Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027

Sam Smith has not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no tour, no festival booking and no one-off show listed anywhere in the region. Their most recent touring project, the intimate To Be Free tour, ran from October 2025 to September 2026 in New York, San Francisco, Mexico and England, and did not include a southern-hemisphere leg. Their fifth studio album, Hazel Eyes, was released on 21 August 2026.

Australia has been one of Sam Smith's strongest markets from the start. In the Lonely Hour and Gloria both reached number one on the ARIA albums chart, The Thrill of It All peaked at number two and Love Goes at number three, and 'Too Good at Goodbyes' was a number one single here. That support has translated into three full arena tours of Australia and New Zealand in 2015, 2018 and 2023, plus a festival slot at Splendour in the Grass and a headline appearance at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Party.

This page explains plainly what is and is not known about a 2027 return, then tells the full story of Sam Smith's concerts in Australia and New Zealand: the Riverstage and Auckland shows of April 2015, the Rod Laver Arena nights, three Sydney arenas under three different names, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, and the eight-show Gloria run that closed their world tour in Auckland on 11 November 2023.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Sam Smith tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No cities, venues, presales or on-sale dates have been published, and no local promoter has listed them. Anything that claims otherwise, including leaked date lists or 'presale codes' for 2027, should be treated as unconfirmed until an announcement is made through the artist and the venues.

What is known is the shape of the current cycle. The To Be Free tour, which began on 8 October 2025 at Warsaw in Brooklyn and ended on 19 September 2026, was deliberately small: 55 shows in theatres and short residencies, with stripped-back, acoustic-leaning arrangements, a run at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco and dates in Guadalajara, Mexico City, Manchester and at the London Coliseum. It was a contrast to the arena productions Australian audiences saw in 2018 and 2023, and it did not travel to Oceania.

Hazel Eyes arrived in August 2026, near the end of that run, and peaked at number 37 on the ARIA albums chart. Historically Sam Smith has toured Australia and New Zealand within about a year of each album: In the Lonely Hour came out in May 2014 and the arena tour followed in late 2015, The Thrill of It All was released in November 2017 and toured here in November 2018, and Gloria came out in January 2023 with Australian dates that October and November. That pattern is a reason for fans to watch closely, but it is not an announcement, and no dates for 2027 have been confirmed anywhere in the world as of 9 October 2026.

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Before the Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Sam Smith's first Australian appearances came in 2014, as 'Stay with Me' was climbing the charts. The setlist archive records a television performance of that song in Sydney on 1 May 2014, and then a nine-song festival set at North Byron Parklands on Sunday 27 July 2014, the closing day of Splendour in the Grass. That short set already mixed the Disclosure collaboration 'Latch', the Naughty Boy hit 'La La La', 'Money on My Mind' and 'Stay with Me', with a cover of Arctic Monkeys' 'Do I Wanna Know?' in the middle.

The In the Lonely Hour Tour came in two parts. In April 2015 Smith played two nights at Vector Arena in Auckland, the venue now called Spark Arena, on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 April, followed by Brisbane's open-air Riverstage on Saturday 25 April and the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on Monday 27 April. They returned at the end of the year for the full arena leg: Perth Arena on Saturday 28 November, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tuesday 1 December, two nights at Qantas Credit Union Arena in Sydney on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 December, two at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 December, and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Saturday 12 December 2015, which was the final show of the entire world tour.

Before the next tour came a pair of smaller rooms. In January 2018, two months after The Thrill of It All was released, the setlist archive lists two nights in the Concert Hall in Sydney, on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 January, with ten and thirteen songs, and a show at Melbourne Town Hall on Friday 19 January. The Sydney sets leaned on the new album, with 'Burning', 'Palace', 'One Last Song' and 'Pray' alongside the older hits.

The Thrill of It All Tour reached New Zealand first, with two nights at Spark Arena in Auckland on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 November 2018. On Tuesday 6 November Smith sang two songs in the Mounting Yard at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day, then opened the Australian leg at Rod Laver Arena that same evening, adding a second night on Wednesday 7 November. Brisbane had two nights on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 November, Sydney three at Qudos Bank Arena on Wednesday 14, Friday 16 and Saturday 17 November, and the leg ended in Perth on Tuesday 20 November 2018, in the arena renamed RAC Arena that year.

On Saturday 29 February 2020 Smith was a special guest at the official Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Party at the Hordern Pavilion, on a bill headlined by Dua Lipa. The setlist archive records a five-song set: 'Latch', 'How Do You Sleep?', Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love', 'Dancing with a Stranger' and 'Promises', with costume changes including a huge red dress carrying the word 'equality'.

The most recent visit was Gloria the Tour in late 2023. It opened at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Saturday 28 October, then played Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday 31 October and Wednesday 1 November, Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 November, and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Wednesday 8 November. The final night of the whole world tour was Spark Arena in Auckland on Saturday 11 November 2023. Those remain Sam Smith's last concerts in Australia and New Zealand.

The table below lists 33 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Sam Smith between 2014 and 2023, with the most shows in Sydney (11), Melbourne (7), Auckland (5), Brisbane (5), Adelaide (2), Perth (2). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Sam Smith 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 November 2018 to 11 November 2023), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Latch — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Promises — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. I'm Not the Only One — played at 14 of 15 shows
4. Lay Me Down — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. Like I Can — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. Stay With Me — played at 14 of 15 shows
7. Too Good at Goodbyes — played at 14 of 15 shows
8. Baby, You Make Me Crazy — played at 8 of 15 shows
9. Burning — played at 8 of 15 shows
10. HIM — played at 8 of 15 shows
11. Midnight Train — played at 8 of 15 shows
12. Money on My Mind — played at 8 of 15 shows
13. Omen — played at 8 of 15 shows
14. One Last Song — played at 8 of 15 shows

Before the Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Gloria the Tour (2023): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland.
• The Thrill of It All Tour (2018): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth.
• In the Lonely Hour (2015): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Sam Smith's only Australian festival appearance in the data is Splendour in the Grass 2014, at North Byron Parklands near Byron Bay, on Sunday 27 July. It came just weeks after In the Lonely Hour was released and before any headline tour here, and the nine-song set covered almost every hit they had at the time.

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Party on 29 February 2020 is the other multi-artist event they have played in Australia. Apart from those two nights, and a two-song spot at the Melbourne Cup in 2018, every Australian and New Zealand concert has been a headline show of their own.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Samuel Frederick Smith was born in London on 19 May 1992 and grew up in Great Chishill in Cambridgeshire. They sang in jazz bands and youth musical theatre before breaking through as the featured voice on Disclosure's 'Latch' in October 2012, which reached number 11 in the UK. Naughty Boy's 'La La La', released in May 2013, gave them a first UK number one, and in December 2013 they won both the Brit Critics' Choice award and the BBC Sound of 2014 poll.

In the Lonely Hour, released in May 2014, was described by Smith as an album about unrequited love. It went to number one in the UK and in Australia, and 'Stay with Me' became a worldwide hit, reaching number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. The album won four Grammy Awards in February 2015, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year, and it was the best-selling debut album of the 2010s in the UK. Their Bond theme 'Writing's on the Wall', for Spectre (2015), won a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

The Thrill of It All (2017) debuted at number one in the UK and the US, and its lead single 'Too Good at Goodbyes' went to number one in the UK and Australia. 'Promises' with Calvin Harris (2018) and 'Dancing with a Stranger' with Normani (2019) led into Love Goes, which was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, retitled and released on 30 October 2020 alongside a livestream concert from Abbey Road Studios.

In 2022 'Unholy' with Kim Petras became Smith's first US number one and won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, making them the first openly non-binary artist to win a Grammy. Gloria followed on 27 January 2023 and topped the ARIA chart. After Gloria the Tour and Gloria the Blackout in 2024, a BBC Proms appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in August 2024 and the To Be Free tour, their fifth album Hazel Eyes was released on 21 August 2026. Their awards include five Grammys, three Brits, a Golden Globe and an Oscar.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: the Rod Laver Arena nights

Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena is the one Australian venue Sam Smith has played on all three arena tours: two nights in December 2015, two in November 2018 and two more on 31 October and 1 November 2023. Six arena concerts in one room over eight years makes it the closest thing they have to a home venue in Australia.

The 2023 Melbourne sets also had a small difference from most other shows of that run: according to the setlist archive, both nights included a cover of Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love' between 'Latch' and 'Gloria', a song Smith had also sung at the 2020 Mardi Gras Party. The Sydney and Brisbane sets of the same leg listed nineteen songs without it.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: three Sydney arenas, one city

Sydney's Sam Smith history runs through almost every large room the city has. In 2015 the arena shows were at Qantas Credit Union Arena in Haymarket, the former Sydney Entertainment Centre, which closed at the end of that year. In 2018 and 2023 they moved to Qudos Bank Arena at Sydney Olympic Park, with three nights in 2018 and two in 2023.

In between came the Hordern Pavilion twice, for an In the Lonely Hour show in April 2015 and the Mardi Gras Party in February 2020, and the Concert Hall, for two quieter nights in January 2018. No other Australian city has seen Sam Smith in as many different settings.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and New Zealand

New Zealand has seen Sam Smith only in Auckland, but often: two nights at Vector Arena in April 2015, two at the same building, by then renamed Spark Arena, on 2 and 3 November 2018, and a single show there on 11 November 2023. In 2018 Auckland opened the Oceania leg; in 2023 it closed the whole world tour.

The setlist archive has no Sam Smith concert in Wellington, Christchurch or any other New Zealand city. If a future tour did include New Zealand, Auckland would be the obvious starting point, but no New Zealand date has been announced for 2027.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: Perth, Adelaide and the touring map

Perth and Adelaide have each had Sam Smith twice. Perth Arena hosted the first show of the 2015 arena leg on 28 November, and the same building, as RAC Arena, closed the Australian leg of The Thrill of It All Tour on 20 November 2018. Gloria the Tour did not include Perth.

Adelaide Entertainment Centre was on the 2015 tour, on 1 December, and opened Gloria the Tour's Australian leg on 28 October 2023. The 2018 tour skipped Adelaide. Over three tours, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are the only Australian cities Smith has played every time.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: what a new tour could look like

Sam Smith's two most recent projects pointed in different directions. Gloria the Tour was a large arena production in three acts, titled 'Love', 'Beauty' and 'Sex', built around the dance-pop of Gloria and 'Unholy'. The To Be Free tour of 2025 and 2026 went the other way, into theatres and small rooms, with a focus on the voice and acoustic arrangements.

Which of those formats a tour for Hazel Eyes would use, and whether it would reach Australia and New Zealand at all, has not been announced. Until it is, the safest assumption is that there is no Sam Smith concert in the region in 2027.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Sam Smith's Australian arena sets have grown from about fifteen songs in 2015 to around twenty in 2018 and 2023. The 2015 shows opened with 'Life Support' and 'Together', included a medley of Amy Winehouse's 'Tears Dry on Their Own' with 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' and 'Le Freak', and an Elvis-style 'Can't Help Falling in Love' folded into 'Not in That Way', before ending with 'Latch', 'Make It to Me' and 'Stay with Me'.

The 2018 shows were the longest, at 21 songs, opening with 'Burning' and closing with 'Stay with Me' and 'Pray'. Between them came 'Writing's on the Wall', a cover of 'I Sing Because I'm Happy', 'Omen', 'HIM', 'Palace', 'Midnight Train' and the Calvin Harris collaboration 'Promises', which had been released that summer.

Gloria the Tour reversed the order and opened with the old hits: 'Stay with Me', 'I'm Not the Only One', 'Like I Can' and 'Too Good at Goodbyes' came first, followed by 'Perfect', 'Diamonds', 'How Do You Sleep?' and 'Dancing with a Stranger'. The final stretch moved into dance music with 'Gimme', 'Lose You', 'I'm Not Here to Make Friends', 'Latch', 'Gloria', a cover of 'Human Nature' and 'Unholy' to finish.

Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Sam Smith tickets on sale for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no concert has been announced. Nothing is listed as presale, on sale or coming soon. Do not buy from sites that already show seat maps, prices or 'presale codes' for a 2027 Sam Smith tour; they are selling something that does not exist yet, or speculating on tickets they do not hold.

When Sam Smith toured here in 2023, the tour was announced in January for October and November shows, with telco and venue-member presales in the days before a general sale. A future tour would most likely work the same way: an announcement, a short series of presales, then a general on-sale through the official ticketing outlets and the venues' own box offices. Arena tickets in Australia and New Zealand are usually mobile and name-locked, so buy through the official outlet or its official resale service to make sure the ticket is in your name.

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Sam Smith Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Sam Smith touring Australia in 2027?

Not as of 9 October 2026. No Australian or New Zealand concert has been announced for 2027, and their To Be Free tour of 2025 and 2026 had no dates in the region.

When was Sam Smith last in Australia?

On Gloria the Tour in late 2023: Adelaide on 28 October, Melbourne on 31 October and 1 November, Sydney on 3 and 4 November and Brisbane on 8 November. The tour then ended in Auckland on 11 November 2023.

Has Sam Smith played New Zealand?

Yes, always in Auckland: Vector Arena on 22 and 23 April 2015, Spark Arena on 2 and 3 November 2018, and Spark Arena again on 11 November 2023, the last night of Gloria the Tour.

Has Sam Smith ever played Perth?

Twice: Perth Arena on 28 November 2015 and the same building, then called RAC Arena, on 20 November 2018. Gloria the Tour in 2023 did not include Perth.

Which Sydney venues has Sam Smith played?

Qantas Credit Union Arena (2015), Qudos Bank Arena (2018 and 2023), the Hordern Pavilion (April 2015 and the Mardi Gras Party in February 2020) and the Concert Hall (January 2018).

Has Sam Smith played Splendour in the Grass?

Yes, once: on 27 July 2014 at North Byron Parklands, before their first headline tour of Australia.

What is Sam Smith's latest album?

Hazel Eyes, their fifth studio album, released on 21 August 2026. It peaked at number 37 on the ARIA albums chart.

Is there a Sam Smith presale code for 2027?

No. There is no announced 2027 tour, so there is no presale and no code. Official presales, when they exist, are run by the venues, the ticket outlets and the artist's own fan list.

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