniversary. Australian fans will have the chance to experience one of alternative rock’s defining albums performed live in its entirety, alongside many more fan favourites.
Jimmy Eat World are one of the most successful and enduring alternative-rock bands of their generation and helped define the sound of 2000s alternative rock and the wave of emotionally driven, melodic guitar music that followed.
Australian Tour Dates
Thursday 10 December Hordern Pavilion Sydney
Friday 11 December Margaret Court Arena Melbourne
Saturday 12 December Hindley Street Music Hall Adelaide
Tuesday 15 December Riverstage Brisbane
Presale tickets available now. General tickets on sale Thursday 16 July at 11am local.
Get your tickets HERE
Boyz 2 Men
Global R&B icons Boyz II Men have announced they are returning to Australia and New Zealand this November and December for a run of outdoor and arena shows. Joining them for an unmissable celebration of timeless hits, iconic voices and era-defining anthems are rap royalty Salt-N-Pepa and, for the first time in Australia, R&B and hip-hop pioneers Bell Biv DeVoe.
Boyz II Men are the best-selling R&B group of all time, with more than 64 million albums sold. With their iconic voices and smooth harmonies, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman spent the ’90s creating timeless songs that still resonate decades later.
Australia and NZ Tour Dates
Thursday 26 November RAC Arena Perth
Tuesday 1 December Spark Arena Auckland
Friday 4 December TikTok Entertainment Centre Sydney
Saturday 28 November Mount Duneed Estate Geelong
Saturday 5 December Bimbadgen Hunter Valley
Sunday 6 December Sirromet Wines Mount Cotton
Presale tickets available now. General tickets on sale Friday 17 July @ 11am local.
Get your tickets HERE
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams is bringing his electrifying Roll With The Punches world tour to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2027. One of the most enduring and unmistakable voices in rock, Adams is a true powerhouse performer whose concerts have become a rite of passage for generations of fans and is returning in support of his 16th studio album, Roll With The Punches. After delivering 140 shows worldwide in 2025, in 2026 he’ll power through USA, Canada and Europe, all before bringing the show back Down Under next summer. He will be joined by special guest, and one of Australia’s most decorated and enduring musical exports, Natalie Imbruglia.
Adam has been touring the globe for over four decades, achieving #1 hits in more than 40 countries, continuing to deliver one of the finest rock shows to his legion of fans. He has earned numerous accolades including a Grammy Award, multiple American Music Awards, and 3 Academy Award nominations along with 5 Golden Globe nominations and 18 Juno Awards. He is also honoured as a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Australia and NZ 2027 Tour Dates
Tueday 23 February February RAC Arena Perth
Friday 26 February Qudos Bank Arena Sydney
Monday 1 March Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane
Thursday 4 March Adelaide Entertainment Centre Adelaide
Friday 5 March Rod Laver Arena Melbourne
Wednesday 10 March Spark Arena Auckland
Friday 12 March Wolfbrook Arena Christchurch
Presale tickets on sale Friday 17 July @ 12pm local. General tickets on sale Monday 20 July @ 12pm local.
Get your tickets HERE
Australian Acts
Miss Kaninna
Following overwhelming demand and fan support for the Blackpring Tour 2026, Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Kalkadoon and Yirendali sovereign woman Miss Kaninna has announced a slew of venue upgrades and new dates her national tour running from August to October.
The original 7-date BLACKPRINT mixtape tour has now been expanded following sold out shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Castlemaine. Miss Kaninna’s shows will now be upgraded to The Brightside Outdoors in Magan-djin/Brisbane, and the iconic Northcote Theatre in Naarm/Melbourne, as well as a second show at Warrane/Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory, Sunday 13 September.
In exciting news for fans, Miss Kaninna will now be making a stop at Tarndanya/Adelaide’s UniBar on Saturday 3 October and a home state show in Lutruwita/Tasmania at Hobart’s Odeon Theatre on Saturday 9 October.
Australia and NZ Tour Dates
Friday 21 August Rosemount Hotel Whadjuk Noongar Country Boorloo / Perth
Saturday 22 August Albany Town Hall | Menang Noongar Country Kinjarling/Albany *NEW SHOW*
Friday 28 August Mayberry | Larrakia Country Garramilla/Darwin
Saturday 29 August Alice Springs Brewing Co | Arrernte Country Mparntwe/Alice Springs
Friday 11 September The Brightside Outdoors | Turrbal Country Magan-djin/Brisbane *VENUE UPGRADE*
Saturday 12 September Oxford Art Factory | Gadigal Country Warrane/Sydney *SOLD OUT*
Sunday 13 September Oxford Art Factory | Gadigal Country Warrane/Sydney *SECOND SHOW ADDED*
Friday 18 September Northcote Theatre | Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country, Naarm/Melbourne *VENUE UPGRADE*
Saturday 19 September Theatre Royal | Dja Dja Wurrung Country Castlemaine *SOLD OUT*
Saturday 3 October UniBar | Kaurna Country Tarndanya/Adelaide *NEW SHOW*
Friday 9 October Odeon Theatre | Lutruwita Country Nipaluna/Hobart *NEW SHOW*
Sunday 11 October Dingo Festival | Bundjalung Country Cavanbah/Byron Bay *NEW SHOW*
Get your tickets HERE
Kayps
Young Walmatjarri/Bunuba artist Kayps is on track for the August 14 release of his long-awaited album Bunuba Baby and to celebrate the project, Kayps has announced a run of Australian live shows set for August and September.
Kayps has been steadfastly asserting himself as one to watch, the release of his latest track ‘765’ capturing the attention of audiences and tastemakers alike. A powerful presence behind the mic and a charismatic performer to boot, Kayps doesn’t take steps forward – he strides.
Australian Tour Dates
Thursday 27 August Phoenix Central Park Gadigal Country/Sydney
Saturday 29 August Bar Open Naarm/Melbourne – Co-headline w/ Ricky Neil JR
Friday 11 September Rosemount Hotel Boorloo/Perth
Friday 18 September Six Degrees Kinjarling/Albany
Saturday 19 September Settlers Tavern Wooditjup/Margaret River
Friday 9 October The Roey Rubibi/Broome
Get your tickets HERE
Events
Town Folk Festival 2026
Town Folk is the little festival with the grand vision. A day to discover new artists of a contemporary folk flavour, it’s a carefully curated musical choose-your-own-adventure in an easy-going format. Performances take place across four unique stages, all just a short walk from one another, to make an accessible and family-friendly festival experience. With artists including Aldous Harding and Folk Bitch Trio, this promises to be an event you can’t afford to miss. The festival has now added five more Australian acts to its 2026 lineup. Joining the already stacked bill are buzz-worthy Adelaide band Any Young Mechanic, Geelong’s vintage-folk newcomer Daisy Kilbourne, the hypnotic Gaia Scarf, scene-stealing Melbourne folk rocker Maggie Alley, and Castlemaine’s own new-wave pioneers Tiramisu Misterioso.
Now in its 6th year, Town Folk is a beloved musical choose-your-own-adventure, offering punters a wondrous new discovery or folk-leaning favourite at every turn. Official festival venues The Bridge Hotel, Shedshaker Taproom, and Boomtown Winery provide a goldfield of surprises, while the lush Sunken Oval is the perfect setting for all to gather, eat, drink and sway to the headline bands.
Festival Date
Saturday 21 November Dja Dja Wurrung Country Castlemaine
Get your tickets HERE
Gigs Coming Soon
Holly Hebe
Holly Hebe’s headline shows to celebrate the imminent release of her new EP Mood Ring kick off in Sydney on July 24 before hitting venues across both Australia and New Zealand. Arriving July 17th, Mood Ring is a deeply personal project exploring heartbreak, nostalgia, superstition and emotional growing pains through layered indie-pop production and vivid storytelling.
A self described music nerd, the Melbourne based artist has become known for her energetic, piano-driven dream pop, and this forthcoming Mood Ring tour promises to delight and enthrall fans with her blend of deeply personal, poetic lyrics and unique soundscapes filled with her trademark quirky sounds and samples.
Australia and NZ Tour Dates
Friday 24 July Metro Theatre Sydney
Saturday 25 July Music Industry College Brisbane
Wednesday 29 July The Tuning Fork Auckland
Friday 31 July The Austral Adelaide
Saturday 1 August YMCA HQ Perth
Saturday 8 August The Espy Melbourne
Get your tickets HERE