Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027

Red Hot Chili Peppers 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 on the schedule for either country, and the band have not published any 2027 concert dates elsewhere in the world.

Their most recent visit was the stadium tour of January and February 2023, with John Frusciante back on guitar: Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Saturday 21 January, Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on 26 January, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on 29 January, two nights at Accor Stadium in Sydney on 2 and 4 February, two at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on 7 and 9 February, and Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday 12 February 2023.

This page explains what is and is not known about the band's plans, and gives a complete account of their concerts in Australia and New Zealand, from Festival Hall in Melbourne in October 1992 to Perth in February 2023.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official information about Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts in 2027. After the Unlimited Love Tour, which supported the two 2022 albums, drummer Chad Smith said in April 2024 that the band would take a break after their 2024 dates and start writing their next album in 2025. Since then they have played only one-off events, including the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics in August 2024 and the FireAid benefit in Los Angeles on 30 January 2025.

Several things have happened off stage. In July 2025 Flea confirmed the band were working on new music, and in March 2026 he released his first solo album, Honora. On 9 May 2026 it was reported that the band had sold their music catalogue to Warner Music Group. In an interview published in August 2026, Anthony Kiedis said the band planned to get back together soon. None of these announcements included a new album date or a tour.

In short, a new record is in progress but no release date or concert has been announced, in Australia, New Zealand or anywhere else. Listings of 2027 Red Hot Chili Peppers dates that are not backed by an official announcement should be treated as unconfirmed, and the same applies to any 'presale code' offered now.

If the band announce a tour that includes Australia or New Zealand, the alert below will tell you as soon as cities, venues and sale dates are published.

Before the Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

The Chili Peppers first toured this part of the world in October 1992, on the Blood Sugar Sex Magik tour, after the album had reached No. 1 in Australia. The setlist archive lists Festival Hall in Melbourne on Tuesday 20 October, the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park on 21 October and two nights at Brisbane Festival Hall on 23 and 24 October, followed in New Zealand by the Winter Show Buildings in Wellington on 27 October and The Supertop in Auckland on Wednesday 28 October 1992.

The One Hot Minute tour, with Dave Navarro on guitar, came in May 1996. It began at Ericsson Stadium in Auckland on Friday 3 May and the Queens Wharf Event Centre in Wellington on 4 May, then played Centre Court in Melbourne on 6 and 7 May, the Perth Entertainment Centre on 10 May, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 12 May, two nights at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 14 and 15 May and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Friday 17 May 1996.

Frusciante's return for Californication brought the band back in January and February 2000 for the Big Day Out and a run of sideshows: Ericsson Stadium in Auckland on Friday 21 January, the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 24 January, the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 27 and 28 January, two nights at the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre on 1 and 2 February, the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds on 4 February and the Perth Entertainment Centre on Monday 7 February 2000. In late 2002 the By the Way Tour played stadiums and arenas: Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch on Friday 22 November, Western Springs Stadium in Auckland on 24 November, two nights in Brisbane, the Sydney Football Stadium on 29 November, the Telstra Dome in Melbourne on 1 December, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 3 December and the Burswood Dome in Perth on Friday 6 December 2002.

The Stadium Arcadium World Tour visited in April 2007: the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on 7 April, three nights at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on 8, 10 and 11 April, two at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 13 and 14 April, three at Acer Arena in Sydney on 16, 17 and 19 April and two at Vector Arena in Auckland on 21 and 22 April 2007. With Josh Klinghoffer, the I'm with You World Tour returned in January 2013, playing two nights at Vector Arena on 14 and 15 January, with Gary Clark Jr. and Off! as the support acts, before the Big Day Out.

The 2019 tour, the band's last visit to the region with Klinghoffer, went further afield than any before it. It opened at the Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart on Sunday 17 February 2019, the band's only Tasmanian show, then played two nights at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Hope Estate winery in Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley on 23 February, two nights at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Rod Laver Arena on 28 February, Mount Duneed Estate near Geelong on 2 March, the Adelaide Parklands Circuit on 3 March, HBF Park in Perth on 5 March and two nights at Spark Arena in Auckland on 8 and 9 March 2019.

The 2023 stadium tour completed the picture with eight shows, including the band's first concert in Dunedin, at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Thursday 26 January 2023. It was their first tour of the region since Frusciante rejoined in 2019.

The table below lists 73 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Red Hot Chili Peppers between 1992 and 2023, with the most shows in Melbourne (15), Sydney (14), Brisbane (11), Auckland (11), Perth (7), Adelaide (6). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Red Hot Chili Peppers 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 (26 February 2019 to 12 February 2023), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. By the Way — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Californication — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Give It Away — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Intro Jam — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Soul to Squeeze — played at 9 of 15 shows
6. Black Summer — played at 8 of 15 shows
7. Can't Stop — played at 8 of 15 shows
8. Dani California — played at 8 of 15 shows
9. Snow ((Hey Oh)) — played at 8 of 15 shows
10. Around the World — played at 7 of 15 shows
11. Dark Necessities — played at 7 of 15 shows
12. Right on Time — played at 7 of 15 shows
13. The Drummer — played at 7 of 15 shows
14. The Zephyr Song — played at 7 of 15 shows

Before the Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Unlimited Love Tour (2023): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Dunedin, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth.
• Australia & New Zealand 2019 (2019): 12 Australia/NZ shows — Hobart, Sydney, Pokolbin, Brisbane, Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland.
• I'm with You World Tour (2013): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Sydney, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth.
• Stadium Arcadium World Tour (2007): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland.
• By the Way Tour (2002): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Christchurch, Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• Californication Tour (2000): 12 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• One Hot Minute (1996): 9 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane.
• Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1992): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Brisbane, Wellington, Auckland.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Red Hot Chili Peppers have headlined the Big Day Out twice. In 2000 the setlist archive files several of their festival sets under the Blue Stage: the Gold Coast on Sunday 23 January, Sydney on 26 January, Melbourne on 30 January and Perth on 6 February 2000, alongside the band's own arena shows in the same cities.

They returned to headline the festival in January 2013, playing the Sydney Showground on 18 January, the Gold Coast Parklands on 20 January, Adelaide on 25 January, Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Saturday 26 January and the Claremont Showground in Perth on 28 January 2013. The 2013 festival sets ran to 16 to 18 songs, opening with 'Monarchy of Roses' and closing with 'Give It Away'.

In 2019 the tour included wine-region dates rather than festivals, at Hope Estate in the Hunter Valley and Mount Duneed Estate near Geelong.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed in Los Angeles in 1982 by singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. Their early albums, The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984), Freaky Styley (1985) and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987), mixed funk, punk and rap. Slovak died in June 1988, Irons left, and with guitarist John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith the band recorded Mother's Milk (1989), which reached No. 33 in Australia.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991), with 'Give It Away' and 'Under the Bridge', was their first major commercial success and went to No. 1 in Australia. Frusciante left in 1992, and One Hot Minute (1995), with Dave Navarro, also topped the Australian chart. Frusciante returned in 1998, and Californication (1999), with 'Scar Tissue', 'Otherside' and the title track, became their biggest album, with 16 million copies sold worldwide.

By the Way (2002) and the double album Stadium Arcadium (2006) both reached No. 1 in Australia; Stadium Arcadium was also the band's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Frusciante left again in 2009 and Josh Klinghoffer played on I'm with You (2011) and The Getaway (2016). The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.

Frusciante rejoined in 2019, and the band released two albums in 2022, Unlimited Love, which topped the Australian chart, and Return of the Dream Canteen, which reached No. 2. They received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame the same year. The band have won three Grammy Awards and hold the record for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: what the band have said about the future

Since their last concerts of 2024, the Chili Peppers have not toured. Chad Smith's plan of April 2024 was to take a break and then start writing in 2025, and Flea confirmed in July 2025 that new music was being worked on. In August 2026 Kiedis spoke about the band reuniting soon and being as creative as in their early years.

None of this amounts to a tour announcement. No album title, release date or concert has been published. Nothing has been said about Australia, New Zealand or 2027.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: a run of stadium summers

The 2023 tour was the band's biggest in the region: six Australian stadium nights and two in New Zealand. Sydney and Melbourne each had two nights, at Accor Stadium and Marvel Stadium, and Brisbane and Perth had their first Chili Peppers stadium shows at Suncorp Stadium and Optus Stadium.

The band had played stadiums here before. In 2002 they played Western Springs in Auckland, the Sydney Football Stadium and the Telstra Dome in Melbourne, now Marvel Stadium, on the By the Way Tour, and in May 1996 and January 2000 they played Ericsson Stadium in Auckland, now Mount Smart Stadium, the same venue as their 2023 Auckland show.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: from Hobart to the Hunter Valley

The 2019 tour took the band to places they had never played. The Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart on 17 February 2019 remains their only concert in Tasmania, and the winery shows at Hope Estate in Pokolbin and Mount Duneed Estate near Geelong took them to regional audiences on weekends between the city dates.

Adelaide's show that year was at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit, and Perth's at HBF Park, a rectangular stadium. Adelaide has not seen the band since: the 2023 stadium tour skipped South Australia.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand, from Wellington to Dunedin

New Zealand has had Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts in four cities. Wellington saw them at the Winter Show Buildings in 1992 and the Queens Wharf Event Centre in 1996; Christchurch at Queen Elizabeth II Park in November 2002; Dunedin at Forsyth Barr Stadium on 26 January 2023.

Auckland has hosted the band on every visit: The Supertop in 1992, Ericsson Stadium in 1996 and 2000, Western Springs in 2002, Vector Arena in 2007 and 2013, Spark Arena, the same arena renamed, in 2019 and Mount Smart Stadium in 2023. No New Zealand date has been announced for 2027.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

The 2023 stadium shows ran to 18 to 20 songs and changed every night. In Sydney on Thursday 2 February 2023 the band opened with an intro jam and 'Can't Stop', played 'The Zephyr Song', 'Snow ((Hey Oh))', 'Eddie', 'Soul to Squeeze', 'These Are the Ways' and 'Black Summer', and closed with 'By the Way', 'Sir Psycho Sexy', 'They're Red Hot' and 'Give It Away'. The Perth show on 12 February swapped in 'Scar Tissue', 'Tippa My Tongue', 'Suck My Kiss', 'Under the Bridge' and a cover of 'Danny's Song'.

Earlier tours followed the same loose format. The 2019 sets mixed The Getaway songs such as 'Dark Necessities' and 'Goodbye Angels' with the hits, while the April 2007 arena shows opened with 'Can't Stop' and 'Dani California' and included covers such as 'The Needle and the Damage Done' in Adelaide. In 2013 in Auckland the band played Crowded House's 'Don't Dream It's Over'.

Across all the shows in the archive, 'Give It Away', 'Californication', 'Under the Bridge', 'By the Way' and 'Can't Stop' are among the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand; the full ranking is in the table on this page.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Red Hot Chili Peppers tickets on sale for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no concerts have been announced. Any site already selling seats or offering a presale code is not official.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are the Red Hot Chili Peppers touring Australia in 2027?

No. Nothing has been announced as of 9 October 2026.

When did the Red Hot Chili Peppers last play Australia?

At Optus Stadium in Perth on 12 February 2023, the last show of their 2023 stadium tour.

When did they last play New Zealand?

At Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on 26 January 2023, after Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 21 January 2023.

When did they last play Adelaide?

At the Adelaide Parklands Circuit on 3 March 2019.

Have they played the Big Day Out?

Yes, as headliners in 2000 and 2013.

Have they ever played Tasmania?

Once, at the Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart on 17 February 2019.

Is a new album coming?

The band have said they are working on new music, but no title or release date has been announced.

What is their latest album?

Return of the Dream Canteen, released in 2022, which reached No. 2 in Australia.

Is there a Red Hot Chili Peppers presale code for 2027?

No. Nothing is on sale, so any code offered now is not genuine.