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All of the biggest Country tours coming to the UK in 2024

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The world of live music in the UK was incredibly exciting last year - and lucky for us, 2024 is shaping up to be another amazing one for country tours! 2023 saw us enjoy huge country festivals such as The Long Road and C2C, incredible UK tours from Shania Twain and Luke Combs , and an epic show from Morgan Wallen . Well, following such a remarkable year, you'll be happy to hear there's plenty more performances to look forward to in 2024.

Coming in the form of both festivals AND tours, 2024 is huge for live country music in the UK. Following the incredible Ashley McBryde finishing her string of UK dates, we can still look forward to the likes of Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow and the hit-making Noah Kahan . Take a look through our handy guide of the biggest country tours and festivals coming up in the UK in 2024...

UK Country tours and festivals in 2024:

Darius rucker.

'Wagon Wheel' Country legend Darius Rucker revealed last year that he would be adding UK dates to his epic 'Starting Fires' tour - and they're coming in 2024! The singer will kick off his stream of UK shows in Manchester on Saturday 27th April 2024, then Darius will perform in Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, London, Leeds, Glasgow and Dublin, before wrapping in Belfast on Saturday 11th May. Buy tickets here!

Bailey Zimmerman

Another tour for the calendar in 2024 is none other than 'Never Comin' Home' legend Bailey Zimmerman, with his 'Religiously. The. Tour'. Fresh from the news that his debut 'Religiously. The Album.' broke the record for most streamed debut country album of all time, Bailey revealed that he will be taking the album on tour in 2024, playing a stream of UK dates from Thursday 9th May - Sunday 19th May, travelling through London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast. Buy tickets here!

Kacey Musgraves

'High Horse' superstar Kacey Musgraves is heading on her 'Deeper Well World Tour' in 2024, bringing dates to the UK from May! Starting the string of dates in Glasgow on 9th May 2024, she'll perform in Manchester and Wolverhampton, then performing a date in London on 14th May! Buy tickets here!

Brett Young

The one and only Brett Young will be heading across the pond in May 2024 on his EU/UK tour, performing in Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds and Belfast - not to mention his headline appearance at Highways Festival! Dates span from 15th-24th May 2024, with his headline Highways show taking place on Saturday 18th May. Buy tickets here!

Highways Festival

Highways Festival is back in 2024! Exciting fans across the country, the news of the headline acts dropped on 4th December 2023 - revealing we can expect to see The Cadillac Three, Brett Young, The War And Treaty and many more take to the stage - with shows taking place at Royal Albert Hall, London, on Friday 17th & Saturday 18th May 2024! Other acts include Shane Smith & The Saints, Josh Ross and Tanner Usrey, and more! Buy tickets here (from Friday 8th December)!

Taylor Swift

Global superstar Taylor Swift is bringing her 'Eras Tour' to the UK! If the tour name wasn't a big enough clue, the phenomenal shows will see Taylor play songs from all different 'eras' from her incredible career so far - including her country roots! Her string of UK dates begin on Friday 7th June 2024, with her playing shows throughout the whole month, before returning for a three-night stint at London's Wembley Stadium from 15th-17th August. Buy tickets here!

Sheryl Crow

Grammy Award winning Sheryl Crow will be heading to the UK in 2024, performing four huge shows in June! Playing a headline show at The Piece Hall in Halifax on 13th June 2024, Sheryl will then play dates at Black Deer Festival in Kent (15th June), Nocturne Live in Oxfordshire (16th June) and a further headline show at Hampton Court Palace (18th June). The shows will follow the release of her highly-anticipated 11th studio album, titled 'Evolution'. Buy tickets here!

Morgan Wallen

Record-breaking country star Morgan Wallen will be returning to the UK for another incredible show, performing as one of the headline acts at BST Hyde Park 2024. The famous London festival show will be taking place on Thursday 4th July. Buy tickets here!

The incredible Noah Kahan is gifting us with two runs of tour dates this year, in both February AND August 2024! The 'Stick Season' star will began his first string of shows at Glasgow's OVO Hydro on Saturday 10th February, playing in Leeds, Cardiff and two shows in London, and is now set to return for another series of shows in August, which begin on Tuesday 13th in Manchester. The August shows will see him play shows in other cities including Newcastle and Birmingham, before returning to London for another two-night stint playing his incredible songs . Buy tickets here!

The Long Road Festival 2024

August Bank Holiday 2024 will see the return of the three-day The Long Road Festival - celebrating the music, lifestyle and influences of Country! From Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th August 2024, the festival returns to Stanford Hall estate in Leicestershire with over 60 artists across five stages. Buy tickets here!

Megan Moroney

The incredible Megan Moroney delighted country fans when she announced her UK & Europe tour dates! The 'I'm Not Pretty' singer will be heading to the UK in September 2024, beginning her string of dates in Cardiff on 4th, performing in Manchester, Belfast, Glasgow, Birmingham and Cambridge - before finishing the run in London on 13th September! Buy tickets here!

Chris Stapleton

October 2024 will see 'Tennessee Whiskey' legend Chris Stapleton head to the UK on his 'All-American Road Show' tour! The Country singer, famed for songs such as 'Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore', 'Either Way' and 'Traveller' will playing a series of headline arena shows around the UK and Ireland, starting from 16th October 2024, including stops at Manchester's AO Arena, Glasgow's OVO Hydro, Dublin's 3Arena, Birmingham's Utilita Arena and London's The O2 - featuring special guest Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives. The tour is in celebration of the singer's latest album, 'Higher'. Buy tickets here!

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Check out our new music review of Thomas Kavanagh - UK born country rocker! Looking at his latest single ‘This Town’ and teased single ‘We Are History’. Dive into our review of Thomas’ sound, lyrics and genre of country. A homegrown UK talent with the feel of popular US pop country artists!

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Upcoming UK Tours (Country & Americana)

It’s happened. The UK country music revolution has been a success and Nashville artists are regularly crossing the pond to visit us. This is largely good news, though there are the small downsides for our bank balances, liver health and stress levels from the dreaded ‘Country Clash’ . Below are some of the biggest country and Americana shows coming up over the UK . For full listings from intimate songwriters rounds to massive arena shows check out the up-to-date calendar lovingly compiled by our mates at Country Lowdown , here or, to find a UK country music festival near you, visit our festivals map .

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Once again, the full gig calendar is here , or for regular events like Country music club nights and bars, check out our ‘country nights out’ page or our UK festival map .

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UK Country Music July 2022

The Lionesses Roar

Welcome to the UK Country Music July 2022 update.

July 2022 will go down in history as the month when England’s Lionesses brought home the glory when they won the Euros.

There is also a roar from the women of country music. Laura Evans joins the TBCMF “team lineup”, Emilia Quinn has been “selected” to play tour support for Jade Helliwell, Motel Sundown scores early and “parks the bus” with the release of their debut album.

July was another busy month as artists released songs that would become the summer soundtrack, and festival news continued to flow. In last month’s round-up, we shared that The Wandering Hearts had performed a great set at BST Hyde Park. Still, as we crept into July, we announced the great news that the trio would join us in Blackpool at the beginning of September for The British Country Music Festival.

If you are not barefoot in July, then you are overdressed.

The Wandering Hearts

The Wandering Hearts commented: “This will be our first visit to Blackpool, and we are thrilled to be performing at The British Country Music Festival in September. With the launch of the album, we have amazing new music to share. We ’ re looking forward to playing the iconic Empress Ballroom, meeting fellow artists and seeing fans on the dance floor! ”

Laura Evans State of Mind

Also newly announced on the lineup was Laura Evans. She is currently making waves in the scene with her album ‘State of Mind’ getting rave reviews. Laura will take to the stage on Saturday night and is over the moon to be performing at the event.

“I ’ m super excited to play this festival; I think Blackpool Winter Gardens is the most beautiful venue. I can ’ t wait to rock that big, beautiful stage and watch so many other amazing artists play!”

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Fair Them Hills

We are continuing the country music July 2022 update. On the new music front, Stevie O’Connor kick-started the month. He released a video to accompany his song ‘Fair Them Hills’. Put together by Cottonbro, who did a great job of capturing the mood and aesthetics of the song.

Meanwhile, on July 20th, Danny McMahon announced that he would release a new single in August with a pre-save date of July 29th. His latest single, ‘Forget About That’, will be available on August 12th.

McMahon wasn’t the only one to announce a new single for next month. Celine Ellis also announced that she would release ‘Leave the Light On, which comes out on August 5th. Ellis will also be taking to the stage in Blackpool later this year, and again, she is thrilled.

Outside of festival performances, Emilia Quinn was announced as tour support for Jade Helliwell later this year when she embarks on her Woman I Am tour. Helliwell has revealed she has new music in the pipeline. The first single off her new record is available to pre-save now and comes out in early August.

If You Were Listening

The biggest news came from Motel Sundown. The Liverpool-based group known for their sublime harmonies, have released their debut album, ‘If You Were Listening’, followed by a successful album launch show at Jimmy’s. They also shared the news that they would be going on a mini tour throughout August and that they had been playlisted by Apple Music! They will also debut at the British Country Music Festival in September, and we can’t wait to hear some of these songs played live there!

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As August begins, please support the incredible artists who live and work in our scene.

We wish Gavin and Christine the best of luck for Millport Country Music Festival and Baylen and the Universal Music team for The Long Road. Both festivals have exciting line-ups.

We don’t know about you, but we can’t wait for the rest of summer! There’s so much to look forward to, and we’ll be covering it all in our August round-up and updating you on everything else happening on the UK country and Americana scene. Keep an eye out!

As for our festival, the excitement builds as we add the finishing touches on timings and organisation. We really feel that this is an incredible lineup of new, breaking and headline artists. Weekend and day tickets are available. So keep your eyes peeled.

New Country & Americana Playlist

In July, we added forty-two new releases to TBCMF’s New Country & Americana playlist .

Our lovingly curated playlist features newly released music covering country, Americana and roots music from UK artists. It’s so exciting to see the boundaries of the genre being pushed in all directions by our homegrown artists.

The following British Country Music Festival 2022 artists; Our Atlantic Roots, The County Affair, Motel Sundown , Laura Evans, Shellyann, Robinson-Stone and Tom Odell have all released new music in July.

Previous TBCMF artists Nathan Carter and Charlotte Campbell have both shared new music.

Plus we have enjoyed releases from UK artists. Megan McKenna, Jade Bird, Jessie Buckley with Bernard Butler, Richard Rankin, Tapestri, Sonny Tennet, Shea Rafferty, The Logans, Tide Lines, Jonny Morgan, Ceol, Vic Allen, CMAT, Paolo Nutini, Elephant Sessions, Grace Davies, Sandy McLelland, Siobhan Miller, Coco and The Butterfileds, Robyn Red, Ryan McMullan and Liv Austin.

We will share and update the playlist every week. Please like it on Spotify as this directly helps the independent artists featured.

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If you are a fan of country music, you might have heard of Kirstie Kraus, the Wisconsin native who is making waves in the genre with her unique sound and powerful lyrics. Kirstie Kraus is a singer-songwriter who combines bluesy pop-rock undertones and funky bass lines with catchy melodies and uplifting messages. She has shared the stage with acclaimed artists such as Thomas Rhett, Pam Tillis, Kip Moore, Brothers Osborn, Randy Houser, and many others.

Kirstie Kraus released her debut album ‘ Yes You Can ’ in 2022, which featured eleven tracks including her smash hits ‘Bird’, ‘Thirsty’ and ‘Silver’. The album earned her five nominations for Best of Women of Country and Josie Music Awards, the largest independent music award show. She is currently working on new music with producer Jeff Huskins, a Dolby Atmos Producer at BMG, at Sound Stage Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

Kirstie Kraus is not only a talented musician, but also a passionate performer who knows how to connect with her audience and deliver a memorable show. She has performed across the country and embarked on a six-month national tour to support her album release in 2022. Now, she is ready to take her music to the international stage with her first UK tour in 2024!

Kirstie Kraus will be visiting a host of venues across the UK, starting from C2C Country to Country London on March 8, 2024. You can find the full list of her tour dates and locations on her website or here on Countrymusic.co.uk.

Don't miss this opportunity to see Kirstie Kraus live in concert and experience her soulful country sound for yourself. Tickets are selling fast, so get yours today and join the fun! You won't regret it!

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‘An overnight sensation 11 years in the making’ … Lainey Wilson at the 2024 CMT music awards.

Country star Lainey Wilson on her long road to Grammy glory: ‘Maybe I wasn’t as crazy as people thought!’

After slogging through poverty, indifference and Hannah Montana impersonations, the US singer is an award-winning sensation and selling out a UK tour. She explains why her genre is going mainstream like never before

Y ou get the sense the country music establishment really had no choice but to embrace Lainey Wilson: that she wasn’t going anywhere until they did. When the singer-songwriter arrived in Nashville in 2011, she parked her 20-foot bumper pull trailer on a studio’s lawn and anchored it with rocks. Then 19, she had lived country music all her life. But Nashville is what they call a “10-year town”, rarely a place of instant hits and TikTok fame. Wilson had to do it the old-fashioned way: a decade of graft, rejection, false starts, handing out CDs in the streets, gigs, tours and playing to the same crowds over and over.

Gradually, things started to click (a publishing deal in 2017), then gather momentum (six No 1s on country radio since 2021), then snowball (a record-breaking nine nominations at the 2023 CMA awards, winning five), culminating in February when her 2022 album, Bell Bottom Country , won this year’s Grammy for country album of the year . Wilson is now one of the hottest properties in country music. An overnight sensation 11 years in the making, as she puts it. “It feels great,” says Wilson, 31, over video call, with her irresistible Louisiana twang, “because it makes me feel like maybe I wasn’t as crazy as a lot of people thought I was. Like, I told ya!”

Wilson’s music is rooted in traditional country, but draws heavily from a more mainstream Nashville sound, plus southern rock and pop. There’s also a big Dolly Parton influence – her song WWDD wonders What Would Dolly Do whenever life gets tough. Drawn to the genre’s strong tradition of storytelling, she favours poetic, introspective ballads about typical country staples of hard truths and heartbreak. But for all the tough earnestness she’s got a playful swagger, too, and not just in a clutch of catchy anthems – when we talk, Wilson has just returned to Nashville from touring Australia, where she surprised fans by chugging beer from a boot.

“I never thought somebody on literally the other side of the world would ever be able to relate to my story,” she says, lying on a lounger on her lawn, mildly distracted by her french bulldog Hippy Mae ( an Instagram star in her own right). A feathered cowboy hat shields her from the Tennessee sun. “But it just goes to show you that we’re all a lot more alike than you think and that’s really beautiful.”

The Europe leg of her international tour reaches the UK this week . “I don’t know any other way than hardcore touring,” she says. “I’ve basically been touring for the past 15 years. Even longer than that if you want to add in eighth grade [when] I started impersonating Hannah Montana. That was my job; I did three or four parties a weekend, and I would open up for myself.”

Her ascension comes at a time when country music is surging and broadening in popularity. We speak the day that Beyoncé released Cowboy Carter , while Lana Del Rey has promised a country album for later in the year, and in the UK it is strengthening its embrace – country (or country-ish) songs by Beyoncé, Dasha and Noah Kahan are all currently in the UK Top 10, and Chris Stapleton is selling out arenas for his autumn tour. Wilson acknowledged the genre’s buoyancy with recent single Country’s Cool Again . “I’m very proud to be a part of that moment,” says Wilson. “I truly think it has to do with folks wanting to feel warm and embraced. And I think country music can do that.” She thinks there are many reasons for the renaissance, notably: the fashion returning (cowboy hats, denim, Wilson’s signature bell-bottom jeans), the immensely popular TV show Yellowstone (Wilson had an acting role in the show’s fifth season last year), and, of course, pop artists “going country”.

Does it matter if you don’t have traditional country roots? “There’s no doubt that I’m southern, I’m country, I’m a redneck, I’m whatever you want to call it,” she says. “But I think it goes a lot deeper than that, ya know?”

Wilson poses with the Grammy for best country album at the 2024 ceremony.

Wilson was born in 1992 and raised in Baskin, Louisiana – a small town with a population in the hundreds. Her father is a farmer (“corn, wheat, soybeans, oats”) and her mother a teacher. Wilson was a very “emotional kid” and when she wasn’t helping out on the farm she was writing music. At nine, she wrote her first song and got her first paid gig: a family friend paid her $20 to sing a capella at the grand opening of his nearby convenience store. Her dad still has the $20 bill.

After that she dreamed only of Nashville. “And for some crazy reason my parents were like: ‘OK, we’ll help you do whatever you need to do.’ They had a weird sense of peace about it.”

That family friend, Jerry Cupit, was also a songwriter and producer who moved to Nashville and set up a studio with financial help from Wilson’s grandfather. When Wilson was ready to move there, he let her park her trailer on his studio lawn, 10 miles out of town. More importantly, he became her mentor. “He didn’t ask me to pay a dime because of what my grandfather had done for him generations before,” says Wilson. “I was bumming water and wi-fi and electricity.”

It wasn’t without its dangers though. “My TV wouldn’t work at times. And so I never really knew what weather was coming in. All of a sudden my camper trailer would start to rock back and forth. And then tornado sirens were going off. It was scary.”

Nashville was not what she expected. “I was so overwhelmed,” she says, “A fish out of water.”

Then Cupit died. “I had to start over. I wasn’t old enough to go to the bars, and those were the places that you could go to meet people in the industry. So I started just knocking on doors and handing them my CD. I didn’t know what else to do.”

Performing at the iHeartRadio Music awards in April.

Her eventual breakthrough with that publishing deal came as a result of her finally finding the right collaborators. “For a long time I was running into folks [who were] thinking that maybe if I was just a little bit different than who I am, that would work. I just have a hard time being anything other than myself,” she says.

But part of the delay Wilson experienced is arguably down to the country music establishment’s attitude towards female artists: occasional breakout stars such as Kacey Musgraves, Carrie Underwood and of course Taylor Swift are relatively rare between the men singing about women, trucks and beer. It is, she says, “100%” harder for female country artists to break through. “But the way that I was raised, I keep my head down. It’s a hard pill to swallow. But I’m gonna outwork everybody, I’m gonna roll my sleeves up and damn it, I’m gonna figure out how to do it.

“It’s a boys’ club, but I tell all of my guy artist friends all the time: us girls are coming for ya so you better watch out.”

As for her take on the widening schisms in the genre – “The Culture Wars Are Tearing the Close-Knit Country Music Community Apart” ran a Rolling Stone headline last year – Wilson laments: “I hate that that is happening in country music. I’ve got friends on both sides of the fence. I just see people for people, and you just choose to love them and you know, the way that God loves you. But if you believe something with all your heart, and you want to stand up for it, I’m good with that, too.”

Wilson returns again to the idea that country music is open to all. “If you don’t step outside of the bubble then you’re not going to learn a lot about different types of people,” she says. “And the truth is, we all put our pants on the same way, one leg at a time, and we all bleed red. It just takes so many different kinds of people to make the world go round.”

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Country Music Tours Scheduled for 2024: Full List

Great country music never stops. This list of tours scheduled for 2024 features hitmaker, legends and newcomers embarking on a first set of headlining dates.

As of now, Parker McCollum will be first to begin but Cody Johnson is next on this updated list of country music tours. Scotty McCreery is another star who will hit the road before Feb. 1 but once the days grow longer so does this list.

See all country music tour dates from your favorite artists by clicking on any link below. Several tours have been added to start 2024, including headlining tours from Zach Bryan , Morgan Wallen and Kenny Chesney . All ongoing tours are at the top of this comprehensive list, with those slated to start later to follow.

The opening acts for each tour are included with the full set of dates when you click. This list is updated frequently to include new tours, with new dates, canceled and postponed dates all added as they become available.

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2024 Ongoing Country Music Tours:

Dan + Shay's Heartbreak On the Map Tour (Through April 13) Sam Hunt's 2024 Outskirts Tour (Through April 13) Larry Fleet's the Earned It Tour (Through April 19) Priscilla Block's Hey Jack Tour (Through May 4) Kylie Morgan's 2024 Making It Up As I Go Tour (Through May 11) Bailey Zimmermans' 2024 Religiously The Tour (Through May 20) Riley Green's Ain't My Last Rodeo Tour (Through June 1) Ashley McBryde's The Devil I Know Tour (Through June 15) Clint Black's 2024 Killin' Time 35th Anniversary World Tour (Through July 11) Cody Johnson's The Leather Tour (Through July 11) Jo Dee Messina's Heads Carolina Tails California Tour 2024 (Through July 11) Brantley Gilbert's Off the Rails Tour (Through July 26) Chris Stapleton's 2024 All-American Road Show Tour (Through Aug. 22) Parker McCollum's 2024 Burn It Down Tour (Through Aug. 31) Oliver Anthony's Out of the Woods Tour (Through Sept. 13) Jordan Davis' Damn Good Time World Tour (Through Oct. 20) Carrie Underwood's Reflection Las Vegas Residency (Through Oct. 26) Alabama's Roll On II Tour (Through Nov. 9) Zach Bryan's the Quittin' Time Tour 24 (Through Dec. 14) Garth Brooks' Las Vegas Residency (Through Dec. 22)

Country Music Tours Scheduled for 2024:

March 2024: March 14 : Tim McGraw's Standing Room Only Tour (Through June 27) March 20 : Lainey Wilson's Live 2024 Global Tour (Through May 3) March 28 : Brothers Osborne's Might As Well Be Us Tour (Through June 29) March 28 : Kane Brown's 2024 In the Air Tour (Sept. 14)

April 2024: April 2: Dustin Lynch's Killed the Cowboy Tour (Through May 11) April 4 : Morgan Wallen's 2024 One Night At a Time Stadium Tour (Through Aug. 8) April 12 : Luke Combs Growin' Up and Gettin' Old Tour (Through Aug. 9-10) April 17 : Luke Bryan's Mind of a Country Boy Tour (Through Sept. 14) April 19 : Darius Rucker's 2024 European Starting Fires Tour (Through May 11) April 20 : Kenny Chesney's Sun Goes Down Tour (Through Aug. 25) April 28 : Kacey Musgraves' Deeper Well Tour (Through Dec. 7)

May 2024: May 4 : George Strait's 2024 Stadium Tour (Through Dec. 7) May 10 : Shania Twain's Come On Over Las Vegas Residency (Through Dec. 14) May 18 : Jason Aldean's 2024 Highway Desperado Tour (Through Oct. 5) May 30 : Walker Hayes' Same Drunk Tour (Through Sept. 1) May 31 : Lainey Wilson's Country's Cool Again Tour (Through Nov. 15)

June 2024: June 7 : Dierks Bentley's 2024 Gravel & Gold Tour (Through Sept. 21) June 29 : Sam Hunt's Locked Up Tour (Through Sept. 28)

July 2024: July 18: Dan + Shay's 2024 Heartbreak On the Map Tour (Through Sept. 21) July 27 : Koe Wetzel's Damn Near Normal World Tour (Through Nov. 13)

August 2024: Aug. 27 : Jelly Roll's 2024 the Beautifully Broken Tour (Through Oct. 27)

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Another 80s band reforms and joins list of nostalgic music stars with huge UK tours in 2024

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This year is already promised to be a great one for live music in the UK after a string of pop and rock icons announced huge shows . And a nostalgic 1980s pop group are about to join them all on the road.

Fairground Attraction, who hit the big time with their debut single Perfect in 1988, have announced that all four original members are reuniting for a tour and a brand new album.

The 14-date tour will begin in Wolverhampton in September, finishing up in Edinburgh three weeks later. An album is expected later this year and will mark the band’s first release since their split back in 1990.

And as if that wasn’t enough, a string of huge music icons from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s have announced a run of gigs in the UK over the summer and autumn periods.

Let’s have a look at who’s gracing UK stages in the next few months.

Fairground Attraction

The four original members of Fairground Attraction are set to head out on the band’s first tour for more than three decades later this year.

So far they’ve announced a brand new album and a brand new single, which will both be supported by a 14-date tour between September and October 2024.

It was back in 1988 that the band went to the very top of the pop charts with their debut single Perfect, which was eventually certified silver in the UK after selling over 250,000 copies.

Fairground Attraction UK tour 2024

September 28 – Wolverhampton, The Civic at The Halls
September 29 – Manchester, Opera House
October 1 – York, Barbican
October 3 – Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
October 4 – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
October 5 – London, Royal Festival Hall
October 7 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
October 8 – Brighton, Dome
October 10 – Oxford, New Theatre
October 11 – Bristol, Beacon
October 14 – Perth, Concert Hall
October 16 – Aberdeen, Music Hall
October 17 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
October 18 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall

Find tickets and more date information here .

Stevie Nicks

Fleetwood Mac legend and rock singer Stevie Nicks last played a string of shows in the UK in 1989 – but that’s about to change, with a run of dates planned for July 2024 .

The iconic American singer and songwriter, 75, is down to play shows in Glasgow (July 6), Manchester (July 9), and then London as part of Hyde Park’s BST festival (July 12), with an earlier date also pencilled in for Dublin (July 3).

In April, Manchester will open its brand new Co-op Live Arena, a 23,500-capacity purpose-built concert venue – American rock band the Black Keys will be the first musical act to perform there, and Stevie won’t be far behind them.

That Glasgow concert will be Stevie’s first show in the UK of any kind since before the Covid pandemic – she last performed as part of Fleetwood Mac at Wembley Stadium in 2019.

Wet Wet Wet

Seventies and eighties pop legends Wet Wet Wet have announced a major comeback tour across the UK for 2025 , with over 25 dates in the calendar for the Love Is All Around hitmakers.

The tour will begin in January 2025, opening at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge (Jan 28), before travelling to Basingstoke (Jan 29), Bournemouth (Jan 30), and Stoke-on-Trent (Jan 31) across the rest of the month.

The tour will continue during the first two weeks of February 2025 before going on pause for a few months. Things pick back up again in Glasgow (Oct 10), Edinburgh (Oct 11), Sheffield (Oct 14), Birmingham (Oct 17), Liverpool (Oct 18), and Salford (Oct 19), as well as several other towns and cities, before wrapping up in London (Oct 26).

However, the tour will see the band performing without their most famous lead singer, Marti Pellow, who left the group in 2017. Former Liberty X singer and The Voice winner Kevin Simm now fronts the band.

Wet Wet Wet tour dates 2025

January 28 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
January 29 – Basingstoke, The Anvil
January 30 – Bournemouth, Pavilion Theatre
January 31 – Stoke Victoria Hall
February 1 – Hull, Connexin Live
February 3 – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
February 4 – Bradford, St. George’s Hall
February 5 – Stockton, The Globe
February 7 – Dunfermline, Alhambra Theatre
February 8 – Aberdeen, P&J Live
February 9 – Dundee, Caird Hall
October 10 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
October 11 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
October 12 – Gateshead Glasshouse, Sage One
October 13 – York, Barbican
October 14 – Sheffield, City Hall
October 16 – Leicester, De Montfort Hall
October 17 – Birmingham, Symphony Hall
October 18 – Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
October 19 – Salford, Lowry Theatre
October 20 – Bath, The Forum
October 22 – Swansea Arena
October 23 – Truro, Hall For Cornwall
October 24 – Portsmouth, Guildhall
October 25 – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
October 26 – London, Indigo at the O2

Jeff Lynne’s ELO

Seventies rock legends the Electric Light Orchestra have announced that their next tour, which has been given the name Over and Out, will be their last ever, after performing to devoted audiences for over 50 years.

The current iteration of the band features only one of the original members, Jeff Lynne, who the group are currently named after. Meanwhile, keyboardist and guitarist Richard Tandy – who joined the band in 1971 – will accompany him.

No UK dates have been announced for the Over and Out tour just yet but a massive string of shows in the United States have been confirmed, indicating that a European leg and a UK leg of the tour will be announced imminently.

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Another major 1970s group set to play a run of UK concerts is 10cc – the band are already in the middle of a UK Greatest Hits tour but have added more and more dates after several concerts (which have already been played) sold out.

The group hit the big time in 1973 when their single Rubber Bullets went to number one, followed by I’m Not in Love in 1975 and Dreadlock Holiday in 1978 – both songs went to number one in the UK and became huge hits internationally.

Founding member Graham Gouldman is the only original member still touring as part of the band, with other founders such as Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, and Kevin Godley having left the group midway through the 1970s.

10cc currently consist of Gouldman, drummer Paul Burgess (who joined in 1973), Rick Fenn (who joined in 1977), and two additional touring musicians who linked up with the group in recent years.

10cc UK tour dates 2024

October 4 – Stoke-on-Trent, Victoria Hall
October 5 – Llandudno, Venue Cymru
October 6 – Halifax, Victoria Hall
October 8 – Buxton Opera House
October 9 – Wolverhampton, University of Wolverhampton at The Hall
October 11 – Aberdeen, Music Hall
October 12 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
October 13 – Stockton, The Globe
October 15 – Scarborough, Spa Grand Hall
October 16 – Hull, City Hall
October 18 – Eastbourne, Congress Theatre
October 19 – Northampton, Royal & Derngate
October 20 – Leicester, De Montfort Hall
October 21 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
October 23 – Weymouth, The Pavilion
October 24 – Truro, Hall for Cornwall
October 25 – Torquay, Princess Theatre
October 26 – Portsmouth, Guildhall
October 28 – Guildford, G Live
October 29 – Bath, The Forum
October 30 – Basingstoke, Anvil
October 31 – Croydon, Fairfield Halls
November 2 – Stevenage, Leisure Centre
November 3 – Warwick, Butterworth Hall
November 4 – Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre

Smashing Pumpkins & Weezer

Nineties alternative rock legends Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer have announced that they’re heading out on a joint tour of the UK in the summer, with dates planned at some of the biggest venues in the country.

Both bands hit the big-time in the mid-90s, with the Smashing Pumpkins albums Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness being certified gold and platinum in the UK respectively. Meanwhile, two of Weezer’s self-titled debut albums, released in 1994 in 2001, went gold in the UK.

The tour will begin in June, with dates planned for several major cities in the UK. Together, the two bands will be among the first American groups to ever play at the newly unveiled Co-op Arena in Manchester.

Smashing Pumpkins & Weezer 2024 dates

June 7 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
June 8 – London, The O2
June 10 – Dublin, 3Arena
June 12 – Glasgow OVO Hydro
June 13 – Manchester, Co-op Live Arena
June 14 – Cardiff, The Castle

Chris De Burgh

Singer-songwriter Chris De Burgh has announced a 50th anniversary UK tour in celebration of his career, which saw him become one of the biggest-selling acts of the 1980s.

The tour will contain seven dates, spread across February and March 2025, which will see him performing some of his biggest hits, including The Lady in Red, which reached number one in the UK and became an international hit.

Chris De Burgh 2025 UK tour dates

February 21 – Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall
February 22 – Harrogate, Convention Centre
February 25 – Basingstoke, Anvil
February 26 – Bournemouth, the Pavilion
February 28 – London, Cadogan Hall
March 2 – London, Cadogan Hall
March 3 – Birmingham, Symphony Hall

Nineties Britpop band Shed Seven have announced a tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album Change Giver, which kickstarted their career and made them one of the biggest names in British rock at the time.

After three decades in the business, the band finally secured their first number one album earlier this year with A Matter of Time.

The tour kicks off in November with 23 dates scheduled – the tour will continue into December before coming to an end on December 14 in London. The band, from York, won’t be playing their hometown on this particular tour, but have concerts booked in Sheffield and Hull.

However, before the tour properly kicks off, the band will be playing two shows atthe York Museum Gardens on July 19 and July 20. Tickets for those shows are still on sale.

Speaking about the tour, Shed Seven said: ‘This tour is our way of saying thank you to all our incredible fans, both old and new.’

Shed Seven UK tour dates 2024

November 14 – Sheffield, the Octagon
November 15 – Cardiff, University Great Hall
November 16 – Liverpool Uni The Mountford Hall
November 18 – Halifax, Victoria Theatre
November 19 – Hull, City Hall
November 21 – Aberdeen, Music Hall
November 22 – Glasgow, O2 Academy
November 23 – Edinburgh, O2 Academy
November 25 – Leicester O2 Academy 1
November 26 – Margate, Dreamland Hall By The Sea
November 28 – Bristol, O2 Academy 1
November 29 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
November 30 – Leeds, O2 Academy
Decmeber 2 – Oxford, O2 Academy 1
December 3 – Lincoln, Engine Shed
December 5 – Stockton, the Globe
December 6 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
December 7 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 1
December 9 – Norwich, The Nick Rayns LCR, UEA
December 10 – Cambridge, the Corn Exchange
December 12 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
December 13 – Nottingham, Rock City
December 14 – London, O2 Brixton Academy

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25 of the best country music concert tours in the summer of 2024: Here’s where to get tickets

Updated: Apr. 17, 2024, 12:37 p.m. |
Published: Apr. 17, 2024, 9:29 a.m.

Country music artists on tour in the summer of 2024 include, top, from left, Tim McGraw and Jelly Roll; botom, from left, Kane Brown, Chris Stapleton and Kenny Chesney. (McGraw photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, 2023) (Roll photo by Chris Pizzello/AP, 2024) (Brown photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, 2021) (Stapleton photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file) (Chesney photo by George Walker IV/AP, 2023) Associated Press

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As Lainey Wilson says, “Country’s Cool Again.”

Dozens of country music artists will be on tour this summer so there is no excuse for missing your favorites. Some have already started while others will start in the coming months.

Here are 25 of the biggest country music tours this summer:

Alabama - “Roll On II Tour” through Nov. 9.

See them in Pa. - April 27 at the Giant Center

Jason Aldean - “Highway Desperado Tour” through Oct. 5.

See him in Pa. - Aug. 3 in Scranton, Aug. 10 in Burgettstown

Dierks Bentley - “Gravel and Gold Tour” through Sept. 27.

See him in Pa. - July 19 in Scranton

Clint Black - “Killin’ Time 35th Anniversary Tour” through Nov. 9.

Kane Brown - “In the Air Tour” through Sept. 14.

See him in Pa. - July 19 at the York State Fair

Luke Bryan - “Mind of a Country Boy Tour” through Sept. 14.

Zach Bryan - “The Quittin’ Time Tour” through Dec. 19.

See him in Pa. - Aug. 6 and Aug. 7 in Philadelphia

Jordan Davis - “Damn Good Time tour” through Oct. 20.

See him in Pa. - April 25 in Allentown and April 27 in State College

Kenny Chesney - “Sun Goes Down Tour” through Aug. 23.

See him in Pa. - June 1 in Pittsburgh and June 8 in Philadelphia

Luke Combs - “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour” through Aug. 24.

See him in Pa. - April 27 in State College

Dan + Shay - “Heartbreak on the Map Tour” through Sept. 21.

Brantley Gilbert - “Off The Rails Tour” through Aug. 3.

Walker Hayes - “Same Drunk Tour” through Sept. 1.

See him in Pa. - July 5 at Hollywood Casino

Sam Hunt - “Locked Up Tour” through Oct. 19.

See him in Pa. - July 20 in Burgettstown and Aug. 10 at Hollywood Casino

Cody Johnson - “The Leather Tour” through Aug. 17.

Ashley McBryde - “The Devil I Know Tour” through Oct. 18.

Parker McColllum - “Burn It Down Tour” through Aug. 31.

See him in Pa. - Sept. 12 at Hollywood Casino

Tim McGraw - “Standing Room Only Tour” through June 29.

See him in Pa. - April 27 in Pittsburgh, May 11 in Wilkes-Barre and June 20 in Philadelphia

Kasey Musgraves - “Deeper Well Tour” through Dec. 7.

See her in Pa. - Sept. 4 in State College and Nov. 10 in Pittsburgh

Brothers Osborne - “Might As Well Be Us Tour” through June 29.

See them in Pa. - April 19 in Philadelphia and June 20 in Pittsburgh

Jell Roll - “Beautifully Broken Tour” through Oct. 27.

See him in Pa. - Oct. 1 in State College, Oct. 2 in Philadelphia and Oct. 5 in Pittsburgh

Chris Stapleton - “All American Road Show Tour” through Aug. 24.

See him in Pa. - July 12 in Burgettstown

George Strait - stadium tour through Dec. 7.

Morgan Wallen - “One Night At A Time Tour” through Aug. 9.

See him in Pa. - May 9 in Hershey, May 11 in Philadelphia

Lainey Wilson - “Country’s Cool Again Tour” through Nov. 16.

See her in Pa. - July 21 at York State Fair, Oct. 26 in Pittsburgh

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Australia concerts in 2024: here’s a list of shows and tours coming up

Big names confirmed for tours Down Under in 2024 include Coldplay, Pink, SZA, Hozier, Iron Maiden and more

Will Champion, Chris Martin and Guy Berryman of Coldplay performing in 2023, photo by Jordi Vidal/Redferns via Getty Images

Fresh out of a pandemic, Australia’s 2023 touring calendar was one of the busiest in recent memory, as artists of all stripes took centrestage everywhere from stadium shows to intimate local gigs. With a starry schedule that included the likes of Post Malone , Red Hot Chili Peppers , and Mötley Crüe , it’ll be tricky for 2024’s schedule to outdo its predecessor – and yet, thanks to the likes of Taylor Swift , Blink-182 and Pink , plus Coldplay, Pearl Jam and SZA later in the year, it’s poised to do just that.

From debut headline shows for breakout artists to bustling festival sideshow programs, there’s something for everyone to enjoy as a stellar batch of musicians make their way Down Under in 2024. Read on for NME’s roundup of all the biggest concerts and tours coming to Australia this year.

Here are the concerts and tours coming to Australia in 2024:

Pink When: February 9 – March 23 Find tickets and more info

Australia bloody loves Pink , and she’s apparently pretty fond of her “home away from home” too. In 2009, she played 58 shows here as part of her Funhouse tour, performing for some 660,000 fans. In 2013, when she announced an Australian tour in support of sixth studio album ‘The Truth About Love’, 320,000 tickets were snapped up within a few hours of them going on sale.

It makes sense, then, that the American singer-songwriter has a slew of dates booked for her return in February and March 2024 as part of her Summer Carnival world tour . She’ll be bringing songs from her ninth studio album ‘Trustfall’ to stadiums around the country, including stops in Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

She’ll be playing a total of four shows at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium and conclude the tour at Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank stadium.

Lydia Lunch’s unique artistry will take centre stage during her six-date Australian tour early 2024. The musician and poet will first perform at the Brisbane Powerhouse on March 8, before taking to Melbourne Recital Theatre (March 15), Theatre Royal Castlemaine (March 17), Sydney’s The Great Club (March 22) and MONA in Hobart (March 23).

Lunch will also find time for a one-off with Melbourne band Black Cab, performing the songs of her fellow NYC pioneers Suicide , in the intimate confines of The Tote on March 20. Find tickets for the special tribute here.

New Bloom sideshows When: March 9 – March 24 Find more info and tickets here

Emo, punk and post-hardcore fans will find a lot to like in the inaugural touring festival New Bloom in March. In addition to festival dates on the east coast, most of the bands are doing sideshows across the country. Catch Citizen , Movements , Touche Amore , Fleshwater and No Pressure in various venues in Perth, Adelaide, Wollongong, Belgrave and the Gold Coast. Movements, Touche Amore, Fleshwater and No Pressure will stick around for bonus headline shows in Melbourne while the latter two will also play again in Sydney.

Dylan: The Rebel Child Tour When: March 18 – March 27 Find tickets and more info

Rising UK pop sensation Dylan makes her Australian debut in March, kicking off her three-date tour at The Brightside in Brisbane on March 18. The Rebel Child Tour, named after Dylan’s 2023 single, will then head to The Lansdowne in Sydney on March 22, before wrapping up in Melbourne at Northcote Social Club on March 25. Find tickets here.

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Maisie Peters: The Good Witch Comes to Australia When: March 19 – 23 Find more info

Maisie Peters might have taken the Wizard of Oz references on her new album ‘The Good Witch’ a little too seriously. The UK artist is coming back to Australia for three dates in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne – all of which are sold out.

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Expectations will be high for Peters’ tour and not necessarily because of the music. As she tweeted : “Last time I toured here I did a shoey on stage and became an honorary Australian so who knows what will happen next!!”

Gladys Knight: The Farewell Tour When: March 19 – March 30 Find tickets and more info here

Soul legend Gladys Knight will return Down Under after touring the US, bringing her numerous hits with her. She’ll kick off the seven-stop tour in Perth, head to Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Canberra, and wrap things up in Sydney before crossing the Tasman to New Zealand.

The Damned: Final Australian Tour When: March 20 – March 26 Find tickets and more info here

The Damned ’s ‘70s output is somehow a rosetta stone for punk rock and goth. The London band is reuniting the “classic” lineup that influenced a generation for the first and final time since 1989 for shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in March 2024.

Aqua: Mixtape Festival Volume 1 When: March 21 – March 28 Find tickets and more info here

Come on Barbie, let’s go party! Aqua are coming to Australia to headline the touring Mixtape Festival Volume 1, accompanied by 2 Unlimited, East 17, Phats & Small, Big Brovaz, Booty Luv, and Urban Cookie Collective. The ’90s will be alive on this five-date tour of Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.

Joker Xue: Extraterrestrial World Tour When: March 23 – March 26 Find tickets and more info here

If you’re not familiar with Mandopop, Joker Xue is one hell of an introduction. The songwriter is bringing his ‘Extraterrestrial’ world tour to arenas in Melbourne and Sydney in March 2024. In the show’s pantomime, Xue transforms into an “interstellar executive who descends from an alien planet and is ordered to destroy the earth”, before deciding humans aren’t so bad after all.

Itzy When: March 24 – March 26 Find tickets and more info

K-pop girl group Itzy have a short and sweet trip of Australia planned – they’ve plotted two arena dates down under as part of their Born To Be world tour . The JYP Entertainment act will take over the ICC Sydney Arena and then Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena this March.

READ MORE: The 10 best ITZY songs, according to the girl group themselves

$uicideboy$: Grey Day Tour When: March 25 – March 30 Find tickets and more info here

Melding Southern rap with 21st century nihilism and heavy metal, New Orleans’ $uicideboy$ are an unlikely success story. The prolific duo will perform a series of arena shows along the east coast in 2024, checking in at Brisbane’s Entertainment Centre (March 25, 26) and Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena (March 28, 29) before finishing up the Grey Day tour at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on March 30. Ghostemane, Pouya, Germ, and Shakewell are guests that have been confirmed.

Newton Faulkner When: March 25 – April 1 Find tickets and more information

The English folk singer is headed to Australia as part of the Byron Bay Bluesfest line-up, and has lined up headline shows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle along the way.

Bluesfest sideshows: Snarky Puppy, Meshell Ndegeocello and Blind Boys of Alabama When: March 25 – April 6

Snarky Puppy will supplement their set at Bluesfest’s 2024 edition with a pair of headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney on March 25 and March 27, respectively. Meshell Ndegeocello will bring her career-spanning setlist – as well as tracks from her latest album ‘The Omnichord Real Book’ – to Sydney’s Factory Theatre (March 25) and Melbourne’s Recital Centre (March 26), before Blind Boys of Alabama take to those same cities on April 4 (Sydney City Recital Hall) and April 6 (Melbourne Recital Hall).

Each of these acts will also grace the stage across Bluesfest’s three-day run from March 28 to April 1, with ticketing information for their sideshows linked above.

UMI When: March 26 – March 27 Find tickets and more info here

While Down Under for Souled Out festival, US singer-songwriter UMI will play two headline shows at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory and Melbourne’s Night Cat. Expect to hear her name-making track, ‘Remember Me’ – though she’s more recently met a new audience with ‘Wherever U R’, featuring V of K-pop titans BTS .

PJ Morton When: March 27 – March 28 Find tickets and more info here

You’d probably recognise PJ Morton’s voice even if you’ve never heard his name: the Maroon 5 keyboardist’s distinctive backing vocals can be heard in the mega band’s latter-day output. Morton will be performing his latest solo album ‘Watch the Sun’ at Bluesfest in 2024, before sideshows in Melbourne (170 Russell) and Sydney (Metro Theatre) on back-to-back nights in March.

Drive-By Truckers When: March 28 – April 1 Find tickets and more information

American alt-country legends Drive-By Truckers haven’t visited Australia in a decade and a half. Their long-overdue 2024 tour will see them perform as part of Byron Bay Bluesfest, along with headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney.

The band have released a whopping seven albums since they last played in the country, so there’ll be plenty of new cuts for them to show off at these shows.

Elvis Costello. Credit: Ed Rode via Getty Images

Elvis Costello & The Imposters When: March 28 – April 4 Find tickets and more info

Costello and co’s plans for their first Australian tour in almost a decade were dashed at the 11th hour in April 2023. Less than 24 hours before their shows – in support of 2022 album ‘A Boy Named If’ – a case of COVID-19 within the band forced them to withdraw from Byron Bay Bluesfest 2023 and postpone their headline tour dates .

The good news is, new dates were swiftly locked in. Costello and the Imposters will be one of the headliners for 2024’s edition of Bluesfest , and play headline gigs at the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne’s Palais Theatre. Previously purchased tickets for Costello’s headline shows will remain valid, and they’re still on sale for the majority of dates.

Eric Nam: House on a Hill Tour When: March 30 – April 2 Find tickets and more info

After his debut Australian tour in 2022, the American-Korean singer Eric Nam will return in late March and early April as part of his massive, 66-date ‘House on a Hill’ world tour. Nam will play three shows – in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane – joined at all three by special guest Keenan Te.

Chris Isaak When: April 4 – April 20 Find tickets and more info here

Australia, says Chris Isaak, is his “favorite place to tour… or just hang out”. Get ready to play a ‘Wicked Game’ when the US singer-songwriter tours down under in April, kicking things off in Perth before going onto a run of A Day on the Green tour dates with supporting acts Boy & Bear , Mark Seymour & The Undertow, Vika & Linda and Mason Watts.

Isaak has added extra dates in Melbourne and Sydney in the same venues on April 17 and 11 respectively to cope with demand. He can’t wait : “Bring on the sun! Bring on the beach! I think I’m gonna wax my guitar…. I told you I was excited!”

Simple Plan, Boys Like Girls and We The Kings When: April 6 – April 18 Find tickets and more info here

Simple Plan are bringing a pop punk extravaganza to Australia in April 2024, headlining a tour with fellow genre stalwarts Boys Like Girls and We The Kings . The trio will play multiple shows in Perth, Sydney and Brisbane, as well as John Cain Arena in Melbourne and AEC Theatre in Adelaide.

+LIVE+ and Incubus When: April 6 – April 20 Find tickets and more info

+LIVE+ and Incubus will embark on a mammoth run of dates across Australia in April, both as headliners of the inaugural Lookout festival and as co-headliners of their own standalone tour. +LIVE+ and Incubus’ Lookout festival dates – where they’ll be joined by the likes of Birds of Tokyo and Eskimo Joe – span April 6-20, with appearances slated for Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.

Elsewhere, the bands’ own co-headlining shows will take place in Wollongong (April 9), Sydney (April 11), Melbourne (April 15) and Adelaide (April 17).

Bring Me The Horizon: NeX GEn tour When: April 10 – April 21 Find tickets and more info

In what promises to be one of 2024’s rowdiest tours, Bring Me The Horizon will bring their ‘NeX GEn’ shows to Australian shores next April, with stadiums booked for Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane . The Sheffield band’s string of performances from April 10 to April 21 comes ahead of their much-anticipated album, ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’, and will enlist special guests Sleep Token , Make Them Suffer and daine . Find remaining tickets here.

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The Front Bottoms When: April 12 – April 20 Find tickets and more info here

The Front Bottoms return for the first time since 2017, playing their biggest Aussie shows to date in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Expect to hear fresh tracks from their 2023 album ‘You Are Who You Hang Out With’.

James Taylor: An Evening with James Taylor & His All-Star Band When: April 12 – April 28 Find tickets and more info here

If there was ever a festival made for James Taylor & His All-Star Band at this juncture of his 50-year career, it’s Day on the Green . The singer will perform at wineries in Queensland (Sirromet Wines in Mount Cotton), and New South Wales (Bimbadgen in the Hunter Valley, and Centennial Vineyards in Bowral) across April 2024. Taylor will be accompanied by Aussie pair Josh Pyke and Ella Hooper .

Taylor is also playing his own headline shows. After selling out dates in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, new shows have been added in those cities. A Live Nation pre-sale begins February 9 while general on-sale starts February 12.

Chase & Status When: April 19 – April 28 Find more info and ticket waitlists here

After a new mixtape, charting singles and landmark Boiler Room set, drum’n’bass lifers Chase & Status celebrated a huge 2023. This year, the British duo will bring the party to Australia and New Zealand on a sold-out co-headlining tour with Australia’s very own Luude. They’re notably playing RAC Arena in Perth, on top of Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane.

SZA When: April 19 – May 2 Find tickets and more info here

Fresh off winning three Grammys, SZA has announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand this April. The ‘Kill Bill’ singer will be performing two shows in New Zealand and eight across Australia, with shows confirmed for Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Pandemonium Festival sideshows When: April 22 – April 23 Find more info and tickets here

Pandemonium Festival is bringing a glut of rock legends from yesteryear to Australian shores in 2024 , and has just announced two all-ages sideshows at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre to boot on April 22-23. The first night is headlined by NYC new wave icons Blondie , supported by Aussies Wolfmother and Cosmic Psychos . The next day, Alice Cooper will share a classic rock split bill with Deep Purple , while Gyroscope opens proceedings.

Beth Orton When: April 24 – April 30 Find tickets and more info

Initially slated to appear in Australia in November 2023, Beth Orton rescheduled her Australian tour to April 2024 and added an extra show in Tasmania. The folk musician will now embark on a four-date run with performances in Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney and Brisbane from April 24 to April 30, with tickets for the original cities still valid for the rescheduled dates. Tickets for the additional date at Hobart’s Odeon Theatre are accessible here.

Nick Cave (solo) When: April 25 – May 7 Find tickets and more info

The legendary Nick Cave embarks on a solo tour of Australia (read: without the Bad Seeds) this April, playing two shows in Melbourne and five in Sydney. Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood will be on bass duties for these shows at Plenary Melbourne and State Theatre Sydney, which are all sold out.

The Dandy Warhols When: April 25 – May 1 Find tickets and more info

The Dandy Warhols will make their return to Australia in April 2024 armed with their new album ‘Rockmaker’. So far, they’ve scheduled dates in Brisbane , Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. If you missed them when they toured down under with Hoodoo Gurus in 2022, this is your chance. Find tickets here.

Elephant Gym When: April 26 – April 28 Find more info and tickets here

Elephant Gym isn’t the result of a random band name generator; “elephant” refers to the Taiwanese math rock band’s bass-led grooves, while “Gym” denotes the “agility” of their rhythm. The trio will perform their technical and idiosyncratic instrumentals at three shows on the Australian east coast for the first time this April, supporting sleepmakeswaves.

6LACK: Since I Have A Lover Tour When: April 26 – May 1 Find tickets and more info

R&B favourite 6LACK (pronounced ‘black’) will return to Australia in April to tour his new album, ‘Since I Have A Lover’. The four-date jaunt will take him to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

Niall Horan: ‘The Show’ Live On Tour When: April 26 – May 4 Find tickets and more info

Niall Horan will take ‘The Show’ on the road down under in 2024. The ex- One Direction member’s world tour comes in support of his third solo album ‘The Show’ , out June 9. For the Australian leg, he’ll perform arena shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Groovin The Moo sideshows When: April 29 – May 11 Find tickets and more info

Sadly, Groovin The Moo is no longer going ahead this year – but many of the artists who would have played the touring festival will still be forging ahead with their own Australian headline shows. Singer-songwriter Claire Rosinkranz, Wu-Tang Clan legend GZA (performing a set dubbed ‘Liquid Swords Live’) and Stephen Sanchez will all perform headline shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

Toronto indie rockers The Beaches will also perform their own dates, playing shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in May. Find more information and tickets for all sideshows here .

Jessie Reyez When: April 30 – May 7 Find tickets and more info

Jessie Reyez will tour Australia for the first time in autumn, playing three shows along the east coast. The Canadian R&B singer will bring cuts from 2020 debut ‘Before Love Came to Kill Us’ and 2022 follow-up ‘Yessie’ to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on April 30, before shows at the Forum in Melbourne and the Tivoli in Brisbane. Find tickets here .

Nothing But Thieves: Welcome To The DCC World Tour When: April 30 – May 7 Find tickets and more info

Nothing But Thieves cleaned up on a sold-out tour of Australia last year – and they’re back for more. The UK alt-rockers have announced the second Aussie leg of their Dead Club City World tour, which will kick off at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on April 30, continue on to Brisbane and Melbourne, and wrap up at Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide on May 7.

Mahalia: In Real Life When: April 30 – May 8 Find tickets and more info

UK R&B artist Mahalia has booked a five-date tour of Australia, her biggest yet and her first time back down under since 2020. Audiences in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane should get ready for smooth tunes off her 2023 album ‘IRL’ .

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Jonas Brothers: Five Albums. One Night. Tour When: May 1 – 9 Find tickets and more info

Joe , Nick and Kevin Jonas – the Jonas Brothers – play Australia for the first time between May 1 and May 9 as part of their massive Five Albums. One Night. Tour. The tour will see the brothers perform hits from all five of their albums across one night, including fan favourites.

Tesseract When: May 2 – May 9 Find tickets and more info

UK prog metal outfit Tesseract are set to make the highly anticipated return to Australia in May 2024, marking their first shows Down Under since 2018. Between May 2 and May 9, the band will perform in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

With 2023 album ‘War of Being’ and songs from 2021’s ‘Portals’ not played in Australia yet, Tesseract are set to bring with them a fresh bounty of new music to Australia.

The Vaccines and Everything Everything Dates: May 4-11 Find tickets and more info here

UK indie rockers The Vaccines and Everything Everything are banding together for a co-headline tour of Australia, their first time back in the country since 2019 and 2018 respectively. Embrace the indie disco in May when they head to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and finally Sydney.

Sammy Virji When: May 10 – May 18 Find more info and tickets here

UK garage has been making a steady comeback, and DJ/producer Sammy Virji is one of its frontrunners. He’s set to come back to Australia for his biggest headline tour of the country yet. Virji will kick off his tour at Metro City in Perth on May 10, before heading through Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and finishing at The Roundhouse in Sydney May 18.

Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken Tour When: May 10 – May 17 Find tickets and more info here

Melissa Etheridge is bringing her trailblazing heartland rock to Australian shores for the first time in five years in May 2024. The ‘I’m Not Broken’ tour kicks off in Perth on May 10, before heading through Adelaide, Melbourne and finishing up in Sydney on May 17. Expect to hear a blend of the songwriter’s greatest hits as heard on her latest live album ‘Beautiful Day’.

Macklemore When: May 11 – May 20 Find tickets and more info

Fresh off the release of latest album ‘Ben’, Macklemore will embark on an Australian tour next May. The hip-hop artist will perform at Hordern Pavillion in Sydney on May 11-12, before taking to Melbourne’s John Cain Arena and Brisbane’s Riverstage on May 15 and May 17, respectively. Macklemore will perform at BASSINTHEGRASS in Darwin, and then conclude his Australian run at HBF Stadium in Perth on May 20. Find tickets here.

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Sleater-Kinney When: May 17 – May 23 Find tickets and more info

In their first shows here since 2016, Sleater-Kinney are embarking on a theatre tour of Australia. Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein will play four headline shows down under in support of their latest album, ‘Little Rope’ , in what the latter has called a “homecoming” of sorts.

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“For all intents and purposes, Sleater-Kinney got its start in Australia,” Brownstein said in a statement. “We recorded our first album and played our first ever shows there. Because of that, Australia feels like one of the band’s spiritual homes, and returning there always feels like a homecoming, a reunion.”

Jungle When: May 17 – May 22 Find more info

Jungle have unleashed more dancey goodness with their latest album, ‘Volcano’. Get ready to boogie in May when they tour Australia. The entire run, comprising the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Festival Hall in Melbourne, and Fortitude Music Hall in Brissy, is sold out.

Botch When: May 17 – 25 Find tickets and more info

Cult-favourite mathcore/hardcore/metal band Botch from Tacoma, Washington reunited last year more than two decades after their split – and now they’re embarking on their first-ever Aussie tour. The jaunt will include two dates in Melbourne and Sydney apiece as well as shows in Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.

Guitarist David Knudson has promised Botch will go all out: “We don’t want to half-ass it…we want to be fucking tight as we ever were, if not tighter. We don’t want to disappoint a fan that’s never seen us live. So you know, it’s all in or nothing.”

Peter Hook & The Light When: May 21 – 28 Find tickets and more info

Peter Hook , the legendary bassist and co-founder of Joy Division and New Order is set to return to Australia in May 2024, just two years after his last tour of the country in 2022. For the upcoming tour, Hook will perform the New Order and Joy Division substance compilations live, giving fans a chance to once again revel in both bands’ music.

The Snuts When: May 23 – May 26 Find tickets and more info

Scottish indie rockers The Snuts will return for their second Australian tour in as many years, following their debut run of headline shows in 2023. With third studio album ‘Millennials’ in tow, the band will kick off their 2024 tour with a show at Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre. They’ll play Sydney’s Metro Theatre on May 25, before a show at the Triffid in Brisbane the following evening. Find tickets here .

Tom Grennan When: May 29 – May 30 Find tickets and more info

Tom Grennan will duck over to Australia for a pair of headline shows this year, following a debut visit in 2022. The English singer-songwriter will play Sydney’s Metro Theatre and 170 Russell in Melbourne on May 29 and 30 respectively.

Since his last trip, Grennan has released his third studio album, ‘What Ifs & Maybes’. Find tickets here .

Sky Ferreira When: June 2 – June 4 Find more info and tickets here

It’s been 12 years since Sky Ferreira released her debut ‘Night Time, My Time’, and her mystique has only grown in the interim: Ferriera has explored the silver screen, modelling, and long teased the release of a second album ‘Masochism’ . She’ll play two rare headline shows at bespoke Melbourne and Sydney festivals RISING and Vivid LIVE this June – a decade after her last Australian performance.

Boney M featuring Maizie Williams: The Farewell Tour When: June 3 – July 6 Find tickets and more info

Legendary disco group Boney M and vocalist Maizie Williams will bid goodbye to Australia with an extensive national tour in June and July 2024. Don’t wait to get your tickets – 15 of the 20 shows are sold out. More info here.

Bar Italia When: June 4 – June 8 Find more info and tickets here

Buzzy London trio Bar Italia are proteges of Dean Blunt, and have emerged from relative anonymity in the last few years with two albums of sinister post-punk. They’ll tour Australia for the first time in June, playing at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney and Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge before a matinee show in Melbourne as part of RISING festival.

LANY When: June 19 – June 28 Find tickets and more info

LANY – the pop duo of Paul Klein and Jake Goss – will return to Australia in mid-2024. After playing small, intimate shows down under in August 2023, they’ll go bigger in this national tour at venues including the Hordern Pavilion and Margaret Court Arena. See info on dates and tickets here.

Conan Gray When: July 11 – July 19 Find more info and tickets here

Conan Gray is the archetypal Gen Z popstar, honing his craft as a teenage YouTube vlogger before unleashing his multimodal talent as a singer. Gray will play songs from his upcoming third album ‘Found Heaven’ in some of the biggest rooms in the country this July, as well as a headline spot at Adelaide’s Spin Off Festival on July 19.

Tenacious D When: July 13 – July 22 Find tickets and more info

It’s been more than a decade since Tenacious D toured Australia, but that all changes in July. Jack Black and Kyle Gass will play their first shows in the country since 2013, performing six arena dates.

The tour will kick off with two shows at the ICC Sydney Theatre on July 13, continuing on to Newcastle, Brisbane and Melbourne before wrapping up at Adelaide Entertament centre on July 22. Find tickets here .

FLETCHER When: July 16 – July 28 Find tickets and more info

After postponing her original tour, the rescheduled dates for FLETCHER ’s long-awaited Australian visit have been locked in for mid-2024. Audiences across the country will revel in FLETCHER’s latest album ‘Girl Of My Dreams’ towards the end of July, with venues including Perth’s Metro City (July 16), Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane (July 18), Festival Hall in Melbourne (July 23) and Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion (July 28). Find tickets here.

IVE: 1ST WORLD TOUR ‘SHOW WHAT I HAVE’ When: July 25 – July 28 Find tickets and more info

As part of their broader debut world tour, IVE will bring their ‘Show What I Have’ set to Australian shores in July, kicking off the two-date run at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on July 25. The K-pop group will conclude the Australian leg of their tour in support of 2023 album ‘I’ve IVE’ with a show at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on July 28. Find tickets here.

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HEALTH: Rat Based Warfare Tour Down Under When: July 31 – August 4 Find more info and tickets here

The electronic body music of HEALTH flirts with metal, noise, and synth wave, but remains uniquely their own. The band are back in Australia after their 2023 Dark Mofo appearance for a full tour in support of their seventh album ‘Rat Wars’. They’ll play cosy rooms in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane from late July this year.

aespa When: August 31 – September 2 Find more info

K-pop girl group aespa will bring all the dra-ma-ma-ma down under for two stops of their SYNK: Parallel Line tour. The four-piece of Karina , Giselle , Winter and NingNing will perform in Sydney on August 31 and head to Melbourne two days later. Venues and ticket prices have not been announced just yet – stay tuned for more.

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Iron Maiden: The Future Past Tour When: September 1 – September 13 Find tickets and more info

In what will be their first trip Down Under since 2017, Iron Maiden are poised to bring The Future Past tour to stadiums in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne next September.

The first three cities will host the metal legends between September 1 to September 10, while Melbourne and Sydney will each enjoy a two-night outing at Rod Laver Arena (September 6 and 7) and Qudos Bank Arena (September 12 and 13), respectively. Find tickets here.

J Balvin: Que Bueno Volver a Verte Tour When: September 4 – September 10 Find more info and tickets here

J Balvin’s career as the Prince of Reggaeton has dovetailed with an explosion in the popularity of Latin music worldwide. The juggernaut will bring his Que Bueno Volver a Verte Tour (It’s Good To See You Tour) to Australian arenas in September this year. Sofi Tukker will support him as he plays the biggest rooms in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

SiM: Playdead World Tour When: September 12 – September 15 Find tickets and more info here

Like a kind of Japanese Gorillaz , SiM are a content universe unto their own – spanning anime , video games and records. Australian audiences can experience their inimitable reggae-metal-punk at The Zoo in Brisbane September 12, Sydney’s Crowbar on September 14 or Max Watts in Melbourne on September 15.

Thirty Seconds To Mars: Seasons World Tour When: September 12 – September 17 Find tickets and more info

To announce Thirty Seconds To Mars ’ Seasons World Tour, Jared Leto pulled a massive stunt: scaling the Empire State Building . The tour comes in support of their album ‘It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day’ and will hit Australian shores in mid-September. It marks the band’s first headline tour in over five years, and will see them grace the stage at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena (September 12), Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (September 14) and Brisbane’s Riverstage (September 17). Find tickets here.

The Reytons When: September 29 – October 5 Find more info and tickets here

Yorkshire four-piece The Reytons are revivalists of another revival – 2000s British indie. But this band is independent in the truer sense of the word, self-releasing their latest album ‘Ballad of a Bystander’. They will tour their raucous, ungenteel rock from late September to early October this year, packing rooms in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne.

The Kid LAROI When: October 2024 Find tickets and more info

US-based homegrown rap phenom The Kid LAROI ‘s return to Australia was supposed to take place in February, but it was postponed in December , with the Gamilaroi star calling February “logistically impossible”. Instead, he’ll fill stadiums around the country in October with tracks from his freshly released debut album ‘The First Time’. With shows locked in for Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and the Gold Coast, these all-ages shows will be his biggest to date. Stay tuned for more info on specific dates for the rescheduled tour.

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Kim Wilde: The Greatest Hits Tour When: October 17 – October 26 Find more info and tickets here

If you look at the pop charts for any given week in the 1980s, chances are Kim Wilde was on it. The ‘Kids in America’ singer is still performing, on a break from her new life as a gardener, and will play a whirlwind Australian tour this October. Wilde will begin in Brisbane on October 17, before heading through Tweed Heads, Sydney, Wollongong, Perth, Adelaide and finishing in Melbourne October 26.

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Buzzcocks When: October 24 – November 2 Find more info and tickets here

The Buzzcocks , progenitors of “love punk” and pop punk before it even existed, are still going strong almost 50 years after their formation. With Steve Diggle on vocals, replacing the late Pete Shelley, the band will return to Australia for seven shows in late October to early November. The Buzzcocks will begin on the Gold Coast on October 24, before travelling through Brisbane, Adelaide, Fremantle, Newcastle, Sydney and finishing in Melbourne on November 2.

PinkPantheress: Capable of Love Tour When: October 29 – November 5 Find tickets and more info here

PinkPantheress was once an anonymous beatmaker going viral on TikTok – she’s anything but anonymous now, as she comes to Australia for the first time promoting her debut album ‘Heaven’. Between opening for Coldplay , the 22-year-old Brit will headline shows at Melbourne’s Festival Hall (October 29) and Horden Pavilion in Sydney on November 5.

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres Tour When: October 30 – November 9 Find tickets and more info here

Coldplay will bring their ‘Music of the Spheres’ tour to Australia’s east coast at the end of a more than two-year stretch. The pop juggernauts have already sold 9 million tickets – the most for any tour in history – and are set to play eight stadium shows in Melbourne and Sydney after playing in Perth in 2023.

Expect to experience the galactic sprawl of the band’s recent rock operas, while still belting out the anthems that took them to the top.

Take That and Sophie Ellis-Bextor When: October 30 – November 10 Find tickets and more info

It’ll be murder on the dancefloor when this tour comes to town. Sophie Ellis-Bextor , enjoying a Saltburn -fueled resurgence, will accompany Take That on a six-show tour of Australia . Three dates of the tour, which marks Take That’s first live shows in the region since 2017, will take place at wineries as part of A Day on the Green, where Ricki-Lee Coulter will also appear.

READ MORE: Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the return of ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ – and watching Saltburn with her mum

Hozier: Unreal Unearth Tour When: November 6 – November 18 Find more info and tickets here

Irish singer-songwriter Hozier will tour Down Under for the first time since 2019 this November, supporting his 2023 album ‘Unreal Unearth’ with a nation-wide arena sojourn. Hozier will kick off in Perth on November 6, before heading through Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. He will also play regional areas Torquay and the Hunter Valley as part of Summersalt festival.

READ MORE: Hozier: “There has always been a space in my work for my own conscience”

Tate McRae: Think Later World Tour When: November 8 – November 17 Find tickets and more info

In what marks her biggest headline Australian shows to date, Tate McRae’s Think Later World Tour will head Down Under in November, encompassing five shows in Perth (November 8), Brisbane (November 10), Sydney (November 12), Adelaide (November 15) and Melbourne (November 17). The tour comes in support of McRae’s sophomore album ‘Think Later’, which features her massive single ‘Greedy’. Tickets are available here.

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter World Tour 2024 When: November 13 – November 23 Find tickets and more info

Pearl Jam have announced their new album ‘Dark Matter’, which they’ll support with a massive tour around the world . They’ll make a stop Down Under with Pixies in support, playing stadium shows in the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney. The grunge giants have added bonus gigs in Melbourne on November 18 and Sydney on November 23 in response to overwhelming demand. Find tickets here.

James Blunt: The Who We Used To Be Tour When: November 21 – November 28 Find tickets and more info here

Self-deprecating superstar James Blunt is returning to Australian stages for the first time in over six years in November 2024. The ‘You’re Beautiful’ singer will begin a five-date arena tour at Brisbane’s Riverstage on November 21, before heading through Sydney’s ICC Super Theatre (November 23), Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena (November 24), Adelaide’s Entertainment Centre Theatre (November 25) and Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium (November 28).

Wallows: Model Tour 2024 When: December 5 – December 14 Find more info and tickets here

US alt-rockers Wallows played some of their favourite shows ever on their previous tour of Australia – so they’ll undoubtedly be looking to top the experience when they return in December. They’ll kick things off in Perth, before heading to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and finally Brisbane.

Martin Gore (left) and Dave Gahan (right) performing live onstage with Depeche Mode at the Golden 1 Center arena in Sacramento, California on March 23, 2023

Depeche Mode

Aussie Depeche Mode fans are an incredibly patient bunch. The last time the British synth-pop titans toured the country was in 1994, meaning nearly three decades have passed since they last paid us a visit. But good things come to those who wait, and it seems there is a glimmer of hope for those hoping to catch the band Down Under.

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In March 2023, Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan told an Italian blog that the band were eyeing “as-yet-unannounced dates in Asia and Australia” as part of a touring run that would lead into 2024. The band have toured the world in support of their latest album, ‘Memento Mori’ , and a trip to Australia to cap off the jaunt seems more likely than ever.

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