Hayden James Australia Tour 2027

Hayden James has not announced a tour of Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there are no confirmed 2027 headline shows, festival slots or presales for the Sydney producer in either country, and this page does not guess at any.

That silence is not unusual for him. James has spent much of the past decade splitting his time between home and the United States, where he and his wife, the Sydney artist Jennifer Lia, have a residence at Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles. His Australian appearances tend to come in clusters: a headline run around a new album, then a summer of festival and New Year's Eve bookings, then a quieter period. The most recent show in the setlist archive is at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on Friday 4 April 2025.

His third album, We Could Be Love, came out on 13 September 2024, so a fresh album cycle is not yet in view. Below you will find what is and is not known about 2027, a full account of his concerts in Australia and New Zealand since 2014, the festivals he has played, and practical advice for when tickets do appear.

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Hayden James tour of Australia or New Zealand for 2027. No city, venue, support act or sale date has been announced, and no festival line-up released so far for the 2026-27 summer includes him as a confirmed 2027 booking that we can verify. Any site listing 2027 dates or selling presale codes for him is not drawing on an official source.

His pattern helps explain the gap. After the debut album Between Us in June 2019 he played two nights at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and the Forum Theatre in Melbourne within weeks, plus Auckland Town Hall. After Lifted in April 2022, the archive has him at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 3 September 2022. After We Could Be Love in September 2024 the Sydney date in the archive is the Hordern again, on 4 April 2025. Each album has meant a headline visit; between albums he has mostly appeared at festivals and one-off outdoor events.

New Zealand fans have had fewer chances. The setlist archive records just two Auckland shows, at Studio The Venue on 14 September 2018 and at Auckland Town Hall on 2 August 2019. Nothing has been announced for New Zealand since.

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Before the Hayden James Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Hayden James released his first single, 'Permission to Love', in June 2013, and his self-titled debut EP followed on 30 August 2013 on the Sydney label Future Classic. The earliest Australian shows in the setlist archive come the following year: the Mackay Showgrounds on Saturday 28 June 2014 and the Woolly Mammoth in Brisbane on Thursday 11 September 2014. In those years he also supported Disclosure and Odesza on their Australian tours, which put his music in front of much larger crowds than his own club dates.

'Something About You', released in December 2014, changed his standing. In 2015 the archive has him at North Byron Parklands in July and then on a four-city outdoor run in late September and early October: Catani Gardens in Melbourne on 26 September, Ozone Reserve in Perth on 27 September, Centennial Park in Sydney on 3 October and the Brisbane Showgrounds on 4 October. He closed the year at Glenworth Valley on 29 December and Lardner Park in Warragul on 30 December, two of the New Year festival sites that recur throughout his history.

'Just a Lover', released in June 2016, earned an ARIA nomination for Best Dance Release and was followed by a national headline tour with the producer Dena Amy as support. The 2016 entries in the archive show St Kilda Foreshore in Melbourne on 14 February, The Domain in Sydney on 3 March, North Byron Parklands again on 22 July and Kitchener Park in Perth on 3 December. The year 2017 brought Mornington Racecourse on 4 February and a run of regional showgrounds in April and May: Adelaide on 28 April, Maitland on 29 April, Townsville on 30 April, Bendigo on 6 May, the University of Canberra on 7 May and Hay Park in Bunbury on 13 May.

The debut album Between Us was released on 14 June 2019 and reached No. 9 on the ARIA chart. The archive shows Carriageworks in Sydney on 8 June, just before release, then North Byron Parklands on 19 July, Auckland Town Hall on 2 August, the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on Saturday 24 August and two nights at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 August. Those Enmore nights remain his biggest run in a Sydney theatre in the archive.

The years around the pandemic were spent largely outdoors. The archive lists The Domain in Sydney on New Year's Day 2020, Birrarung Marr in Melbourne on 31 January, Riva St Kilda on 15 February, Ebenezer Park in Tweed Heads on 22 February and McCallum Park in Perth on 29 February 2020. When events returned in 2021 he played Bonython Park in Adelaide on 23 January, The Domain on 19 March, URBNSURF in Melbourne on 27 March, Thomas Dalton Park in Wollongong on 18 April and Mindil Beach in Darwin on 15 May.

Since Lifted in 2022 the dates have mixed headline nights and outdoor events. After the Hordern Pavilion on 3 September 2022 came Exhibition Park in Canberra on 26 November, Victoria Park in Ballarat on 3 December and Doug Jennings Park on the Gold Coast on 4 December. In October 2023 he played a run of wineries: Rochford in the Yarra Valley on 7 October, Sirromet at Mount Cotton on 8 October, Sandalford in Perth on 14 October, Hope Estate in Pokolbin on 21 October and Serafino in McLaren Vale on 22 October. Quercus Park at Carrick in Tasmania followed on 10 February 2024, Barunah Plains on New Year's Eve 2024, and the Hordern on 4 April 2025.

The table below lists 60 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Hayden James between 2014 and 2025, with the most shows in Sydney (10), Melbourne (7), Perth (5), Warragul (3), Byron Bay (3), McLaren Vale (2). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand

Across the 3 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (19 July 2019 to 22 February 2020), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Better Together — played at 3 of 3 shows
2. Just Friends — played at 3 of 3 shows
3. Numb — played at 3 of 3 shows
4. Something About You — played at 3 of 3 shows
5. Weightless — played at 3 of 3 shows
6. Favours — played at 2 of 3 shows
7. Just a Lover — played at 2 of 3 shows
8. Nowhere to Go — played at 2 of 3 shows
9. Say My Name — played at 2 of 3 shows
10. Between Us — played at 1 of 3 shows
11. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger — played at 1 of 3 shows
12. Ocean Drive — played at 1 of 3 shows
13. Remember You — played at 1 of 3 shows

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Festivals have been central to Hayden James's Australian career. Wikipedia names Splendour in the Grass and Groovin the Moo among the major festivals he has played. The archive matches that: North Byron Parklands, the home of Splendour, appears in July 2015, July 2016 and July 2019, and the regional showground run of April and May 2017 (Adelaide, Maitland, Townsville, Bendigo, Canberra and Bunbury) follows the Groovin the Moo circuit.

He has also been a fixture of the end-of-year season. The Marion Bay Falls Festival site in Tasmania appears on 29 December 2018, followed by Langley Park in Perth on 30 December and Victoria Park in Sydney on New Year's Eve. Lardner Park in Warragul is listed three times (2015, 2017 and New Year's Eve 2019), and Glenworth Valley and Barunah Plains complete a long list of summer bookings.

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Hayden James is a DJ, songwriter and record producer from Sydney, signed to Future Classic. His first single, 'Permission to Love', came out in June 2013 with remixes by his label-mates Touch Sensitive and Charles Murdoch, and his debut EP followed in August 2013.

'Something About You' (December 2014) was certified gold in Australia and has been streamed more than 68 million times. 'Just a Lover' (2016) was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Dance Release. In 2016 and 2017 he toured Europe and North America and co-wrote several tracks for Katy Perry's album Witness, while working on his own record. 'Numb', with the vocalist Graace, came out in October 2017.

His debut album, Between Us, was announced in May 2019 and released on 14 June 2019; it reached No. 9 on the ARIA albums chart. The second album, Lifted, followed on 8 April 2022 and peaked at No. 68. In July 2023 he released 'Do You Want Me' with Bob Moses, and on 16 August 2024 he released 'All In' and announced his third album, We Could Be Love, which came out on 13 September 2024.

Across his career he has received three ARIA nominations and won an APRA Award from one nomination, and he has been recognised at the AIR Awards, the J Awards and the Queensland Music Awards. He became a father in 2020.

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027: what is and is not announced

As of 9 October 2026 nothing is announced for Hayden James in Australia or New Zealand for 2027: no headline tour, no festival booking we can verify, no presale. The latest show in the setlist archive is the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 4 April 2025, about seven months after We Could Be Love was released.

No new album has been announced since September 2024. On his past form, a new record is the most likely trigger for a national headline tour, while summer festival bookings are usually revealed only a few months before each event. Neither has happened for 2027 at the time of writing.

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027: Sydney, his home city

Sydney is where Hayden James has played most often. The archive lists Centennial Park in 2015, The Domain in 2016, 2020 and 2021, Victoria Park on New Year's Eve 2018, Carriageworks in June 2019, two nights at the Enmore Theatre in August 2019 and the Hordern Pavilion in September 2022 and April 2025.

The Hordern, a Moore Park venue that holds a few thousand people standing, has become his usual Sydney headline room. Any future tour would most likely come back through a venue of that size, but no Sydney date has been announced for 2027.

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027: Melbourne and Victoria

Melbourne shows in the archive include Catani Gardens in St Kilda in 2015, St Kilda Foreshore in 2016, the Forum Theatre on 24 August 2019, Birrarung Marr and Riva St Kilda in early 2020, URBNSURF in March 2021 and Albert Park on 1 April 2023.

Regional Victoria has been well served too: Bendigo in 2017, Mornington Racecourse in 2017, Lardner Park in Warragul three times, Victoria Park in Ballarat in December 2022, Rochford Winery in the Yarra Valley in October 2023 and Barunah Plains on New Year's Eve 2024.

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and New Zealand

Hayden James's New Zealand history is short. The archive lists Studio The Venue in Auckland on Friday 14 September 2018 and Auckland Town Hall on Friday 2 August 2019, the latter during the Between Us album run.

Nothing has been logged in New Zealand since 2019 and nothing is announced. New Zealand fans should treat any 2027 listing with caution until it is confirmed by the artist or the venue.

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Hayden James show is a live electronic set built around his own singles, with edits and a few dance classics mixed in. Full song lists are rare in the archive, but the logged ones give a clear picture. At North Byron Parklands on 19 July 2019 he played 'Something About You', 'Better Together', 'Favours', 'Just a Lover', 'Nowhere to Go', 'Weightless', 'Between Us', 'Numb' and 'Just Friends', and worked in Daft Punk's 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' and 'Ocean Drive'.

At the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 24 August 2019 the logged set included 'Something About You', 'Better Together', 'Favours', 'Nowhere to Go', 'Weightless', 'Say My Name', 'Remember You', 'Numb' and 'Just Friends'. At Ebenezer Park in Tweed Heads on 22 February 2020 the list was similar: 'Something About You', 'Better Together', 'Weightless', 'Just Friends', 'Just a Lover', 'Numb' and 'Say My Name'.

'Something About You' opens almost every logged set, and 'Numb' and 'Just Friends' sit near the end. No full set list from the We Could Be Love era has been logged in Australia, so we cannot say which newer songs have entered the show.

Hayden James Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Hayden James tickets for Australia or New Zealand in 2027 on sale, because no 2027 dates have been announced. No presale or general sale date has been set, and there is no official presale code in circulation.

When dates are announced, buy from the official seller named in the announcement, from the venue's own box office, or through a presale offered by the artist's mailing list or the promoter. Australian tickets are increasingly mobile and name-locked, so check the transfer rules before you buy. Avoid anyone selling a 'presale code': genuine codes are sent free to registered fans.

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Hayden James Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Hayden James touring Australia in 2027?

Nothing has been announced as of 9 October 2026. There are no confirmed 2027 dates, venues or presales in Australia.

Is Hayden James playing New Zealand in 2027?

No New Zealand date has been announced. His last Auckland show in the setlist archive was at Auckland Town Hall on 2 August 2019.

When did Hayden James last play in Australia?

The latest show in the setlist archive is the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on Friday 4 April 2025.

When did he last play Melbourne?

The latest Melbourne entry in the archive is Albert Park on 1 April 2023; his last Melbourne theatre show logged there is the Forum Theatre on 24 August 2019.

Has Hayden James played Splendour in the Grass?

Yes. Wikipedia lists Splendour in the Grass among his festivals, and the archive has him at North Byron Parklands in July 2015, 2016 and 2019.

What is his most recent album?

We Could Be Love, released on 13 September 2024. His debut Between Us reached No. 9 in Australia in 2019.

What songs does he usually play live?

Logged sets feature 'Something About You', 'Better Together', 'Just a Lover', 'Weightless', 'Numb', 'Just Friends' and 'Say My Name'.

Is there a Hayden James presale code for 2027?

No. With no dates announced, any code on offer is not official. Genuine presale codes are sent free to registered fans when a tour is announced.