PNAU Australia Tour 2027

PNAU have not announced a tour of Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there are no confirmed 2027 headline dates, festival bookings or presales for the Sydney dance act, and this page does not invent any.

They have hardly been away. In 2026 Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes released their seventh album, Ahhcade, on 31 July, and took The Nirvana Tour through regional Queensland and New South Wales in June and July, with shows at The Powerhouse in Toowoomba, the Hoey Moey in Coffs Harbour, Shoal Bay Country Club in Port Stephens and the Woodport Inn at Erina. The latest show in the setlist archive is Flagstaff Hill in Wollongong on Saturday 3 October 2026.

This page explains what is and is not known about 2027, tells the long story of PNAU on stage in Australia and New Zealand since the Big Day Out of 2001, and lists the songs that have dominated their recent sets.

PNAU Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official PNAU tour of Australia or New Zealand for 2027. No city, venue, support act or sale date has been announced. Any site already listing 2027 PNAU dates, or offering a presale code for them, is not using an official source.

What we do know is the shape of their recent touring. 2026 began with The Timber Yard in Melbourne on 11 April, continued with The Nirvana Tour in late June and early July, and moved on to Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane on 19 September and Flagstaff Hill in Wollongong on 3 October. Gig listings for The Nirvana Tour also named stops such as Mackay, Airlie Beach and Newcastle, which shows how far into regional Australia the duo were prepared to go.

That regional focus is a recent theme. In November and December 2024 PNAU played Dee Why RSL in Sydney, Drifter's Wharf in Gosford, Waves in Wollongong, the Riviera Beach Club in Elwood, The Station on the Sunshine Coast and Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast, and in late 2025 they added the Beach Hotel in Byron Bay and Wrest Point in Hobart. With Ahhcade only a few months old, more shows would not be a surprise, but nothing for 2027 is official.

New Zealand has seen very little of PNAU in recent years. The only New Zealand entries in the setlist archive are the Big Day Out in Auckland at Ericsson Stadium on 19 January 2001 and 16 January 2004. Nothing has been announced there for 2027.

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

PNAU formed in Sydney, where Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes met at secondary school, and their 1999 debut Sambanova won the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release in 2000. Wikipedia records that they played the Big Day Out in 2001 and Homebake in 2002, building a reputation for lively shows. The setlist archive's earliest entries are the Auckland leg of the Big Day Out at Ericsson Stadium on 19 January 2001 and again on 16 January 2004.

The self-titled 2007 album changed their fortunes, and in January and February 2008 they followed the Big Day Out around Australia, with archive entries in the Boiler Room on the Gold Coast on 20 January and in Sydney on 25 January, at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on 28 January, the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds on 1 February and Claremont Showground in Perth on 3 February. Later that year came the Palace Theatre in Melbourne on 1 August, Belongil Fields in Byron Bay on 2 August and The Tivoli in Brisbane on 7 August, then outdoor dates at the Brisbane Showgrounds, Commonwealth Place in Canberra and The Domain in Sydney in November and December 2008.

Soft Universe, released in June 2011, brought another busy year. The summer circuit took them to the Gold Coast on 23 January, Sydney on 26 January, Flemington on 30 January, Adelaide on 4 February and Claremont on 6 February 2011. In July they played Billboard The Venue in Melbourne on 26 July, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 27 July and Newcastle Panthers on 29 July, before Woodfordia at Woodford on 30 July. They ended 2011 at Lorne on 30 December and the Marion Bay Falls Festival site on New Year's Eve.

After a long gap, the archive picks up again in 2017 with the three-piece line-up that included Sam Littlemore. They played the Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle on 16 March and the Croxton Park Hotel in Melbourne on 24 March, a regional showground festival run from Adelaide on 28 April to Hay Park in Bunbury on 13 May, and a headline night at the Metro Theatre in Sydney on Friday 5 May 2017. In late September they played a five-city outdoor run, from Catani Gardens in Melbourne and HBF Arena in Perth to Adelaide Showground, Centennial Park in Sydney and Victoria Park in Brisbane.

The Changa years kept them on the road. July 2018 brought Bar on the Hill in Newcastle on 18 July and 170 Russell in Melbourne on 20 July, ahead of North Byron Parklands on 22 July. In 2019 they played Federation Square in Melbourne, Sandstone Point near Brisbane, Forbes, Mindil Beach in Darwin and the Big Pineapple at Woombye, and in November 2022 a four-city run took in Catani Gardens on 5 November, the Riverstage in Brisbane on 6 November, The Domain in Sydney on 12 November and Langley Park in Perth on 13 November.

Since Hyperbolic in March 2024 PNAU have favoured clubs, beach venues and regional rooms. Dee Why RSL in Sydney on Wednesday 27 November 2024 produced the longest logged set of that period, at 20 songs, and Wrest Point in Hobart on Saturday 8 November 2025 is the most complete recent capital-city entry. The Nirvana Tour of mid-2026, with 22 to 25 songs a night, is the fullest record of the current show.

The table below lists 96 documented Australia/NZ concerts by PNAU between 2001 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (11), Sydney (11), Brisbane (7), Perth (7), Byron Bay (6), Adelaide (6). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

PNAU 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 (6 May 2017 to 2 July 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Chameleon — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Embrace — played at 14 of 15 shows
3. Go Bang — played at 14 of 15 shows
4. No More Violence — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. Wild Strawberries — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. Changa — played at 10 of 15 shows
7. Come Together — played at 10 of 15 shows
8. Solid Gold — played at 10 of 15 shows
9. Baby — played at 9 of 15 shows
10. Control Your Body — played at 9 of 15 shows
11. Cold Heart — played at 7 of 15 shows
12. Lover — played at 7 of 15 shows
13. Changes — played at 5 of 15 shows
14. Nothing in the World — played at 5 of 15 shows

PNAU Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

PNAU have been festival favourites in Australia for 25 years. Wikipedia names the Big Day Out in 2001 and Homebake in 2002, and the archive has the Auckland Big Day Out in 2001 and 2004 and the national Big Day Out of 2008. North Byron Parklands, home of Splendour in the Grass, appears on 22 July 2018 and 23 July 2023, and Woodfordia, where Splendour was held in 2011, appears on 30 July 2011.

The summer and New Year season has been just as important. The archive lists the Falls Festival site at Marion Bay on New Year's Eve 2011 and 29 December 2019, Lorne on 30 December 2011, Lardner Park in Warragul in 2017 and 2018, Glenworth Valley in 2018 and 2023, Fremantle Oval on 4 January 2020 and The Domain in Sydney on New Year's Day 2020.

PNAU Australia Tour 2027: career and records

PNAU were formed in Sydney by Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes, who met at school and began making acid, house and trance music in their teens. Their first commercial tracks appeared on an underground compilation in 1996. Sambanova (1999) was briefly pulled from shops over uncleared samples, was re-released in 2000 and won the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release. Again followed in 2003.

The self-titled Pnau (2007) won critical acclaim and the backing of Elton John, who called it the best record he had heard in ten years. Littlemore and Luke Steele then formed Empire of the Sun, with Mayes producing. Soft Universe (2011) reached No. 13 in Australia, and Good Morning to the Night (2012), a set of PNAU reworkings of Elton John songs, reached No. 1 in the UK.

With Sam Littlemore as a third member from 2016 to 2024, PNAU released 'Chameleon' in November 2016. It reached No. 4 in Australia, was certified four times platinum and won the 2017 ARIA Award for Best Dance Release; 'Go Bang' won the same award in 2018. Changa (2017) reached No. 11. In 2021 their 'Cold Heart (Pnau remix)', with Elton John and Dua Lipa, became a top-ten hit in Australia and the UK and their first song to chart in the United States.

Hyperbolic, preceded by 'AEIOU' with Empire of the Sun, was released in March 2024. In May 2026 the duo announced their seventh album, Ahhcade, which was released on 31 July 2026 and peaked at No. 33 on the ARIA chart. PNAU have won three ARIA Awards from 17 nominations.

PNAU Australia Tour 2027: what is and is not announced

As of 9 October 2026 PNAU have no announced dates in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. The last confirmed shows on record are Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane on 19 September 2026 and Flagstaff Hill in Wollongong on 3 October 2026.

Ahhcade came out on 31 July 2026, and The Nirvana Tour took place before the album's release. No capital-city headline tour for the new album has been announced, and no 2027 festival appearance has been confirmed.

PNAU Australia Tour 2027: touring the regions

PNAU have gone further into regional Australia than most dance acts of their size. The archive lists Collie in Western Australia in April 2008, Forbes in New South Wales in May 2019, Kiama in December 2023, and The Nirvana Tour of 2026 with Toowoomba, Coffs Harbour, Port Stephens and Erina.

Clubs and beach venues have become their usual setting: the Beach Hotel in Byron Bay, Bar on the Hill in Newcastle, the Hoey Moey in Coffs Harbour, Shoal Bay Country Club, Drifter's Wharf in Gosford and Waves in Wollongong all appear in recent years. If PNAU do tour in 2027, rooms like these are likely to feature again, but nothing is confirmed.

PNAU Australia Tour 2027: Sydney and the summer parks

PNAU's Sydney history runs from the Big Day Out of 2008 to The Domain in 2008, 2011 and New Year's Day 2020, the Enmore Theatre in July 2011, the Metro Theatre in May 2017, Centennial Park in September 2017, the Royal Hall of Industries in March 2019 and Dee Why RSL in November 2024.

The Domain has hosted them three times in the archive, which makes it the Sydney venue they have played most often. Nothing in Sydney is announced for 2027.

PNAU Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and New Zealand

New Zealand appearances are rare. The archive lists the Big Day Out at Ericsson Stadium in Auckland on 19 January 2001 and 16 January 2004 and nothing since.

PNAU's songs, especially 'Chameleon' and 'Cold Heart', have travelled widely, but no New Zealand show has been logged in more than twenty years and none is announced for 2027.

PNAU Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A PNAU show today runs to 22 to 25 songs. At The Powerhouse in Toowoomba on 27 June 2026 and the Hoey Moey in Coffs Harbour on 1 July 2026 the logged set opened with 'Tu corazón', 'Chemistry' and 'Nirvana', went through 'Go Bang', 'Serotonin', 'Wild Strawberries', 'No More Violence', 'Cold Heart', 'The Hard Way', 'Crash', 'Changa', 'Die With Us', 'The Feeling' and 'Solid Gold', and closed with 'Embrace', 'Control Your Body', 'Lover', 'Eternal', 'Young Melody', 'With You Forever', 'Again' and 'Chameleon'.

Earlier shows were shorter. At Wrest Point in Hobart on 8 November 2025 the set ran to 16 entries, including 'Light Me Up', 'Baby', 'Come Together', 'Nothing in the World' and a drum solo, and closed with 'Chameleon'. In 2011 the Soft Universe sets at Woodfordia and Lorne featured 'Everybody', 'Unite Us', 'The Truth' and 'Dancing on the Water' alongside 'Embrace' and 'No More Violence'.

'Chameleon' has closed most of their recent logged shows, and 'Embrace', 'Wild Strawberries' and 'No More Violence' have been in their sets since 2008.

PNAU Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no PNAU 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, the venue's own box office or a presale run by the artist's mailing list or the promoter. Many of PNAU's recent shows have been in pubs, clubs and regional venues, which often sell tickets through their own outlets, so check the venue's listing. Mobile tickets are often locked to the buyer's name, so read the transfer rules. Avoid anyone selling a 'presale code'.

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PNAU Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are PNAU touring Australia in 2027?

Nothing has been announced as of 9 October 2026. There are no confirmed 2027 dates, venues or presales.

When did PNAU last play live?

The latest show in the setlist archive is Flagstaff Hill in Wollongong on Saturday 3 October 2026.

What was The Nirvana Tour?

PNAU's regional tour of Queensland and New South Wales in June and July 2026, with shows in Toowoomba, Coffs Harbour, Port Stephens and Erina among others.

What is PNAU's latest album?

Ahhcade, released on 31 July 2026. It peaked at No. 33 on the ARIA chart.

Are PNAU playing New Zealand in 2027?

No New Zealand date has been announced. Their only New Zealand shows in the archive are the Auckland Big Day Out in 2001 and 2004.

Who is in PNAU?

Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes. Nick's brother Sam Littlemore was a third member from 2016 to 2024.

What songs do PNAU play live?

Recent sets include 'Chameleon', 'Go Bang', 'Cold Heart', 'Embrace', 'Wild Strawberries', 'No More Violence', 'Solid Gold' and 'Baby'.

Have PNAU played Splendour in the Grass?

The archive has them at North Byron Parklands, home of Splendour, in July 2018 and July 2023, and at Woodfordia, where Splendour was held in 2011, on 30 July 2011.