Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027

Pearl Jam have 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 in either country, and the band does not appear among the 2027 tours confirmed so far on this network of sites. Their most recent visit was the Dark Matter World Tour stadium leg of November 2024, which played Auckland, the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney with the Pixies in support.

Few rock bands have toured this part of the world as faithfully. Since their first Australian and New Zealand tour in March 1995, Pearl Jam have come back in 1998, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2014 and 2024, moving from arenas and tents to Big Day Out headline slots and stadiums. Along the way they have made a habit of playing Hunters & Collectors' 'Throw Your Arms Around Me' to Australian crowds and Split Enz songs in Auckland.

This page sets out what is and is not known about Pearl Jam's plans after their 2025 line-up change, and tells the story of more than 70 concerts in Australia and New Zealand, from the Perth Entertainment Centre on 6 March 1995 to ENGIE Stadium in Sydney on 23 November 2024.

Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Pearl Jam tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No dates, cities, venues, support acts or ticket details have been released. Any list of 'Pearl Jam Australia 2027' dates, or any 'presale code' for them, is unconfirmed until the band makes an announcement.

The band is in a period of change. The Dark Matter World Tour ended on 18 May 2025 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, and on 7 July 2025 drummer Matt Cameron announced he was leaving after 27 years. In May 2026 Stone Gossard said the new drummer would be revealed at the band's first show back, planned for 27 September 2026 at the Ohana Festival in California. Beyond that, no new tour itinerary has been published.

History offers some context but no forecast. Pearl Jam's Australian visits have usually come a year or so after a new album: Riot Act (2002) was followed by the February 2003 tour, Pearl Jam (2006) by the November 2006 tour, Backspacer (2009) by the stadium dates that November, and Dark Matter (April 2024) by the November 2024 shows. Dark Matter is still their latest album as of 9 October 2026.

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Before the Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Pearl Jam's first tour here came in March 1995, at the height of the Vitalogy era. It opened at the Perth Entertainment Centre on Monday 6 March, then played Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide on 8 March, the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 10 March and the Eastern Creek International Raceway outside Sydney on Saturday 11 March. After Exhibition Park in Canberra on 14 March came two nights at the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park and one at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, two at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, and two at The Supertop in Auckland on 24 and 25 March 1995. Several of those were outdoor or temporary venues rather than the usual arena circuit.

The Yield Tour came back in February and March 1998. It began in New Zealand, at the Queens Wharf Event Centre in Wellington on Thursday 26 February and Ericsson Stadium in Auckland on 28 February, and then played three nights at Centre Court in Melbourne Park, Thebarton Oval in Adelaide, three nights at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, two at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre and two at the Perth Entertainment Centre, ending on Friday 20 March 1998.

In February 2003 the Riot Act Tour was an arena run: two nights at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre from Saturday 8 February, three at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, one in Adelaide, three at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne and the Burswood Dome in Perth on Sunday 23 February 2003. The November 2006 tour followed the self-titled album with three nights at Acer Arena in Sydney, two in Brisbane, three at Rod Laver Arena, Newcastle, two in Adelaide and a final outdoor show at Subiaco Oval in Perth on Saturday 25 November 2006.

The Backspacer tour of November 2009 moved to stadiums: Members Equity Stadium in Perth on Saturday 14 November, Adelaide Oval, Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, the Sydney Football Stadium and QSAC Stadium in Brisbane, then Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland and AMI Stadium at Lancaster Park in Christchurch on Sunday 29 November 2009. The Melbourne set ran to 32 songs, one of the longest in the archive for this region.

In January and February 2014 Pearl Jam headlined the Big Day Out, from Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on Friday 17 January to Arena Joondalup in Perth on Sunday 2 February. Then came a ten-year gap. The Dark Matter World Tour returned in November 2024 with two nights at Go Media Stadium (Mount Smart) in Auckland on 8 and 10 November, People First Stadium on the Gold Coast on Wednesday 13 November, two nights at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on 16 and 18 November and two at ENGIE Stadium in Sydney on 21 and 23 November 2024. Reported figures were about 71,000 people over the two Auckland nights, 116,000 in Melbourne and 80,000 in Sydney.

The table below lists 67 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Pearl Jam between 1995 and 2024, with the most shows in Melbourne (16), Sydney (15), Brisbane (9), Auckland (7), Perth (7), Adelaide (7). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Pearl Jam 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 (27 November 2009 to 23 November 2024), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Even Flow — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Porch — played at 14 of 15 shows
3. Do the Evolution — played at 13 of 15 shows
4. Given to Fly — played at 13 of 15 shows
5. Alive — played at 12 of 15 shows
6. Better Man — played at 12 of 15 shows
7. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town — played at 12 of 15 shows
8. Corduroy — played at 11 of 15 shows
9. Jeremy — played at 11 of 15 shows
10. Rockin' in the Free World — played at 11 of 15 shows
11. Black — played at 9 of 15 shows
12. Daughter — played at 9 of 15 shows
13. Mind Your Manners — played at 8 of 15 shows
14. Unthought Known — played at 8 of 15 shows

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

• Dark Matter World Tour (2024): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney.
• Lightning Bolt (2014): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth.
• Backspacer (2009): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch.
• Australian Tour 2006 (2006): 12 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, Adelaide, Perth.
• Riot Act (2003): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth.
• Yield (1998): 13 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Auckland, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth.
• Vitalogy (1995): 12 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland.

Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Pearl Jam's only festival run in Australia and New Zealand was the 2014 Big Day Out, which they headlined. The tour played Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on 17 January, Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast on 19 January, Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on 24 January, the Sydney Showground on 26 January, Bonython Park in Adelaide on 31 January and Arena Joondalup in Perth on 2 February 2014, with Arcade Fire also on the bill.

It turned out to be one of the last Big Day Outs: the 2015 edition was cancelled, and the festival has not returned. The band's sets that summer still ran to 24 to 28 songs, closer to a headline show than a festival slot, and the Perth set ended with 'Rockin' in the Free World'.

Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Pearl Jam formed in Seattle in 1990, after the end of Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament's earlier bands Green River and Mother Love Bone. Gossard and Mike McCready on guitar, Ament on bass and Eddie Vedder on vocals and guitar have been in the band from the start. Matt Cameron, who joined in 1998, was the longest-serving of their drummers until he left in July 2025, and keyboardist Boom Gaspar has played with them since 2002.

Their debut album, Ten (1991), stayed on the Billboard 200 for nearly five years and became one of the best-selling rock albums ever, certified 13 times platinum in the US. Vs. (1993) sold more than 950,000 copies in its first week, a record at the time, and Vitalogy (1994) became the second-fastest-selling CD in history. In 1994 they took on the ticketing industry in the US, an episode that shaped their touring for years.

From No Code (1996) and Yield (1998) through Binaural (2000), Riot Act (2002), Pearl Jam (2006), Backspacer (2009), Lightning Bolt (2013) and Gigaton (2020), Australia remained one of their strongest markets: eight of their twelve studio albums reached No. 1 there. Dark Matter (2024), produced by Andrew Watt, peaked at No. 2 and earned Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album and Best Rock Performance.

Pearl Jam have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, in their first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone readers placed them eighth among the greatest live acts of all time, a reputation built on long, varied shows in which the set list changes every night.

Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027: 'Throw Your Arms Around Me' and the Australian songbook

One song has become a Pearl Jam tradition in this part of the world: Hunters & Collectors' 'Throw Your Arms Around Me'. The setlist archive shows it opening the first Auckland show at The Supertop on 24 March 1995, and it returns in later years, for example at Subiaco Oval in Perth in 2006, QSAC Stadium in Brisbane in 2009, Arena Joondalup in Perth in 2014 and Go Media Stadium in Auckland on 10 November 2024.

New Zealand gets its own nods. Both 1995 Auckland shows included Split Enz's 'History Never Repeats' and 'I Got You', and 'I Got You' came back at Subiaco Oval in 2006. In 2024, New Zealand musician Liam Finn was among the local openers on the tour.

These covers sit alongside the band's own songs rather than replacing them, but for Australian and New Zealand fans they have become one of the signatures of a Pearl Jam night here.

Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027: Melbourne, from Flinders Park to Marvel Stadium

Melbourne has hosted Pearl Jam on every one of their tours here. In 1995 they played two nights at the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park and one at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. In 1998 they returned to the same tennis venue, by then billed as Centre Court at Melbourne Park, for three nights.

Rod Laver Arena, the renamed main court, hosted three nights in 2003 and three more in 2006. In 2009 they moved to Etihad Stadium, in 2014 to Flemington Racecourse for the Big Day Out, and in 2024 to the same Docklands stadium, now Marvel Stadium, for two nights that drew about 116,000 people.

That makes Melbourne the city with the most Pearl Jam shows in Australia, and the place where the growth of their audience is easiest to see.

Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and New Zealand

New Zealand has been part of five of the band's seven tours to the region; only the 2003 and 2006 tours left it out. Auckland has seen them at The Supertop (1995), Ericsson Stadium (1998), Mount Smart Stadium (2009), Western Springs (2014) and Go Media Stadium (2024).

Wellington hosted them once, at the Queens Wharf Event Centre on 26 February 1998, and Christchurch once, at AMI Stadium at Lancaster Park on 29 November 2009. The 2024 tour opened in Auckland with two stadium nights.

Mount Smart and Go Media Stadium are the same ground under different sponsor names, so the 2009 and 2024 shows were at the same venue fifteen years apart. No New Zealand date is announced for 2027.

Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027: a stadium summer in 2024

The November 2024 tour was Pearl Jam's first full run here in ten years and their first headline tour since 2009. It played seven shows in four cities over sixteen days, all in stadiums, with the Pixies as main support every night.

Local acts rounded out the bills: Liam Finn, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers and Cosmic Psychos each opened selected shows. No two sets were the same. The Gold Coast opened with 'Corduroy', the second Sydney night with 'Garden', and the second Auckland night with 'Release'.

Those shows were also the last Pearl Jam concerts in Australia and New Zealand with Matt Cameron on drums. Any future tour will feature the band's new drummer.

Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Pearl Jam shows here run long. Sets in the archive range from about 21 songs to 32, and on the Dark Matter tour in 2024 they ran from 22 to 27 songs. The band changes the set every night, so fans who go to more than one show rarely hear the same concert twice.

The second Sydney night of 2024, at ENGIE Stadium on 23 November, gives an idea of the range: 'Garden', 'Why Go', 'Brain of J.' and 'In Hiding' to open, 'Dark Matter', 'Wreckage' and 'React, Respond' from the new album, 'Hunger Strike', 'Better Man', 'Black' and 'Porch' in the main set, and 'Alive', 'Baba O'Riley', 'Yellow Ledbetter' and 'Little Wing' at the end.

Across all documented Australian and New Zealand shows, the songs played most often are 'Even Flow', 'Corduroy', 'Better Man', 'Alive', 'Do the Evolution', 'Daughter', 'Given to Fly' and 'Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town'. 'Rockin' in the Free World' has often closed the night, as it did on the Gold Coast and in Auckland in 2024.

Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There is nothing to buy yet: as of 9 October 2026 no Pearl Jam concert in Australia or New Zealand has been announced for 2027, so there is no presale, no on-sale date and no official price. Any ticket offered now for an Australian date is not genuine.

Pearl Jam have long run their own fan club ticketing, the Ten Club, which has often had early access to tickets. When a tour is announced, use the fan club, the official outlet named in the announcement or the venue box office. Many stadium tickets in Australia and New Zealand are now mobile and name-locked, so buy through the official outlet or its official resale service to make sure the ticket is in your name. Be wary of 'presale codes' posted on social media or sold online.

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Pearl Jam Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Pearl Jam touring Australia in 2027?

No tour has been announced. As of 9 October 2026 Pearl Jam have no confirmed concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027.

When did Pearl Jam last play Australia?

In November 2024 on the Dark Matter World Tour: People First Stadium on the Gold Coast on 13 November, Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on 16 and 18 November and ENGIE Stadium in Sydney on 21 and 23 November.

When did Pearl Jam last play New Zealand?

Two nights at Go Media Stadium in Auckland on 8 and 10 November 2024, opening the Oceania leg of the Dark Matter tour.

Who supported Pearl Jam in 2024?

The Pixies opened every show, with Liam Finn, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers and Cosmic Psychos joining selected dates.

Is Matt Cameron still Pearl Jam's drummer?

No. Matt Cameron announced his departure on 7 July 2025 after 27 years. The November 2024 Australian and New Zealand shows were his last here with the band.

When was Pearl Jam's first Australian tour?

March 1995, on the Vitalogy tour. It opened at the Perth Entertainment Centre on 6 March and finished in Auckland on 25 March 1995.

Did Pearl Jam play the Big Day Out?

Yes, they headlined the 2014 Big Day Out in Auckland, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth in January and February 2014.

Is there a Pearl Jam 2027 presale code?

No. With no tour announced there is no presale and no code. Real presale access comes from the band's fan club or the official ticket partner after an announcement.

What is Pearl Jam's latest album?

Dark Matter, released in April 2024, which peaked at No. 2 in Australia.