Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027

Pete Murray has not announced an Australian or New Zealand tour for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no national run, no arena date and no festival booking for 2027 on record, and no new album has been announced after Longing, which came out in October 2025 and reached No. 5 on the ARIA chart.

That does not mean he has been away. Few Australian artists play their home country as often as the singer-songwriter from Chinchilla in Queensland. In 2025 he crossed the country on a long solo acoustic tour that began in New Zealand and reached towns as far apart as Broome, Alice Springs, Devonport and Mount Gambier, and the summer of 2026 brought further shows on the New South Wales and Queensland coasts, in Adelaide and in Orange.

This page sets out what is and is not known about 2027, then tells the story of Pete Murray on stage in Australia and New Zealand: the pub and club summers, the theatre tours, the shared winery bills and the songs that have closed his sets for more than twenty years. It also covers his albums, from The Game to Longing, and practical advice for the day tickets do go on sale.

Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Pete Murray tour of Australia or New Zealand for 2027. Nothing has been announced for any city, venue or festival, and no presale has been scheduled. Any website listing 2027 Pete Murray dates or selling 'presale codes' for them is not drawing on an official announcement.

The most recent shows in the setlist archive are from the first half of 2026: The Station on the Sunshine Coast on 2 January, the Jetty Beach House in Coffs Harbour on 4 January, the Port Macquarie Race Club on 8 January, Drifter's Wharf in Gosford on 11 January, Civic Park in Adelaide on 28 February and the Orange Ex-Services' Club on 9 May 2026. Before that, a show at the Ettamogah Hotel at Kellyville Ridge in Sydney on 20 December 2025 was billed as the Longing Summer Tour.

His touring pattern in recent years has been regular rather than sporadic. Summers have tended to bring coastal pubs, clubs and outdoor bills, while the larger theatre tours have followed albums or anniversaries: the Greatest Hits Tour that started in July 2023 after Best of Pete Murray, and the 55-day Australian tour he announced in March 2025, which the setlist archive logs as the Solo Acoustic Tour 2025. A tour built around Longing beyond the summer dates has not been announced.

Until an official announcement appears, the honest answer to the question 'Is Pete Murray touring Australia in 2027?' is that nobody outside his team knows. Signing up for the alert on this page is the simplest way to hear when dates are confirmed.

Before the Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Pete Murray's early touring was the classic slow build. After learning guitar at 22 and playing small gigs around the country with flautist Col McIntyre, he released the EP D Day and the album The Game in 2001 and moved to Melbourne. Once triple j picked up 'Feeler' in 2003, he started selling out smaller venues, and by the time 'So Beautiful' entered the top ten in early 2004 he was one of the best-selling live acts in the country. He also performed at the 2005 NRL grand final, days after See the Sun came out.

The setlist archive for Australia and New Zealand is detailed from late 2023 onwards. Between October 2023 and May 2024 Pete Murray played a series of outdoor bills that the archive shares, date for date, with Kasey Chambers: Don Lucas Reserve in Sydney on 29 October 2023, Sandalford Winery in Perth on 11 November, Nowingi Place in Mildura, Torquay Common, Kiama Showground on 6 January 2024, Mornington Racecourse on 13 January, Mary Ann Reserve in Mannum, Roche Estate at Pokolbin, the Country Club in Launceston, the Bendigo Jockey Club, Noosa and the Cairns Showgrounds on 25 May 2024.

Around those dates he kept up his own headline shows. New Year's Day 2024 found him at the Manly Harbour Boat Club with an 18-song set, a date he repeated on 1 January 2025. He played the EVAN Theatre in Penrith in March 2024, Drifter's Wharf in Gosford in June, The Barracks Precinct in Sydney on 14 September 2024 and Queens Park in Toowoomba the next day, then Lake Breeze Wines at Langhorne Creek in South Australia in November. Just before Christmas 2024 came the Miranda Hotel, Waves in Wollongong, The Vineyard in Sydney and the Pacific Palms Recreation Club at Elizabeth Beach.

January 2025 was a summer of pubs and beach hotels: the Kingscliff Beach Hotel, The Station on the Sunshine Coast, the Jetty Beach House in Coffs Harbour, the Barwon Heads Hotel, the Pier Bandroom in Melbourne on 9 January, then a quick Western Australian swing to the Dunsborough Tavern, the Ravenswood Hotel in Pinjarra and Hotel Rottnest on Rottnest Island, before the Torquay Hotel on 14 January. Castelli Winery in Denmark, WA, followed on 1 March 2025.

The Solo Acoustic Tour 2025 was his most extensive run in years. It opened in New Zealand, at Yonder in Queenstown on 30 April, The Loons Club in Lyttelton, San Fran in Wellington and The Tuning Fork in Auckland on 3 May 2025, then went to Mayberry in Darwin and the Alice Springs Brewing Co. From there it covered almost every corner of the country: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall at the Melbourne Recital Centre on 16 May, Wrest Point in Hobart, Launceston and Devonport in Tasmania, a long Queensland leg ending at the Lyric Theatre in Brisbane on 21 June, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 18 July, The Playhouse in Canberra on 20 July, a Western Australian loop from Kalgoorlie to Broome and down to the Astor Theatre in Perth on 31 July, Norwood Concert Hall in Adelaide on 15 August, and a final week in New South Wales that ended at the Blue Mountains Theatre in Springwood on 7 September 2025.

In total the archive lists 59 shows between 30 April and 7 September 2025 under that tour name, many in towns that rarely see a national act, such as Merredin, Karratha, Port Lincoln, Wonthaggi, Swan Hill and Sale. It is the clearest picture of how Pete Murray tours: wide, regional and close to the audience.

The table below lists 101 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Pete Murray between 2023 and 2026, with the most shows in Sydney (7), Torquay (3), Melbourne (3), Adelaide (2), Gosford (2), Port Macquarie (2). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Pete Murray 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 (11 November 2023 to 21 August 2025), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Opportunity — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. So Beautiful — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Better Days — played at 14 of 15 shows
4. Bail Me Out — played at 13 of 15 shows
5. Feeler — played at 12 of 15 shows
6. Free — played at 12 of 15 shows
7. Always a Winner — played at 10 of 15 shows
8. Class A — played at 8 of 15 shows
9. Lines — played at 7 of 15 shows
10. Fall Your Way — played at 6 of 15 shows
11. Sugar — played at 6 of 15 shows
12. Wouldn't It Be Good — played at 6 of 15 shows
13. Home to Me — played at 4 of 15 shows
14. I Am Fire — played at 4 of 15 shows

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

• Longing Summer Tour (2025): 1 Australia/NZ show — Sydney.
• Solo Acoustic Tour 2025 (2025): 59 Australia/NZ shows — Queenstown, Lyttelton, Wellington, Auckland, Darwin, Alice Springs, Sale, Melbourne, Albury, Swan Hill, Shepparton, Hobart….

Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

The archive shows several festival-style and outdoor bills rather than classic camping festivals. Riverfeast in Bundaberg on 5 November 2023, Caribbean Gardens in Melbourne on 2 March 2024 and Civic Park in Adelaide on 28 February 2026 are among them, alongside the run of winery, racecourse and showground dates in 2023 and 2024 that he shared with Kasey Chambers.

Wikipedia does not list Pete Murray at the big touring festivals of the 2000s such as Big Day Out, so this page does not claim any. His live reputation has been built on his own shows and on these regional outdoor events.

Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Peter Kenneth Murray was born on 14 October 1969 in Chinchilla, Queensland. His family moved to Brisbane when he was 16, and he finished school at St Joseph's College, Nudgee, where he was better known for rugby union, athletics and swimming than music. His father died when he was 18. He only picked up the guitar at 22, while sidelined from sport, and at first planned a career in sports medicine.

After The Game (2001) on Auxiliary Records, he signed with Sony BMG in 2003 and recorded Feeler with producer Paul McKercher and his band, which included keyboard player Ben McCarthy, still with him today. Released on 21 July 2003, Feeler climbed slowly, helped by triple j, Nova and Triple M, and reached No. 1 in late March 2004 on the back of 'So Beautiful'. It went six times platinum and had sold half a million copies by 2008.

See the Sun (2005), with 'Better Days', 'Opportunity', 'George's Helper' and the radio single 'Class A', also reached No. 1 and sold 350,000 copies. Summer at Eureka, released on 17 May 2008, entered the chart at No. 1, his third chart-topping album in a row. Blue Sky Blue (2011) reached No. 6 and was re-recorded with duets in 2012 as Blue Sky Blue 'The Byron Sessions', and Camacho (2017) peaked at No. 3.

Two EPs followed, The Night (2021) and Before I Go (2022), then Best of Pete Murray in May 2023 with a Greatest Hits Tour. The same year he appeared as 'Tiny' on The Masked Singer Australia. Longing, released in October 2025, gave him another top-five album. He has sold more than 1.2 million albums in Australia, has received 17 ARIA nominations and lives in Byron Bay.

Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027: the regional towns

No Pete Murray story is complete without the regions. The 2025 tour alone visited Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville and Cairns in Queensland, Tamworth, Port Macquarie, Sawtell, Batemans Bay and Dubbo in New South Wales, Shepparton, Swan Hill, Bendigo, Ballarat, Warrnambool and Castlemaine in Victoria, and Kalgoorlie, Merredin, Geraldton, Karratha, Broome, Mandurah, Margaret River, Albany and Bunbury in Western Australia.

Many of these are performing arts centres or town halls with a few hundred to a thousand seats, and some are pubs or clubs. For fans outside the capitals, that matters: when Pete Murray tours, the nearest show is often in their own town rather than a long drive away. If a 2027 tour follows the same pattern, regional dates are likely to be an important part of it, but nothing has been announced.

Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand

New Zealand has seen Pete Murray less often than Australia, which makes the four shows of late April and early May 2025 significant. Yonder in Queenstown, The Loons Club in Lyttelton near Christchurch, San Fran in Wellington and The Tuning Fork in Auckland were all intimate rooms, and they opened the Solo Acoustic Tour before it crossed the Tasman.

There is no New Zealand date for 2027. If he returns, venues of that size are the most realistic expectation, based on the 2025 run.

Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027: summers on the coast

A large share of Pete Murray's recent shows fall between Christmas and the end of January. On 1 January 2024 and again on 1 January 2025 he played the Manly Harbour Boat Club, and January 2025 and January 2026 both brought runs of beach hotels and coastal venues from the Sunshine Coast to Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Gosford, Torquay and Barwon Heads.

These shows are often smaller and sell quickly. They are also the kind of dates that tend to be announced only a few months ahead, so a summer 2026-27 run could still appear without any warning on this page now. As of 9 October 2026, no such run is on record here.

Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027: the songs Australia knows

Across the shows logged in the archive, 'Better Days' is the song played most often, followed by 'Opportunity', 'So Beautiful', 'Bail Me Out', 'Feeler' and 'Free'. 'Always a Winner', 'Class A' and 'Lines' are close behind. These are mostly songs from Feeler and See the Sun, the two albums that made him a household name in Australia.

He has also kept a cover of 'Wouldn't It Be Good' in the set, and the archive records 'Wonderwall' at Manly on New Year's Day 2024 and 'God Only Knows' at the Pier Bandroom in January 2025.

Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A full Pete Murray headline set runs to roughly 14 to 18 songs. On the 2025 acoustic tour the logged sets followed a steady pattern: 'Lines' and 'Bail Me Out' to open, then 'Saving Grace', 'Summer at Eureka', 'Ten ft Tall', 'So Beautiful', 'I Am Fire', 'Opportunity', 'Always a Winner', 'Wouldn't It Be Good', 'Free' and 'Feeler', with 'Better Days' to close. The Melbourne Recital Centre show on 16 May 2025 added 'If We Never Dance Again'.

His band shows lean more on the full-band arrangements: the 18-song set at the Manly Harbour Boat Club on 1 January 2024 opened with 'Only One' and 'Sugar' and ran through 'Class A', 'Opportunity', 'Feeler' and 'Tonic' before 'Better Days'. On shared outdoor bills the sets are shorter, often around ten songs.

Staging is simple, built around his voice and guitar, with long-time keyboard player Ben McCarthy part of the story since the early days. The appeal is the songs and the sing-along, which is why theatres, wineries and pubs suit him as well as larger rooms.

Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Pete Murray tickets for Australia or New Zealand in 2027 on sale, because no 2027 dates have been announced. No presale or general sale date has been set.

When dates are announced, buy from the official seller named in the announcement or from the venue's own box office; many regional theatres and clubs sell directly. Mobile tickets are often linked to the buyer's name and account, so check the transfer rules before buying for a group. Be wary of anyone offering a 'presale code' for sale.

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Pete Murray Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Pete Murray touring Australia in 2027?

Nothing has been announced as of 9 October 2026. There is no confirmed 2027 tour, venue or presale.

Is Pete Murray playing New Zealand in 2027?

No New Zealand dates have been announced. His last New Zealand shows were in Queenstown, Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland between 30 April and 3 May 2025.

When did Pete Murray last play in Australia?

The latest show in the setlist archive is at the Orange Ex-Services' Club on 9 May 2026, after summer dates on the coast and Civic Park in Adelaide on 28 February 2026.

What was the Solo Acoustic Tour 2025?

A long national tour announced in March 2025 as a 55-day Australian tour. It began in New Zealand on 30 April 2025 and ended at the Blue Mountains Theatre in Springwood on 7 September 2025.

When did Pete Murray last play Sydney and Melbourne?

In the archive: the Ettamogah Hotel at Kellyville Ridge in Sydney on 20 December 2025, and Elisabeth Murdoch Hall at the Melbourne Recital Centre on 16 May 2025.

What is Pete Murray's latest album?

Longing, released in October 2025, which peaked at No. 5 in Australia.

Which songs does Pete Murray usually play?

'Better Days', 'Opportunity', 'So Beautiful', 'Bail Me Out', 'Feeler' and 'Free' are the most played in recent sets.

How many No. 1 albums has Pete Murray had?

Three: Feeler (2003), See the Sun (2005) and Summer at Eureka (2008), released consecutively.