Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027

Bryan Adams returns to Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2027 with the Roll With The Punches tour, named after his 2025 album. The Canadian rocker plays ten shows in eight cities, from RAC Arena in Perth on Tuesday 23 February to Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch on Friday 12 March 2027, with Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia as his special guest. Tickets have been on sale since Monday 20 July 2026.

Demand has been strong. The first Sydney night (26 February), the first Melbourne night (5 March) and the Gold Coast show have sold out, and both Sydney and Melbourne have a second night. The Gold Coast date at The Star on Tuesday 2 March is different from the rest: an intimate Bare Bones acoustic show, without the support act.

Adams has been touring this part of the world since the 1980s; the setlist archive has him at Western Springs in Auckland as early as February 1984. In Australia he has played everything from Rod Laver Arena and the Sydney Opera House to vineyards in the Hunter Valley and McLaren Vale and the lawns of Kings Park in Perth. His last visit was in early 2025. This page sets out the 2027 dates, how tickets have been selling and his full Australian and New Zealand concert history.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: confirmed dates

Roll with the Punches, Adams's latest studio album, came out in August 2025, and he launched the tour of the same name in North America that autumn. It continued through 2026, and the Australian and New Zealand leg follows in early 2027, two years after his So Happy It Hurts tour visited both countries.

The Australian part opens in the west, at RAC Arena in Perth on Tuesday 23 February 2027. Sydney's Afterpay Arena has two nights, Friday 26 and Saturday 27 February; the Brisbane Entertainment Centre follows on Monday 1 March, then the Bare Bones acoustic show at The Star Gold Coast on Tuesday 2 March, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena on Thursday 4 March and two nights at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Friday 5 and Sunday 7 March.

The tour then crosses the Tasman for two New Zealand dates: Spark Arena in Auckland on Wednesday 10 March and Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch on Friday 12 March 2027. Both venues hosted him in 2025, when Christchurch had two nights and Auckland one.

Natalie Imbruglia, the Sydney-born singer best known for 'Torn', opens the arena shows. The note attached to the sale says the Gold Coast date is a Bare Bones show without the support act, in the stripped-back format Adams has toured since his 2010 acoustic album Bare Bones.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: venue guide

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027 at RAC Arena, Perth

Opened on 10 November 2012 as Perth Arena, the venue on Wellington Street in central Perth has carried the RAC name since 2018. It holds up to about 15,500 people, has a retractable roof and a design inspired by the Eternity puzzle, and Elton John played its opening concert.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027 at Afterpay Arena, Sydney

Built for the 2000 Olympic Games, the arena at Sydney Olympic Park opened on 6 November 1999 as the Sydney SuperDome and was later known as Acer Arena, Allphones Arena and Qudos Bank Arena before becoming Afterpay Arena in 2026. With up to about 21,000 places it is the largest permanent indoor entertainment venue in Australia.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane

The Brisbane Entertainment Centre opened on 20 February 1986 at Boondall in Brisbane's northern suburbs, with Torvill and Dean as its first event. It holds about 13,600 people for concerts and is due to host handball at the 2032 Olympic Games.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027 at The Star Gold Coast (Bare Bones acoustic show), Gold Coast

The Star Gold Coast, on Broadbeach Island, opened in 1985-86 as Conrad Jupiters, Queensland's first casino, and took its current name in 2017. Its theatre, renovated in 2012, seats about 2,000 people, a fraction of the size of the arenas on the rest of the tour.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena, Adelaide

The Adelaide Entertainment Centre opened on 20 July 1991 at Hindmarsh, on Port Road, replacing the smaller Apollo Stadium as the city's main concert venue. The arena holds about 11,300 people for general-admission shows and was rebuilt with a new foyer and 8,000 new seats in a $52 million upgrade finished in 2010.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027 at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

Rod Laver Arena opened on 11 January 1988 at Melbourne Park as the National Tennis Centre and has carried Rod Laver's name since 2000. It is the main court of the Australian Open, seats about 14,800 for tennis, and was the first arena in Australia with a retractable roof.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027 at Spark Arena, Auckland

Spark Arena opened on 24 March 2007 at Quay Park in Parnell, close to Britomart station, and was called Vector Arena until 2017. It holds about 13,000 people and is New Zealand's main arena for international tours.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027 at Wolfbrook Arena, Christchurch

Christchurch's arena in Addington opened on 12 September 1998 as the WestpacTrust Centre, built for the 1999 Netball World Championships, and has had several names since, including Westpac Arena and Horncastle Arena; it became Wolfbrook Arena in 2023. With up to 9,000 places for concerts it is New Zealand's second-largest indoor arena.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: night by night

Tuesday 23 February 2027 — RAC Arena, Perth. In Perth, the last documented Bryan Adams concert was at Kings Park and Botanic Garden (27 March 2019). The tour starts here.

Friday 26 February 2027 — Afterpay Arena, Sydney. This is show 1 of the 2-night stand here. The artist's most recent documented Sydney show was at Qudos Bank Arena on 12 February 2025.

Monday 1 March 2027 — Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane. Bryan Adams last played Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 13 February 2025 (So Happy It Hurts Tour).

Tuesday 2 March 2027 — The Star Gold Coast (Bare Bones acoustic show), Gold Coast. The artist's most recent documented Gold Coast show was at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on 10 January 2018.

Thursday 4 March 2027 — Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena, Adelaide. Bryan Adams last played Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 7 February 2025 (So Happy It Hurts Tour).

Friday 5 March 2027 — Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. This is show 1 of the 2-night stand here. The artist's previous show at this venue was on 15 February 2025, on the So Happy It Hurts Tour.

Wednesday 10 March 2027 — Spark Arena, Auckland. Bryan Adams last played Spark Arena on 4 February 2025 (So Happy It Hurts Tour).

Friday 12 March 2027 — Wolfbrook Arena, Christchurch. Bryan Adams last played Wolfbrook Arena on 1 February 2025 (So Happy It Hurts Tour). This venue closes the tour.

Before the Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Adams's history in this part of the world begins in New Zealand. The setlist archive lists Western Springs Stadium in Auckland in February 1984, on the Cuts Like a Knife tour, before Reckless made him a global star. He returned to Auckland in the 1990s, playing the Supertop in February 1992 (a short appearance in the archive), February 1994 and January 1997, with Wellington dates at the Winter Show Buildings in February 1994 and Queens Wharf Event Centre in January 1997.

The first full Australian arena tour in the archive is The Best of Me tour of 2000: the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 28 February, two nights at Rod Laver Arena on 1 and 2 March, the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong on 4 March, the Royal Theatre in Canberra on 5 March, two nights at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 7 and 8 March, Newcastle on 9 March, Adelaide on 11 March and the Perth Entertainment Centre on 13 March 2000. He followed it in January and February 2003 with the Here I Am tour, whose Australasian leg began at the WestpacTrust Centre in Christchurch on 25 January, the same building as today's Wolfbrook Arena, before arena dates in Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide.

The Room Service tour of 2005 ran from Subiaco Oval in Perth on 26 February to Rod Laver Arena on 9 March, taking in Adelaide, the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Luna Park's Big Top, Brisbane, Bimbadgen Estate in Pokolbin, Poets Corner Wines in Mudgee and Wollongong. In 2011 came the Bare Bones acoustic tour: two nights at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne, three in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, two at the Concert Hall in Brisbane and one at the Newcastle Civic Theatre. One of the Sydney Opera House nights became the Live at Sydney Opera House album and film, released in August 2013.

In April 2013 the Waking Up the Neighbours 20th anniversary tour played Wollongong, the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Rod Laver Arena, Adelaide, Newcastle and Brisbane, with acoustic shows at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington and the Civic Theatre in Auckland in between. The Get Up! tour of March 2016 mixed arenas and outdoor sites: Bimbadgen Estate, Sirromet Winery at Mount Cotton, Allphones Arena in Sydney, Rod Laver Arena, Leconfield Wines in McLaren Vale and Kings Park in Perth on 21 March 2016. He also played a ten-song set at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 3 October 2015.

The Ultimate Tour of January 2018 was a summer run of outdoor shows: Matakana Country Park, the TSB Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth, Black Barn near Hastings and Mount Maunganui in New Zealand, then Sandstone Point Hotel near Bribie Island, the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Mount Duneed Estate near Geelong and Mitchelton Wines in Nagambie. The Shine a Light tour followed in March 2019, with Spark Arena in Auckland, TSB Bank Arena in Wellington and Trafalgar Park in Nelson, then Rod Laver Arena, Wollongong, Bimbadgen, the ICC Sydney Theatre and Kings Park in Perth on 27 March 2019.

His most recent visit was the So Happy It Hurts tour in early 2025. It opened with two nights at Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch on 31 January and 1 February, then Spark Arena in Auckland on 4 February, Rod Laver Arena on 6 February, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 7 February, Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on 12 February, the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 13 February and a second Rod Laver Arena night on Saturday 15 February 2025. Perth was not on that tour, so the RAC Arena show on 23 February 2027 is his first Perth concert since Kings Park in 2019.

The table below lists 78 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Bryan Adams between 1984 and 2025, with the most shows in Melbourne (12), Sydney (12), Brisbane (7), Auckland (7), Adelaide (5), Perth (4). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Bryan Adams 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 (14 March 2019 to 15 February 2025), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. (Everything I Do) I Do It for You — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Back to You — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Can't Stop This Thing We Started — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Cuts Like a Knife — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Go Down Rockin' — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. Heaven — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. Here I Am — played at 15 of 15 shows
8. It's Only Love — played at 15 of 15 shows
9. Run to You — played at 15 of 15 shows
10. Shine a Light — played at 15 of 15 shows
11. Somebody — played at 15 of 15 shows
12. Summer of '69 — played at 15 of 15 shows
13. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You — played at 15 of 15 shows
14. When You're Gone — played at 15 of 15 shows

Before the Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• So Happy It Hurts Tour (2025): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Christchurch, Auckland, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane.
• Shine a Light (2019): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Melbourne, Wollongong, Pokolbin, Sydney, Perth.
• The Ultimate Tour (2018): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Matakana, New Plymouth, Hastings, Mount Maunganui, Moreton Bay, Gold Coast, Geelong, Nagambie.
• Get Up! Tour (2016): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Pokolbin, Mount Cotton, Sydney, Melbourne, McLaren Vale, Perth.
• Reckless - 30th Anniversary Tour (2015): 1 Australia/NZ show — Melbourne.
• Waking Up the Neighbours - 20th Anniversary Tour (2013): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Wollongong, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Newcastle, Brisbane.
• Bare Bones (2011–2013): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Newcastle, Wellington, Auckland.
• Room Service (2005): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Pokolbin, Mudgee, Wollongong, Melbourne.
• Here I Am (2003): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Christchurch, Auckland, Newcastle, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide.
• The Best of Me (2000): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Melbourne, Wollongong, Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide, Perth.
• 18 Til I Die (1997): 1 Australia/NZ show — Wellington.
• So Far So Good (1994): 2 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Wellington.
• Cuts Like a Knife (1984): 1 Australia/NZ show — Auckland.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Bryan Adams was born on 5 November 1959 in Kingston, Ontario. He released his self-titled debut album at 20 and broke through in North America with Cuts Like a Knife (1983), which included 'Straight from the Heart'. Reckless (1984) made him a global star: it reached No. 1 in the United States and Canada and No. 2 in Australia, and its singles included 'Run to You', 'Summer of '69' and 'Heaven'.

In 1991 '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You', from the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, reached No. 1 in at least 19 countries and spent a record 16 consecutive weeks at the top of the UK chart. Its album, Waking Up the Neighbours, was a worldwide No. 1, including in Australia. The 1993 compilation So Far So Good was certified 11 times platinum in Australia, and its new song 'Please Forgive Me' was the tenth most popular song in Australia that year.

18 til I Die (1996) reached No. 2 in Australia, and Adams continued to chart there with Room Service (2004), Get Up (2015) and Shine a Light (2019), which reached No. 6 and No. 7. In 2010 he released Bare Bones, a live acoustic album with pianist Gary Breit, and began touring in that format alongside his rock shows.

Adams has sold an estimated 75 million to more than 100 million records. He is also a working photographer. In 2024 he launched his own label, Bad Records, and in August 2025 released Roll with the Punches, the album behind the 2026-27 tour.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: two nights in Sydney and Melbourne

Sydney and Melbourne are the only Australian cities with two shows in 2027. In Sydney, the Friday 26 February night at Afterpay Arena has sold out, and there is a second show on Saturday 27 February. In Melbourne the pattern is the same: Friday 5 March at Rod Laver Arena has sold out, with a second show on Sunday 7 March.

Adams has a long record of double nights in both cities. He played Rod Laver Arena twice in March 2000 and again twice in February 2025, and the Sydney Entertainment Centre twice in March 2000. In 2011 he played three acoustic nights at the Sydney Opera House.

Afterpay Arena is the former Allphones Arena where he played in March 2016 and Qudos Bank Arena where he played in February 2025. It is the largest indoor venue on the tour.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: Bare Bones on the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast show on Tuesday 2 March 2027 is the odd one out. It is a Bare Bones acoustic performance at The Star Gold Coast in Broadbeach, without Natalie Imbruglia, and it has already sold out.

Bare Bones is the format Adams developed after his 2010 live acoustic album: songs stripped back to voice, guitar and piano. Australian audiences first saw it in full in September 2011 at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne, the Sydney Opera House and the Concert Hall in Brisbane, and New Zealand in April 2013 in Wellington and Auckland.

The Star's theatre seats about 2,000 people, far fewer than the arenas on the rest of the tour. His previous Gold Coast concert in the archive was at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on 10 January 2018.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: Christchurch and Auckland

New Zealand has two dates in 2027: Spark Arena in Auckland on Wednesday 10 March and Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch on Friday 12 March. In 2025 the order was reversed, with Christchurch first, on two nights, and Auckland after.

Christchurch's arena has a long link with Adams. As the WestpacTrust Centre it hosted the first night of his 2003 visit to New Zealand and Australia, on 25 January 2003, and under its current name it hosted him twice in early 2025.

Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, Hawke's Bay and Mount Maunganui, all visited on recent tours, are not on the 2027 schedule as of 9 October 2026.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: Natalie Imbruglia on the bill

Natalie Imbruglia, born in Sydney, opens the arena shows. She became an international star in 1997 with 'Torn', and the pairing gives the 2027 tour a strong home-grown element.

She does not play the Gold Coast Bare Bones show, which is Adams alone with his acoustic set-up. On every other date, from Perth on 23 February to Christchurch on 12 March, she is billed as the special guest.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Bryan Adams arena shows are long. On the So Happy It Hurts tour in early 2025 the Australian and New Zealand sets ran to between 24 and 28 songs, opening with 'Kick Ass' and 'Can't Stop This Thing We Started' and including 'Somebody', '18 til I Die', 'Please Forgive Me', 'Roll With the Punches', 'Shine a Light', 'Heaven', 'It's Only Love', 'Here I Am', 'When You're Gone' and '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You'.

The core of the set has barely changed in twenty-five years: 'Summer of '69', 'Run to You', 'Cuts Like a Knife', 'Heaven' and '(Everything I Do)' appear on every full Australian and New Zealand set list in the archive from 2000 to 2025, and since 2013 the night has usually ended with 'Straight From the Heart' and 'All for Love'. The set changes a little from night to night, with rarer songs such as 'Rock and Roll Hell', 'Take Me Back' or 'One Night Love Affair' rotating in.

The 2027 set list has not been published. Songs from Roll with the Punches are expected alongside the hits, and the Gold Coast show will follow the acoustic Bare Bones format.

Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

Tickets have been on sale since Monday 20 July 2026 through the official ticketing outlets for each venue and the venue box offices. The first Sydney night (26 February), the first Melbourne night (5 March) and the Gold Coast Bare Bones show have sold out; if you are still looking, the second Sydney and Melbourne nights and the other cities are the places to check first.

There is no public Bryan Adams presale code to buy or share. For sold-out nights, use only the official resale service of the original seller, especially as most Australian and New Zealand arenas now use name-locked mobile tickets.

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Bryan Adams Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

When does Bryan Adams's 2027 tour of Australia start?

At RAC Arena in Perth on Tuesday 23 February 2027.

Who is supporting Bryan Adams?

Natalie Imbruglia, on every show except the Gold Coast Bare Bones acoustic date.

Which shows have sold out?

Sydney on 26 February, Melbourne on 5 March and the Gold Coast show on 2 March. Sydney has a second night on 27 February and Melbourne on 7 March.

What is the Gold Coast show?

An intimate Bare Bones acoustic show at The Star Gold Coast on Tuesday 2 March 2027, without the support act.

Is Bryan Adams playing New Zealand in 2027?

Yes: Spark Arena in Auckland on Wednesday 10 March and Wolfbrook Arena in Christchurch on Friday 12 March 2027.

Is there an Adelaide show?

Yes, at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena on Thursday 4 March 2027.

When did Bryan Adams last tour Australia?

In February 2025 on the So Happy It Hurts tour, with shows in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane after two nights in Christchurch and one in Auckland.

When did tickets go on sale?

Tickets have been on sale since Monday 20 July 2026.

When did Bryan Adams last play Perth?

At Kings Park and Botanic Garden on 27 March 2019. He returns to Perth at RAC Arena on 23 February 2027.