Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027

Guns N' Roses have not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026, what is coming is this year's tour: seven stadium-sized shows between Sunday 29 November and Thursday 17 December 2026, in Adelaide, Townsville, Brisbane, Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland, with the Australian rock band Airbourne as special guests on every date.

That run belongs to the band's 2026 world tour and ends in Auckland before the end of the year. Nothing has been published for 2027, in this part of the world or elsewhere.

This page explains what is and is not known about Guns N' Roses' plans, then retraces their Australian and New Zealand concerts, from the Appetite for Destruction shows of December 1988 and the Eastern Creek and Calder Park raceway gigs of 1993 to the reunion stadium tours of 2017 and 2022.

Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no Guns N' Roses tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027 as of 9 October 2026. The band's next concerts in the region are the 2026 dates: the bp Adelaide Grand Final in Adelaide on Sunday 29 November, Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville on Wednesday 2 December, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday 5 December, McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle on Tuesday 8 December, Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Friday 11 December, Engie Stadium in Sydney on Monday 14 December and Eden Park in Auckland on Thursday 17 December 2026.

These shows are part of the 2026 world tour that followed the band's 2025 tour of Asia, Europe and the Americas. They are not 2027 concerts, and the line-up of cities has no second leg attached to it.

The pattern of recent years has been a tour of the region every few years: 2013, 2017, 2022 and now 2026. A further Australian or New Zealand tour straight after this one would break that pattern, and nothing suggests one is planned. If any 2027 date is announced, it will appear on this page.

Until then, treat any list of 2027 Australian or New Zealand dates, any 2027 ticket listing and any 'presale code' with suspicion.

Before the Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Guns N' Roses first reached Australia and New Zealand at the end of the Appetite for Destruction Tour. The setlist archive lists two nights at the Sports & Entertainment Centre in Melbourne on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 December 1988, the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 17 December and the Supertop in Auckland on Monday 19 December 1988. The sets were short by later standards, 13 to 15 songs, with 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Patience', 'Nightrain' and 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' alongside 'Nice Boys' and 'My Michelle'.

The Use Your Illusion Tour came in early 1993 with three outdoor shows: Eastern Creek International Raceway in Sydney on Saturday 30 January, Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne on 1 February and Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Saturday 6 February 1993. By then the sets ran to 18 songs, with 'Civil War', 'November Rain', 'Live and Let Die' and 'Yesterdays'.

After a fourteen-year gap, Axl Rose's rebuilt line-up returned on the Chinese Democracy Tour in June 2007: the Burswood Dome in Perth on Sunday 10 June, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, two nights at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, two at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre and two at Acer Arena in Sydney on 23 and 24 June, then two at Vector Arena in Auckland and the Westpac Arena in Christchurch on Tuesday 3 July 2007. The same tour came back in December 2010, with Reid Park in Townsville on Wednesday 1 December, ANZ Stadium in Sydney on 4 December, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 7 December and the Perth Motorplex on Saturday 11 December 2010.

The Appetite for Democracy tour of March 2013 played Perth Arena on Saturday 9 March, Allphones Arena in Sydney on 12 March, the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on 13 March, two nights at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on 16 and 17 March and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Wednesday 20 March 2013.

The reunion with Slash and Duff McKagan changed the scale. The Not in This Lifetime... Tour played Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Thursday 2 February 2017 and Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on 4 February, then QSAC in Brisbane, two nights at ANZ Stadium in Sydney on 10 and 11 February, the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 14 February, Adelaide Oval on 18 February and Domain Stadium in Perth on Tuesday 21 February 2017.

The We're F'N Back! Tour followed in late 2022: Optus Stadium in Perth on Friday 18 November, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on 22 November, Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast on 24 November, Accor Stadium in Sydney on 27 November, Adelaide Oval on 29 November and the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday 3 December, before Sky Stadium in Wellington on 8 December and Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday 10 December 2022, the band's most recent concert in the region so far.

The table below lists 44 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Guns N' Roses between 1988 and 2022, with the most shows in Melbourne (9), Sydney (9), Auckland (6), Brisbane (5), Perth (5), Adelaide (4). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Guns N' Roses 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 (4 February 2017 to 10 December 2022), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Better — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Chinese Democracy — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Civil War — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Double Talkin' Jive — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Estranged — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. It's So Easy — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. Knockin' on Heaven's Door — played at 15 of 15 shows
8. Live and Let Die — played at 15 of 15 shows
9. Mr. Brownstone — played at 15 of 15 shows
10. Nightrain — played at 15 of 15 shows
11. November Rain — played at 15 of 15 shows
12. Paradise City — played at 15 of 15 shows
13. Rocket Queen — played at 15 of 15 shows
14. Slash Guitar Solo — played at 15 of 15 shows

Before the Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• We're F'N Back! Tour 2022 (2022): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Wellington, Auckland.
• Not in This Lifetime (2017): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• Appetite for Democracy (2013): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Brisbane.
• Chinese Democracy Tour 09/10 (2010): 4 Australia/NZ shows — Townsville, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth.
• Chinese Democracy Tour 06/07 (2007): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland, Christchurch.
• Use Your Illusion (1993): 3 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland.
• Appetite for Destruction (1988): 4 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland.

Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Guns N' Roses formed in Los Angeles in March 1985, and the classic line-up of Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler was in place by June that year. Their debut, Appetite for Destruction (1987), sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling debut album in US history, with 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Paradise City' and 'Sweet Child o' Mine'.

G N' R Lies (1988) brought 'Patience', and the twin albums Use Your Illusion I and II (1991) were supported by the long Use Your Illusion Tour of 1991 to 1993. Use Your Illusion II reached number one in Australia, as did the covers album "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993). By the late 1990s only Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed remained from that era.

The long-delayed Chinese Democracy finally came out in November 2008, released first in Europe and Australia, and reached number three on the ARIA chart. The band toured on it for most of the following decade and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.

Slash and McKagan rejoined in 2016 for the Not in This Lifetime... Tour, which grossed $563.3 million and was at the time the second-highest-grossing tour ever. New singles followed with 'Absurd' and 'Hard Skool' in 2021 and 'Perhaps' in 2023. Their 2025 tour grossed $144.3 million from 41 shows. With more than 100 million records sold, they remain one of the best-selling acts of all time.

Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: the December 2026 shows

The 2026 tour reaches places the band has rarely played. Townsville last saw them at Reid Park in December 2010, and Newcastle at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre in March 2013. Adelaide's show is part of the bp Adelaide Grand Final weekend rather than a stand-alone stadium concert.

Airbourne, the hard rock band from Warrnambool in Victoria, open every show. The run ends at Eden Park in Auckland on 17 December 2026, the band's second Eden Park show after December 2022.

Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: stadiums of the reunion era

Since Slash and McKagan returned, every Guns N' Roses visit has been a stadium tour. In 2017 they played the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Adelaide Oval and two nights at ANZ Stadium; in 2022 they played Optus Stadium, Suncorp Stadium, Metricon Stadium, Accor Stadium, Adelaide Oval and the MCG.

Sydney's main stadium appears under several names in the archive: ANZ Stadium in 2010 and 2017 and Accor Stadium in 2022. The 2026 Sydney date is listed at Engie Stadium.

Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand

Auckland has hosted the band on every tour that reached New Zealand: the Supertop in 1988, Mount Smart Stadium in 1993, Vector Arena in 2007, Western Springs in 2017 and Eden Park in 2022. Wellington was added in 2017 and 2022, and Christchurch saw them once, at the Westpac Arena on 3 July 2007.

The 2026 tour has one New Zealand date, Eden Park on 17 December 2026. Nothing has been announced for New Zealand in 2027.

Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: three decades of Australian tours

Guns N' Roses have come with the original line-up (1988), the Illusion-era band (1993), Rose's rebuilt line-up (2007, 2010 and 2013) and the reunion line-up (2017, 2022 and 2026).

Melbourne has the longest record, from the Sports & Entertainment Centre in 1988 and Calder Park Raceway in 1993 to Rod Laver Arena, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and two MCG nights in 2017 and 2022. Marvel Stadium on 11 December 2026 will be a new Melbourne venue for the band.

Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

The 2022 stadium shows were long, 27 to 29 songs a night. They opened with 'It's So Easy', 'Mr. Brownstone' and 'Chinese Democracy', included the new songs 'Absurd' and 'Hard Skool', covers of 'Live and Let Die', 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' and AC/DC's 'Whole Lotta Rosie', and ended with 'Patience', 'Don't Cry' and 'Paradise City'. Auckland's set added 'Coma' and 'Wichita Lineman'.

The 2017 shows ran to 24 to 27 songs, with a similar opening and 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Riff Raff' among the covers. In 1993 the set was 18 songs, and in 1988 around 14.

'Paradise City', 'Sweet Child o' Mine', 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' and 'It's So Easy' are among the most played songs in Australia and New Zealand. The full list is below.

Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Guns N' Roses tickets for Australian or New Zealand concerts in 2027, because none have been announced. Any site selling 2027 seats or offering a 'presale code' is not official.

Tickets for the November and December 2026 shows are already on sale. Buy only from the official outlet named for each venue, the venue box office or the official resale service; stadium tickets are usually mobile and linked to the buyer's name.

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Guns N' Roses Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Guns N' Roses touring Australia in 2027?

Not as of 9 October 2026. Their next Australian concerts are in November and December 2026, and no 2027 dates have been announced.

When are Guns N' Roses playing Australia in 2026?

Adelaide (bp Adelaide Grand Final) on 29 November, Townsville on 2 December, Brisbane on 5 December, Newcastle on 8 December, Melbourne on 11 December and Sydney on 14 December 2026.

Are Guns N' Roses playing New Zealand?

Yes, Eden Park in Auckland on Thursday 17 December 2026, the last show of the tour. Nothing is announced for 2027.

Who is supporting Guns N' Roses on the 2026 tour?

Airbourne, on every Australian and New Zealand date.

When did Guns N' Roses last play Australia?

At the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 3 December 2022, on the We're F'N Back! Tour.

When did Guns N' Roses first tour Australia?

In December 1988, with two nights in Melbourne and one at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, followed by Auckland on 19 December 1988.

Have Guns N' Roses played Townsville before?

Yes, at Reid Park on 1 December 2010.

Is there a presale code for a 2027 Guns N' Roses Australia tour?

No. There is no 2027 tour, so there is no presale. Ignore any code offered online.