Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027

Foo Fighters finish their Take Cover Tour stadium run in Australia and New Zealand in January 2027. After six Australian shows in November 2026, the band returns for three more: One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch on Tuesday 19 January 2027, Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on Friday 22 January and HBF Park in Perth on Monday 25 January.

The Christchurch show is one of the first major concerts at the city's new covered stadium, Te Kaha, which opened in 2026. Western Springs is a return to the open-air amphitheatre where the band played in December 2011, and HBF Park in Perth is a ground they know well, having played it under its earlier name, nib Stadium, three times.

Tickets have been on sale since Wednesday 25 February 2026. Each night has its own local opening acts. Below are the 2027 dates, the November 2026 shows that come before them, three decades of Foo Fighters concerts in Australia and New Zealand, and practical ticket advice.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: confirmed dates

The Take Cover Tour was announced on 23 October 2025, at first with North American dates only; European, Oceanian and South American legs were added later. It supports Your Favorite Toy, the band's twelfth album, released on 24 April 2026, and it is the first world tour with drummer Ilan Rubin, who joined in 2025.

The Australian and New Zealand leg is split in two. In November 2026 the band plays Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on 5 November, Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville on 7 November, Accor Stadium in Sydney on 10 November, McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle on 12 November, Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on 14 November and Coopers Stadium in Adelaide on 17 November. Those shows are in 2026 and so are not part of the 2027 dates listed on this page.

The leg resumes in January 2027 with New Zealand. One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch, the new Te Kaha, hosts the band on Tuesday 19 January, with Dartz and Seek Help! opening. Western Springs Stadium in Auckland follows on Friday 22 January, with Dick Move and Ringlets. Perth closes the Oceania leg at HBF Park on Monday 25 January, with The Southern River Band and Last Quokka.

After Perth the tour goes to South America, with stadium shows in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru in February and March 2027. The final date of the Take Cover Tour is Lima on 3 March 2027.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: venue guide

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027 at One New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch

One New Zealand Stadium, also known as Te Kaha, opened in central Christchurch on 27 March 2026 as the replacement for Lancaster Park, damaged in the 2011 earthquake. It has a permanent ETFE-clad roof and holds 25,000 for sport, expandable to 30,000, and around 37,000 for concerts. The Māori name Te Kaha means 'the strength'.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027 at Western Springs Stadium, Auckland

Western Springs Stadium, about four kilometres west of Auckland's city centre, was built in a natural amphitheatre and opened in 1929. It holds around 49,000 for concerts and has hosted Led Zeppelin, David Bowie's 1983 Serious Moonlight show and AC/DC; speedway, its long-time summer sport, moved out in 2025.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027 at HBF Park, Perth

HBF Park, officially Perth Rectangular Stadium, stands on Lord Street just north of Perth's city centre on a site used for sport since 1910, formerly Perth Oval. Rebuilt as a rectangular ground in 2004, it holds about 20,500 for sport and more than 25,000 for concerts, and is home to Perth Glory and the Western Force.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: night by night

Tuesday 19 January 2027 — One New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch. In Christchurch, the last documented Foo Fighters concert was at Apollo Projects Stadium (24 January 2024). This is the opening night of the run.

Friday 22 January 2027 — Western Springs Stadium, Auckland. Their previous show at this venue was on 13 December 2011, on the Wasting Light.

Monday 25 January 2027 — HBF Park, Perth. Foo Fighters last played HBF Park on 29 November 2023 (Australia & New Zealand 2023/24). This venue closes the tour.

Before the Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

setlist.fm lists close to eighty Foo Fighters concerts in Australia and New Zealand. The first are New Zealand theatre shows in January 1996, on the band's first trip across the Pacific: the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland on 9 January and Wellington Town Hall on 10 January. They came back in February 1998 with The Colour and the Shape, playing the Auckland Town Hall and Wellington Town Hall, and in January 2000 they were at Ericsson Stadium in Auckland.

The One by One era brought the band to Australia in strength. In September 2002 they played promotional shows at Chapel Off Chapel in Melbourne and the Metro Theatre in Sydney. In January and February 2003 they followed the Big Day Out around the region, headlining the Blue Stage in Auckland, on the Gold Coast, in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, with their own sideshows at Galatos in Auckland, the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Festival Hall in Melbourne and the Belvoir Amphitheatre in Perth.

In Your Honor took them into arenas. In November and December 2005 they played the Queens Wharf Event Centre in Wellington, the Supertop in Auckland, the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide, two nights at the Sydney SuperDome, Arena Joondalup near Perth and two at Rod Laver Arena. In October 2006 the acoustic tour played three nights at the Concert Hall in Sydney. The Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace tour of April and May 2008 went from the Burswood Dome in Perth through Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Acer Arena in Sydney to two nights at Vector Arena in Auckland.

Wasting Light made them a stadium band here. Before the album came out, in March 2011, they played a 38-song show on Goat Island in Sydney Harbour, plus the Auckland Town Hall, Manning Bar in Sydney and the Riverstage in Brisbane. The stadium tour followed in late 2011: nib Stadium in Perth, two nights at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Adelaide Oval, the Sydney Football Stadium, Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast and Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on 13 December. The Sonic Highways World Tour of 2015 added Christchurch's AMI Stadium, Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, Suncorp Stadium, ANZ Stadium, Etihad Stadium, the Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart, Coopers Stadium and nib Stadium.

The Concrete and Gold tour of January and February 2018 played nib Stadium, Coopers Stadium, Suncorp Stadium, ANZ Stadium, Etihad Stadium and Mount Smart Stadium. On 4 March 2022 the band played GMHBA Stadium in Geelong, three weeks before drummer Taylor Hawkins died in Bogotá. They returned in late 2023 with Josh Freese on drums, playing HBF Park, Coopers Stadium, two nights at AAMI Park, Accor Stadium and Suncorp Stadium, and in January 2024 Go Media Stadium in Auckland, Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch and Sky Stadium in Wellington.

Their most recent Australian show was a one-off at UTAS Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania, on Saturday 24 January 2026, announced in December 2025 separately from the main tour. The setlist.fm entry for that night closes with "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners", "Exhausted" and "Everlong".

The table below lists 76 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Foo Fighters between 1996 and 2026, with the most shows in Sydney (17), Auckland (13), Melbourne (13), Perth (8), Brisbane (7), Adelaide (7). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Foo Fighters 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 (25 January 2018 to 24 January 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. All My Life — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Best of You — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Everlong — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Learn to Fly — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Monkey Wrench — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. My Hero — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. The Pretender — played at 15 of 15 shows
8. These Days — played at 15 of 15 shows
9. Times Like These — played at 15 of 15 shows
10. Walk — played at 15 of 15 shows
11. Breakout — played at 14 of 15 shows
12. The Sky Is a Neighborhood — played at 14 of 15 shows
13. This Is a Call — played at 14 of 15 shows
14. Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners — played at 13 of 15 shows

Before the Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Take Cover (2026): 1 Australia/NZ show — Launceston.
• Australia & New Zealand 2023/24 (2023–2024): 9 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington.
• Concrete and Gold (2018): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland.
• Sonic Highways World Tour (2015): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Christchurch, Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Perth.
• Wasting Light (2011): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Gold Coast, Auckland.
• Wasting Light: Promo Shows (2011): 3 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Sydney.
• Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace (2008): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland.
• Acoustic Tour (2006): 3 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney.
• In Your Honor (2005): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Wellington, Auckland, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne.
• One by One (2002–2003): 12 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth.
• There Is Nothing Left to Lose (2000): 1 Australia/NZ show — Auckland.
• The Colour and the Shape (1998): 2 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Wellington.
• Pacific Rim Tour (1996): 2 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Wellington.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Foo Fighters' main Australian festival history is the Big Day Out. setlist.fm records their summer 2003 run on the festival's Blue Stage in Auckland, on the Gold Coast, in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, between 17 January and 2 February 2003, with sideshows in between.

Since then the band has toured Australia and New Zealand with its own headline shows. The 2027 dates are all stadium concerts of their own, with local opening acts chosen city by city.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Foo Fighters began in 1994 as a one-man project by Dave Grohl, formerly the drummer of Nirvana, who recorded the first album alone and then built a band to tour it. The debut, Foo Fighters (1995), reached number 3 in Australia. Taylor Hawkins joined on drums in 1997, around the release of The Colour and the Shape, which went to number 5 here, as did There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999).

From One by One (2002) onwards every studio album up to But Here We Are reached number one in Australia: In Your Honor (2005), Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007), Wasting Light (2011), Sonic Highways (2014), Concrete and Gold (2017), Medicine at Midnight (2021) and But Here We Are (2023). The band has won 15 Grammy Awards, including Best Rock Album five times.

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace includes the instrumental "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners", named after the Tasmanian mine rescue of 2006, and it has become a regular part of the band's Australian sets. Wasting Light, recorded in Grohl's garage with Butch Vig, brought Pat Smear back as a full member, and Rami Jaffee joined officially around Concrete and Gold.

Taylor Hawkins died in Bogotá on 25 March 2022 during the band's South American tour. After tribute concerts in London and Los Angeles, the band returned with But Here We Are in 2023 and Josh Freese on drums; Ilan Rubin replaced Freese in 2025. Your Favorite Toy, released on 24 April 2026, reached number 3 in Australia.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: Christchurch's new stadium

The 2027 leg opens on Tuesday 19 January at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch, the new covered stadium known as Te Kaha, which opened on 27 March 2026 to replace Lancaster Park, damaged in the 2011 earthquake. Foo Fighters are among the first international acts to play it.

Christchurch has been a regular stop for the band in the stadium era. They played AMI Stadium on 18 February 2015 on the Sonic Highways tour and Apollo Projects Stadium on 24 January 2024. Both were temporary or interim homes for big events while the city waited for its new stadium.

Dartz and Seek Help! open the Christchurch show.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: back to Western Springs

Auckland's date is Friday 22 January 2027 at Western Springs Stadium, the natural amphitheatre in the west of the city that has hosted concerts since the era of Led Zeppelin and David Bowie. Foo Fighters last played it on Tuesday 13 December 2011, at the end of the Wasting Light stadium tour.

Auckland is the band's most visited city in New Zealand. setlist.fm lists the Logan Campbell Centre in 1996, the Town Hall in 1998 and 2011, Ericsson Stadium in 2000, Galatos and the Big Day Out in 2003, the Supertop in 2005, Vector Arena twice in 2008, Mount Smart Stadium in 2015 and 2018 and Go Media Stadium in 2024.

Dick Move and Ringlets are the opening acts in Auckland. Wellington is not on the 2027 schedule; the band last played Sky Stadium there in January 2024.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: Perth on the Monday

Perth has the last Oceania show of the tour, on Monday 25 January 2027 at HBF Park, the eve of Australia Day. The Southern River Band and Last Quokka open.

HBF Park, officially Perth Rectangular Stadium, is the band's usual Perth stadium. They played it as nib Stadium in November 2011, March 2015 and January 2018, and as HBF Park on 29 November 2023. Earlier Perth shows were at the Belvoir Amphitheatre and the Big Day Out in 2003, Arena Joondalup in 2005 and the Burswood Dome in 2008.

Perth is the only Australian city on the 2027 dates. The November 2026 shows cover Brisbane, Townsville, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: the songs Australia hears every time

Across the setlist.fm record for Australia and New Zealand, "Everlong" has closed or featured in almost every show. "My Hero", "Monkey Wrench", "All My Life", "Breakout", "Learn to Fly" and "Times Like These" are close behind, each in more than sixty of the listed sets.

"Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" appears in more than twenty Australian and New Zealand sets, a song with a particular meaning here because of the Tasmanian mine rescue that inspired it. It was played in Wellington in January 2024 and again at Launceston in January 2026.

Covers are part of the show too: in Wellington in 2024 the set included "Sabotage", "Blitzkrieg Bop", "Whip It" and "March of the Pigs", and at Geelong in 2022 "You Should Be Dancing", "My Generation" and "Somebody to Love".

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Foo Fighters play long stadium sets. Their recent Australian and New Zealand shows on setlist.fm run to between 22 and 27 songs. In Wellington on 27 January 2024 the set opened with "All My Life", "No Son of Mine" and "Rescued", moved through "The Pretender", "Walk", "Times Like These" and "My Hero", and ended with "Best of You", "The Teacher" and "Everlong".

At Launceston on 24 January 2026, the most recent Australian show, the set began with "All My Life", "Times Like These" and "The Pretender", included "Stacked Actors", "Learn to Fly", "Run", "Under You", "Aurora", "White Limo", "Arlandria" and "Monkey Wrench", and closed with "Best of You", "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners", "Exhausted" and "Everlong".

In 2027 expect songs from Your Favorite Toy alongside the catalogue. The band changes the set from night to night, so each of the three shows may differ.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

Tickets for all the Australian and New Zealand Take Cover Tour dates have been on sale since Wednesday 25 February 2026. The Telstra, Spark and promoter pre-sales ran in February 2026 and are finished. For the three 2027 shows, buy through the official ticket outlet for each stadium or the stadium box office.

Stadium tickets are usually mobile and tied to the buyer's account. If a show is sold out, use the official resale system.

There is no Foo Fighters presale code to buy. If extra tickets or new seating areas are released for Christchurch, Auckland or Perth, they will come through the official channels; sign up below for the alert.

Foo Fighters Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

When do Foo Fighters play in 2027?

Christchurch on 19 January 2027, Auckland on 22 January and Perth on 25 January 2027.

Where is the Christchurch show?

At One New Zealand Stadium, the new Te Kaha stadium in central Christchurch.

Where is the Auckland show?

At Western Springs Stadium on Friday 22 January 2027. The band last played there in December 2011.

Are there other Australian dates?

Yes, but in 2026: Brisbane, Townsville, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne and Adelaide in November 2026. Perth is the only Australian date in 2027.

Who is opening?

Dartz and Seek Help! in Christchurch, Dick Move and Ringlets in Auckland, The Southern River Band and Last Quokka in Perth.

When did tickets go on sale?

On Wednesday 25 February 2026, after Telstra, Spark and promoter pre-sales earlier that month.

When did Foo Fighters last play Perth?

At HBF Park on 29 November 2023.

Is there a Wellington date?

No. Their last Wellington show was at Sky Stadium on 27 January 2024.

Who is the drummer now?

Ilan Rubin, who joined in 2025.