J. Cole has not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no 2027 date in either country. What is confirmed is closer: The Fall-Off World Tour brings him to Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland in November and December 2026, his first headline visit since 2017.
That 2026 run opens at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Wednesday 25 November, continues with two nights at Rod Laver Arena on 28 and 29 November and two at Afterpay Arena in Sydney on 1 and 2 December, then finishes with two nights at Spark Arena in Auckland on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 2026. The world tour ends in Johannesburg on 12 December, and no 2027 leg has been announced anywhere.
The North Carolina rapper has a short but notable history here: a support slot on Eminem's Rapture tour in stadiums in February 2014, then his own 4 Your Eyez Only tour in December 2017, which reached Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. This page explains what is and is not confirmed beyond 2026 and collects his past Australian and New Zealand concerts.
There is no official information about J. Cole concerts in Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No dates, venues or presales have been announced for next year, and any site selling 2027 tickets or presale codes for him is not official.
The Fall-Off World Tour supports The Fall-Off, released on Friday 6 February 2026 and presented as his seventh and final studio album. Wikipedia lists 73 shows, from Charlotte, North Carolina on 10 July 2026 to Johannesburg on 12 December 2026, with seven Oceania dates between 25 November and 6 December. Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland each get two nights; Brisbane gets one. Perth and Adelaide are not on the route, and there is no Wellington date.
After the album came out, Cole said in an AMA on his website that he had no plans to make another album soon and would like to return to producing. He has also confirmed that the mixtape It's a Boy, first meant to come out before The Fall-Off, is still on the way. None of this points to a new tour in 2027, and given that The Fall-Off is billed as his final album, the November and December 2026 shows may be the last chance for a while to see him in Australia and New Zealand.
If more Australian or New Zealand dates are added, either to the current tour or in 2027, this page will be updated with the venues and sale details as soon as they are official.
J. Cole's first concerts in the region were as a supporting act on Eminem's Rapture tour in February 2014, alongside Kendrick Lamar and with local rappers 360 and David Dallas on the bill. The tour played Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on Saturday 15 February, Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Wednesday 19 February, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Thursday 20 February and ANZ Stadium in Sydney on Saturday 22 February 2014.
At Western Springs his set had 13 songs, opening with 'Trouble' and 'Land of the Snakes' and featuring 'Nobody's Perfect', 'Work Out', 'Crooked Smile' and 'Power Trip', the singles that had made him known in Australia. The setlist archive has no song lists for the Australian stadium nights, but they were part of the same package.
Cole came back as a headliner on the 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour, announced on 21 February 2017 with 62 dates across North America, Europe and Australia. The Oceania leg began at Spark Arena in Auckland on Friday 1 December 2017, followed by the Riverstage in Brisbane on Saturday 2 December, two nights at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 December, Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne on Wednesday 6 December and HBF Stadium in Perth on Saturday 9 December 2017.
The venues were mid-sized compared with his arena tours in North America: the Riverstage is an outdoor amphitheatre in Brisbane's City Botanic Gardens, the Hordern Pavilion a hall in Moore Park, and Margaret Court Arena the smaller of the two main arenas at Melbourne Park. Sydney was the only city to get two nights. Perth, which was skipped in 2014, got the final show of the run.
Nine years later, the 2026 dates show how much his audience has grown: Rod Laver Arena instead of Margaret Court Arena, two arena nights in Sydney instead of the Hordern, and a second Spark Arena date in Auckland. Those shows fall after 9 October 2026, so they are not yet in the table of past concerts below.
The table below lists 10 documented Australia/NZ concerts by J. Cole between 2014 and 2017, with the most shows in Sydney (3), Melbourne (2), Brisbane (2), Auckland (2), Perth (1). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.
| Date | City | Venue | Tour / event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 December 2017 | Perth | HBF Stadium | 4 Your Eyez Only Tour |
| 6 December 2017 | Melbourne | Margaret Court Arena | 4 Your Eyez Only Tour |
| 5 December 2017 | Sydney | Hordern Pavilion | 4 Your Eyez Only Tour |
| 4 December 2017 | Sydney | Hordern Pavilion | 4 Your Eyez Only Tour |
| 2 December 2017 | Brisbane | Riverstage | 4 Your Eyez Only Tour |
| 1 December 2017 | Auckland | Spark Arena | 4 Your Eyez Only Tour |
| 22 February 2014 | Sydney | ANZ Stadium | |
| 20 February 2014 | Brisbane | Suncorp Stadium | Rapture 2014 |
| 19 February 2014 | Melbourne | Etihad Stadium | |
| 15 February 2014 | Auckland | Western Springs Stadium |
Concert data: setlist.fm
Across the 3 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (15 February 2014 to 9 December 2017), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.
Jermaine Lamarr Cole was born on 28 January 1985 on a US military base in Germany and grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina. His 2007 mixtape The Come Up drew attention, and after moving to New York for college he signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2009, which released The Warm Up (2009) and Friday Night Lights (2010).
His debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011), reached No. 52 in Australia, and Born Sinner (2013), with 'Power Trip' and 'Crooked Smile', climbed to No. 14. 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014) peaked at No. 40, while 4 Your Eyez Only (2016) reached No. 6. Every one of his studio albums has gone to No. 1 on the US Billboard 200.
KOD (2018) was his first Australian No. 1 and set a then-record with six simultaneous top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. The Off-Season (2021) reached No. 3 in Australia, and his collaboration 'A Lot' with 21 Savage won the Grammy for Best Rap Song. In 2023 he featured on Drake's 'First Person Shooter', his first US No. 1 single, and in April 2024 he released the mixtape Might Delete Later.
The Fall-Off arrived on 6 February 2026, with guests including Burna Boy, Erykah Badu, Future, Morray, Tems, PJ and Petey Pablo, and reached No. 7 in Australia. Cole also runs the Dreamville label, founded in 2007 with Ibrahim Hamad, and has played professional basketball, most recently one game for the Nanjing Monkey Kings in China in April 2026.
| Album | Year | AUS chart peak |
|---|---|---|
| Cole World: The Sideline Story | 2011 | AUS 52 |
| Born Sinner | 2013 | AUS 14 |
| 2014 Forest Hills Drive | 2014 | AUS 40 |
| 4 Your Eyez Only | 2016 | AUS 6 |
| KOD | 2018 | AUS 1 |
| The Off-Season | 2021 | AUS 3 |
| The Fall-Off | 2026 | AUS 7 |
The seven Oceania dates of The Fall-Off World Tour are the largest J. Cole has played in the region as a headliner. Brisbane opens on Wednesday 25 November 2026 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Melbourne follows at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November, and Sydney has Afterpay Arena on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 December.
Auckland closes the leg with Spark Arena on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December, the first time he has played two nights in New Zealand. After that the tour has one more stop, Johannesburg on 12 December. These shows are in 2026, not 2027, and no further Australian date has been added for next year.
The February 2014 Rapture dates were the biggest crowds J. Cole had played to in the region, even as a support act. Eminem headlined Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane and ANZ Stadium in Sydney, and Western Springs in Auckland, with Kendrick Lamar also on the bill and local rappers 360 and David Dallas joining for the Oceania shows.
For many Australian fans these were their first look at Cole on stage, a few months after Born Sinner had reached No. 14 in Australia. The stadium bill gave him a much larger audience than his own first headline tour would three years later, when he chose halls and mid-sized arenas instead.
None of those stadiums carries the same name today in every case: Etihad Stadium in Melbourne has since been renamed Marvel Stadium, and the Sydney stadium at Olympic Park has changed sponsors more than once.
New Zealand has been on every one of his trips to the region. In 2014 Western Springs Stadium was the first Rapture show in Oceania, in 2017 Spark Arena opened his 4 Your Eyez Only leg, and in 2026 Spark Arena gets two nights to close the tour.
The set lists from Auckland are also the most complete in the archive: 13 songs as a support act in 2014, and 18 songs in 2017, from 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' and 'Immortal' to 'Power Trip' and 'No Role Modelz'. Wellington and Christchurch have never had a J. Cole concert in the data.
Perth has had one J. Cole concert: HBF Stadium on Saturday 9 December 2017, the last night of that Oceania leg. The Rapture tour of 2014 did not go west, and the 2026 schedule also stops at the east coast and Auckland.
Adelaide has never had a J. Cole show in the setlist archive or Wikipedia. Fans in both cities will need to travel to Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane for the 2026 dates; there is nothing in 2027 to wait for so far.
Melbourne has seen J. Cole twice so far, at Etihad Stadium with Eminem in 2014 and at Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday 6 December 2017. The two 2026 nights at Rod Laver Arena, on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November, will be his first headline shows in Melbourne's largest indoor arena.
Sydney has the most history: ANZ Stadium in 2014, then two nights at the Hordern Pavilion on Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 December 2017, the only city on that leg with a second night. In 2026 it again gets two shows, at Afterpay Arena on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 December.
The 2017 Australian and New Zealand shows ran to 18 songs. Auckland and Perth both opened with 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' and 'Immortal' from 4 Your Eyez Only, followed by 'Deja Vu', 'Ville Mentality' and 'Change', then went back through older songs such as 'Lights Please', 'Nobody's Perfect', 'Work Out' and 'Can't Get Enough'.
The second half mixed 'Neighbors', 'Foldin Clothes' and 'Love Yourz' with 'Wet Dreamz', 'A Tale of 2 Citiez' and 'G.O.M.D.', and both nights ended with 'Power Trip' and 'No Role Modelz'. As a Rapture support act in 2014 his set was shorter, 13 songs, built around Born Sinner and his first album.
The Fall-Off World Tour is built around the new album, but set lists from the 2026 Australian dates will only be known once they have happened; this page will reflect them after the tour.
There are no J. Cole tickets for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no 2027 concerts have been announced. Any site offering 2027 seats or a presale code is not official.
For the November and December 2026 shows, buy only through the official ticket seller named in the tour announcement, the venue box office or the artist's own presale. Arena tickets are usually name-locked mobile tickets, so avoid social media sellers, and never pay for a so-called presale code.
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Is J. Cole touring Australia in 2027?
Nothing has been announced for 2027 as of 9 October 2026.
When is J. Cole in Australia in 2026?
Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 25 November, Rod Laver Arena on 28 and 29 November and Afterpay Arena in Sydney on 1 and 2 December 2026.
Is J. Cole playing New Zealand?
Yes, in 2026: two nights at Spark Arena in Auckland on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December. Nothing is announced for 2027.
Is J. Cole playing Perth or Adelaide in 2026?
No. The 2026 dates are in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland only.
When did J. Cole last play Australia?
On the 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour, ending at HBF Stadium in Perth on 9 December 2017.
Did J. Cole tour with Eminem in Australia?
Yes, as a support act on the Rapture tour in February 2014, in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney stadiums after Auckland.
What is J. Cole's latest album?
The Fall-Off, released on 6 February 2026 and presented as his final studio album; it reached No. 7 in Australia.
What is his only Australian No. 1 album?
KOD, released in 2018.
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