Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027

Arctic Monkeys have not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 the Sheffield band has no tour, festival booking or one-off show scheduled anywhere: their last full campaign was The Car Tour of 2022 and 2023, and their only new release since then is 'Opening Night', a song recorded for War Child's charity album Help(2) and released on 22 January 2026.

Australia has been one of the band's most loyal markets. Since their first visit in July and August 2006, Alex Turner, Matt Helders, Jamie Cook and Nick O'Malley have toured here on every album, playing Splendour in the Grass, the Big Day Out and Falls Festival, theatre runs at the Enmore and the Palais, arena tours in 2014 and 2019, and an outdoor summer tour that ended at the Domain in Sydney on 14 January 2023. New Zealand has had shows in Auckland and Wellington on four of those visits.

This page explains what is and is not known about Arctic Monkeys and 2027, then gives a full account of their concerts in Australia and New Zealand: every city, venue and festival in the setlist archive, with the songs that defined each tour. If dates are announced, they will be listed here.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official information about Arctic Monkeys concerts in 2027. The band has not announced an eighth album, and no promoter in Australia, New Zealand, Europe or North America has listed a date. The 2027 European and American tour announcements collected on this network do not include Arctic Monkeys.

The Car Tour, which supported their seventh album The Car (October 2022), ran through 2022 and 2023 and included a long Australian summer leg from late December 2022 to mid-January 2023, followed by Asia in February 2023. The band headlined the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on 24 June 2023, their third Glastonbury headline set. Since the tour ended they have been largely quiet, apart from the War Child single in January 2026.

The pattern of earlier album cycles shows how quickly things can move once a record is announced: Arctic Monkeys reached Australia within a few months of Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, Favourite Worst Nightmare, Suck It and See, AM, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino and The Car. But without a new album or an official announcement, any list of 2027 Australian or New Zealand dates is speculation.

When the band does announce new shows, the dates will appear on their official channels and through the authorised Australian and New Zealand ticket outlets. Sign up for the alert on this page to be told as soon as that happens.

Before the Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Arctic Monkeys first came to Australia and New Zealand in July and August 2006, months after their debut album. The tour opened at the St James Theatre in Auckland on 28 July 2006 and continued at the Metro City in Perth, Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide, two nights at the Palace in Melbourne (2 and 3 August), two at The Arena in Brisbane (4 and 5 August) and two at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney (8 and 9 August). Sets were about 15 songs, opening with 'Riot Van' and 'The View From the Afternoon'.

A year later they were back for Favourite Worst Nightmare: the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 3 August 2007, the Tivoli in Brisbane on 4 August, Splendour in the Grass at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay on 5 August and Festival Hall in Melbourne on 7 August. The Splendour and Festival Hall sets had 19 songs, opening with 'This House Is a Circus' and 'Brianstorm'.

In January 2009 they toured with the Big Day Out, which took them to Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 16 January, the Gold Coast Parklands, Sydney Olympic Park, Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on 26 January, the Adelaide Showground and Claremont Showground in Perth on 1 February. Around the festival they played their own shows at Wellington Town Hall on 13 January, the Powerstation in Auckland on 15 January, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on 20 and 24 January and the Hordern Pavilion on 22 January, previewing songs such as 'Pretty Visitors' and 'Dangerous Animals' before Humbug was released.

The Suck It and See tour reached Australia over New Year 2011–12 with Falls Festival sets at Marion Bay in Tasmania on 30 December 2011 and Lorne on 31 December, then the Palace Theatre and Festival Hall in Melbourne, the Belvoir Amphitheatre in Perth, Southbound at Busselton on 7 January 2012, the AEC Theatre in Adelaide, the Hordern Pavilion and the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, and the Riverstage in Brisbane on 14 January 2012.

AM brought their first true arena tour in May 2014: Vector Arena in Auckland on 2 May, the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington on 3 May, Qantas Credit Union Arena in Sydney on 6 May, the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 9 May, the AEC Theatre in Adelaide and Perth Arena on 13 May. For Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino they returned to arenas in February and March 2019: RAC Arena in Perth on 23 February, two nights at Rod Laver Arena (26 and 27 February), two at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (1 and 2 March), the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 3 March and Spark Arena in Auckland on 6 March 2019.

The most recent visit was the summer run of The Car Tour. It began on 29 December 2022 at the Lost Paradise festival site in Glenworth Valley, north of Sydney, and included New Year's Eve at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Falls Festival at North Byron Parklands on 2 January 2023, two more Sidney Myer Music Bowl nights on 4 and 5 January, the Adelaide Showground, Fremantle Park on 8 January, the Riverstage in Brisbane on 11 January and the Domain in Sydney on 14 January 2023. Australian bands Mildlife, DMA's and The Buoys supported on various dates. New Zealand was not part of that leg, so the band's last New Zealand concert is still Spark Arena on 6 March 2019.

The table below lists 57 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Arctic Monkeys between 2006 and 2023, with the most shows in Melbourne (14), Sydney (11), Brisbane (7), Perth (6), Adelaide (5), Auckland (5). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand

Across the 15 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (26 February 2019 to 14 January 2023), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. 505 — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Arabella — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Brianstorm — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Crying Lightning — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Do I Wanna Know? — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. Four Out of Five — played at 15 of 15 shows
8. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor — played at 15 of 15 shows
9. Pretty Visitors — played at 15 of 15 shows
10. R U Mine? — played at 15 of 15 shows
11. Snap Out of It — played at 15 of 15 shows
12. Teddy Picker — played at 13 of 15 shows
13. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? — played at 12 of 15 shows
14. Cornerstone — played at 11 of 15 shows

Before the Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• The Car Tour (2022–2023): 9 Australia/NZ shows — Glenworth Valley, Melbourne, Byron Bay, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney.
• Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Tour (2019): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland.
• AM Tour (2014): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Wellington, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• Suck It and See (2011–2012): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Marion Bay, Lorne, Melbourne, Perth, Busselton, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane.
• Humbug Tour (2009): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Auckland, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth.
• Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour (2007): 4 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Melbourne.
• Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006): 9 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Arctic Monkeys have played most of Australia's major festivals. In 2007 they appeared at Splendour in the Grass at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay. In January 2009 they toured the Big Day Out from Auckland to Perth, and over New Year 2011–12 they played Falls Festival at Marion Bay and Lorne and Southbound in Busselton, Western Australia.

Their 2022–23 summer run again mixed festivals and headline shows: Lost Paradise at Glenworth Valley on 29 December 2022 and Falls Festival at North Byron Parklands on 2 January 2023, alongside their own outdoor concerts in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. They are not on any announced Australian or New Zealand festival bill for 2026–27.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Arctic Monkeys formed in Sheffield in 2002. The line-up is Alex Turner (vocals, guitar), Matt Helders (drums), Jamie Cook (guitar) and Nick O'Malley (bass), who replaced original bassist Andy Nicholson in 2006. They were among the first bands to build a following through the internet, and their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) became the fastest-selling debut in British chart history at the time and won the Mercury Prize.

Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year, as the debut had. Humbug (2009), partly recorded in the California desert with Josh Homme, and Suck It and See (2011) took them in new directions with more mixed reviews.

AM (2013), with 'Do I Wanna Know?', 'R U Mine?' and 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?', brought them their widest international success and a third British Album of the Year award. They then moved to a softer, piano-led sound on Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018) and The Car (2022), both nominated for the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album and the Mercury Prize.

Arctic Monkeys have won seven Brit Awards, including Best British Group and British Album of the Year three times each, a Mercury Prize, an Ivor Novello Award and 20 NME Awards. In Australia, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, AM and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino all reached number one, and every other album made the top four.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: what is and is not announced

As of 9 October 2026, Arctic Monkeys have no announced concerts in 2027, in Australia, New Zealand or anywhere else. There is no new album announced either: their most recent release is the charity single 'Opening Night' from January 2026.

A future Australian tour is plausible given their history, with seven visits in seventeen years, but nothing has been confirmed. When 2027 dates are confirmed, they will appear first on the artist's official channels and the venues' own websites.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: Melbourne, from the Palace to the Music Bowl

Melbourne has hosted Arctic Monkeys on every Australian visit. They played the Palace in 2006, Festival Hall in 2007, the Palais Theatre twice in 2009 plus the Big Day Out at Flemington, the Palace Theatre and Festival Hall in January 2012, Rod Laver Arena in 2014 and twice in 2019.

On their last visit they took the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Kings Domain for three nights: New Year's Eve 2022 and 4 and 5 January 2023. It was the first time the band had played the outdoor amphitheatre, and the longest stay in a single Australian venue of their career.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: Sydney's long run

Sydney has seen the band move steadily up in scale: the Enmore Theatre twice in 2006, the Hordern Pavilion in 2007, 2009 and 2012, the Enmore again in 2012, Qantas Credit Union Arena (the renamed Sydney Entertainment Centre) in 2014, two nights at Qudos Bank Arena in 2019 and the Domain on 14 January 2023, the last night of the Car Tour's Australian leg.

The Domain show, outdoors in the city centre, was also their final Australian concert to date.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and Wellington

New Zealand has had Arctic Monkeys concerts in 2006, 2009, 2014 and 2019. Auckland has seen them at the St James Theatre (2006), the Powerstation and the Big Day Out at Mount Smart Stadium (2009), Vector Arena (2014) and Spark Arena (2019); the last two are the same building under different names.

Wellington had the band at Wellington Town Hall in January 2009 and the TSB Bank Arena in May 2014. The 2012 and 2022–23 Australian tours skipped New Zealand, which has now gone more than seven years without a show.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and the regions

Perth has seen them at the Metro City (2006), Claremont Showground (2009), the Belvoir Amphitheatre (2012), Perth Arena (2014), RAC Arena (2019) and Fremantle Park (2023), with Southbound in Busselton in 2012 as a regional extra. Adelaide went from Thebarton Theatre to the AEC Theatre and the Adelaide Showground.

Brisbane's venues have been The Arena (2006), the Tivoli (2007), the Riverstage (2012 and 2023) and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre (2014 and 2019). Byron Bay hosted them twice, at Splendour in 2007 and Falls in 2023, and Tasmania once, at Falls Festival in Marion Bay.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Across all the Australian and New Zealand concerts in the setlist archive, the most played songs are 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor', 'Brianstorm', 'Crying Lightning', '505', 'Pretty Visitors', 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair', 'When the Sun Goes Down', 'The View From the Afternoon' and 'Fluorescent Adolescent'. Later favourites such as 'Do I Wanna Know?', 'Arabella', 'R U Mine?' and 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?' joined the sets from 2014.

Set lengths grew from about 15 songs in 2006 to 19–21 in 2012, 20 on the 2014 arena tour and 22 on the 2019 tour, which opened with 'Four Out of Five' or 'Do I Wanna Know?'. The 2022–23 summer shows ran from 17 songs at festivals to 21 at the headline concerts, opening with 'Sculptures of Anything Goes', 'There'd Better Be a Mirrorball' or 'The View From the Afternoon'.

'Brianstorm' has been a constant: it was the second song at most of the 2019 and 2022–23 Australian shows, while 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' appears in nearly every Australian set since 2006.

Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Arctic Monkeys tickets for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no concerts have been announced. Websites offering tickets, 'early access' or 'presale codes' for 2027 Arctic Monkeys shows are not official.

When the band announces a tour, tickets normally go on sale first through presales and then in a general sale through the official ticket outlets and venue box offices. Most Australian arena and outdoor shows now use mobile tickets linked to the buyer's account; buy from the authorised outlets.

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Arctic Monkeys Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Arctic Monkeys touring Australia in 2027?

No dates have been announced. As of 9 October 2026 Arctic Monkeys have no concerts scheduled in Australia, New Zealand or elsewhere.

When did Arctic Monkeys last play Australia?

At the Domain in Sydney on 14 January 2023, the last date of their Car Tour summer leg.

When did Arctic Monkeys last play New Zealand?

At Spark Arena in Auckland on 6 March 2019, on the Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino tour.

How many times have Arctic Monkeys toured Australia?

Seven times: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011–12, 2014, 2019 and 2022–23.

Which Australian festivals have Arctic Monkeys played?

Splendour in the Grass (2007), the Big Day Out (2009), Falls Festival (2011–12 and 2023), Southbound (2012) and Lost Paradise (2022).

Who supported Arctic Monkeys on their last Australian tour?

Australian bands Mildlife, DMA's and The Buoys supported on various dates of the 2022–23 tour.

Is there a new Arctic Monkeys album?

No new album has been announced. Their latest album is The Car (2022); in January 2026 they released 'Opening Night' for the War Child charity album Help(2).

Is there an Arctic Monkeys presale code for Australia?

No. With no shows announced, there is no presale and no code.

How will I know if Arctic Monkeys announce Australian dates?

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