Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027

Grinspoon have not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no 2027 tour, festival booking or support slot on the official record. The band from Lismore, New South Wales, marked their 30th anniversary with the 30th Birthday Bonanza tour in late 2025, and their latest show in the setlist archive is a 16-song set at Melbourne Park on 11 September 2026.

Since returning from their 2013-2017 hiatus, Grinspoon have been one of the hardest-working rock bands in the country. In 2023 they played Easy and New Detention songs on the Easy Detention Tour; in 2024 they released their eighth album, Whatever, Whatever, and took it to more than 40 towns and cities between Ballina and Hobart; in 2025 the anniversary tour reached Brisbane, Auckland, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle, Wollongong, Canberra and two nights at the Forum in Melbourne.

This page explains what is and is not known about 2027 and gives a detailed history of Grinspoon's concerts in Australia and New Zealand: Big Day Outs, Splendour in the Grass, the regional tours and the big nights in the capitals.

Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official information about a Grinspoon tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No promoter, venue or festival has listed the band for next year, and no new album has been announced since Whatever, Whatever in 2024. The 30th Birthday Bonanza tour ended with two nights at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 19 and 20 December 2025, and the 2026 dates in the archive are one-off shows such as City Park in Launceston on 30 January and Melbourne Park on 11 September 2026.

On this site Grinspoon appear next to the Powderfinger reunion, which was announced on 9 October 2026 with a national Australian tour from September 2027. Both bands were part of the same late-1990s Triple J generation. However, Powderfinger have not announced any support acts, and nothing links Grinspoon to those shows. Any listing that puts Grinspoon on the Powderfinger bill is speculation until it is officially confirmed.

Grinspoon's recent history suggests they will keep playing, but the band have not said what comes after the anniversary year. Treat any '2027 Grinspoon tour' listing or presale code as unconfirmed until the band announce dates themselves.

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Before the Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Grinspoon's story starts in July 1995 at the Gollan, a hotel in Lismore, where Phil Jamieson, Pat Davern, Joe Hansen and Kristian Hopes met at a jam night. Three weeks later their demo of 'Sickfest' won the Triple J Unearthed competition for Lismore, and the band built a following in the mosh pits of Australian alternative rock. Between 1998 and 1999 they spent ten months in the United States as a support act for Creed, Lit, Godsmack and Anthrax, then came home to tour Easy.

New Zealand appears early in the archive. Grinspoon played the Big Day Out in Auckland on 21 January 2000, and in November 2002, touring New Detention, they played the Powerstation in Auckland, Massey University in Palmerston North, two nights at the Parthenon in Wellington, the Embassy in Invercargill and ReFuel in Dunedin on 15 November. They were back at the Auckland Big Day Out in January 2005 and January 2008, the latter shortly before they announced a hiatus, and toured Six to Midnight with shows at Westpac Arena in Christchurch on 12 November 2009 and the Studio in Auckland the next night. Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland hosted them again on 15 January 2010.

In Australia the 2000s brought some of the band's biggest public moments: the 2004 NRL Grand Final, 'Hard Act to Follow' and 'Better Off Alone' at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne on 26 March 2006, a headline slot at the first Thank God It's Over in Melbourne, BOBFest '06 in South Australia and Odyssey 2006 at Dreamworld on New Year's Eve. In March 2008 they headlined the Newton's Playground festival on top of Mount Panorama in Bathurst. After the hiatus announced in December 2013, they reformed in 2015 for a run of dates opening for Cold Chisel, and in 2017 a 20th anniversary tour for Guide to Better Living sold out.

The detailed archive for recent years starts in 2020, with Birrarung Marr in Melbourne on 24 January, 3 Oceans Winery at Metricup, a four-song set at ANZ Stadium in Sydney on 16 February 2020 and the Adelaide Parklands Circuit. In 2022 they played the Hastings Foreshore Reserve, Wickham Park in Newcastle, Mudgeeraba Showgrounds, Red Hill Auditorium in Perth, a home-town show at Lismore Showground on 15 May 2022, Splendour in the Grass, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and the University of Wollongong. On three of those nights, at Red Hill on 14 May, Adelaide on 13 August and Wollongong on 22 October 2022, You Am I were on the same bill.

The Easy Detention Tour of late 2023 played full 21- and 22-song sets: Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast on 29 October, Hobart City Hall, the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Wests City in Newcastle, two nights at the Astor Theatre in Perth on 23 and 24 November, Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide, Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, a second Forum night on 22 December and the AEC Theatre in Adelaide on 23 December 2023. In 2024 the Whatever, Whenever, Wherever tour went further than almost any Australian rock tour of recent years, from Ballina RSL on 17 September through Toowoomba, Rockhampton, Airlie Beach, Bowen, Ingham, Home Hill, Cairns, Tamworth, Port Macquarie, Darwin, Mundaring, Launceston and Devonport to the Odeon Theatre in Hobart on 6 December 2024.

The 30th Birthday Bonanza began at Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane on 12 September 2025 with a 24-song set and crossed to Spark Arena in Auckland on 26 September before visiting the Barracks Precinct in Sydney, the AEC Theatre in Adelaide, Red Hill Auditorium in Perth, NEX in Newcastle, Waves in Wollongong, the University of Canberra Refectory and the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 19 and 20 December 2025.

The table below lists 108 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Grinspoon between 2000 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (11), Adelaide (9), Sydney (8), Perth (7), Newcastle (6), Auckland (5). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Grinspoon 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 (15 March 2025 to 11 September 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Better Off Alone — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Hard Act to Follow — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Just Ace — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Lost Control — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Champion — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. Chemical Heart — played at 14 of 15 shows
7. DC X 3 — played at 14 of 15 shows
8. Ready 1 — played at 14 of 15 shows
9. Unknown Pretenders — played at 14 of 15 shows
10. 1000 Miles — played at 13 of 15 shows
11. Don't Change — played at 13 of 15 shows
12. More Than You Are — played at 13 of 15 shows
13. No Reason — played at 13 of 15 shows
14. Secrets — played at 13 of 15 shows

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

• 30th Birthday Bonanza (2025): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Auckland, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle, Wollongong, Canberra, Melbourne.
• Whatever, Whenever, Wherever (2024): 46 Australia/NZ shows — Ballina, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Toowoomba, D’Aguilar, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay, Airlie Beach, Bowen, Townsville….
• Easy Detention Tour (2023): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Gold Coast, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane.

Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Grinspoon were regulars at the Big Day Out: Wikipedia's lineup history lists them in 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2006, and the setlist archive also shows Auckland dates in January 2008 and January 2010. They played Splendour in the Grass in Byron Bay on 26 July 2009 and again at North Byron Parklands on 24 July 2022.

The band have also headlined smaller and regional festivals, including Thank God It's Over in Melbourne, BOBFest '06 and Newton's Playground at Mount Panorama in 2008. The archive's recent outdoor dates include Royal Randwick Racecourse in May 2021, Queanbeyan Showground in October 2022, Harrup Park in Mackay in June 2023, Exhibition Park in Canberra in January 2024, Caribbean Gardens in Melbourne in March 2024 and a run of outdoor shows in March 2025 at Speers Point Park, Whitfords Nodes Park, Torquay Common and Mornington Racecourse.

Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Grinspoon took their name from Lester Grinspoon, a Harvard psychiatrist who supported the medical use of marijuana. Their self-titled debut EP of 1995, known as the Green Album, included 'Sickfest' and 'More Than You Are', and the Licker Bottle Cozy EP followed in December 1996. The debut album Guide to Better Living (1997), co-produced by Phil McKellar and Ulrich Wild, went platinum and captured the band's early, heavier sound.

Easy (1999) reached number four with 'Ready 1' and 'Rock Show'. New Detention (2002) changed the band's direction towards mainstream rock: its lead single 'Chemical Heart' divided early fans but the album reached number two and went platinum. Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills (2004), with 'Hard Act to Follow' and 'Better Off Alone', won the 2005 ARIA award for Best Rock Album.

Alibis & Other Lies (2007) matched their best chart position at number two. After a break in 2008, the band released Six to Midnight in 2009 on their own Chk Chk Boom imprint and Black Rabbits in 2012, with guest appearances from the Living End's Chris Cheney and You Am I's Tim Rogers. In December 2013 they announced an indefinite hiatus.

Grinspoon returned for Cold Chisel support dates in 2015 and in earnest in 2017. In May 2024 they released 'Unknown Pretenders', written in February 2020, and announced Whatever, Whatever, which reached number three. All eight of their studio albums have reached the top 10 of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027: the lismore connection

Grinspoon are a Northern Rivers band. They formed at a Lismore pub, won Triple J Unearthed for Lismore in 1995 and have regularly come home: the archive includes Lismore Showground on 15 May 2022, Ballina RSL at the start of the 2024 tour, and nearby Byron Bay for Splendour in the Grass in 2009 and 2022.

That regional base shows in the way they tour. The 2024 run reached towns such as Gladstone, Bowen, Ingham, Home Hill, Sawtell, Mundaring and Devonport, places that national tours rarely include.

Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027: the powderfinger generation

Grinspoon, You Am I, the Living End and Powderfinger all rose through Triple J and the Big Day Out in the second half of the 1990s. Grinspoon and Powderfinger both contributed to the 2008 charity compilation Caution: Life Ahead, and in 2009 Phil Jamieson toured a Beatles White Album tribute with Chris Cheney, Tim Rogers and Josh Pyke.

Powderfinger announced a reunion and a national tour from September 2027 on 9 October 2026, without publishing dates, venues or support acts. There is no announcement that Grinspoon are involved, and this page will only add such a date if it is officially confirmed.

Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027: new zealand

New Zealand audiences have seen Grinspoon mostly at the Big Day Out in Auckland, at Mount Smart Stadium, and on two club tours: November 2002, when they played Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington, Invercargill and Dunedin, and November 2009, with Christchurch and Auckland.

Their most recent New Zealand date is Spark Arena in Auckland on 26 September 2025, during the 30th Birthday Bonanza. No New Zealand date has been announced for 2027.

Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027: the anniversary years

Grinspoon have marked their history with themed tours: the 20th anniversary Guide to Better Living tour of 2017, the Easy Detention Tour of 2023 built around the Easy and New Detention era, and the 30th Birthday Bonanza of 2025.

Their next milestone dates are not far away. New Detention was released in June 2002, so June 2027 marks 25 years, but the band have not announced any plans to mark it.

Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Grinspoon headline show usually runs to about 20 songs; the anniversary sets in 2025 reached 24. Festival sets are around 11 to 17 songs.

Across their documented Australian and New Zealand concerts, the songs played most often are 'Lost Control', 'Chemical Heart', 'Hard Act to Follow', 'Just Ace', 'DC X 3', 'Champion', 'More Than You Are', 'Ready 1', 'No Reason' and 'Better Off Alone', with 'Rock Show', their cover of INXS's 'Don't Change' and 'Unknown Pretenders' also regular. At Melbourne Park on 11 September 2026 the band closed with 'Champion' and 'More Than You Are' after a medley of 'Sickfest', 'Hold on Me', 'Post Enebriated Anxiety' and 'Freezer'.

The sets mix the heavier early songs with the bigger radio hits of the 2000s, which is why the band still play tracks from the 1995 Green Album alongside songs from Whatever, Whatever.

Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Grinspoon tickets on sale for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no 2027 concerts have been announced. Any website offering 2027 seats or a 2027 presale code is not official, and that includes listings that place the band on the Powderfinger bill.

For past tours, tickets were sold through each venue's official ticketing partner or directly by the venue, which is common for the band's pub and club dates. If 2027 dates are confirmed, buy only through the outlet named in the official announcement or the venue box office and expect name-linked mobile tickets for larger shows.

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Grinspoon Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Grinspoon touring Australia in 2027?

No tour has been announced. As of 9 October 2026 there are no 2027 Grinspoon dates in Australia or New Zealand.

Are Grinspoon supporting Powderfinger in 2027?

Nothing has been announced. Powderfinger have not named any support acts for their 2027 tour.

When did Grinspoon last play in Australia?

The latest show in the archive is Melbourne Park on 11 September 2026. Their last full tour was the 30th Birthday Bonanza, which ended at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 20 December 2025.

When did Grinspoon last play in New Zealand?

At Spark Arena in Auckland on 26 September 2025, during the 30th Birthday Bonanza.

What is Grinspoon's latest album?

Whatever, Whatever (2024), which reached number three on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Where are Grinspoon from?

Lismore, New South Wales, where they formed in July 1995.

What songs do Grinspoon play live?

Regulars include 'Lost Control', 'Chemical Heart', 'Hard Act to Follow', 'Just Ace', 'DC X 3', 'Champion' and 'More Than You Are'.

Is there a presale code for Grinspoon 2027?

No. Without announced concerts there is no presale. Any code sold or shared online for 2027 is not genuine.