Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027

Parkway Drive have not announced a 2027 headline tour of Australia or New Zealand. As of 9 October 2026, their only published Australian booking for 2027 is the Hellbound II heavy metal cruise, which sails from Sydney from 17 to 21 January 2027 with the band at the top of the bill. There are no 2027 dates in Australian or New Zealand concert halls, arenas or festival fields.

The Byron Bay band are the biggest name Australian heavy music has produced in the last two decades. Formed in 2003 and named after the street where they rehearsed and played house shows, they have taken their last three albums, Ire, Reverence and Darker Still, to No. 1 on the ARIA albums chart, and Loudwire has counted them among modern metalcore's 'Big Four'.

Their most recent home run was the Killing Horizons Tour of August 2026, fourteen club and theatre shows celebrating their first two albums. This page explains what is and is not announced for 2027 and gives a full account of their concerts in Australia and New Zealand, from a hall in Auckland in October 2008 to the Enmore Theatre in Sydney.

Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no Parkway Drive tour of Australian or New Zealand venues announced for 2027. The one confirmed 2027 appearance is Hellbound II, a four-night cruise on the Carnival Splendor that leaves Sydney Harbour on 17 January 2027 and returns on 21 January, with a stop at Tangalooma. Parkway Drive headline a bill that also includes The Amity Affliction, Thy Art Is Murder, Alpha Wolf and I Killed the Prom Queen, the band with whom they shared their very first release in 2003.

A cruise is not a tour: the shows take place on board, for passengers only, and Hellbound II does not add any concert in a city on land. Fans hoping for an arena or festival date in 2027 should note that nothing of that kind has been announced in Australia or New Zealand.

The band's touring plans have also changed at short notice before. They had announced Park Waves, their own touring festival, for eleven Australian dates in February and March 2026, from Langley Park in Perth to Sandstone Point in Queensland; the event was later cancelled by its organisers, and none of those shows took place. In 2022 they cancelled a North American tour and took a break for their mental health before returning with Darker Still.

Any list of 2027 Parkway Drive dates in Australian or New Zealand cities, beyond the cruise, should be treated as unconfirmed until it is officially announced. Sign up below for the alert to be told as soon as a date is confirmed.

Before the Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Parkway Drive played their first show at the Byron Bay Youth Centre in 2003 and toured Australia that year with I Killed the Prom Queen after their split CD; in 2004 and 2005 they opened Australian tours for Shadows Fall, Chimaira, Hatebreed and Alexisonfire. The setlist archive's Australian and New Zealand record starts later, with a show at the Pioneer Women's & Ellen Melville Memorial Hall in Auckland on 18 October 2008.

The Deep Blue tour reached New Zealand in September 2010, with Studio The Venue in Auckland, the San Francisco Bath House in Wellington and The Bedford in Christchurch on 19 September, and the archive also lists the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland in December 2010, Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 20 January 2012 and the Logan Campbell Centre on 12 December 2012, at the start of the Atlas album tour of New Zealand and Australia.

In September and October 2013 the 10 Years of Parkway Drive tour played small rooms several nights at a time: two nights at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide, three at the Palace Theatre in Melbourne, two at the Roundhouse in Sydney, Newcastle Panthers, the YAC in Byron Bay on 28 September and three nights at The Tivoli in Brisbane. In November and December 2013 they played the Australian Warped Tour dates, listed in the archive as the Vans 'Off the Wall' Music Night, in Brisbane, Coffs Harbour, Sydney's Barangaroo, Canberra and Melbourne's Birrarung Marr.

The IRE Aus/NZ Tour of 2015 moved up to bigger halls: the Red Hill Auditorium in Perth on 23 September, the Thebarton Theatre, Festival Hall in Melbourne, the Odeon Theatre in Hobart, the Riverstage in Brisbane, two hometown shows at Byron Bay High School, the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland and the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 9 October. In June and July 2016 the All Aussie Adventure Tour went the other way, to Cairns, Townsville, Toowoomba, Penrith, Wodonga, Bendigo, Geelong and two nights at the Chelsea Heights Hotel in Melbourne.

A Decade of Horizons in January 2018 again favoured multi-night stands, with three nights each at The Tivoli in Brisbane, the Metro Theatre in Sydney and the Governor Hindmarsh, two at Metropolis Fremantle and two at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne. The Reverence arena tour followed in October and November 2018: the University of Canberra Refectory, the Hordern Pavilion, NEX in Newcastle, the Riverstage, Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and HBF Stadium in Perth.

The 20 Year Anniversary Australian Tour of September 2024 was their biggest home tour: two nights at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on 21 September, two nights at John Cain Arena in Melbourne, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and RAC Arena in Perth on 30 September 2024. After a show at the Concert Hall in Sydney on 9 June 2025, the Killing Horizons Tour of August 2026 played two nights each at the Metro City Concert Club in Perth, Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide and Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, and four each at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne and the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, ending on 25 August 2026.

The table below lists 107 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Parkway Drive between 2008 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (18), Sydney (17), Brisbane (16), Adelaide (10), Perth (5), Auckland (5). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Parkway Drive 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 (9 June 2025 to 25 August 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Carrion — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Prey — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Wild Eyes — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Bottom Feeder — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. Romance Is Dead — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. Vice Grip — played at 14 of 15 shows
7. Dark Days — played at 8 of 15 shows
8. Horizons — played at 8 of 15 shows
9. A Cold Day in Hell — played at 7 of 15 shows
10. Anasasis (Xenophontis) — played at 7 of 15 shows
11. Blackout — played at 7 of 15 shows
12. Boneyards — played at 7 of 15 shows
13. Breaking Point — played at 7 of 15 shows
14. Dead Man's Chest — played at 7 of 15 shows

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

• Killing Horizons Tour 2026 (2026): 14 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane.
• 20 Year Anniversary Australian Tour 2024 (2024): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• Reverence (2018): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• A Decade of Horizons (2018): 14 Australia/NZ shows — Tarwin Lower, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne.
• All Aussie Adventure Tour (2016): 14 Australia/NZ shows — Cairns, Townsville, Bokarina, Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Bateau Bay, Penrith, Wollongong, Sydney, Wodonga, Bendigo, Geelong….
• IRE Tour (2016): 1 Australia/NZ show — Tarwin Lower.
• IRE Aus/NZ Tour 2015 (2015): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Auckland, Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle.
• South American Tour 2014 (2014): 1 Australia/NZ show — Launceston.
• Vans "Off the Wall" Music Night (2013): 5 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Coffs Harbour, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne.
• 10 Years of Parkway Drive (2013): 12 Australia/NZ shows — Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Byron Bay, Brisbane.
• Atlas Tour (2012): 1 Australia/NZ show — Auckland.
• Deep Blue Tour (2010): 1 Australia/NZ show — Christchurch.

Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Parkway Drive played the Australian edition of Warped Tour in November and December 2013, according to Wikipedia, and the setlist archive shows eight-song sets in April and May 2014 at Oakbank Racecourse, Maitland Showground, the University of Canberra, Bendigo, Townsville and Hay Park in Bunbury, a run that matches a national touring festival circuit.

The archive also has them at Inveresk Park in Launceston in March 2014, Tarwin Meadows at Tarwin Lower in Victoria in January 2016 and January 2018, multi-city festival dates in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in December 2019 and March 2023 (including Centennial Park in Sydney on 25 March 2023), and a New Year's Eve show at Kryal Castle near Ballarat in 2021.

Their own festival, Park Waves, was announced for Australia in February and March 2026 but cancelled before it took place. Hellbound II, the cruise of January 2027, is the next festival-style event on their calendar.

Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Parkway Drive are Winston McCall on vocals, Jeff Ling and Luke 'Pig' Kilpatrick on guitar, Jia 'Pie' O'Connor on bass and Ben Gordon on drums; O'Connor, the band's former merchandise man and friend, joined in 2006, and the line-up has not changed since. After the 2003 split CD with I Killed the Prom Queen and the Don't Close Your Eyes EP of 2004, they flew to the United States to record their debut album Killing with a Smile with Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage. It debuted at No. 39 in Australia.

Horizons (2007), released through Epitaph, reached No. 6, and Deep Blue (2010), recorded with Joe Barresi, reached No. 2 and won the band's first ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album. Atlas (2012) reached No. 3, with 'Dark Days' becoming their first charting single.

Ire (2015) was their first No. 1 album, and with it came clean vocals and a broader heavy metal sound; 'Vice Grip' and 'Crushed' both entered the singles chart. Reverence (2018), with 'Wishing Wells', 'The Void' and 'Prey', was also a No. 1 and won a second ARIA for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album. In 2019 they headlined Wacken Open Air and major UK festivals, a story told in the 2020 documentary Viva the Underdogs.

Darker Still (2022), led by 'Glitch' and 'The Greatest Fear', gave them a third straight No. 1. In December 2020 Rolling Stone Australia placed them at No. 32 among the 50 greatest Australian artists. They marked their 20th anniversary with US tours in 2023 and an Australian arena tour in 2024, and released the single 'Sacred' in May 2025.

Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027: Hellbound II and the January cruise

Hellbound II sails on the Carnival Splendor from Sydney Harbour on 17 January 2027 and returns on 21 January, with an island stop at Tangalooma on Moreton Island off Queensland. Parkway Drive return as headliners of what is billed as Australia's heavy metal cruise, at the top of a bill with The Amity Affliction, Thy Art Is Murder, Alpha Wolf, I Killed the Prom Queen, Ocean Grove, Banks Arcade and many more.

For fans, the important point is that the cruise is a closed event for ticketed passengers. It is the only 2027 Parkway Drive appearance in Australia announced so far, and it is not part of a land tour.

Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027: Byron Bay, the home town

Parkway Drive took their name from a street in Byron Bay, and their early life revolved around 'The Parkway House', a rehearsal space and venue for local punk and hardcore bands. Wikipedia records their first show at the Byron Bay Youth Centre in 2003.

The band have come back to play at home several times: the YAC in Byron Bay on 28 September 2013 on the 10 Years tour, and two shows at Byron Bay High School on 3 and 4 October 2015 during the IRE tour. The cancelled Park Waves festival had also included a Byron Bay date at the Cavanbah Centre.

Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027: why they play several nights in small rooms

Parkway Drive could fill arenas, as they did in 2018 and 2024, but they often prefer multi-night runs in clubs and theatres. The Killing Horizons Tour of August 2026 is the latest example, with four nights at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and four at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, rather than one big night in each city.

The anniversary tours of 2013 and 2018 followed the same idea: three nights at The Tivoli in Brisbane, three at the Palace Theatre or the Metro Theatre, three at the Governor Hindmarsh in Adelaide. The setlist archive shows that on these runs the set changed from night to night, rewarding fans who went more than once.

Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand

New Zealand has seen less of Parkway Drive than Australia. The archive lists Auckland in 2008, the 2010 club tour of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, Mount Smart Stadium in January 2012, and the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland in December 2012 and on 7 October 2015.

No New Zealand show appears in the archive after 2015: the 2018 and 2024 arena tours and the 2026 Killing Horizons Tour were Australia-only. No New Zealand date is announced for 2027.

Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Parkway Drive's arena show is known for heavy production, including pyrotechnics. The 20 Year Anniversary shows of 2024 ran to 18 or 19 songs: at Qudos Bank Arena on 21 September 2024 they opened with 'Carrion', 'Prey' and 'Glitch', played a medley of early songs including 'Gimme a D', 'Mutiny' and 'Romance Is Dead', and finished with 'Darker Still', 'Bottom Feeder', 'Crushed' and 'Wild Eyes'.

The Killing Horizons shows of August 2026 split their focus between the first two albums. The first Perth night on 1 August 2026 was built around Killing with a Smile, with 'Gimme a D', 'Pandora', 'Guns for Show, Knives for a Pro', 'Blackout' and 'A Cold Day in Hell', while the last Enmore night on 22 August opened with 'Begin', 'The Sirens' Song' and 'Feed Them to the Pigs' and played much of Horizons, including 'Boneyards', 'Idols and Anchors' and 'Frostbite'. Both ended with 'Bottom Feeder' and 'Wild Eyes'.

Across all their Australian and New Zealand set lists, 'Carrion', 'Wild Eyes', 'Idols and Anchors', 'Vice Grip', 'Bottom Feeder' and 'Karma' are the songs played most often.

Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

No Parkway Drive concert tickets for a 2027 Australian or New Zealand tour are on sale, because no such tour has been announced. The Hellbound II cruise is sold as cruise packages through the event's own booking channels, not as concert tickets.

If land dates are announced, buy only from the ticket agent named in the official announcement or from the venue. Many Australian venues now use mobile tickets linked to the buyer's name, so the safest resale route is the official one. Be wary of anyone offering a 'presale code' for a show that has not been announced.

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Parkway Drive Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Parkway Drive touring Australia in 2027?

No land tour has been announced as of 9 October 2026. They headline the Hellbound II cruise from Sydney on 17-21 January 2027.

What is Hellbound II?

A four-night heavy metal cruise on the Carnival Splendor, sailing from and returning to Sydney Harbour, with Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, Thy Art Is Murder, Alpha Wolf and I Killed the Prom Queen.

When did Parkway Drive last tour Australia?

On the Killing Horizons Tour, from 1 to 25 August 2026, in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

When did Parkway Drive last play an arena in Australia?

On the 20 Year Anniversary Australian Tour of September 2024, ending at RAC Arena in Perth on 30 September.

What happened to Park Waves?

The Park Waves touring festival, announced for February and March 2026, was cancelled before it took place.

When did Parkway Drive last play New Zealand?

The latest New Zealand show in the archive is the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland on 7 October 2015.

Where are Parkway Drive from?

Byron Bay, New South Wales; they formed in 2003 and took their name from a local street.

How many No. 1 albums have Parkway Drive had in Australia?

Three: Ire (2015), Reverence (2018) and Darker Still (2022).

Is there a Parkway Drive presale code for a 2027 tour?

No. No 2027 land tour has been announced, so any code offered now is not genuine.