In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027

In Hearts Wake have not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no headline tour, regional run or festival booking for next year under their name. Their most recent Australian dates were a busy first half of 2026: the Froth & Fury festival in Perth and Adelaide in January, Quercus Park in Carrick, Tasmania, in February, the 21-date regional tour with The Amity Affliction from February to March, and Mindil Beach in Darwin on Saturday 16 May 2026.

The band comes from Byron Bay on the far north coast of New South Wales, where it formed in 2006. Vocalist Jake Taylor, guitarists Eaven Dall and Ben Nairne and drummer Conor Ward have released six studio albums, from Divination (2012) to Incarnation (12 July 2024). Earthwalker, Skydancer, Ark and Kaliyuga all reached the ARIA top five, and environmental causes run through their lyrics and their touring.

In Hearts Wake are one of the hardest-working live bands in Australian heavy music. The setlist archive lists 60 Australian shows since May 2023 alone, from Alice Springs and Palmerston in the Northern Territory to Ballarat, Rockhampton and Hobart, as well as earlier visits to Auckland and Wellington.

In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

Here is the situation as of 9 October 2026. No In Hearts Wake concert in Australia or New Zealand has been announced for 2027, and the band has not published any new album or tour plans for next year. Their 2026 touring at home ended, as far as the archive shows, with Mindil Beach in Darwin on 16 May 2026.

In Hearts Wake are not on the bill of Hellbound II, the heavy music cruise that sails from Sydney from 17 to 21 January 2027 with their 2026 touring partners The Amity Affliction, Parkway Drive and Thy Art Is Murder. They are also not among the acts announced for Northlane's Anemoia tour of November 2026, despite the two bands' long shared history.

Their recent pattern has been an album tour of capital cities followed by long regional runs: the Incarnation Album Release Tour of September 2024, the Incarnation Summer Tour of January to February 2025, and the support slot on The Amity Affliction's regional tour in 2026. Whether 2027 brings new music or new dates has not been announced, and nothing on this page should be read as a prediction of specific shows.

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Before the In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

In Hearts Wake started touring as teenagers. In July 2007 they made a first tour covering three Australian states and three major cities, and after signing with UNFD in 2012 and releasing Divination they played four shows in New Zealand in March 2013. A June 2013 Australian tour with Counterparts, The Storm Picturesque and Stories followed, then a support run with Like Moths to Flames and Hand of Mercy on Dream On, Dreamer's Homebound Tour from 30 August to 8 September 2013, four shows with Enter Shikari, and The Amity Affliction's Brothers in Arms tour with Chelsea Grin and Stick to Your Guns.

In early 2014 the band headlined the Skydancer Australia Tour with Hand of Mercy and Hellions, putting the proceeds into its Skydancer project, and in June 2014 toured Earthwalker with Being as an Ocean, Dream On, Dreamer, Endless Heights and Sierra. The setlist archive's first In Hearts Wake show is Zeal West in Auckland on Saturday 6 December 2014. In June 2016 they co-headlined an Australian tour with Northlane to launch the Equinox EP, with Hands Like Houses and Ocean Grove in support.

Ark (2017) was launched with an Australian headline tour in July 2017 with While She Sleeps and Crossfaith, followed by the Ark Tour. In New Zealand the archive lists San Fran in Wellington on Friday 25 August 2017 and the Kings Arms in Auckland the next night. In 2018 the band played the 28-date Great Southern Land Tour across Australia and an all-ages Ark Tour in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in June, and in January 2019 the Summer Setlist Tour with Alpha Wolf and Drown This City went to Geelong, Albury, Canberra, Wollongong, Penrith and Newcastle.

In May 2023 the archive shows a short run at Max Watt's House of Music in Melbourne on Thursday 4 May, the Adelaide UniBar and Metropolis Fremantle, with a set built around the songs of Divination. The Incarnation Album Release Tour in September 2024 played the King Street Hotel in Newcastle on Thursday 5 September, Liberty Hall in Sydney on 6 September, The Tivoli in Brisbane on 7 September, the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 12 September, The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide on 13 September and Magnet House in Perth on Saturday 14 September.

The Incarnation Summer Tour followed from Thursday 30 January 2025 at Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast, through Ipswich, Caloundra, Redland Bay, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville, Cairns, Gosford, Wollongong, Penrith, Canberra, Albury, Ballarat, Geelong and Chelsea Heights to the Uni Bar in Hobart on Saturday 22 February 2025. Later in 2025 the band returned to Cairns and Townsville in March, played The Black Wreath in Alice Springs and The Landmark in Palmerston in April, and Central Park in South Townsville in July.

In February and March 2026 In Hearts Wake supported The Amity Affliction on a 21-date regional tour, from The Shed in Palmview on Friday 13 February and The Powerhouse in Toowoomba the next night to Mackay, Airlie Beach, Townsville, Cairns, Dee Why RSL in Sydney, Newcastle, Tamworth, Coffs Harbour, Penrith, Wollongong, Erina, Albury, Geelong, Traralgon, the Pier Hotel and the Bridgeway Hotel in Adelaide on Saturday 21 March 2026.

The table below lists 63 documented Australia/NZ concerts by In Hearts Wake between 2014 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (6), Adelaide (4), Sydney (3), Cairns (3), Townsville (3), Geelong (2). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

In Hearts Wake 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 (13 February 2025 to 18 March 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Hellbringer — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. The Flood (ǝɔᴉʇsnɾ) — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Earthwalker — played at 14 of 15 shows
4. Gen Doom (ʇuɐɥdoɹǝᴉɥ ǝɥʇ) — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. The Unknown (Strength) — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. Tyrant (ɹoɹǝdɯǝ ǝɥʇ) — played at 14 of 15 shows
7. Worldwide Suicide — played at 14 of 15 shows
8. Crisis — played at 13 of 15 shows
9. Orphan (lᴉʌǝp ǝɥʇ) — played at 12 of 15 shows
10. Force of Life — played at 11 of 15 shows
11. Gaia — played at 7 of 15 shows
12. Naga — played at 4 of 15 shows
13. Refuge — played at 4 of 15 shows
14. Survival (The Chariot) — played at 4 of 15 shows

Before the In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Incarnation Summer Tour 2025 (2025): 1 Australia/NZ show — Rockhampton.
• Incarnation Album Release Tour (2024): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• 'ARK' Tour (2017): 2 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Auckland.

In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

In Hearts Wake played Soundwave for the first time in February and March 2014. They were on Groovin the Moo in 2016, and Unify Gathering, Australia's heavy music weekend in Tarwin Lower, has booked them several times; Wikipedia lists them in 2015, 2016 and 2019, and in the 2023 Unify mini-festival series, where the archive shows the Odeon Theatre in Hobart on 1 June 2023 and the Pier Bandroom on 2 June.

The archive also lists Knotfest Australia in 2025, at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Friday 28 February, Brisbane Showgrounds on Sunday 2 March and Centennial Park in Sydney on Saturday 8 March, each with a nine-song set. In January 2026 they played Froth & Fury, at Perth HPC on Saturday 24 January and the Adelaide Showground on Saturday 31 January, and in May 2026 they appeared at Mindil Beach in Darwin. No 2027 festival booking has been announced as of 9 October 2026.

In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: career and records

In Hearts Wake were formed in early 2006 by five friends from Byron Bay. They recorded the Into the Storm EP that December and, with an average age of seventeen, spent five months at the SAE Institute in Byron Bay making a second EP, The Gateway, with producer James Lyall. After a split EP with The Bride in 2010 they signed with UNFD in July 2012, and Divination, produced by Josh Schroeder in the United States, reached No. 27 on the ARIA chart.

Earthwalker (2014) reached No. 5 and Skydancer (2015), recorded at the same time, went to No. 2 and was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album. The band toured North America with Northlane and Parkway Drive in 2015 and released the joint Equinox EP with Northlane in 2016. Conor Ward became the official drummer in December 2016.

Ark (2017) debuted at No. 3. Around it the band launched the We Are Waterborne Initiative, organising beach clean-ups with fans in Australia and New Zealand with Tangaroa Blue and Sea Shepherd, and the 2018 Ark Prevails EP raised money for Sea Shepherd Australia. Kaliyuga (2020) came with a pledge to plant trees linked to video views and featured Jamie Hails of Polaris on 'Hellbringer'.

The soundtrack Green Is the New Black was nominated for an ARIA Award in 2022, and Jake Taylor and the band were nominated for the triple j J Award 'You Done Good' prize the same year. Bassist Kyle Erich left on good terms in April 2024, marked by the song 'Farewell', and the sixth album, Incarnation, followed on 12 July 2024.

In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: touring the regions

In Hearts Wake are a regional touring band in a very literal sense. The archive lists 18 regional and suburban shows on the Incarnation Summer Tour of 2025 and 21 more alongside The Amity Affliction in 2026, in places like Rockhampton, Gladstone, Redland Bay, Ballarat, Traralgon, Erina and Airlie Beach.

Many of these are in pubs and clubs, such as the Koala Tavern, McGuire's Hotel in Mackay, the Union Jack in Cairns and Beer Deluxe in Albury, rather than theatres. For fans outside the capitals, an In Hearts Wake tour is often the heaviest show to come to town that year.

In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: the Northern Territory and the far north

Few Australian heavy bands travel to the Northern Territory, but In Hearts Wake did so twice in 2025 and 2026: The Black Wreath in Alice Springs on Friday 11 April 2025, The Landmark in Palmerston the next night, and Mindil Beach in Darwin on 16 May 2026.

North Queensland is another regular stop. The archive lists Townsville four times between February 2025 and February 2026, including Central Park in South Townsville in July 2025, and Cairns three times.

In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: a shared history with Northlane and The Amity Affliction

In Hearts Wake's touring has often run alongside two other Australian bands. They supported Northlane's regional tour in January 2013, toured North America with them in 2015 and co-headlined the Equinox tour in June 2016; in August 2017 both bands played San Fran in Wellington and the Kings Arms in Auckland on the same nights.

With The Amity Affliction they toured Europe and Australia in 2013 on the Brothers in Arms tour, and in 2026 they were main support on Amity's 21-date regional tour. Neither band has announced a joint tour for 2027.

In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and New Zealand

New Zealand has been part of In Hearts Wake's route since the four shows of March 2013. The archive lists Zeal West in Auckland on 6 December 2014 and the 2017 Ark Tour stops in Wellington and Auckland, and the We Are Waterborne beach clean-ups also took place in New Zealand in 2017 and 2018.

No New Zealand show appears in the archive after August 2017, and no New Zealand date is announced for 2027.

In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

An In Hearts Wake headline set runs to about 18 songs. At Liberty Hall in Sydney on 6 September 2024 the set opened with 'Spitting Nails' and 'The Flood', moved through 'Traveller (The Fool)', 'Departure (Death)', 'Gaia', 'Earthwalker', 'Wildflower', 'Aether', 'Skydancer', 'Breakaway', 'Refuge', 'Ark' and 'Passage', and ended with 'Hellbringer', 'Farewell', 'Orphan', 'Worldwide Suicide' and 'Hollow Bone'.

As a support act and on festival stages the set is shorter. At The Powerhouse in Toowoomba on 14 February 2026 they played 11 songs, from 'Crisis' and 'Worldwide Suicide' to 'The Flood' and 'Orphan', and Knotfest sets in 2025 ran to nine songs. The Max Watt's show of 4 May 2023 was a special case, built around the tarot-titled songs of Divination.

Across Australian and New Zealand shows in the archive, the most played songs are 'Earthwalker', 'Hellbringer', 'Worldwide Suicide', 'The Flood', 'Orphan', 'The Unknown (Strength)', 'Gaia' and 'Crisis'.

In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no tickets for a 2027 In Hearts Wake tour of Australia or New Zealand, because none has been announced as of 9 October 2026. Any website selling seats or offering a 'presale code' for 2027 is not official.

For past tours, tickets were sold through the promoter and the venues' official outlets, and regional shows in pubs and clubs often sold through the venue directly. If new dates are announced, buy only from the official seller named in the announcement or the venue box office, keep your mobile ticket in your own name, and be careful with social media sellers.

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In Hearts Wake Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are In Hearts Wake touring Australia in 2027?

Nothing has been announced as of 9 October 2026.

Are In Hearts Wake on the Hellbound II cruise?

No. The January 2027 cruise from Sydney features The Amity Affliction, Parkway Drive and Thy Art Is Murder among others, but not In Hearts Wake.

When did In Hearts Wake last play in Australia?

The latest show in the archive is Mindil Beach in Darwin on 16 May 2026.

Did In Hearts Wake tour with The Amity Affliction in 2026?

Yes, as main support on the 21-date regional tour from 13 February to 21 March 2026.

When did In Hearts Wake last play Sydney?

At Dee Why RSL on 25 February 2026. Their last Sydney headline show was at Liberty Hall on 6 September 2024.

Will In Hearts Wake play New Zealand in 2027?

No New Zealand date is announced. Their last New Zealand shows in the archive were in Wellington and Auckland in August 2017.

What is In Hearts Wake's latest album?

Incarnation, released on 12 July 2024.

Where are In Hearts Wake from?

Byron Bay, New South Wales, where the band formed in 2006.

Which festivals have In Hearts Wake played in Australia?

Soundwave (2014), Groovin the Moo (2016), Unify Gathering, Knotfest Australia (2025) and Froth & Fury (2026), among others.