Illy Australia Tour 2027

Illy has not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no national tour, regional run or festival booking for next year in the public record, and no new album has been announced to follow Good Life, released in November 2024. This page sets out what is known, what is not, and the full story of the Frankston rapper's shows at home.

That silence is not a sign that he has stopped touring. Few Australian artists of any genre have covered as much of the map as Illy. In 2025 alone he played a capital-city run for Good Life and then the long Good-er Life regional tour, which opened in Canberra on Friday 1 August 2025 and finished in Mildura on Saturday 1 November 2025. In mid-2026 he went back out with the Two Degrees 10th Anniversary Tour, playing his 2016 album in theatres and band rooms from Melbourne to Fremantle and Brisbane.

Below you will find the state of play for 2027, a city-by-city history of his concerts in Australia and New Zealand built from the setlist archive, his festival record, the songs he plays most often on stage, and practical advice for when the next tickets do go on sale.

Illy Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official information about an Illy tour in 2027. The most recent dates were those of the Two Degrees 10th Anniversary Tour, which the setlist archive shows at 170 Russell in Melbourne on Sunday 7 June 2026, Freo.Social in Fremantle on 13 June, the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide on 19 June, Manning Bar in Sydney on 27 June and the Triffid in Brisbane on Saturday 18 July 2026. Nothing has been added since, and no New Zealand dates were part of that run.

Illy's touring pattern over the past decade gives some context without predicting anything. After each album he has tended to play the capitals first and then return to the regions: the Two Degrees tour reached Broome, Kalgoorlie, Esperance and Albany in August 2017, and the 2023 and 2025 runs went to places such as Rockhampton, Airlie Beach, Townsville, Cairns, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Bendigo, Mildura and Forth in Tasmania. An anniversary tour in 2026 suggests he is between album cycles, but no new music or tour has been confirmed.

Until an announcement appears through the official channels, treat any list of 2027 Illy dates, any 'leaked' venue line-up or any presale code offered online with suspicion. Australian hip-hop tours are usually announced only a few months ahead of the first show, often with a short pre-sale window for fans who have signed up, so the best step for now is to register for an alert.

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

Illy's live career began in the clubs and pubs of the Australian hip-hop circuit. According to Wikipedia, he played his first national headline tour of 12 dates in April 2010, after the release of Long Story Short, and in September that year he toured with 360 and Skryptcha on The Three Up Tour. In February 2011 he took The Chase on a 14-date national tour with M-Phazes as special guest, and Bring It Back was followed in 2012 by a 24-date tour with Chasm and Skryptcha in support.

The setlist archive picks up the story in 2017 with the Two Degrees tour, which he took well beyond the usual capital-city circuit. Between Sunday 13 August and 1 October 2017 it lists shows at the Roebuck Bay Hotel in Broome, the Kalgoorlie Hotel, the Pier Hotel in Esperance, the White Star Hotel in Albany, the Kay St Entertainment Complex in Traralgon, the Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Club 54 in Launceston, two nights at Solbar in Maroochydore, NightQuarter on the Gold Coast, the Great Northern Hotel in Byron Bay and the Union Jack in Cairns. That same year he won the ARIA Award for Best Australian Live Act.

Between 2018 and 2021 most of his recorded shows were outdoor events and festival stages: Birrarung Marr in Melbourne in January 2018, Hotel Rottnest on Rottnest Island, the Gardens Amphitheatre in Darwin, the Big Pineapple at Woombye, Commonwealth Park in Canberra and Victoria Park in Ballarat in late 2019, and the Corner Hotel in Melbourne in January 2020. On Sunday 16 February 2020 he was part of Fire Fight Australia, the bushfire relief concert at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, where his set included 'Then What', 'Catch 22', 'Last Laugh' and 'Papercuts'.

After the pandemic years he returned to small rooms on a scale few artists attempt. In 2023 the archive shows him at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Bunbury, Centennial Park in Kalgoorlie, the Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle, Freo.Social in Fremantle, the River Hotel in Margaret River, the Great Western Hotel in Rockhampton, Magnums in Airlie Beach, the Edge Hill Tavern in Cairns, Sussex Inlet Tavern, Corowa RSL, the Miranda Hotel and LABEL. in Sydney, Uni Bar in Hobart and the Pier Bandroom in Melbourne on 23 December 2023. In New Zealand the archive lists a single show, at QPS Park in Queenstown on 10 September 2022.

Good Life brought a new run in 2025. It began at 170 Russell in Melbourne on Friday 28 March 2025, billed as The Good Life Tour, and continued to the Princess Theatre in Brisbane, the Factory Theatre in Sydney and the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide in April. From August the Good-er Life regional tour took him to the UC Hub in Canberra, the Station Resort in Jindabyne, Long Jetty, Newcastle, Wollongong, Altar in Hobart, Forth, Gladstone, Mackay, Perth, Port Beach Brewery in Fremantle, Bunbury, Cairns, Townsville, Airlie Beach, Redland Bay, Burleigh, Maroochydore, Torquay, Bendigo and finally the Setts in Mildura.

The most recent chapter is the 2026 anniversary tour for Two Degrees, the 2016 album that gave him his first ARIA No. 1. Its five recorded dates ran from 170 Russell in Melbourne in June to the Triffid in Brisbane in July. Earlier in 2026 he also played the Maryborough Showgrounds on 22 February.

The table below lists 99 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Illy between 2017 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (10), Sydney (8), Maroochydore (4), Brisbane (3), Adelaide (3), Fremantle (3). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Illy 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 (12 January 2020 to 18 July 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Papercuts — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Swear Jar — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Tightrope — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Catch 22 — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. Exit Sign — played at 12 of 15 shows
6. Then What — played at 12 of 15 shows
7. High — played at 9 of 15 shows
8. It Can Wait — played at 8 of 15 shows
9. Like You — played at 8 of 15 shows
10. Two Degrees — played at 8 of 15 shows
11. Cigarettes — played at 7 of 15 shows
12. Good Life — played at 6 of 15 shows
13. Loose Ends — played at 6 of 15 shows
14. Braveheart — played at 5 of 15 shows

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

• Two Degrees 10th Anniversary (2026): 5 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Fremantle, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane.
• The Good Life Tour (2025): 2 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Fremantle.
• Two Degrees (2017): 15 Australia/NZ shows — Broome, Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Albany, Traralgon, Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston, Maroochydore, Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Byron Bay….

Illy Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Festivals have been a major part of Illy's career. Wikipedia notes headline slots at Groovin the Moo, Splendour in the Grass, Spilt Milk and Yours and Owls. The setlist archive adds his New Year's Eve 2019 set at the Falls Festival site at Marion Bay in Tasmania, where he ended with a medley of Australian songs, and shows at Commonwealth Park in Canberra on 23 November 2019 and Victoria Park in Ballarat a week later.

He has also appeared at many smaller regional events: Stuart Park in Wollongong in October 2017, the Shepparton Showgrounds in November 2019, Mindil Beach in Darwin in May 2021, the festival site at Queenscliff in November 2023, and the Sydney Showground in May 2025, where a short set included 'Swear Jar', 'Tightrope', 'High' and 'Papercuts' alongside his cover of 'Mr. Brightside'.

Illy Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Illy, born Alasdair David George Murray on 6 September 1985 in Frankston, on Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula, was a member of the group Crooked Eye before going solo. His first album, Long Story Short (2009), reached No. 24 on the ARIA urban albums chart, and its lead single 'Pictures' went into national rotation on Triple J.

The Chase (2010) reached No. 25 on the ARIA albums chart, and its single 'It Can Wait' became his first charting single and was certified gold. Bring It Back (2012), which he called a tribute to the Australian hip-hop scene, reached No. 15 and won the ARIA Award for Best Urban Album in 2013. That year he left Obese Records to start his own label, ONETWO, signing Allday, and released Cinematic, which debuted at No. 4; its single 'Tightrope' reached No. 18.

His commercial peak came in 2016. 'Papercuts', featuring Vera Blue, reached No. 2 on the ARIA singles chart and 'Catch 22', featuring Anne-Marie, reached No. 11, and the album Two Degrees debuted at No. 1. It brought his ARIA win for Best Australian Live Act in 2017. The Space Between (2021) also reached No. 1, after singles including 'Then What', 'Codes', 'Lean on Me' and 'Last Laugh'.

In October 2022 Illy re-signed with Warner Music and released 'Like You', followed by 'Hopeless' in October 2023 and the album Good Life in November 2024, which reached No. 4. Across his career he has received two ARIA Awards from nineteen nominations and three APRA Awards from eight nominations.

Illy Australia Tour 2027: touring the regions

No Illy tour has looked like a standard capital-city run. The 2017 Two Degrees dates opened in Broome on a Sunday in August and crossed Western Australia through Kalgoorlie, Esperance and Albany before heading east to Traralgon, Tasmania and Queensland. In 2023 he played more than thirty shows in pubs, taverns and band rooms, many of them in towns that rarely see a national hip-hop act.

The 2025 Good-er Life tour repeated the formula with 27 dates, among them Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains, Gladstone and Mackay in central Queensland, and Mildura on the Murray. For fans outside the big cities, that is the main reason to watch for his next announcement: if the pattern holds, a regional leg is likely, but no 2027 dates of any kind have been published.

Illy Australia Tour 2027: Melbourne, the home crowd

Frankston is on the edge of Melbourne, and the city has seen Illy in almost every kind of room: the Pier Hotel in 2017, the Royal Botanic Gardens in November 2017, Birrarung Marr in January 2018, the Corner Hotel in January 2020, SOUNDBOX, the Plaza Tavern and the Pier Bandroom in late 2023, and Rod Laver Arena on 9 November 2024.

170 Russell has become his Melbourne base in recent years. It hosted the opening night of The Good Life Tour on 28 March 2025, a 22-song set that ended with 'Papercuts' and 'High', and the first night of the Two Degrees 10th Anniversary Tour on 7 June 2026.

Illy Australia Tour 2027: Western Australia and the Fremantle shows

Western Australia gets more Illy dates than many touring acts give it. Beyond the 2017 run through the north and the goldfields, the archive lists Hotel Rottnest in March 2018, Metro City in Perth in April 2021, Kalgoorlie and Bunbury in February 2023, and a south-west swing in September 2023 through Fremantle, Bunbury and Margaret River.

Fremantle has hosted three recent nights: Freo.Social in September 2023, Port Beach Brewery on 26 September 2025 during the Good-er Life tour, and Freo.Social again on 13 June 2026 for the Two Degrees anniversary, with a 19-song set that included 'YoYo' before the closing 'Papercuts'.

Illy Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand

New Zealand has seen very little of Illy as a headliner. The setlist archive records only one show there, at QPS Park in Queenstown on 10 September 2022, and no New Zealand dates were part of the 2025 or 2026 tours.

There is no announcement of any New Zealand concert for 2027. If one is added, it will appear on this page together with any Australian dates.

Illy Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

An Illy headline show usually runs to between 14 and 22 songs. The Good Life Tour sets of 2025 opened with 'You Don't Like Me' and 'Throwbacks', moved through 'Catch 22', 'Stubborn', 'Exit Sign', 'Then What', 'Swear Jar', 'Kids', 'Braveheart', 'Rings' and 'Satellites', and built to 'Tightrope', 'Good Life', 'Closer' and 'Papercuts', with his cover of 'Mr. Brightside' and a version of 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' often thrown in.

The 2026 anniversary shows were different: the Triffid set of 18 July 2026 opened with 'Forget It', 'Looks Could Kill' and 'Lightshow', then went through Two Degrees tracks such as 'Hazard to Myself', 'Youngbloods', 'Oh My', 'Extra Extra', 'Truce' and 'You Say When', ending with 'Two Degrees', 'It Can Wait' and 'Papercuts'.

Across all the Australian shows in the archive, 'Papercuts' and 'Swear Jar' are the most played songs, followed by 'Catch 22', 'Tightrope' and 'Then What'. A medley of Australian songs has featured on several tours, and on the late-2023 dates he played it in the middle of a 14-song set.

Illy Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Illy 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 Illy show is not official.

When a tour is announced, tickets will be sold through the official ticketing outlets named in the announcement and, for many of his regional shows, directly through the venue box office. Pre-sales for fan-club or mailing-list members usually come before the general sale. Mobile tickets are often name-locked, so buy only from an official outlet and use the authorised resale option if you can no longer go. Be wary of anyone selling 'presale codes'.

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Illy Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Illy touring Australia in 2027?

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

What was Illy's most recent tour?

The Two Degrees 10th Anniversary Tour, which ran from 170 Russell in Melbourne on 7 June 2026 to the Triffid in Brisbane on 18 July 2026.

Will Illy play New Zealand in 2027?

Nothing has been announced. His only show in New Zealand listed in the setlist archive is at QPS Park in Queenstown on 10 September 2022.

When did Illy last play Sydney?

At Manning Bar on 27 June 2026, during the Two Degrees 10th Anniversary Tour.

When did Illy last play Perth or Fremantle?

At Freo.Social in Fremantle on 13 June 2026. In September 2025 he played Bar1 in Perth and Port Beach Brewery in Fremantle.

What is Illy's latest album?

Good Life, released in November 2024. It reached No. 4 on the ARIA albums chart.

How long is an Illy concert?

Headline sets in the archive run to between 14 and 22 songs, usually ending with 'Papercuts'.

Did Illy play Fire Fight Australia?

Yes. He performed at the bushfire relief concert at ANZ Stadium in Sydney on 16 February 2020.

Is there an Illy presale code for 2027?

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