Smokie Australia Tour 2027

Smokie are coming back to Australia in February and March 2027 with the Greatest Hits Tour. The Bradford band play twelve shows in eleven cities, opening with two nights at the Regal Theatre in Perth on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 February 2027 and closing at Costa Hall in Geelong on Saturday 13 March 2027. Tickets have been on sale since Friday 21 August 2026.

It will be the band's third Australian tour in four years, after the Greatest Hits Tour of October and November 2024 and the All The Greatest Hits 50th Anniversary Tour of September and October 2025. The 2027 route keeps the theatre-sized format of those runs but changes several rooms: Sydney moves to the State Theatre, Melbourne to the Palais Theatre in St Kilda, and Adelaide to the Thebarton Theatre, while Bendigo and Geelong are new stops on the map.

Australia has a special place in the Smokie story. 'Living Next Door to Alice', a cover of a song first recorded by the Australian group New World, went to No. 1 on the Australian singles chart, and the band recorded their 1979 album The Other Side of the Road in Australia. This page lists the confirmed 2027 dates and venues, explains how tickets are sold, and goes through the band's concerts in Australia from the 1979 arena tour to the 2025 anniversary shows.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027: confirmed dates

The 2027 Greatest Hits Tour is a classic Australian theatre run: twelve nights across five states and the ACT in just under four weeks, mixing capital cities with regional centres. There are no New Zealand dates. The tour has been on sale since Friday 21 August 2026 and no support act has been announced.

Western Australia comes first, with two nights at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 February 2027, the same venue that hosted the band in 2024 and twice in 2025. The band then fly to central Queensland for the Pilbeam Theatre in Rockhampton on Wednesday 24 February, head south to Twin Towns at Tweed Heads on Friday 26 February and play The Tivoli in Brisbane on Sunday 28 February.

March opens at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide on Tuesday 2 March. A weekend run in New South Wales and the ACT follows: the Civic Theatre in Newcastle on Friday 5 March, the State Theatre in Sydney on Saturday 6 March and the Southern Cross Club in Canberra on Sunday 7 March. The final week is all in Victoria, with the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo on Wednesday 10 March, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Friday 12 March and Costa Hall in Geelong on Saturday 13 March 2027.

Compared with 2025, a few places drop out. Toowoomba's Empire Theatre, which Smokie played in 2024 and 2025, is not on the 2027 list, and neither is Tasmania, where the 2025 tour finished at the Odeon Theatre in Hobart and Burnie Town Hall. Melbourne is reduced from three nights at The Palms at Crown to one at the much larger Palais, with Bendigo and Geelong added for fans elsewhere in Victoria.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027: venue guide

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at Regal Theatre, Perth

An Art Deco theatre in the Perth suburb of Subiaco, built in 1937 and officially opened on 27 April 1938. Named after King George VI, it showed films only until 1977, when it was converted into a live theatre; it is one of the few historic theatres left in Perth.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton

Rockhampton's main indoor performance venue, on the corner of Cambridge Street and Victoria Parade facing the Fitzroy River. It was opened by Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen on 6 June 1979, is named after the then mayor Rex Pilbeam and holds just under 1,000 people.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at Twin Towns, Tweed Heads

Twin Towns is a large club and entertainment venue in Tweed Heads, the northernmost town in New South Wales, right on the Queensland border next to its 'twin town' of Coolangatta on the Gold Coast. Its showroom is a regular stop for touring acts and Smokie have played it in 2024 and 2025.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at The Tivoli, Brisbane

The Tivoli, known locally as The Tiv, is an Art Deco theatre and music venue in Brisbane with a standing capacity of 1,560. The building began life as Adams Bakery in 1917, opened as a theatre-restaurant in August 1989 and celebrated its centenary in 2017.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide

The Thebarton Theatre is a concert hall in Torrensville, in Adelaide's inner west. It opened in 1928 as a combined town hall and picture theatre and holds about 2,000 people.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at Civic Theatre, Newcastle

The Newcastle Civic Theatre on Hunter Street opened in 1929 and seats about 1,520 people. Designed by theatre architect Henry Eli White, it is the city's oldest surviving theatre and is heritage-listed together with Newcastle City Hall.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at State Theatre, Sydney

The State Theatre on Market Street in the Sydney CBD was designed by Henry Eli White and built between 1926 and 1929. The heritage-listed theatre seats 2,034 people across the stalls, mezzanine and dress circle and has been the home of the Sydney Film Festival since 1974.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at Southern Cross Club, Canberra

The Canberra Southern Cross Club is a members' club with several branches across the ACT; it also owns Southern Cross Stadium in Tuggeranong. Its function rooms regularly host touring acts, and Smokie played two nights there in November 2024.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo

A 953-seat theatre in Bendigo that opened in 2015 on the site of the old Sandhurst Gaol, which closed in 2004. Its name comes from a Djadjawurrung word meaning 'gather together' or 'meeting place'.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at Palais Theatre, Melbourne

The Palais Theatre in St Kilda, next to Luna Park, opened in 1927 and holds nearly 3,000 people, making it the largest seated theatre in Australia. It is on the Victorian Heritage Register and was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame in 2015.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 at Costa Hall, Geelong

Costa Hall is a 1,422-seat concert auditorium on Deakin University's Geelong Waterfront Campus on Corio Bay, in buildings that were originally the Dalgety's woolstores of 1893. It is part of the Geelong Arts Centre.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027: night by night

Friday 19 February 2027 — Regal Theatre, Perth. Night 1 of 2 at this venue. Smokie last played Regal Theatre on 21 September 2025 (All The Greatest Hits 50th Anniversary Tour). This is the opening night of the run.

Wednesday 24 February 2027 — Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton. Their previous show at this venue was on 14 November 2019.

Friday 26 February 2027 — Twin Towns, Tweed Heads. Their previous show at this venue was on 27 September 2025, on the All The Greatest Hits 50th Anniversary Tour.

Sunday 28 February 2027 — The Tivoli, Brisbane. Smokie last played The Tivoli on 26 September 2025 (All The Greatest Hits 50th Anniversary Tour).

Tuesday 2 March 2027 — Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide. Their most recent documented Adelaide show was at The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel on 23 September 2025.

Friday 5 March 2027 — Civic Theatre, Newcastle. Their previous show at this venue was on 26 May 1979.

Saturday 6 March 2027 — State Theatre, Sydney. Their most recent documented Sydney show was at Enmore Theatre on 2 October 2025.

Sunday 7 March 2027 — Southern Cross Club, Canberra. Smokie last played Canberra Southern Cross Club on 3 November 2024 (Greatest Hits Tour 2024).

Wednesday 10 March 2027 — Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo.

Friday 12 March 2027 — Palais Theatre, Melbourne. Their most recent documented Melbourne show was at The Palms at Crown on 7 October 2025.

Saturday 13 March 2027 — Costa Hall, Geelong. This venue closes the tour.

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

Smokie's first Australian tour, as listed in the setlist archive, came in May 1979 at the height of the band's international success. It was an arena-sized run: the Perth Entertainment Centre on 12 May, the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 16 May, the Apollo Entertainment Centre in Adelaide on 18 May, Festival Hall in Melbourne on 21 May, Brisbane's Festival Hall on 24 May and the Newcastle Civic Theatre on 26 May 1979. The only song logged for the Hordern show is 'Living Next Door to Alice', the band's Australian No. 1.

That was also the year the band made The Other Side of the Road, an album recorded in Australia, before taking a break that led to Chris Norman leaving in 1986. The archive then has a single Australian date from the post-Norman years, at Fosters Nightclub in Melbourne on 23 March 1986, before a long gap.

The modern era of Smokie in Australia began in November 2019 with a tour that went well beyond the capitals. It started at the Cairns Performing Arts Centre on 12 November, then played the Pilbeam Theatre in Rockhampton, The Tivoli in Brisbane, the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba, the Metro Theatre in Sydney on 19 November and The Palms at Crown in Melbourne on 20 November, before heading to the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs, the Goldfields Arts Centre in Kalgoorlie and the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre at the end of the month.

Five years later the Greatest Hits Tour 2024 brought them back for eleven shows between 18 October and 3 November 2024: three nights at The Palms at Crown in Melbourne, The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide, the Regal Theatre in Perth, The Tivoli in Brisbane, Twin Towns Services Club at Tweed Heads, the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and two nights at the Canberra Southern Cross Club.

In 2025 the band marked fifty years since their first album with the All The Greatest Hits 50th Anniversary Tour, which ran from 20 September to 11 October 2025. It opened with two nights at the Regal Theatre in Perth, then played The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide, The Tivoli, Twin Towns, the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba, NEX in Newcastle and the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, followed by three nights at The Palms at Crown in Melbourne and a Tasmanian finish at the Odeon Theatre in Hobart and Burnie Town Hall.

The setlist archive has no Smokie concerts in New Zealand, and none are planned for 2027. For Newcastle, the 2027 show at the Civic Theatre closes a circle: it is the same theatre the band played on the last night of their first Australian tour in May 1979.

The table below lists 40 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Smokie between 1979 and 2025, with the most shows in Melbourne (9), Sydney (4), Brisbane (4), Perth (4), Toowoomba (3), Adelaide (3). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand

Across the 2 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (19 November 2019 to 26 October 2024), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? — played at 2 of 2 shows
2. I'll Meet You at Midnight — played at 2 of 2 shows
3. Lay Back in the Arms of Someone — played at 2 of 2 shows
4. Living Next Door to Alice — played at 2 of 2 shows
5. Rose-a-Lee — played at 2 of 2 shows
6. Wild Wild Angels — played at 2 of 2 shows
7. (I Just) Died in Your Arms — played at 1 of 2 shows
8. Baby It's You — played at 1 of 2 shows
9. Boulevard of Broken Dreams — played at 1 of 2 shows
10. Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me — played at 1 of 2 shows
11. For a Few Dollars More — played at 1 of 2 shows
12. I Don't Want to Talk About It — played at 1 of 2 shows
13. If You Think You Know How to Love Me — played at 1 of 2 shows
14. It's Your Life / Take Good Care of My Baby / Mexican Girl / For a Few Dollars More — played at 1 of 2 shows

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

• All The Greatest Hits 50th Anniversary Tour (2025): 13 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Tweed Heads, Toowoomba, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Burnie.
• Greatest Hits Tour 2024 (2024): 11 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Tweed Heads, Toowoomba, Sydney, Canberra.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Smokie grew out of a group of school friends from Bradford in Yorkshire. Chris Norman, Alan Silson and Terry Uttley played together from the mid-1960s under names such as The Yen, The Elizabethans and Kindness, backed Peter Noone on tour and recorded unsuccessful singles for Decca before being introduced to the songwriting and production team of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. They became Smokey, then Smokie after a legal threat from Smokey Robinson, and released their first album, Pass It Around, in February 1975.

The breakthrough came later that year with Changing All the Time and its single 'If You Think You Know How to Love Me', a No. 3 hit in the UK. A run of hits followed, including 'Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me', 'Something's Been Making Me Blue', 'I'll Meet You at Midnight', 'Lay Back in the Arms of Someone' and 'Needles and Pins'. Their version of 'Living Next Door to Alice', released in November 1976, reached No. 25 in the United States and No. 1 in Australia. In 1978 Norman's duet with Suzi Quatro, 'Stumblin' In', sold more than a million copies.

Norman left in 1986 and was replaced by Alan Barton, who was killed after the band's tour bus crashed in a hailstorm near Cologne in 1995. That same year a reworked 'Living Next Door to Alice (Who the F**k is Alice)' with comedian Roy Chubby Brown returned the band to No. 3 in the UK. Mike Craft took over as singer, Mick McConnell replaced Silson on guitar in 1996, and the band kept recording, notably in Nashville and, in 2010, on Take a Minute, which reached No. 3 in Denmark.

Craft retired in 2021 and was replaced by Pete Lincoln, formerly of Andy Scott's Sweet. Terry Uttley, the last original member still in the band, died on 16 December 2021 at the age of 70. Smokie have released 21 studio albums and continue to tour widely, especially in Europe and Australia, built around the songs of their 1970s heyday.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027: the Alice connection

No song explains Smokie's long relationship with Australia better than 'Living Next Door to Alice'. It was first recorded by New World, an Australian group, before Smokie released their own version in late 1976. In Australia it went all the way to No. 1, and it has closed the band's Australian shows ever since: it is the last song in the 2024 Twin Towns set logged in the archive and the only song listed for their 1979 Hordern Pavilion show.

The song had a second life in the 1990s with the 'Who the F**k is Alice' version, born from audiences shouting the extra line at concerts in Ireland. Expect the crowd in Australian theatres to join in on both versions of the chorus in 2027.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027: touring the regions

Half of the 2027 shows are outside the state capitals. Rockhampton, Tweed Heads, Newcastle, Bendigo and Geelong all get a date, and so does Canberra's Southern Cross Club. It is a pattern Smokie have followed since 2019, when the tour took in Cairns, Toowoomba, Alice Springs, Kalgoorlie and Bunbury as well as the big cities.

For many fans in regional Queensland and Victoria these are the easiest chances to see the band without a long trip. The Pilbeam Theatre in Rockhampton, which the band played in November 2019, holds just under 1,000 people, and Bendigo's Ulumbarra Theatre has 953 seats, so capacity in those towns is limited compared with the Palais in Melbourne or the State Theatre in Sydney.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027: the Melbourne and Victorian nights

Melbourne has always been a core city for Smokie. They played Festival Hall in 1979, and in recent years The Palms at Crown has been their Melbourne home: one night in 2019, three in 2024 and three more in 2025. In 2027 the city gets a single show at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Friday 12 March, a heritage theatre of nearly 3,000 seats.

Victoria as a whole gets three shows in four days. Bendigo's Ulumbarra Theatre on Wednesday 10 March and Costa Hall in Geelong on Saturday 13 March are both first-time Smokie venues in the setlist archive, and the Geelong date is the final night of the tour.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027: Perth, Brisbane and the Gold Coast border

Perth again opens the tour with two nights at the Regal Theatre, as in 2025. The 1930s Art Deco theatre in Subiaco is a fraction of the size of the Perth Entertainment Centre the band filled in 1979, but its two-night stand has become a fixture.

Brisbane's Tivoli and Twin Towns at Tweed Heads, just across the Queensland border from Coolangatta, have both featured on every Smokie tour since 2024, and The Tivoli also hosted the band in 2019. In 2027 they are two days apart, Twin Towns on Friday 26 February and The Tivoli on Sunday 28 February.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

Smokie's Australian shows are greatest-hits concerts of around 17 songs. The fullest set in the archive, from Twin Towns Services Club on 26 October 2024, opened with 'I'll Meet You at Midnight', ran through 'Something's Been Making Me Blue', 'Lay Back in the Arms of Someone', 'Wild Wild Angels', 'If You Think You Know How to Love Me', 'Oh Carol', 'Needles and Pins' and 'Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me', and ended with 'Living Next Door to Alice'.

The band also mix in covers they have made their own, such as 'Baby It's You', 'Wild Horses', 'I Don't Want to Talk About It', 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain?' and '(I Just) Died in Your Arms', plus a medley that in 2024 combined 'It's Your Life', 'Take Good Care of My Baby', 'Mexican Girl' and 'For a Few Dollars More'. 'Rose-a-Lee' and 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' represent the later albums.

The 2019 Metro Theatre set in Sydney followed the same shape and finished with 'Whiskey in the Jar' after 'Alice'. With Pete Lincoln on lead vocals since 2021, the 2027 shows are likely to follow the 2024 and 2025 format, though the band have not published a set list for this tour.

Smokie Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

Tickets for the 2027 Greatest Hits Tour have been on general sale since Friday 21 August 2026. There was no separate presale listed for this tour in our data. Seats are sold through the official ticket agency for each venue and through the venues' own box offices, which is often the simplest route for the Regal Theatre, the Pilbeam Theatre, Twin Towns, the Southern Cross Club and the regional arts centres.

Buy only from official outlets. Many Australian venues now use name-locked mobile tickets, so buy through the official outlet or its official resale service to make sure the ticket is in your name. Be wary of anyone selling a 'presale code' for this tour: the shows are already on general sale and no code is needed.

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Smokie Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

When do Smokie tour Australia in 2027?

From Friday 19 February to Saturday 13 March 2027: twelve shows, starting with two nights at the Regal Theatre in Perth and ending at Costa Hall in Geelong.

Which cities are on the 2027 tour?

Perth, Rockhampton, Tweed Heads, Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle, Sydney, Canberra, Bendigo, Melbourne and Geelong. Perth is the only city with two nights.

Are Smokie playing New Zealand in 2027?

No. The 2027 Greatest Hits Tour is Australia only, and the setlist archive has no Smokie concerts in New Zealand.

Are tickets on sale?

Yes. The tour has been on general sale since Friday 21 August 2026, through the official ticket agency and the venues' box offices.

Where do Smokie play in Sydney and Melbourne?

The State Theatre in Sydney on Saturday 6 March 2027 and the Palais Theatre in St Kilda, Melbourne, on Friday 12 March 2027.

Who is the support act?

No support act has been announced for the 2027 tour.

When were Smokie last in Australia?

On the All The Greatest Hits 50th Anniversary Tour, from 20 September to 11 October 2025, which ended at Burnie Town Hall in Tasmania.

Is Tasmania on the 2027 tour?

No. Hobart and Burnie were on the 2025 tour, but there are no Tasmanian dates in 2027.

Who sings with Smokie now?

Pete Lincoln, formerly of Andy Scott's Sweet, has been the lead singer since 2021, when he replaced Mike Craft.