KALEO bring the Way Down Under We Go Tour to Australia and New Zealand in February 2027. The Icelandic blues-rock band open in the courtyard of Fremantle Prison on Wednesday 10 February 2027, then play Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne on Friday 12 February and the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on Saturday 13 February.
The Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane follows on Monday 15 February, and the tour ends at The Civic in Auckland on Thursday 18 February 2027. Five shows in nine days, all in venues with a strong character of their own. Tickets have been on sale since Friday 28 August 2026.
This page covers the confirmed dates and venues, a night-by-night view of the tour and KALEO's documented concerts in Australia and New Zealand since their Bluesfest debut in 2016, along with their records and recent set lists.
The tour title is a play on 'Way Down We Go', the 2015 single that made KALEO known worldwide and went platinum in Australia. It is the band's first tour of the region since February 2025 and comes after Mixed Emotions, their fourth studio album, released on 9 May 2025.
Western Australia opens the run, unusually. Fremantle Prison on Wednesday 10 February 2027 is the band's first documented show in the state, in a 19th-century convict prison that is now a World Heritage site. Two days later they play Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne Park on Friday 12 February, their largest Melbourne room so far.
Sydney follows on Saturday 13 February at the Hordern Pavilion in Moore Park, and Brisbane on Monday 15 February at the Fortitude Music Hall in Fortitude Valley, the same venue they played in February 2025. The band then cross the Tasman for The Civic in Auckland on Thursday 18 February 2027, the last date of the tour.
No support act had been announced as of 9 October 2026, and there are no Adelaide, Canberra or Christchurch dates. If further shows are added in either country, they will be listed here.
Fremantle Prison was built by convict labour in the 1850s and operated as a prison until 1991. It is one of the eleven Australian Convict Sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010 and now operates as a heritage site that also hosts events.
Margaret Court Arena is a multi-purpose arena in the Melbourne Park sports and entertainment precinct, next to Rod Laver Arena. Opened in 1988 as Show Court One, it was redeveloped in the mid-2010s with a retractable roof and hosts concerts as well as Australian Open tennis.
The Hordern Pavilion is a heritage-listed exhibition and concert hall at Moore Park in Sydney, built in 1924 for the Royal Easter Show. Since the show moved to Homebush in 1998 it has been one of the city's main mid-size concert venues.
The Fortitude Music Hall is a concert venue in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane's nightlife district, opened in 2019. It is one of the city's largest dedicated live music halls, with a standing floor and balcony.
The Civic is a theatre on Queen Street in central Auckland, opened in December 1929. It is an atmospheric theatre whose auditorium ceiling is designed to resemble a night sky, and it was restored and reopened at the end of the 1990s.
Wednesday 10 February 2027 — Fremantle Prison, Fremantle. This is the opening night of the run.
Friday 12 February 2027 — Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne. Their most recent documented Melbourne show was at Palais Theatre on 18 February 2025.
Saturday 13 February 2027 — Hordern Pavilion, Sydney. In Sydney, the last documented KALEO concert was at Concert Hall (20 February 2025).
Monday 15 February 2027 — The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane. Their previous show at this venue was on 16 February 2025.
Thursday 18 February 2027 — The Civic, Auckland. In Auckland, the last documented KALEO concert was at Powerstation (12 April 2023). This venue closes the tour.
KALEO first came to Australia for Bluesfest in March 2016, a few months before their major-label album A/B was released. The setlist.fm archive lists four appearances at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm near Byron Bay over the Easter festival, on 24, 25, 26 and 28 March 2016. For a band still largely unknown outside Iceland and the United States, it was a long stay at one of Australia's biggest music events.
They returned seven years later, in April 2023, for a short run that mixed festival and headline dates. They played the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 4 April, went back to Bluesfest at Byron Bay on 6 and 7 April, and played a ten-song set at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 9 April. They then crossed to Auckland for two nights at the Powerstation on 11 and 12 April 2023, each with a 15-song set.
The most recent visit came in February 2025, before Mixed Emotions was out. The band played the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on 16 February, the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on 18 February and the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House on 20 February. They closed in New Zealand at Hagley Park in Christchurch on 22 February 2025.
The Sydney Opera House show on 20 February 2025 had 17 songs, ending with 'Back Door', 'Glass House' and 'Rock 'n' Roller', and is one of the longest sets in their regional archive. Brisbane also reached 17 songs, opening with 'I Want More'.
Across the archive, Byron Bay leads with six Bluesfest dates, followed by Sydney and Melbourne with two each, Auckland with two and Brisbane and Christchurch with one. The 2027 tour adds Fremantle, Margaret Court Arena, the Hordern Pavilion and The Civic to the list.
The table below lists 13 documented Australia/NZ concerts by KALEO between 2016 and 2025, with the most shows in Byron Bay (5), Sydney (2), Melbourne (2), Auckland (2), Christchurch (1), Brisbane (1). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.
| Date | City | Venue | Tour / event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 February 2025 | Christchurch | Hagley Park | |
| 20 February 2025 | Sydney | Concert Hall | |
| 18 February 2025 | Melbourne | Palais Theatre | Payback Tour |
| 16 February 2025 | Brisbane | Fortitude Music Hall | |
| 12 April 2023 | Auckland | Powerstation | |
| 11 April 2023 | Auckland | Powerstation | |
| 9 April 2023 | Melbourne | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre | |
| 6 April 2023 | Byron Bay | Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm | |
| 4 April 2023 | Sydney | Enmore Theatre | |
| 28 March 2016 | Byron Bay | Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm | |
| 26 March 2016 | Byron Bay | Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm | |
| 25 March 2016 | Byron Bay | Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm | |
| 24 March 2016 | Byron Bay | Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm |
Concert data: setlist.fm
Across the 6 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (9 April 2023 to 20 February 2025), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.
Bluesfest is KALEO's home festival in Australia. The setlist.fm archive lists them at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm near Byron Bay on four days in March 2016 and two more in April 2023, a total of six Bluesfest appearances across two editions.
In 2027 all five announced dates are headline shows. No Australian or New Zealand festival booking had been announced as of 9 October 2026.
KALEO formed in Mosfellsbær, outside Reykjavík, in 2012. Singer and guitarist Jökull Júlíusson, known as JJ, drummer Davíð Antonsson and bassist Daníel Kristjánsson had been friends since primary school, and lead guitarist Rubin Pollock joined in 2012. The name means 'the voice' in Hawaiian. Their first major shows were at Iceland Airwaves in 2012, and a cover of the Icelandic song 'Vor í Vaglaskógi' became a radio hit at home.
The self-titled debut (2013) went gold in Iceland. In 2015 the band signed with Atlantic Records and moved to Austin, Texas, and 'All the Pretty Girls' and 'Way Down We Go' built their following in the US. 'Way Down We Go' reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in August 2016 and became a fixture on television series such as Grey's Anatomy and Suits.
A/B came out on 10 June 2016, sold over a million copies worldwide and reached number 29 in Australia. 'No Good' was nominated for the Grammy for Best Rock Performance. The band toured heavily, opening for the Rolling Stones in Hamburg in 2017 and in Philadelphia in 2024.
Surface Sounds was delayed by the pandemic and released on 23 April 2021, reaching number 56 in Australia. Mixed Emotions, the fourth album, followed on 9 May 2025. Harmonica player Þorleifur Gaukur Davíðsson is now a member of the band.
| Album | Year | AUS chart peak |
|---|---|---|
| Kaleo | 2013 | — |
| A/B | 2016 | AUS 29 |
| Surface Sounds | 2021 | AUS 56 |
| Mixed Emotions | 2025 | — |
The tour begins in an unusual setting. Fremantle Prison on Wednesday 10 February 2027 is a convict-built limestone prison that held inmates until 1991 and is now part of the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage listing. The site hosts occasional concerts and events.
It is KALEO's first documented show in Western Australia. Fans in Perth have had to travel east to see them until now; this time the tour starts on their side of the country, with a midweek date in late summer.
The prison is a short walk from Fremantle's town centre and train station, which connects to central Perth.
The Victorian and New South Wales dates fall on consecutive nights at the weekend: Margaret Court Arena on Friday 12 February and the Hordern Pavilion on Saturday 13 February 2027.
In Melbourne the band have moved up steadily, from a short set at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in April 2023 to the Palais Theatre in February 2025 and now an arena at Melbourne Park. In Sydney they have played the Enmore Theatre in 2023 and the Opera House Concert Hall in 2025; the Hordern is a standing venue, which suits a louder, rock-leaning show better than a seated concert hall.
Brisbane is the only city where KALEO return to the same venue. They played the Fortitude Music Hall on 16 February 2025 and go back on Monday 15 February 2027.
The 2025 Brisbane show was one of their longest in the region, with 17 songs including 'I Want More', 'Automobile', 'Skinny' and the Icelandic-language 'Vor í Vaglaskógi'. A Monday night date keeps the tour moving between Sydney and Auckland.
The tour ends at The Civic in Auckland on Thursday 18 February 2027. Opened in 1929, it is one of the grand atmospheric theatres of the period, with a ceiling designed to look like a night sky, and is very different from the Powerstation, where KALEO played two nights in April 2023.
Their only other documented New Zealand show was at Hagley Park in Christchurch on 22 February 2025. No South Island date is announced for 2027, so The Civic is the only New Zealand show on the tour.
KALEO's headline sets in Australia and New Zealand run to 15 to 17 songs. In February 2025 the shows opened with 'USA Today' and 'Break My Baby', moved through 'Broken Bones', 'I Can't Go On Without You' and 'All the Pretty Girls', and included 'Vor í Vaglaskógi', sung in Icelandic, before 'Way Down We Go' and 'No Good' near the end.
The band have closed every documented full headline show in the region with 'Rock 'n' Roller', in 2023 and 2025 alike. JJ's falsetto and the slide and resonator guitar are at the centre of the sound, with harmonica adding to the blues side of the set.
The 2027 shows will be the first in the region after Mixed Emotions, so expect songs from that album alongside the A/B material that has anchored their set lists here since 2016.
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When does KALEO's 2027 Australian tour start?
At Fremantle Prison on Wednesday 10 February 2027.
What are all the dates?
Fremantle Prison (10 February), Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne (12 February), Hordern Pavilion, Sydney (13 February), The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane (15 February) and The Civic, Auckland (18 February 2027).
Is KALEO playing New Zealand?
Yes, The Civic in Auckland on Thursday 18 February 2027, the last date of the tour.
Who is supporting KALEO?
No support act had been announced as of 9 October 2026.
Are tickets on sale?
Yes, since Friday 28 August 2026.
When did KALEO last play Australia?
In February 2025: the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne and the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, followed by Hagley Park in Christchurch on 22 February 2025.
Have they played Bluesfest?
Yes. Setlist.fm lists four Bluesfest appearances in 2016 and two in 2023 at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm near Byron Bay.
Is there an Adelaide date?
No Adelaide date had been announced as of 9 October 2026.
Why is the tour called Way Down Under We Go?
It plays on 'Way Down We Go', the band's best-known song, which went platinum in Australia.
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