Powderfinger Reunion Tour 2027
✅ Reunion confirmed · 18 Australian dates announced on 12 October 2026 · on sale Mon 19 Oct 2026
Powderfinger are back. Sixteen years after the Sunsets farewell, the Brisbane band has confirmed 18 shows across Australia from 3 Sep 2027 to 30 Oct 2027. Every date and venue below comes from the official announcement of Monday 12 October 2026.
Powderfinger Reunion Tour 2027 — all Australian dates
Presales: Wed 14 Oct 2026 (Telstra Plus member presale + artist fan-club presale, fan-club sign-up closes 11pm AEDT Tue 13 Oct) — 10am Brisbane & Melbourne, 11am Cairns & Perth, 1pm Sydney & Adelaide (local time). Live Nation presale: Fri 16 Oct 2026, one hour later in each city. General on-sale: Mon 19 Oct 2026 via Ticketmaster — 10am Brisbane & Melbourne, 11am Cairns & Perth, 1pm Sydney & Adelaide (local time). Limit 8 tickets per show, mobile tickets only, all ages.
What Powderfinger announced on 9 October 2026
The reunion was confirmed in a short video posted on the band's channels on Friday 9 October 2026, after a teaser campaign that had fans decoding billboards in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The posters carried grids of numbers and letters pointing to the band's history — seven albums, five members, 18 ARIA Awards and the date 13.11.2010, the night of their last show at Brisbane's Riverstage — while a new Instagram account, @thereturnoftheelectrichorsemen, dropped coded hints of its own.
“We are going to do some shows all around Australia from September next year,” Bernard Fanning says in the video. Darren Middleton promised the band would “build something pretty special” for fans, and Ian Haug made it clear that no AI would be involved in the reunion shows. Full details followed on Monday 12 October 2026 at 6am AEDT: Powderfinger Live 2027, 18 open-air shows in six cities — Brisbane, Cairns, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne — across September and October 2027.
The Powderfinger line-up: all five original members
- Bernard Fanning — vocals
- Ian Haug — guitar
- Darren Middleton — guitar
- John “JC” Collins — bass
- Jon Coghill — drums
This is the classic Powderfinger line-up that recorded every album from the 1990s through Golden Rule (2009) and played the 2010 farewell. Fanning and Middleton both built solo careers after the split, but the five have only shared a stage once since then — virtually — for One Night Lonely in 2020.
Powderfinger 2027 presale and on-sale
The dates were revealed on Monday 12 October 2026. Presale and general on-sale times are listed above as officially published; they are local to each city. Leave your email in the form above to get the presale code and a reminder before tickets go on sale in your city.
Powderfinger live in Australia: the Sunsets farewell tour (2010)
Powderfinger formed in Brisbane in 1989 and became one of the biggest live acts in the country. They announced their split in April 2010 and said goodbye with Sunsets, a national farewell tour promoted by Secret Service and Village Sounds that visited every state and territory. Jet, The Vines and You Am I supported on different legs. Demand kept adding shows: in Sydney, after two sold-out nights at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, a third show was added at Acer Arena; Melbourne got a second Rod Laver Arena night and an open-air show at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Perth had three nights at the Supreme Court Gardens, and the tour ended with five nights in Brisbane — the last one reportedly sold out in about sixty seconds. Pollstar counted about 250,000 tickets sold, with 22 of 34 dates sold out.
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2010 | Newcastle | Newcastle Entertainment Centre |
| 3 Sep 2010 | Gold Coast | Gold Coast Convention Centre |
| 4 Sep 2010 | Brisbane | Riverstage |
| 5 Sep 2010 | Brisbane | Riverstage |
| 10 Sep 2010 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena |
| 11 Sep 2010 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena |
| 13 Sep 2010 | Hobart | Derwent Entertainment Centre |
| 16 Sep 2010 | Adelaide | Memorial Drive |
| 18 Sep 2010 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre |
| 19 Sep 2010 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre |
| 22 Sep 2010 | Perth | Supreme Court Gardens |
| 23 Sep 2010 | Perth | Supreme Court Gardens |
| 24 Sep 2010 | Perth | Supreme Court Gardens |
| 29 Oct 2010 | Melbourne | Sidney Myer Music Bowl |
| 30 Oct 2010 | Adelaide | Memorial Drive |
| 6 Nov 2010 | Sydney | Acer Arena (added show) |
| 13 Nov 2010 | Brisbane | Riverstage (final show) |
Selected Sunsets dates confirmed in 2010 press coverage (Pollstar, Glam Adelaide, RouteNote). The tour ran from 1 September to 13 November 2010.
Since then the band has performed only once: One Night Lonely, a streamed concert in 2020 during the pandemic, which raised around A$500,000 for Support Act and Beyond Blue. The 2027 tour is therefore their first national run in sixteen years.
Seven albums, five No. 1s: what a Powderfinger setlist can draw on
Powderfinger released seven studio albums: Parables for Wooden Ears (1994), Double Allergic (1996), Internationalist (1998), Odyssey Number Five (2000), Vulture Street (2003), Dream Days at the Hotel Existence (2007) and Golden Rule (2009). From Internationalist on, five albums in a row reached No. 1 on the ARIA chart, and the band collected 18 ARIA Awards. Songs such as “These Days”, “My Happiness”, “Passenger”, “Sunsets”, “(Baby I’ve Got You) On My Mind” and “Already Gone” were farewell-tour staples; 2026 also marks thirty years since Double Allergic.
Powderfinger tickets: how to be ready
Sixteen years of waiting and a fast-selling farewell tour suggest demand will be high. The safest approach: know the official on-sale time for your city, sign in to the ticketing account you will use beforehand, and only buy from the official seller named in the announcement (Ticketmaster for every city, limit 8 tickets per show, mobile tickets only). Ticket prices were not part of the announcement; they will appear city by city when the presales open.
Powderfinger Reunion Tour 2027 — FAQ
When will the Powderfinger 2027 tour dates be announced?
They were announced on Monday 12 October 2026 — see the full list of dates and venues at the top of this page.
Which cities will Powderfinger play in 2027?
The confirmed cities are: Brisbane, Cairns, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne.
When is the Powderfinger presale?
Presales: Wed 14 Oct 2026 (Telstra Plus member presale + artist fan-club presale, fan-club sign-up closes 11pm AEDT Tue 13 Oct) — 10am Brisbane & Melbourne, 11am Cairns & Perth, 1pm Sydney & Adelaide (local time). Live Nation presale: Fri 16 Oct 2026, one hour later in each city. Sign up below to get the reminder.
How do I get the Powderfinger presale code?
Leave your email in the form on this page: we will send you the presale code and the access details as soon as they are released, together with the on-sale time for your city.
How much will Powderfinger tickets cost?
Prices were not part of the 12 October announcement; they will show on the ticketing pages when presales open on 14 October 2026 and will vary by city and ticket type.
Who is in the Powderfinger reunion line-up?
All five members: Bernard Fanning (vocals), Ian Haug and Darren Middleton (guitars), John “JC” Collins (bass) and Jon Coghill (drums).
When did Powderfinger last tour Australia?
In 2010, with the Sunsets farewell tour (1 September – 13 November 2010), which finished at the Riverstage in Brisbane on 13 November 2010.
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