Live Music Australia Archives

Richard Clapton has announced his 17th annual State Theatre Sydney concert, continuing a long running live tradition celebrating more than 50 years of Australian music.

Beck will bring his acclaimed orchestral performances to Australia for the first time with special Sydney Opera House and Melbourne Palais Theatre concerts in May 2026.

Jimmy Barnes headlines the 2026 Legends On The Lawn festival in Mackay, joined by Jon Stevens, Birds Of Tokyo, Baby Animals, Busby Marou and Bachelor Girl.

Tame Impala have added new Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney arena shows to the Deadbeat Tour after seven Australian dates sold out immediately.

Irish balladeer Dan McCabe will return to Australia in July 2026 for his biggest local tour yet, following his viral lockdown breakthrough and chart-topping album Back To Life.

Go West and Debbie Gibson are heading to Australia in August 2026 for a transatlantic double header featuring hits like King Of Wishful Thinking and Lost In Your Eyes.

The Human League are returning to Australia in 2027 with their Generations: The Greatest Hits Tour, bringing four decades of iconic synth-pop hits to stages nationwide.

Kaiser Chiefs will return to Australia in November to celebrate 20 years of Employment, joined by The Delta Riggs for a national tour.

Atlanta punk powerhouse Upchuck will make their long-awaited Australian and New Zealand debut in March 2026 with shows across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Wellington, plus a stop at Golden Plains Festival.

Tool will return to Australia in November and December 2025 with two exclusive arena shows in Adelaide and Perth. It marks the band’s first Australian tour in more than four years.

Melbourne’s garage-beat sensations The Gnomes will launch their self-titled debut album at the Brunswick Ballroom on 14 November, following its release on 7 November via Dog Meat Records.

Ashnikko will be back on Australian and New Zealand stages this September for her six-date Smoochies Tour, following the release of her second album of the same name.

British pop queen Sophie Ellis-Bextor is set to light up Australian stages in February 2026, with headline shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. Fans can expect a glittery mix of her early 2000s floor-fillers and fresh cuts from her brand new album Perimenopop.

After five decades as one of Australia’s most respected and enduring singer-songwriters, Mike McClellan is returning to the road for a final series of concerts this October and November, 2025.

Perth’s South Summit are heading east this November for two exclusive headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney, marking their only standalone headline dates for the rest of 2025.

Brisbane’s loudest export, DZ Deathrays, have unleashed a brand-new video ahead of the release of their sixth studio album, Easing Out of Control, due Friday 16 January. Directed by filmmaker Rhys Bennett, the clip offers a blistering visual companion to the record’s title track, encapsulating the chaos, humour, and unrelenting energy that has defined the band for more than a decade.

Bobby Valentine, one of Australia’s most respected bandleaders and vocal stylists, will bring his acclaimed Riding With The King album back to Memo Music Hall, in St Kilda in an exclusive new date just announced.

Progressive metal titans Dream Theater will finally return to Australian stages in 2026 for the first time in fifteen years, and this time they’re coming armed with their most celebrated line-up. James LaBrie, John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, and the long-awaited return of founding drummer Mike Portnoy will perform An Evening With Dream Theater across four cities, celebrating the band’s 40th anniversary.