Six60 Australia Tour 2027

Six60 have not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there are no 2027 dates, cities, venues or on-sale details for the Dunedin band in either country. Their fifth studio album, Right Here Right Now, was released on 13 February 2026 and went to No. 1 in New Zealand and No. 27 in Australia, but no headline tour for it has been confirmed in the sources used for this page.

Few New Zealand bands have played to as many people at home. In February 2019 Six60 became the first New Zealand band to sell out Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, in front of 50,000 people, and on 24 April 2021 they played the first ever concert at Eden Park, again to 50,000. In Australia their story is younger but growing: the Riverstage in Brisbane, Bluesfest in Byron Bay, the Hordern Pavilion and the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, and a long 2024 run through regional pubs and halls from Cairns to Broome.

This page sets out what is and is not known about Six60's 2027 plans and goes through their concerts on both sides of the Tasman, from the Summer '16 tour and the Six60 Saturdays stadium runs to the small-town Grassroots Tour of 2024. When they confirm new dates, they will be added here first.

Six60 Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Six60 tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027 so far. No dates have been released in either country, and nothing for the band appears in the 2027 Australian and New Zealand announcements made up to 9 October 2026. Any list of Six60 2027 dates, and any 'presale code' sold with one, is unconfirmed until the band announces a tour.

The most recent shows in the concert archive are all in New Zealand in 2026: a night at Te Paepae Theatre in Auckland on Friday 13 February, the album's release day; Claudelands Oval in Hamilton on Saturday 14 March; and a four-song set at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday 16 May 2026, which included the single 'Endlessly'. On 3 January 2026 the band also played Matakana Country Park, the site of Sweet Home Aotearoa, the country and roots festival they launched themselves.

Their last Australian date on record is the Sydney Opera House Forecourt on Thursday 11 December 2025, a 28-song show. Since then the archive has no Australian concert for them in 2026. Six60 have tended to tour New Zealand over the southern summer and add Australian legs around it, but this page will not guess at 2027 plans.

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Before the Six60 Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Six60 formed in Dunedin in 2008, when the founding members were students at the University of Otago, and took their name from the house they shared at 660 Castle Street. Their following grew from Dunedin to the other student cities, Auckland, Hamilton, Christchurch and Wellington. The concert archive picks them up on the Summer '16 tour, which played Toll Stadium in Whangarei on Saturday 2 January 2016, the Coroglen Tavern in the Coromandel, Brewers Field in Mount Maunganui and Villa Maria Estate in Auckland on Saturday 16 January 2016, all with a 17-song set.

In 2017 they played Auckland Town Hall on Saturday 1 April, a 21-song show that included a cover of Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', and Horncastle Arena in Christchurch on Friday 21 April. The New Waves World Tour of January 2018 played TSB Bank Arena in Wellington on Monday 8 January, two nights at the Black Barn Amphitheatre in Hastings, Wharepai Domain in Tauranga and Villa Maria Estate in Auckland on Saturday 13 January 2018. That year they won five New Zealand Music Awards and were the most streamed artist in the country on Spotify.

The breakthrough to stadiums came on Saturday 23 February 2019, when Six60 sold out Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, the first New Zealand band to do so. Their first Australian headline date in the archive followed on Saturday 14 December 2019, at Metro City in Perth. The Six60 Saturdays tour of early 2020 went to the Hutt Recreation Ground in Lower Hutt on 25 January, the TSB Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth, Mystery Creek Events Centre near Hamilton, Semenoff Stadium in Whangarei and Western Springs again on Saturday 22 February 2020, with 22-24 songs a night, before ending at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on 7 March.

With borders closed, the 2021 Six60 Saturdays tour played the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, the Tomoana Showgrounds in Hastings, New Plymouth, Hagley Park in Christchurch, Sky Stadium in Wellington and Claudelands Park in Hamilton, and finished at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday 24 April 2021, the stadium's first concert and the largest of that year in New Zealand. The 2022 edition returned to Sky Stadium on 30 October and took in McLean Park in Napier, Rotorua International Stadium, Eden Park again on Saturday 19 November and Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch on 10 December 2022.

Australia came into the picture properly in 2022, with Bluesfest on Good Friday and a 27-song headline show at the Riverstage in Brisbane on Sunday 17 April 2022. In 2023 they played Kings Park in Perth, the Townsville Turf Club, the Sandstone Point Hotel on Moreton Bay, Doug Jennings Park on the Gold Coast and Memorial Park at The Entrance. In February 2024 founding drummer Eli Paewai left the band, and in April and May they set out on The Grassroots Tour of small-town New Zealand.

In 2025 the archive shows them at the Riverstage in Brisbane on Saturday 22 February, the Palace Foreshore in Melbourne on Friday 14 March, the Bar on the Hill in Newcastle on 21 March, the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on Saturday 22 March and the Fremantle Arts Centre on Saturday 5 April 2025, as well as Jellicoe Harbour in Auckland and the University of Otago's Union Lawn in Dunedin. Later that year came Pineapple Fields in Woombye, the Kingston Butter Factory in Canberra and the Sydney Opera House Forecourt on Thursday 11 December 2025.

The table below lists 112 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Six60 between 2016 and 2026, with the most shows in Auckland (9), Dunedin (8), Christchurch (6), Hamilton (4), Hastings (4), Perth (4). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Six60 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 (24 April 2021 to 11 December 2025), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Vibes — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. White Lines — played at 14 of 15 shows
3. Forever — played at 13 of 15 shows
4. Raining — played at 13 of 15 shows
5. All She Wrote — played at 12 of 15 shows
6. Long Gone — played at 12 of 15 shows
7. Only to Be — played at 12 of 15 shows
8. Rolling Stone — played at 12 of 15 shows
9. Sundown — played at 12 of 15 shows
10. The Greatest — played at 12 of 15 shows
11. Before You Leave — played at 11 of 15 shows
12. Rivers — played at 11 of 15 shows
13. Pepeha — played at 10 of 15 shows
14. Someone to Be Around — played at 9 of 15 shows

Before the Six60 Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• The Grassroots Tour (2024–2025): 33 Australia/NZ shows — Northland, Kaitaia, Opononi, Mangawhai, Piha, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Tauranga, Taupo, Te Puka, Gisborne, Whakatane….
• Six60 Saturdays (2020–2022): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Lower Hutt, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Whangarei, Auckland, Dunedin, Wellington, Napier, Rotorua, Christchurch.
• SIX60 Saturdays 2021 (2021): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Waitangi, Hastings, New Plymouth, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton.
• The New Waves World Tour (2018): 5 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Hastings, Tauranga, Auckland.
• Summer '16 (2016): 4 Australia/NZ shows — Whangarei, Coromandel, Mount Maunganui, Auckland.

Six60 Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Six60 played Bluesfest at Byron Bay on Friday 15 April 2022, in the Mojo tent, two days before their Riverstage show in Brisbane. In New Zealand the archive lists New Year's Eve shows at Robrosa Station in Cardrona in 2016 and 2020, and outdoor dates at North Hagley Park in Christchurch, Wainui Reserve in Raglan, Wharepai Domain in Tauranga and the Wellington Waterfront.

In October 2025 the band announced their own festival, Sweet Home Aotearoa, a celebration of country and roots music. The first edition took place on Saturday 3 January 2026 at Matakana Country Park, north of Auckland, with Six60 on the bill as hosts as well as performers.

Six60 Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Six60 are Matiu Walters (lead vocals, guitar), Ji Fraser (lead guitar), Chris Mac (bass, drums) and Marlon Gerbes (guitar, bass, synthesiser). Founding drummer Eli Paewai left in February 2024. The band released an EP in 2008, which included 'Someone to Be Around', a song left off their first album that remains one of their most popular. In July 2021 they bought the house at 660 Castle Street and created four performing arts scholarships at the University of Otago.

Their self-titled debut album came out on 10 October 2011 on their own label, Massive Entertainment. Produced and mixed by Tiki Taane, it debuted at No. 1 in New Zealand and went gold in its first week; the singles 'Rise Up 2.0' and 'Don't Forget Your Roots' reached No. 1 and No. 2. A second self-titled album followed on 27 February 2015, also a New Zealand No. 1.

Their third album, again titled Six60, was released on 8 November 2019 and became their first to chart in Australia, at No. 8. Castle St (7 October 2022) reached No. 1 in New Zealand and No. 47 in Australia. The live record The Grassroots Album, from the 2024 small-town tour, came out on 6 September 2024 and reached No. 2 in New Zealand. The 2020 documentary Six60: Till the Lights Go Out, directed by Julia Parnell, tells the band's story.

Right Here Right Now, their fifth studio album, was released on 13 February 2026. It debuted at No. 1 in New Zealand and No. 27 in Australia, and includes the single 'Endlessly'. Matiu Walters' younger brother, Niko Walters, has opened shows for the band since 2019.

Six60 Australia Tour 2027: what is known after Right Here Right Now

Right Here Right Now came out on 13 February 2026, and the band's 2026 concerts so far have all been in New Zealand: Te Paepae Theatre in Auckland, Claudelands Oval in Hamilton and a short set in Christchurch in May. As of 9 October 2026 no 2027 tour has been announced in either country.

Their Australian activity has usually followed New Zealand runs, as in 2022 and 2025. A 2027 Australian leg would fit that pattern, but nothing has been confirmed and this page will not present it as fact.

Six60 Australia Tour 2027: the stadium Saturdays

No New Zealand band has filled stadiums at home the way Six60 have. Western Springs in Auckland sold out on Saturday 23 February 2019 and hosted them again on Saturday 22 February 2020; Eden Park opened its doors to concerts with them on Saturday 24 April 2021 and had them back on Saturday 19 November 2022.

The Six60 Saturdays format took the same idea around the country, one big outdoor show per weekend: Lower Hutt, New Plymouth, Hamilton and Whangarei in 2020; Waitangi, Hastings, Christchurch and Wellington in 2021; Wellington, Napier, Rotorua and Christchurch in 2022. The 2021 sets ran to 26-28 songs.

Six60 Australia Tour 2027: the Grassroots Tour and touring the regions

In April and May 2024 Six60 went the other way, to small towns and community venues. The Grassroots Tour started at Potahi Marae in Northland on Tuesday 9 April 2024 and went through Kaitaia, Opononi, Mangawhai, Piha Surf Life Saving Club, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, Whakatane, Feilding, Whanganui, Nelson, Greymouth, Queenstown, Invercargill, Gore, Oamaru and Waipara, ending at the Stewart Island Community Centre in Half Moon Bay on Tuesday 14 May 2024.

The same spirit carried into Australia: between Saturday 25 May and Sunday 30 June 2024 they played the Tanks Arts Centre in Cairns, Darwin, Townsville, the Pilbeam Theatre in Rockhampton, the Sunshine Coast, Byron Bay, the Gold Coast, Gosford, the Hoey Moey in Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Wollongong, Canberra, Ballarat, Torquay, the Pier Bandroom in Melbourne, the Roebuck Bay Hotel in Broome, Fremantle, Rockingham and two nights at the Indian Ocean Hotel in Perth.

Six60 Australia Tour 2027: Sydney, Brisbane and the Australian cities

Six60's biggest Australian headline rooms so far are the Riverstage in Brisbane (April 2022 and February 2025), the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney (Saturday 22 March 2025) and the Sydney Opera House Forecourt (Thursday 11 December 2025). In Melbourne they have played the Pier Bandroom in 2024 and the Palace Foreshore in March 2025; in Perth, Metro City in 2019, Kings Park in 2023 and the Indian Ocean Hotel in 2024.

The Forecourt show of December 2025 is their longest documented Australian set, 28 songs from 'White Lines' to 'We Made It', with a cover of Prince's 'Purple Rain' paired with their own 'Purple'.

Six60 Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A full Six60 headline show runs long, usually 22-28 songs. The 2024-25 sets often opened with 'Pepeha' and featured 'Don't Forget Your Roots' in its bilingual form with 'Kia Mau Ki Tō Ūkaipō'. Stadium-era sets moved through 'Vibes', 'Rolling Stone', 'Only to Be', 'Purple', 'Rivers', 'Raining' and 'Long Gone' before ending with 'The Greatest' or 'White Lines'.

Across their documented concerts in New Zealand and Australia, the songs played most often are 'White Lines', 'Forever', 'Only to Be', 'Vibes', 'Don't Forget Your Roots', 'Special', 'Rolling Stone', 'Purple', 'Rivers' and 'Finest Wine'. Covers have included Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' in 2017, 'Ten Guitars' at Western Springs in 2020 and 'Purple Rain' in 2025.

New songs from Right Here Right Now such as 'Endlessly' have started to appear in 2026 sets, but no set list exists for any 2027 date, because none has been announced.

Six60 Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Six60 tickets on sale for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no concerts have been announced. Any website already listing 2027 seats or selling a 'presale code' is not official.

For past tours, tickets were sold through each venue's official ticket outlet and its box office, which matters for the band's regional and small-town dates, and through presales for fans on the band's mailing list. When a tour is confirmed, buy only from those official channels, expect name-locked mobile tickets for stadium and outdoor shows, and be wary of anyone offering access codes for money.

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Six60 Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Six60 touring Australia in 2027?

Nothing has been announced. As of 9 October 2026 there are no 2027 Six60 dates in Australia or New Zealand.

Is there a Right Here Right Now tour?

No tour for Right Here Right Now (released 13 February 2026) had been announced as of 9 October 2026. Their 2026 concerts so far have been one-off New Zealand dates.

When did Six60 last play in Australia?

At the Sydney Opera House Forecourt on Thursday 11 December 2025, a 28-song show.

When did they last play in New Zealand?

The latest date in the archive is One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday 16 May 2026, a four-song set.

Did Six60 really sell out Western Springs?

Yes. On 23 February 2019 they became the first New Zealand band to sell out Western Springs Stadium, with 50,000 people, and on 24 April 2021 they played the first concert at Eden Park, also to 50,000.

What was the Grassroots Tour?

A small-town tour of New Zealand from 9 April to 14 May 2024, from Potahi Marae in Northland to Stewart Island, which produced the live album The Grassroots Album (September 2024).

Where have Six60 played in Sydney?

The Barracks Precinct (September 2024), the Hordern Pavilion (22 March 2025) and the Sydney Opera House Forecourt (11 December 2025).

What is Sweet Home Aotearoa?

A country and roots music festival launched by Six60 in October 2025. Its first edition took place on 3 January 2026 at Matakana Country Park.

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