Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027

Genesis Owusu has not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no national tour, New Zealand date or festival booking for next year on the public record. The Canberra artist's most recent headline run was Red Star Wu's Pirate Radio Tour, seven Australian cities in May 2026 to launch his third album, Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge, released on 15 May 2026.

He has kept playing since. The setlist archive lists the Bat & Ball Hotel in Sydney in July, the Griffith Showground on Saturday 5 September, the Odeon Theatre in Hobart on Friday 2 October, billed as part of the same tour, and Flagstaff Hill in Wollongong on Saturday 3 October 2026. In September 2026 his single 'Stampede' was used in a worldwide phone advertising campaign, which has brought his music to a new audience, but no new dates have followed.

This page sets out what is and is not known for 2027, then tells the story of Genesis Owusu's concerts in Australia and New Zealand, from the festival summers after Smiling with No Teeth to the Struggler tour and the Pirate Radio shows, with his most played songs and advice for buying tickets.

Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official information about a Genesis Owusu tour in 2027. Red Star Wu's Pirate Radio Tour opened at Bar on the Hill in Newcastle on Thursday 14 May 2026 and went on to the University of Canberra Refectory, Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on Monday 18 May, the Forum in Melbourne, the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide and the Rechabite in Perth. The Hobart show on 2 October was added under the same name.

New Zealand was not part of that run. His New Zealand shows in the setlist archive are the Tuning Fork in Auckland on Saturday 25 February 2023 and the Tomoana Showgrounds in Hastings on Saturday 6 January 2024.

Genesis Owusu has usually followed an album with a headline tour and then a season of festivals. Whether that means more Australian or New Zealand shows in 2027 has not been announced. Until it is, treat any list of 2027 dates or any 'presale code' offered online with suspicion, and sign up for the alert on this page.

Before the Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Before the albums, Genesis Owusu built his live reputation around Canberra and the east coast. According to Wikipedia, he toured Australia's east coast in 2017 to promote 'Sideways', the single from his debut EP Cardrive, and on 3 July 2019 he opened for 5 Seconds of Summer at their sold-out benefit concert in Sydney.

The setlist archive's record starts in the summer of 2022-23, when he was one of the most booked names on the festival circuit after the success of Smiling with No Teeth. It lists Rymill and King Rodney Parks in Adelaide on 20 November 2022, Exhibition Park in Canberra, Victoria Park in Ballarat, Doug Jennings Park on the Gold Coast, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on 29 December, Glenworth Valley the next day, North Byron Parklands on New Year's Eve and Fremantle Park on 8 January 2023, followed by Quercus Park in Tasmania and the St Kilda Foreshore in February.

Headline dates in early 2023 included Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on 3 March and the Concert Hall in Sydney on Thursday 23 March, alongside a set at Botanic Park in Adelaide. In April and May 2023 he played a run of regional showground dates at Adelaide, Maitland, Exhibition Park in Canberra, Bendigo, the Sunshine Coast and Hay Park in Bunbury, with sets built around 'The Other Black Dog', 'WUTD', 'Waitin' on Ya', 'GTFO' and 'Drown'.

Struggler, released in August 2023, was toured in December: the Ice Cream Factory in Perth on 1 December, Festival Hall in Melbourne on Friday 8 December, the University of Canberra Refectory, Fortitude Music Hall, the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on Friday 15 December and the Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide. The summer continued at Cornelian Bay Park in Hobart, the Northern Broadwalk and the Domain in Sydney around New Year, and Hastings in New Zealand. In July 2024 he played two nights at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and in August 170 Russell in Melbourne.

In September 2025 he previewed his third album with three nights at the Studio in Sydney, from Thursday 18 September, and three at the Night Cat in Melbourne, ending on Friday 26 September. The 18-song sets opened with 'PIRATE RADIO' and 'STAMPEDE', months before the album came out. Festival dates followed in late 2025 and early 2026 at Adelaide, Ballarat, Perth, Canberra, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Carrick in Tasmania.

The Pirate Radio tour of May 2026 then brought the full new show to seven cities. Its sets ran to 16 to 19 songs, mixing the new album with 'Waitin' on Ya', 'WUTD', 'Don't Need You', 'A Song About Fishing' and 'Leaving the Light'.

The table below lists 48 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Genesis Owusu between 2022 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (8), Sydney (7), Adelaide (6), Canberra (4), Gold Coast (2), Perth (2). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Genesis Owusu 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 (7 December 2025 to 3 October 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Leaving the Light — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. A Song About Fishing — played at 14 of 15 shows
3. DEATH CULT ZOMBIE — played at 14 of 15 shows
4. Don't Need You — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. LIFE KEEPS GOING — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. STAMPEDE — played at 14 of 15 shows
7. WUTD — played at 12 of 15 shows
8. Get Inspired / What Comes Will Come — played at 11 of 15 shows
9. Waitin' on Ya — played at 10 of 15 shows
10. THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE — played at 9 of 15 shows
11. PIRATE RADIO — played at 8 of 15 shows
12. Right Now Interlude — played at 8 of 15 shows
13. 4LIFE — played at 7 of 15 shows
14. BLESSED ARE THE MEEK — played at 7 of 15 shows

Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Festival stages have played a big part in Genesis Owusu's Australian story. Beyond the summer runs of 2022-23 and 2025-26, the setlist archive lists the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre on Friday 6 December 2024, home of the Meredith Music Festival in rural Victoria, and Quercus Park at Carrick in Tasmania in February 2023 and again on 7 February 2026.

Other outdoor dates include the St Kilda Foreshore in February 2023, Cornelian Bay Park in Hobart in December 2023, the Domain in Sydney on 1 January 2024, the Port Melbourne Industrial Centre for the Arts in January 2026 and the Griffith Showground in September 2026, where he played 15 songs including 'My Delirium', 'FALLING BOTH WAYS' and '1000 Miles'.

Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Genesis Owusu was born Kofi Owusu-Ansah in 1998 in Koforidua, Ghana, and moved with his family to Canberra in 2000. His older brother, Kojo, is the rapper Citizen Kay, who gave him the name Genesis in primary school. He completed a Bachelor of Journalism at the University of Canberra in 2018. The brothers recorded together as the Ansah Brothers, releasing the EP Polaroid in 2015.

His solo debut EP, Cardrive, came out in June 2017, and the single 'Sideways', with lyrics in Twi, received national exposure on Triple J. 'Awomen Amen' followed in 2018 and the double A-side 'WUTD'/'Vultures' in 2019.

His debut album, Smiling with No Teeth, was released on 5 March 2021 and reached No. 27 on the ARIA albums chart. At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards it won Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Release, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art, and it also won the Australian Music Prize. A deluxe edition, Missing Molars, followed in July 2021.

'GTFO' was released in July 2022 and 'Leaving the Light' in May 2023, ahead of his second album, Struggler, released on 18 August 2023 to critical acclaim; it reached No. 4. 'Pirate Radio' came out in September 2025 and his third album, Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge, on 15 May 2026, reaching No. 3. He has won seven ARIA Awards from twenty-seven nominations.

Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027: Canberra, the home town

Canberra is where Genesis Owusu grew up and studied, and it appears in almost every chapter of his touring history. Exhibition Park hosted him in November 2022, in April 2023 and on 13 December 2025, and the University of Canberra Refectory, on the campus where he took his journalism degree, hosted the Struggler tour on 9 December 2023 and the Pirate Radio tour on 15 May 2026, the day the new album came out.

No Canberra date has been announced for 2027.

Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027: the residency-style nights

Genesis Owusu likes to stay in one room for more than one night. In July 2024 he played two nights at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and in September 2025 he played three nights each at the Studio in Sydney and the Night Cat in Melbourne, smaller rooms than his usual headline venues.

Those six shows were the first chance to hear much of the third album live, including 'PIRATE RADIO', 'STAMPEDE', 'THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE', 'DEATH CULT ZOMBIE', 'LIFE KEEPS GOING' and 'BIG DOG'.

Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027: a summer on the festival circuit

The summers of 2022-23 and 2025-26 show how a festival season works for an Australian act in demand. In five weeks from late November 2022 he played Adelaide, Canberra, Ballarat, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Glenworth Valley, Byron Bay and Fremantle.

The 2025-26 run followed a similar path, from Rymill and King Rodney Parks in Adelaide on 25 October 2025 to Victoria Park in Ballarat, Claremont Showground in Perth, Exhibition Park, the Gold Coast Sports Precinct, Port Melbourne and Carrick in February 2026. Any 2027 festival appearances would be announced by the festivals themselves; none have been.

Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and Hawke's Bay

New Zealand has seen Genesis Owusu twice in the setlist archive: the Tuning Fork in Auckland on 25 February 2023 and the Tomoana Showgrounds in Hastings on 6 January 2024.

Neither the Struggler tour nor the Pirate Radio tour included New Zealand, and no New Zealand dates have been announced for 2027.

Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Genesis Owusu performs with a full band, and his headline sets run to 16 to 19 songs. On the Pirate Radio tour the Enmore Theatre show of 18 May 2026 opened with 'PIRATE RADIO', 'STAMPEDE', 'HELLSTAR' and 'Waitin' on Ya', ran through 'WUTD', 'THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE', 'MOST NORMAL AMERICAN VOTER:', '4LIFE', 'BLESSED ARE THE MEEK', 'DEATH CULT ZOMBIE', 'LIFE KEEPS GOING' and 'BIG DOG', and finished with 'Don't Need You', 'A Song About Fishing', 'ONE4ALL' and 'Leaving the Light'.

The Struggler shows of December 2023 were built around that album, opening with 'Leaving the Light', 'Survivor', 'The Old Man' and 'See Ya There' and including 'Tied Up!', 'That's Life (A Swamp)', 'Balthazar' and 'The Roach'. Earlier festival sets leaned on Smiling with No Teeth, with 'The Other Black Dog', 'Gold Chains', 'Black Dogs!' and 'Drown', and sometimes a cover of 'Crank That (Soulja Boy)'.

Across all his Australian and New Zealand shows in the archive, 'A Song About Fishing' and 'Don't Need You' are the most played songs, followed by 'WUTD', 'Waitin' on Ya' and 'Leaving the Light'.

Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Genesis Owusu tickets on sale for 2027, because no concerts have been announced in Australia or New Zealand. Any website already selling seats or offering a presale code for a 2027 show is not official.

When dates are announced, tickets will be sold through the official outlets named in the announcement, the venue box office or, for festival appearances, the festival itself. Pre-sales for fans who have signed up usually come before the general sale. Mobile tickets are often name-locked, so buy from an official outlet and use the authorised resale option if you cannot attend. Avoid anyone selling 'presale codes'.

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Genesis Owusu Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Genesis Owusu touring Australia in 2027?

Not as far as is known. As of 9 October 2026 no 2027 tour or festival booking has been announced.

What was his most recent tour?

Red Star Wu's Pirate Radio Tour, which played Newcastle, Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in May 2026, with a Hobart date on 2 October 2026.

Will Genesis Owusu play New Zealand in 2027?

Nothing has been announced. He last played New Zealand at the Tomoana Showgrounds in Hastings on 6 January 2024.

When did Genesis Owusu last play Sydney?

At the Bat & Ball Hotel on 29 July 2026. His last Sydney headline show was at the Enmore Theatre on 18 May 2026.

When did he last play Melbourne?

At the Forum on 21 May 2026, during the Pirate Radio tour.

What is Genesis Owusu's latest album?

Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge, released on 15 May 2026. It reached No. 3 on the ARIA albums chart.

How long is a Genesis Owusu concert?

Headline sets in the archive run to 16 to 19 songs, with a full band.

Where is Genesis Owusu from?

He was born in Koforidua, Ghana, in 1998 and grew up in Canberra.

Is there a Genesis Owusu presale code for 2027?

No. Nothing is on sale, so any code offered now is not genuine.