Here are all the biggest concerts, tours and festivals coming to Australia in 2025
2024 has already been a mammoth year for new music in Australia, with fans treated to new albums from some of the biggest stars both at home and abroad. Thankfully, the busy release schedule has translated to an equally stacked touring calendar, as the first half of 2024 alone saw everyone from SZA to Fred Again.. and Bring Me The Horizon head Down Under for unmissable shows. Find more info on 2024 concerts and tours in Australia here.
As the upcoming year proves, these acts were merely a taste of the greatness yet to come. If you thought this year’s touring calendar was bustling, then it’s time to purchase a new diary, with hot-ticket events filling out much of 2025. From the massive stadium tours of international pop acts to the long-awaited return of star-studded festivals, here’s our rolling list of all the biggest concerts, tours and fests hitting Australia throughout 2025.
Here are the concerts, tours and festivals coming to Australia in 2025:
Nia Archives: Junglist Worldwide Tour
Dates: January 17 – January 24
After unveiling her triumphant debut album ‘Silence Is Loud’, UK producer/DJ and jungle extraordinaire Nia Archives has shared a huge slate of tour dates. She’ll bring the Junglist Worldwide Tour to Australia in January, more specifically Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne.
Find tickets for Nia Archives’ 2025 Australia tour here.
Suzi Quatro: Rockin’ On
Dates: January 17 – February 2
Suzi Quatro’s upcoming jaunt will mark her 40th Australian tour, a landmark feat she intends to celebrate by performing her full theatre show, ‘Rockin’ On’, all over the country. Fans will first get a taste of Quatro’s musical journey through her life with back-to-back shows at Twin Towns in the Gold Coast on January 17 and January 18, before she heads to Tamworth’s Regional Centre on January 22. From there, the rock musician will take to stages at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre (January 24), Hobart’s Wrest Point Entertainment Centre (January 25), and Melbourne’s Palais Theatre (January 26). Maryborough will then host Quatro at the Brolga Theatre (January 29), followed by January Mackay’s Entertainment and Convention Centre (January 31), Townsville’s Entertainment Centre (February 1) and the Cairns Convention Centre (February 2).
Find tickets to Suzi Quatro’s 2025 Rockin’ On Australia tour here.
Alec Benjamin: 12 Notes Tour
Dates: January 19 – January 24
Indie alt-pop singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin from Phoenix, Arizona, has announced he will tour Australia in January for three shows, one each in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, in support of his new album, ‘12 Notes’.
Find tickets for Alec Benjamin’s 2025 Australia tour here.
You Me At Six
Dates: January 24 – January 31
In what will mark their final Australian tour, beloved British rockers You Me At Six will bring their farewell tour to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. News of the two-date run comes off the announcement of You Me At Six’s split after 20 years as a band, and fans will get their final fix with a decades-spanning, two-hour setlist.Holding Absence will join You Me At Six for their Australian shows.
Find tickets for You Me At Six’s 2025 Australia tour here.
The Script: Satellites World Tour
Dates: January 28 – January 30
In what will be their first Australian tour since 2022, The Script are headed Down Under for a string of headline shows in early-2025. The Dublin four-piece’s first headline show will be at WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong on January 28. After that, they’ll take to the stage at Sydney’s ICC Theatre on January 30, with both shows joined by support act X Ambassadors. This two-date run forms part of The Script’s broader Aussie schedule as part of A Day On The Green, which tours from the Hunter Valley to Perth from January 25 to February 5. All shows will follow ‘Satellites’, The Script’s new album due out in August, 2024.
Find tickets to The Script’s headlining 2025 ‘Satellites’ tour here.
Childish Gambino: The New World Tour
Dates: February 1 – February 11
Fresh off the surprise release of ‘Atavista’ – a reimagination of his 2020 album ‘3.15.20.’ – Childish Gambino has locked in a string of Australian shows for February. Joined on all dates by Amaarae, Donald Glover will perform at Brisbane Entertainment Centre (February 1), Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena (February 4) and Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne (February 7 and 8), concluding the run on February 11 at Perth’s RAC Arena.
Find tickets for Childish Gambino’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Alien Ant Farm and CKY
Dates: February 7 – February 12
Embrace the noughties nostalgia with Alien Ant Farm and CKY, who are teaming up for a co-headline tour of Australia in February. They’ll perform in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and finally Perth.
Find tickets for Alien Ant Farm and CKY’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Tyler Childers: Mule Pull Tour
Dates: February 8 – February 22
Tyler Childers’ Mule Pull Tour hits Aussie shores early next year, spanning shows across the country throughout February. The country singer-songwriter will steal the spotlight at Brisbane’s Sandstone Point Hotel on February 8, with a show at The Green Room in Byron Bay the next day (February 9). That’s followed by two back-to-back shows at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion from February 11, and a stop at Foreshore Park in Newcastle February 15. Canberra will then host Childers on February 16 at the Royal Theatre, before he wraps up the tour at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl (February 20) and Korumburra’s Coal Creek Community Park and Museum (February 22).
Find tickets to Tyler Childers’ 2025 Mule Pull Australia tour here.
Keshi: Requiem World Tour
Dates: February 10 – February 14
Singer-songwriter Keshi is embarking on a massive world tour in support of his upcoming studio album, ‘Requiem’. He’ll play three dates down under in February, kicking things off in Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena, heading to the Brisbane Entertainment Center and then ending the jaunt with a Valentine’s Day date with Melbourne at the Rod Laver Arena.
Find tickets for Keshi’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Sylosis
Dates: February 11 – February 16
Hitting Aussie shores for the first time since 2013, Sylosis’ long-awaited trip Down Under kicks off at Perth’s Magnet House on February 11. From there, the British metal titans will hit Lion Arts in Adelaide on February 12, with the final three back-to-back stops slated for Melbourne’s Max Watts (February 14), Sydney’s Manning Bar (February 15) and The Triffid in Brisbane (February 16). Sylosis will be joined on all five Australian dates by Canadian Deathcore band Angelmaker.
Find tickets to Sylosis’ 2025 Australia tour here.
Max Richter
Dates: February 11 – February 23
After staging his symphony of slumber SLEEP at Dark Mofo 2023, celebrated composer Max Richter returns to Australia in February 2025 in support of his new album ‘In A Landscape’. These dates in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth come as part of his first-ever world-tour.
Find tickets for Max Richter’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD): Greatest Hits Australia Tour
Dates: February 12 – February 23
Heading Down Under for the first time since 1987, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark will make their triumphant return in February. Celebrating their 45th anniversary, the electro-synth band’s seven-date tour will include a career-spanning setlist of both their ’80s hits and tracks from their most recent album, ‘Bauhaus Staircase’.
OMD kick off the tour at Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium on February 12, before two back-to-back shows at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney from February 15. OMD will then take to Adelaide Entertainment Centre on February 18, ahead of two sets at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on February 20 and February 21. The final tour date is slated for February 23 at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall.
Find tickets for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Hot Water Music
Dates: February 14 – February 22
Hot Water Music’s long-awaited Australian tour will hit stages across the country in early-2025, more than a decade since their last visit in 2010. It comes in celebration of the punk band’s 30th anniversary, and encompasses eight dates throughout February. Newcastle will first host Hot Water Music at the King Street Bandroom on February 14, with Sydney’s Crowbar providing the stage the following day (February 15). Next, they’ll take to The Baso in Canberra (February 18), The Triffid in Brisbane (February 19) and Adelaide’s The Gov (February 20). Hot Water Music finish their jaunt with a February 21 show at Melbourne’s 170 Russell, and final stop at the Torquay on February 22. The band will be joined on all dates by Canadian band The Flatliners.
Find tickets to Hot Water Music’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour
Dates: February 18 – March 8
Fresh off her critically acclaimed third album ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’, Billie Eilish will bring the namesake tour to Australia throughout February and March 2025. The anti-pop prodigy will perform three shows at Brisbane Entertainment Centre from February 18 to February 21, before embarking on a four-date run at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena from February 24 to February 28. Eilish rounds out her Australian tour with four shows at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena from March 4 to March 8.
The tour is sold out, but you can find info on Billie Eilish’s 2025 Australia tour here.
G-Eazy: Freak Show World Tour
Dates: February 20 – February 27
Don’t freak out: G-Eazy’s coming to Australia. Young Gerald has carved out four shows in Australia as part of his 41-date Freak Show World Tour, performing in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney in February 2025.
Find tickets for G-Eazy’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Chris Stapleton: Chris Stapleton’s All-American Roadshow Goes Down Under
Dates: February 25 – March 7
Chris Stapleton’s debut Australian tour kicks off at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena with back-to-back shows from February 25, with additional dates slated for Brisbane Entertainment Centre on February 28 and March 1. Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena will then host the country star’s shows on March 4 and March 5. Stapleton’s All-American Roadshow has so far taken him to venues in Canada, the UK and the US, and comes off the back of his 2023 Grammy-nominated album, ‘Higher’. He’ll be joined on all dates by blues rocker Marcus King.
The tour is sold out, but you can find info on Chris Stapleton’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Khruangbin: A LA SALA Tour
Dates: February 25 – March 6
Khruangbin are bringing their psych-funk revelry to Australian shores early next year, booking a slew of dates across the east coast for February and March. The Texas trio kick things off with back-to-back shows at the MCA in Melbourne on February 25 and February 26, before heading to Brisbane’s Riverstage on March 2. The band, who are touring their namesake 2024 album ‘A LA SALA’, will wrap up the tour with two shows at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on March 5 and March 6.
Find tickets to Khruangbin’s 2025 A LA SALA Australia tour here.
JPEGMAFIA: Lay Down My Life Tour
Dates: February 28 – March 8
Peggy’s back! The rapper JPEGMAFIA will bring his no-holds-barred live show back to Australia, kicking things off in Brisbane before heading to Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle. All shows are 18+ except for Sydney’s, which is all-ages.
Find tickets for JPEGMAFIA’s 2025 Australia tour here.
NIKI
Dates: March 5 – March 13
As part of what will be her biggest headline tour to date, NIKI will embark on a four-date tour of Australia next March in support of her upcoming third studio album ‘Buzz’. While venues have not yet been announced, the Indonesian singer-songwriter has locked in dates for Perth (March 5), Brisbane (March 7), and Sydney (March 9), with a final show slated for Melbourne on March 13. ‘Buzz’, the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Nicole’, will arrive on August 9, and has spawned the single ‘Too Much Of A Good Thing’.
Find info on NIKI’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Roxette: Roxette In Concert
Dates: March 5 – March 16
It’s been nine years since Roxette last visited Australia, and the Swedish pop rockers are making up for lost time with a national Australian tour next March. Roxette will make their long-awaited return with a performance at Kings Park and Botanic Garden in Perth on March 5, before a show at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on March 7. The following two nights, the duo will take to Sydney’s ICC Theatre (March 8) and Win Entertainment Centre in Wollongong (March 9), with Adelaide Entertainment Centre and Hobart’s MyState Bank Arena rounding out the jaunt on March 11 and March 13, respectively.
Roxette’s Australian tour also includes two shows as part of A Day On The Green 2025, where they’ll take to the festival stage for dates in the Hunter Valley (March 15) and Mount Cotton (March 16). Roxette will be joined on all dates by Boom Crash Opera, with Jon Stevens sharing the stage for their A Day On The Green sets and the Perth show.
Find tickets for Roxette’s 2025 Australia tour here.
Cigarettes After Sex: X’s World Tour
Dates: March 11 – March 17
In support of their new third studio album ‘X’s’, Cigarettes After Sex’s Australian tour includes dates in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The dream pop band will take to Rod Laver Arena for two nights on March 11 and 12, before two sold-out shows at the ICC Theatre in Sydney on March 14 and 15. Cigarettes After Sex will conclude the Australian run at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on March 17.
Find tickets for Cigarettes After Sex’s 2025 Australia tour here.
KNEECAP
Dates: March 12 – March 17
In what will be their first-ever Australian tour, Belfast rap trio KNEECAP are set to embark on a string of shows across the east coast next March. The hip-hop group — whose latest studio album, ‘Fine Art’, arrived in July — will take to the stage at The Brightside in Brisbane on March 12, before an additional performance at 170 Russell in Melbourne on March 14. KNEECAP will then head to Sydney’s Metro Theatre the following day (March 15), before heading west for a show at Fremantle’s Freo Social on March 17.
Find tickets to KNEECAP’s 2025 Australia tour here.
CMC Rocks QLD 2025
Dates: March 21 – March 23
After a mammoth 2024 edition that featured sets from the likes of Lainey Wilson, Chris Young, and Casey Barnes, CMC Rocks QLD will continue its run as Australia’s biggest country music festival with a three-day event in March. The 2025 edition will return to its home of Willowbank Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland, promising a lineup of seasoned legends, rising stars and unmissable homegrown talent. CMC Rocks’ 2025 lineup will be revealed later this year.
Find info on CMC Rocks 2025 here.
Knotfest Australia 2025
Knotfest’s 2025 edition will include a headlining performance from festival creators Slipknot, who are marking their 25th anniversary. While official dates and venues for 2025 have yet to be announced, the 2024 edition was staged in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in March with headliners Pantera, Lamb of God and Disturbed. Punters who had tickets to Knotfest 2024 will have exclusive access to the first release of tickets for Knotfest 2025, which is the festival’s third Australian edition, having made its debut Down Under in 2023.
Stay up to date on Knotfest Australia 2025 here.
With reporting by Tom Disalvo, Karen Gwee and Hamza Shehryar.
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