First Blood

Michigan post-hardcore band Chiodos will return to Australia for the first time in more than a decade this November, performing their landmark 2005 debut album All's Well That Ends Well in full across five headline shows with Rain City Drive and The Beautiful Monument.

After making their Australian debut at Good Things Festival in 2024, Pennsylvania rock band From Ashes To New will return in October 2026 for their first headline tour, with Melbourne heavy outfit Banks Arcade joining all dates as special guests.

Dayseeker will return to Australia in February 2027 for their largest headline tour to date, playing arena sized venues in Melbourne and Sydney while bringing first time Australian visitors Jutes and returning heavy favourites Silent Planet and Sace6 along for the national run.

Joe Jackson will return to Australia and New Zealand in January and February 2027, his first tour of the region since 2008, bringing a career-spanning set and songs from his latest album Hope and Fury.

Against The Current will return to Australia for the first time in four years when the New York trio brings its Till Death & Back Tour to Melbourne and Sydney in January 2027.

August Burns Red have confirmed Melbourne acts The Gloom In The Corner and Fallweather as new additions to the Season Of Surrender Tour across Australia and New Zealand in September and October 2026 following the withdrawal of Bloom from the run.

Simple Minds and Gary Numan's Australian and New Zealand tour for 2027 is now officially on sale, with arena dates confirmed across Australia and New Zealand as part of the band's 50th anniversary celebrations.