Macklemore Australia Tour 2027

Macklemore has not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no tour, festival booking or one-off show listed for the region. The only dates he has announced since September 2026 are a short run of 'Free Palestine' concerts in Europe in late October 2026, with proceeds going to organisations assisting Palestinians.

Australian and New Zealand audiences know him well. Since 2018 the Seattle rapper has headlined three tours down under: the Gemini Tour in February 2018, the Fridayz Live festival run in November 2022 and The Ben Tour in May 2024, which took him from Wellington and Auckland to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin and two nights in Perth. His 2022 single 'Chant' was a collaboration with the Australian singer Tones and I.

This page explains what is and is not known about his plans for 2027 and gives a complete account of his headline concerts in Australia and New Zealand under his own name, from the Riverstage in Brisbane in 2018 to HBF Stadium in Perth in May 2024.

Macklemore Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Macklemore tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No dates, cities, venues or on-sale details have been released, and no Australian or New Zealand promoter has listed him. Any list of Macklemore 2027 dates for Australia or New Zealand, or any 'presale code' for them, should be treated as unconfirmed until he or his promoters confirm a tour.

The context for his current touring is unusual. In September 2026 Macklemore was a support act on Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour in the United States. After he spoke in support of Palestinians from the stage at MetLife Stadium, he was removed from the remaining dates on 14 September 2026, and several other acts scheduled for the tour later withdrew. He then announced the Free Palestine Tour, with proceeds donated to organisations assisting Palestinians.

The European dates of that tour published so far are the 3Arena in Dublin on Monday 26 October 2026, the Accor Arena in Paris on Thursday 29 October 2026 and the OVO Arena Wembley in London on Friday 30 October 2026. Further cities were described as still to come; none in Australia or New Zealand has been announced as of 9 October 2026.

His previous pattern down under has been a visit every two to four years: 2018, 2022 and 2024. That is a description of the past, not a forecast. Sign up below to be told as soon as Macklemore confirms any Australian or New Zealand concert.

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

Before his solo headline tours, Macklemore's best-known Australian moment was a performance rather than a concert. On Sunday 1 October 2017 he opened the National Rugby League Grand Final at ANZ Stadium in Sydney with a short set that included 'Same Love'. It came in the middle of the national postal survey on same-sex marriage and was debated in advance; Macklemore later called it one of his best performances and thanked Sydney for the reception. Because it was a pre-match set, it is not counted as a concert in the table on this page.

The Gemini Tour, for his second solo album, arrived four months later. It opened at the Riverstage in Brisbane on Friday 2 February 2018, then played two nights at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 3 and 4 February and two at Festival Hall in Melbourne on 6 and 7 February. The tour crossed to New Zealand for Spark Arena in Auckland on Friday 9 February and TSB Bank Arena in Wellington on Saturday 10 February, before returning for a final night at the Hordern Pavilion on Sunday 11 February 2018, his third show at the venue in nine days.

In November 2022 he came back as a headliner of Fridayz Live, a touring hip-hop and R and B festival. The run started at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Friday 4 November, went to HBF Park in Perth on 5 November and the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 6 November, then to the Brisbane Showgrounds on 11 November and GIANTS Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday 12 November. The setlist archive also lists Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on Sunday 13 November 2022. His sets on that run were shorter festival-length shows built around the hits.

The Ben Tour of May 2024, named after his third solo album, was his biggest headline tour of the region. It opened in New Zealand at TSB Bank Arena in Wellington on Wednesday 8 May and Spark Arena in Auckland on Thursday 9 May. In Australia he played three nights at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 11, 12 and 13 May, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 15 May, the Riverstage in Brisbane on 17 May and Mindil Beach in Darwin on Saturday 18 May.

Demand in Western Australia led to a second Perth show and, according to the tour's promoters, a venue upgrade in Melbourne. The tour closed with two nights at HBF Stadium in Perth on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 May 2024. Those Perth shows are the last Macklemore headline concerts in Australia to date, and the Auckland show of 9 May 2024 is his most recent in New Zealand.

Across the three tours, Sydney's Hordern Pavilion stands out: six nights between 2018 and 2024, more than any other venue in the region. Melbourne has had Festival Hall twice and Rod Laver Arena twice, Brisbane the Riverstage twice, and Wellington and Auckland have each been on both of his full headline tours.

The table below lists 24 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Macklemore between 2018 and 2024, with the most shows in Sydney (7), Melbourne (4), Perth (3), Brisbane (3), Auckland (3), Wellington (2). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Macklemore 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 (7 February 2018 to 20 May 2024), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Can't Hold Us — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Downtown — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Glorious — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Same Love — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Thrift Shop — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. White Walls — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. Dance Off — played at 14 of 15 shows
8. Good Old Days — played at 14 of 15 shows
9. CHANT — played at 11 of 15 shows
10. Wing$ — played at 10 of 15 shows
11. 1984 — played at 8 of 15 shows
12. HIND'S HALL — played at 8 of 15 shows
13. Heroes — played at 8 of 15 shows
14. Otherside — played at 7 of 15 shows

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

• The Ben Tour (2024): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth.
• Gemini Tour (2018): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington.

Macklemore Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Macklemore's main festival appearance in the region was Fridayz Live in November 2022, a travelling festival that visited Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney, with a separate Auckland show at Western Springs Stadium the following day. The line-up mixed 1990s and 2000s R and B and hip-hop names, and Macklemore was one of the headliners.

Darwin's Mindil Beach show on The Ben Tour in May 2024 was also an open-air event on the Top End coast, and his only concert in the Northern Territory so far.

Macklemore Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Benjamin Hammond Haggerty was born on 19 June 1983 in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in the city's Capitol Hill neighbourhood. He started releasing music independently in 2000 under the name Professor Macklemore, followed by the album The Language of My World in 2005 and The Unplanned Mixtape in 2009.

His international breakthrough came with the producer Ryan Lewis. As Macklemore and Ryan Lewis they released 'Thrift Shop' in 2012, the first self-released song to top the Billboard Hot 100 in 11 years, followed by another number one, 'Can't Hold Us'. Their album The Heist (2012) won the Grammy for Best Rap Album, and the duo also took Best New Artist, Best Rap Song for 'Same Love' and Best Rap Performance for 'Thrift Shop'. A second duo album, This Unruly Mess I've Made, followed in 2016.

Going solo again, Macklemore released 'Glorious' with Skylar Grey in June 2017 and the album Gemini that September; it reached number three in Australia. Its single 'Good Old Days' featured Kesha, and the two co-headlined a North American tour in 2018.

Ben (2023) included 'Chant' with the Australian singer Tones and I, 'Maniac' with Windser and 'Heroes' with DJ Premier. In May 2024 he released 'Hind's Hall', a protest song with proceeds donated to UNRWA, which appears in every documented set list of his Australian and New Zealand Ben Tour that month.

Macklemore Australia Tour 2027: six nights at the Hordern

The Hordern Pavilion at Moore Park has been Macklemore's Sydney home. He played it three times on the Gemini Tour in February 2018, on 3, 4 and 11 February, and three times again on The Ben Tour on 11, 12 and 13 May 2024.

Choosing a mid-sized room for several nights instead of one arena show gave the Sydney concerts a club feel. The set lists in the archive show small changes from night to night: 'No Bad Days' and 'TAIL LIGHTS' on 11 May 2024, and 'Otherside' and 'These Days' on 12 May.

Macklemore Australia Tour 2027: Wellington and Auckland

New Zealand has been part of both of his full headline tours. In February 2018 he played Spark Arena in Auckland on 9 February and TSB Bank Arena in Wellington on 10 February; in May 2024 he did it the other way round, starting the whole tour in Wellington on 8 May before Auckland on 9 May.

The setlist archive also lists Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on 13 November 2022, the day after the last Fridayz Live show in Sydney. No New Zealand date has been announced since May 2024.

Macklemore Australia Tour 2027: the Perth nights

Perth has seen Macklemore three times: at HBF Park on Fridayz Live in November 2022, and twice at HBF Stadium on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 May 2024, the second show added because of demand.

Those were the last two nights of The Ben Tour and the last Macklemore concerts in Australia so far. The Perth set of 20 May 2024 included 'St. Ides', a song not documented at the other Australian shows of that tour.

Macklemore Australia Tour 2027: the Free Palestine Tour

The Free Palestine Tour, announced in September 2026, is the context for any question about Macklemore's next visit. Its first published dates are in Dublin, Paris and London in late October 2026, with proceeds donated to organisations assisting Palestinians. Further dates were described as still to be announced.

No Australian or New Zealand date is part of what has been published. This page will be updated if that changes; until then, any Australian listing for the tour is unconfirmed.

Macklemore Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Macklemore's recent Australian and New Zealand shows have run to 15 to 18 songs. On The Ben Tour in May 2024 he opened with 'CHANT', followed by 'Thrift Shop', 'White Walls', 'Same Love' and 'Downtown', and the middle of the set included 'Heroes', 'HIND'S HALL', 'Wing$', 'Otherside', '1984' and 'Dance Off'. The shows ended with 'Glorious', 'Good Old Days' and 'Can't Hold Us'.

The Gemini Tour sets of 2018 were similar in length but opened with 'Ain't Gonna Die Tonight', 'Firebreather' and 'Marmalade', and included 'Willy Wonka', 'Corner Store', 'OVER IT' and 'Excavate' from Gemini. 'Thrift Shop', 'Same Love', 'Can't Hold Us', 'Downtown' and 'Glorious' have been constants on every Australian tour.

The 2022 festival sets were shorter, about nine to twelve songs, focused on the best-known singles.

Macklemore Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Macklemore tickets for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no concerts have been announced. No presale, general on-sale or fan registration has been published for the region.

If dates are announced, buy only from the official outlets named in the announcement, from the venue box office or through the artist's own fan registration. Many Australian and New Zealand tours now use name-locked mobile tickets, so buy through the official outlet or its official resale service to make sure the ticket is in your name; ignore anyone selling 'presale codes' or seats for a tour that does not yet exist.

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Macklemore Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Macklemore touring Australia in 2027?

No. As of 9 October 2026 no Macklemore concert has been announced in Australia or New Zealand.

When did Macklemore last play in Australia?

At HBF Stadium in Perth on Tuesday 21 May 2024, the last night of The Ben Tour.

When did Macklemore last play in New Zealand?

At Spark Arena in Auckland on Thursday 9 May 2024, the day after opening The Ben Tour in Wellington.

Where did Macklemore play in Sydney?

Three nights at the Hordern Pavilion in February 2018, GIANTS Stadium on Fridayz Live in November 2022 and three more nights at the Hordern Pavilion in May 2024.

What is the Free Palestine Tour?

A run of concerts announced in September 2026 after he was removed from Ed Sheeran's US tour, with proceeds donated to organisations assisting Palestinians. Its first dates are in Dublin, Paris and London in late October 2026.

Is the Free Palestine Tour coming to Australia?

No Australian or New Zealand date has been announced as of 9 October 2026.

Did Macklemore play the NRL Grand Final?

Yes. He performed a short set, including 'Same Love', before the NRL Grand Final at ANZ Stadium in Sydney on 1 October 2017.

Which Macklemore song features an Australian artist?

'Chant' (2022), with Tones and I, from the album Ben. It opened every documented show of the 2024 Australian and New Zealand tour.

Is there a Macklemore presale code for 2027?

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