Kneecap take the Fenian Tour to New Zealand in February 2027. The Belfast trio play Spark Arena in Auckland on Tuesday 9 February 2027 and the TSB Arena in Wellington the following night, Wednesday 10 February, with Lady Shaka as support. Both shows have been on sale since Wednesday 9 September 2026.
These are the only Australasian dates announced so far. As of 9 October 2026 no Australian show is confirmed for 2027, which makes the two New Zealand nights the closest chance for fans in the region to see the band on this album cycle.
This page covers the confirmed dates and venues, the band's first and so far only tour of Australia and New Zealand in March 2025, their records and what their recent set lists look like. It is updated when new dates are announced.
The Fenian Tour is named after Fenian, Kneecap's second studio album, released on 1 May 2026. It went to number one in Ireland and Scotland, number two in the UK, and reached number 7 in Australia and number 27 in New Zealand, the band's first chart entries in either country. The European and British leg of the tour runs through November and December 2026, finishing at the 3Arena in Dublin on 16 December.
New Zealand follows in February 2027. Spark Arena in Auckland on Tuesday 9 February is the larger of the two rooms and the band's first arena show in the country. Wellington's TSB Arena, on Queens Wharf by the harbour, follows on Wednesday 10 February. Lady Shaka supports on both nights.
The step up is considerable. On their first visit, in March 2025, Kneecap played the Powerstation in Auckland and Meow Nui in Wellington, two club venues. Two years later they return to the main indoor arenas of both cities, a sign of how the 2024 film Kneecap and the success of Fenian have widened their audience. In Auckland the band move from a standing club on Mount Eden Road to the city's main arena; in Wellington, from a central-city club to the waterfront arena on Queens Wharf.
Nothing has been announced for Australia in 2027, and this page will not suggest otherwise. If dates in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Perth are added, they will appear here with venues and sale details as soon as they are confirmed.
Spark Arena opened in 2007 as Vector Arena in Quay Park, on the eastern edge of Auckland's city centre. It is the city's main indoor arena for concerts and sport, within walking distance of Britomart transport centre.
The TSB Arena is an indoor events venue on Queens Wharf, on Wellington's harbour waterfront. Originally the Queens Wharf Events Centre, it hosts concerts, sport and exhibitions a short walk from Lambton Quay and the city's railway station.
Tuesday 9 February 2027 — Spark Arena, Auckland. Their most recent documented Auckland show was at Powerstation on 6 March 2025. This is the opening night of the run.
Wednesday 10 February 2027 — TSB Arena, Wellington. In Wellington, the last documented Kneecap concert was at Meow Nui (5 March 2025). The run finishes here.
Kneecap's first trip to this part of the world came in March 2025, about seven months after the release of their biographical film and nine months after their debut album Fine Art. The setlist.fm archive records eleven entries across New Zealand and Australia over thirteen days, from Wellington on 5 March to Fremantle on 17 March 2025.
The tour opened in New Zealand. On 5 March 2025 they played Meow Nui in Wellington, a 17-song set, and on 6 March the Powerstation in Auckland, a long-running rock venue on Mount Eden Road. Both rooms are small, and both shows ran close to the full-length set they were playing in Europe at the time.
Australia began with a festival. On 8 March 2025 the band played the Supernatural Amphitheatre at Meredith in country Victoria, the natural bowl that hosts Golden Plains. From there they based themselves in Melbourne, where the archive lists three nights at 170 Russell, on 10, 13 and 14 March, and an appearance at Federation Square on 10 March.
In between Melbourne dates the band flew to Brisbane for The Triffid on 12 March, where they played 17 songs, the longest set of the tour. Sydney followed with the Roundhouse at UNSW on 15 March, and setlist.fm also lists an appearance at The Domain on 16 March. The tour ended at Metropolis Fremantle in Western Australia on 17 March 2025.
In all, the archive documents nine Australian entries in five places and two New Zealand shows. Melbourne leads with four entries, a reflection of the extra nights added at 170 Russell. The 2027 dates move the band from those clubs to Spark Arena and the TSB Arena.
The table below lists 10 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Kneecap between 2025 and 2025, with the most shows in Melbourne (3), Sydney (2), Fremantle (1), Brisbane (1), Meredith (1), Auckland (1). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.
| Date | City | Venue | Tour / event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2025 | Fremantle | Metropolis Fremantle | |
| 16 March 2025 | Sydney | The Domain | |
| 15 March 2025 | Sydney | Roundhouse | |
| 14 March 2025 | Melbourne | 170 Russell | |
| 13 March 2025 | Melbourne | 170 Russell | |
| 12 March 2025 | Brisbane | The Triffid | |
| 10 March 2025 | Melbourne | Federation Square | |
| 8 March 2025 | Meredith | Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre | |
| 6 March 2025 | Auckland | Powerstation | |
| 5 March 2025 | Wellington | Meow Nui |
Concert data: setlist.fm
Across the 8 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (5 March 2025 to 17 March 2025), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.
Kneecap's only documented festival appearance in the region is at Meredith on 8 March 2025, at the Supernatural Amphitheatre that hosts the Golden Plains festival every March. It was their first show on Australian soil.
The 2027 New Zealand shows are headline concerts. No Australian or New Zealand festival booking had been announced as of 9 October 2026.
Kneecap formed in Belfast in 2017. The trio are Mo Chara (Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh) and Móglaí Bap (Naoise Ó Cairealláin), both from West Belfast, and DJ Próvaí (J. J. Ó Dochartaigh) from Derry. They rap in a mix of English and Irish, and their early singles 'C.E.A.R.T.A' (2017) and 'H.O.O.D' (2019) made them one of the best-known acts working in the Irish language. Their first mixtape, 3CAG, came out in June 2018.
In January 2024 the film Kneecap, a semi-fictional account of the band's origins with the members playing themselves and Michael Fassbender in a supporting role, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, the first Irish-language film shown there. Directed by Rich Peppiatt, it was Ireland's official submission for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards and was shortlisted in December 2024, as was the song 'Sick in the Head' for Best Original Song.
Their debut studio album Fine Art was released on 14 June 2024 on Heavenly Recordings and reached number two in Ireland and number three in Scotland. The band's political statements have drawn controversy, including a 2025 charge against Mo Chara in London that a court ruled invalid in September 2025; their Glastonbury set in June 2025 played to a capacity crowd.
Fenian, the second album, followed on 1 May 2026 after a single, 'Liars Tale', in January. It topped the charts in Ireland and Scotland and gave the band their first Australian top ten, at number 7, and a New Zealand placing at number 27.
| Album | Year | AUS chart peak |
|---|---|---|
| 3CAG (mixtape) | 2018 | — |
| Fine Art | 2024 | — |
| Fenian | 2026 | AUS 7 |
Auckland is the opening night of Kneecap's 2027 visit, on Tuesday 9 February at Spark Arena. Opened in 2007 as Vector Arena, it is the city's main indoor arena and sits near the port, a short walk from Britomart station and the central city.
The band's only previous Auckland show was at the Powerstation on 6 March 2025, a standing club venue on Mount Eden Road. That night they played 15 songs, drawing on Fine Art and older singles such as 'H.O.O.D' and 'C.E.A.R.T.A'. Going from there to Spark Arena in under two years is one of the larger jumps on the Fenian Tour.
With a Tuesday date, fans travelling from Hamilton, Tauranga or Northland should plan for a weeknight trip. Spark Arena is well served by trains and buses into Britomart.
Wellington gets the second show, on Wednesday 10 February 2027 at the TSB Arena on Queens Wharf. The arena sits on the capital's harbour waterfront, a few minutes' walk from Lambton Quay and the railway station.
On their first visit the band started their whole Australasian tour in Wellington, at Meow Nui on 5 March 2025, with a 17-song set. Returning to the capital rather than going only to Auckland keeps that link, and gives fans in the lower North Island and the South Island a closer option.
Two shows on consecutive nights in two cities mean a quick overnight move. Those planning to attend both should note there is no rest day between them.
As of 9 October 2026 no Australian date has been announced for the Fenian Tour. Fans in Australia should treat any listing of a 2027 Australian Kneecap concert that does not come from an official outlet or venue with caution.
The band's Australian audience is real: the 2025 tour added extra Melbourne nights at 170 Russell, and Fenian reached number 7 on the Australian album chart. Their last Australian concerts were in March 2025 in Meredith, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Fremantle.
For now, the closest shows are in Auckland and Wellington in February 2027. Sign up below for the alert if you want to hear about any Australian date the moment it is confirmed.
Every venue Kneecap played in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 was a club or a mid-size room: Meow Nui, the Powerstation, 170 Russell, The Triffid, the Roundhouse and Metropolis Fremantle. The 2027 venues are the two largest indoor arenas in New Zealand's two main cities.
That change follows the band's wider growth. Between the two visits came the international release of the film, the Academy Award shortlists, a capacity crowd at Glastonbury in 2025 and a number one album in Ireland in 2026. The European leg of the Fenian Tour also uses arenas, including the 3Arena in Dublin and the Zénith in Paris.
Melbourne was the centre of Kneecap's first Australian tour. After the Meredith show on 8 March 2025, the band played 170 Russell, the basement venue on Russell Street in the CBD, on 10 March, then flew north for Brisbane before coming back for two more nights at the same venue on 13 and 14 March. Setlist.fm also lists an appearance at Federation Square on 10 March, with a shorter set of ten songs.
Four Melbourne entries in five days is the most for any city on that tour, and the documented set lists show the same core of songs night after night. No Melbourne date has been announced for 2027; Victorian fans who want to see the Fenian Tour in the region currently have to travel to Auckland or Wellington in February.
Kneecap's full headline sets in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 ran to 15 to 17 songs, about an hour or a little more. Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap share the vocals while DJ Próvaí runs the decks, usually in his trademark tricolour balaclava. The shows are built on call-and-response with the crowd and fast changes between English and Irish.
The core of the 2025 set was Fine Art and the singles before it: 'Better Way to Live', 'Sick in the Head', 'Fine Art', 'Rhino Ket', 'Guilty Conscience' and 'H.O.O.D' appeared at every one of the eight shows with a documented set list, with 'Amach Anocht', 'Thart agus Thart', 'I bhFiacha Linne', 'I'm Flush' and 'C.E.A.R.T.A' close behind.
The 2027 shows will draw on Fenian, including the single 'Liars Tale', which New Zealand audiences have not yet heard live. Expect the older singles to stay in the set alongside the new material.
Tickets for both New Zealand dates of the Fenian Tour have been on sale since Wednesday 9 September 2026, through the authorised ticket agency for each arena and the venues' own box offices. Lady Shaka is the support act in Auckland and Wellington.
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Is Kneecap touring Australia in 2027?
No Australian date had been announced as of 9 October 2026. The only confirmed 2027 dates in the region are in New Zealand.
When are Kneecap's New Zealand shows?
Spark Arena, Auckland, on Tuesday 9 February 2027 and the TSB Arena, Wellington, on Wednesday 10 February 2027.
Who is supporting Kneecap in New Zealand?
Lady Shaka supports on both nights.
Are tickets on sale?
Yes. Both shows have been on sale since Wednesday 9 September 2026.
When did Kneecap last play Australia?
In March 2025, with shows at Meredith, Melbourne (170 Russell), Brisbane (The Triffid), Sydney (the Roundhouse) and Metropolis Fremantle on 17 March 2025.
Have they played New Zealand before?
Yes, once: Meow Nui in Wellington on 5 March 2025 and the Powerstation in Auckland on 6 March 2025.
What album is the Fenian Tour promoting?
Fenian, their second studio album, released on 1 May 2026. It reached number 7 in Australia.
Did Kneecap play Golden Plains?
Setlist.fm lists them at the Supernatural Amphitheatre in Meredith, the Golden Plains site, on 8 March 2025.
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