Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027

Gang of Youths have not announced an Australian or New Zealand tour for 2027. As of 9 October 2026, the only dates the band has confirmed beyond their August homecoming shows are four concerts in Europe and the UK in November and December 2026, in Amsterdam, Paris, Manchester and London. Nothing has been published for Australia or New Zealand next year.

2026 has nevertheless been the year the Sydney band came back. After several quiet years following Angel in Realtime, they were added to the All Points East line-up in London in March 2026, announced their first shows at the Sydney Opera House in June, played a warm-up at Anita's Theatre in Thirroul on Thursday 6 August, and then took the Concert Hall on Saturday 8 and Monday 10 August 2026. On 18 August they released a new single, 'Things Take Time'.

This page sets out what is and is not known about a 2027 return, then tells the full story of Gang of Youths on Australian and New Zealand stages: from pub rooms in Bunbury and Devonport to the record-breaking Say Yes to Life Tour, arena nights on the Angel in Realtime run and festival sets from Falls to Splendour in the Grass.

Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official 2027 Gang of Youths tour of Australia or New Zealand. The band's confirmed upcoming dates, as listed on Wikipedia, are the four European and UK concerts announced on 18 August 2026 for November and December 2026. No fourth album has been announced, and no Australian or New Zealand city, venue or sale date has been published for 2027.

The new single and the homecoming shows suggest a new chapter, and the line-up has changed: an accompanying press photo for the Opera House shows confirmed that co-founding bassist Max Dunn, a member from 2012 to 2024, had left, leaving David Le'aupepe, Jung Kim, Donnie Borzestowski and Tom Hobden as a four-piece. Touring musicians in 2026 include Andrew Burgess on bass, James Larter on percussion and piano, Gretta Ray on backing vocals and guitar, and Louis Giannamore.

Gang of Youths have historically toured Australia hard once an album is out: the Go Farther in Lightness tour in September 2017, the 20-show Say Yes to Life Tour in 2018 and the arena run for Angel in Realtime in mid-2022. Whether a similar run follows in 2027 depends on an album and an announcement that have not happened yet. Until they do, treat any list of 2027 dates, ticket listings or 'presale codes' as unconfirmed.

If the band confirms Australian or New Zealand dates, this page will be updated with the cities, venues, support acts and sale times, and the alert below will tell you first.

Before the Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Gang of Youths played their first gig at Sydney's Hibernian House on 21 June 2012, supporting Tigertown, and their first headline show at the reopening of Candy's Apartment on 27 February 2013. After the debut single 'Evangelists' in August 2013 they toured nationally in support of Cloud Control, including a show at the Tivoli in Brisbane. Wikipedia notes that their 2015 national tour earned an ARIA nomination for Best Australian Live Act.

The setlist archive picks up in September 2015, months after The Positions reached number 5, with a run of small rooms: the Prince of Wales Hotel in Bunbury, the Capitol in Perth, the Newport Hotel in Fremantle, Devonport, Club 54 in Launceston and the Republic Bar in Hobart. In April 2016 they headlined the Tivoli in Brisbane, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 9 April, the Governor Hindmarsh in Adelaide, the Astor in Perth and three nights at 170 Russell in Melbourne from 20 to 22 April. The Let Me Be Clear EP followed in July, and they played the Newtown Social Club on 2 August.

The Go Farther in Lightness tour came weeks after the album entered the ARIA chart at number 1 in August 2017. It ran through two nights at the Tivoli on 31 August and 1 September, Festival Hall in Melbourne on 6 September, two nights at the Hordern Pavilion on 8 and 9 September, the Odeon Theatre in Hobart, the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide on 15 September and Metropolis Fremantle on 16 September, with sets of 16 to 19 songs.

The Say Yes to Life Tour of late 2018 was a landmark. According to Wikipedia, all 20 shows sold out, with more than 33,000 tickets, and the band set records at two venues: eight nights at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, from 28 October to 13 November, and six at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, five between 22 and 30 November and a final one on 31 January 2019. In between came two nights at the Fremantle Arts Centre, two at the Odeon in Hobart, two at the Thebarton Theatre and the Riverstage in Brisbane on 24 November. Two months earlier, on Sunday 30 September 2018, they had played before the NRL Grand Final at ANZ Stadium to a crowd of 82,688.

The Angel in Realtime tour moved into arenas in 2022. After a small show at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney on 29 May, the run took in RAC Arena in Perth on 30 July, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 3 August, Newcastle Entertainment Centre on 5 August, Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on Saturday 6 August, two nights at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 12 and 13 August, Macquarie Wharf 2 in Hobart, the Sandstone Point Hotel on Moreton Bay and the Enmore on 22 August. A string of festival and outdoor shows followed in early 2023.

After more than three years without an Australian show in the archive, Gang of Youths returned in August 2026: Anita's Theatre in Thirroul on 6 August and the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House on 8 and 10 August, their first appearances at the venue, each with 15 songs.

The table below lists 100 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Gang of Youths between 2015 and 2026, with the most shows in Sydney (21), Melbourne (20), Adelaide (8), Fremantle (6), Brisbane (6), Hobart (5). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Gang of Youths 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 (6 August 2022 to 10 August 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Magnolia — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. goal of the century — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. in the wake of your leave — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. the angel of 8th ave. — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. Let Me Down Easy — played at 14 of 15 shows
7. The Heart Is a Muscle — played at 11 of 15 shows
8. What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out? — played at 11 of 15 shows
9. tend the garden — played at 11 of 15 shows
10. the kingdom is within you — played at 10 of 15 shows
11. Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane — played at 9 of 15 shows
12. brothers — played at 8 of 15 shows
13. spirit boy — played at 8 of 15 shows
14. the man himself — played at 6 of 15 shows

Before the Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• angel in realtime. (2022): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Melbourne, Hobart, Moreton Bay.
• Say Yes to Life Tour (2018–2019): 18 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Sydney.
• Say Yes To Life Australian Tour (2018): 3 Australia/NZ shows — Fremantle, Brisbane.
• Go Farther in Lightness (2017): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Maroochydore, Brisbane, Jindabyne, Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Adelaide, Fremantle.

Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Festival stages have been central to the band's rise. The archive shows the Falls Festival site at Marion Bay on 30 December 2015, Mount Duneed Estate near Geelong on New Year's Eve and North Byron Parklands on 2 January 2016, then North Byron Parklands again for Splendour in the Grass, which Wikipedia confirms they played in July 2016, and in July 2018. In January and February 2017 and again in 2019 they played the circuit of Brisbane Showgrounds, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Harts Mill in Adelaide, Sydney College of the Arts and the Esplanade Reserve in Fremantle, the sites of St Jerome's Laneway Festival.

Other outdoor dates include Mornington Racecourse, Mt Penang Parklands near Gosford, Bird in Hand Winery and Centennial Park in Sydney in February 2018, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in December 2017 and February 2020, and in 2023 Quercus Park in Carrick, Werribee Racecourse, Tomich Wines, the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm (the Bluesfest site) on 7 April and Berry Showground on 8 April. In New Zealand they played Western Springs Stadium in Auckland in March 2016, Albert Park in Auckland in January 2019 and Hagley Park in Christchurch in February 2020. No 2027 festival appearance has been announced.

Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Gang of Youths formed in Sydney in 2012 around chief songwriter and singer David Le'aupepe, with Jung Kim, Joji Malani, Max Dunn and Sam O'Donnell. Le'aupepe and Malani had met at the age of ten. Donnie Borzestowski replaced O'Donnell on drums in October 2014, Malani left in October 2019 and was replaced by violinist and multi-instrumentalist Tom Hobden, formerly of Noah and the Whale, and Dunn left in 2024.

The debut album The Positions (April 2015) dealt with Le'aupepe's former wife's cancer, their separation and his own struggles. It reached number 5 in Australia, earned five ARIA nominations, and gave the band its breakthrough single 'Magnolia', later certified platinum. The Let Me Be Clear EP (2016) reached number 2.

Go Farther in Lightness (August 2017) debuted at number 1 and won four ARIA Awards in 2017: Album of the Year, Best Group, Best Rock Album and Producer of the Year. Three of its songs made the top 10 of the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017. In 2018 the band became the first act to perform on MTV Unplugged Australia, recorded at the Meat Market in Melbourne, and supported Foo Fighters in the US; in 2019 they opened for Mumford & Sons in Europe and North America.

Angel in Realtime (February 2022), written largely about the life and death of Le'aupepe's father, debuted at number 1 in Australia and number 10 in the UK and won Album of the Year at the 2022 J Awards. It was followed by the Immolation Tape EP in May 2022. In 2026 the band returned with All Points East, the Sydney Opera House shows and the single 'Things Take Time'.

Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: the record Melbourne and Sydney runs

The Say Yes to Life Tour remains the defining Gang of Youths run in Australia. Eight nights at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, on 28, 29 and 31 October and 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 November 2018, and six at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney broke both venues' records for sold-out shows on a single tour.

Rather than playing one arena per city, the band chose theatres and stayed for a week. Four years later, the Angel in Realtime tour went the other way, with Rod Laver Arena twice and Qudos Bank Arena in a single night.

Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: the Sydney Opera House homecoming

The two Concert Hall shows on Saturday 8 and Monday 10 August 2026 were the band's first at the Sydney Opera House and their first Australian concerts in the archive since April 2023. They were preceded by a smaller show at Anita's Theatre in Thirroul on Thursday 6 August.

All three sets in the archive opened with 'goal of the century' and 'the angel of 8th ave.' and closed with 'The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows'. They included 'Things Take Time' shortly before its release as a single on 18 August, a cover of Jimmy Buffett's 'A Pirate Looks at Forty', 'Magnolia', 'Let Me Down Easy' and 'Go Farther in Lightness', and other titles such as 'Major Arcana', 'Riverlands' and 'YeYu'. Because they were billed as homecoming shows rather than a tour, they do not by themselves signal a 2027 run, which has not been announced.

Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and New Zealand

New Zealand has seen Gang of Youths less often than Australia, but regularly. The archive lists Bodega in Wellington on 18 March 2016 and Western Springs in Auckland the next day, Albert Park in Auckland on 28 January 2019, Hagley Park in Christchurch on 22 February 2020, and two headline shows in February 2023: the Hunter Lounge at Union Hall in Wellington on 14 February and the Powerstation in Auckland on 16 February.

The Powerstation set ran to 12 songs. No New Zealand date is announced for 2027.

Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: Perth, Fremantle and Hobart

The band has never skipped the edges of the map. Fremantle has hosted them at the Newport Hotel in 2015, the Esplanade Reserve in 2017 and 2019, Metropolis Fremantle in 2017 and two nights at the Fremantle Arts Centre in November 2018, while Perth saw the Capitol, the Astor and RAC Arena.

Hobart appears in almost every cycle: the Republic Bar in 2015, the Odeon Theatre in 2017 and twice in 2018, and Macquarie Wharf 2 in August 2022.

Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Gang of Youths headline show in the archive typically runs to 14 to 19 songs, with long, dramatic arrangements. 'Magnolia' is the one constant, appearing in almost every recorded set, followed by 'The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows', 'What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?', 'Let Me Down Easy', 'The Heart Is a Muscle', 'Vital Signs' and 'Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane'.

On the Angel in Realtime tour, newer songs such as 'the angel of 8th ave.', 'in the wake of your leave', 'goal of the century' and 'tend the garden' joined the older favourites, with 'Say Yes to Life' and 'Fear and Trembling' still in the set. The 2026 Opera House shows kept to 15 songs and previewed new material alongside the hits.

Festival sets are shorter, usually 8 to 12 songs, as at Splendour in the Grass in 2018, Laneway in 2019 and the Bluesfest site in April 2023.

Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

As of 9 October 2026 no Gang of Youths tickets are on sale for any 2027 show in Australia or New Zealand, and no presale has been announced. When 2027 dates are confirmed, they will appear first on the artist's official channels and the venues' own websites.

When dates are confirmed, buy through the official outlet named in the announcement or the venue box office, and register for any fan presale the band offers. The Say Yes to Life Tour sold out all 20 shows, so demand can be high. Many Australian and New Zealand tickets are mobile and name-locked, so buy through the official outlet or its official resale service to make sure the ticket is in your name.

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Gang of Youths Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Gang of Youths touring Australia in 2027?

No tour has been announced as of 9 October 2026.

When did Gang of Youths last play in Australia?

At the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House on 8 and 10 August 2026, after a show at Anita's Theatre in Thirroul on 6 August.

What concerts have they announced?

Four shows in November and December 2026 in Amsterdam, Paris, Manchester and London. None in Australia or New Zealand.

Is Max Dunn still in the band?

No. Press material for the 2026 Opera House shows confirmed the co-founding bassist had left; the band is now a four-piece.

What is their latest release?

The single 'Things Take Time', released on 18 August 2026. Their latest album is Angel in Realtime (2022).

When did Gang of Youths last play New Zealand?

At the Powerstation in Auckland on 16 February 2023, two days after Wellington's Union Hall.

How many nights did they play the Forum in Melbourne?

Eight, on the 2018 Say Yes to Life Tour, a venue record.

What was their biggest Australian crowd?

The NRL Grand Final pre-match show at ANZ Stadium on 30 September 2018, in front of 82,688 people.