Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027

Something for Kate have not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no 2027 tour, no list of cities and no on-sale information. The most recent full concerts in the setlist archive are from late 2023: the Corner Hotel in Melbourne on Thursday 23 November, a festival show at Queenscliff the next day and the Portsea Hotel on Sunday 17 December 2023.

The Melbourne trio of Paul Dempsey, Clint Hyndman and Stephanie Ashworth are one of the most loved Australian rock bands of the past thirty years. Formed in 1994, they played their first gig at the Punter's Club in Melbourne, gave Murmur and Triple J a run of songs such as 'Captain (Million Miles an Hour)', 'Electricity', 'Monsters' and 'Déjà Vu', and took The Official Fiction (2003) and Desert Lights (2006) to number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.

This page explains what is and is not known about the band's plans for 2027 and gives an account of their concerts in Australia and New Zealand: the Star-Crossed Cities tour of 2013, the 20 Year Anniversary Tour of 2014, the winery summers, the Echolalia x The Modern Medieval tour of 2022, the 25th anniversary shows for Elsewhere for 8 Minutes and their only New Zealand show on record, in Auckland in January 2004.

Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Something for Kate tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No dates, venues or support acts have been published for next year, and the band do not appear among the 2027 tour announcements made so far for the region. Any list of Something for Kate 2027 dates, or any 'presale code' for them, should be treated as unconfirmed until the band announce a tour.

Their last studio album, The Modern Medieval, came out on 20 November 2020 and reached number 4. Because of the pandemic it was toured only in 2022, when the Echolalia x The Modern Medieval National Tour paired a full performance of the 2001 album with songs from the new one. Later in 2022 the band played Elsewhere for 8 Minutes in full for its 25th anniversary, and in 2023 they played a small run of club and festival shows. Since December 2023 the archive holds only a three-song appearance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Anzac Day, 25 April 2024.

No new album has been announced since, and the band have historically gone quiet for long stretches while Paul Dempsey works on solo music. Their anniversary habits are well established, but nothing has been confirmed for 2027 and this page will not guess at dates or cities.

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Before the Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Something for Kate played their first gig on Monday 12 September 1994 at the Punter's Club in Melbourne, having changed their name from Fish of the Day at the suggestion of the venue's booker. In August and September 1996 they toured Australian universities on the Unipaloser Tour with label-mates Jebediah and Bluebottle Kiss. After the debut album Elsewhere for 8 Minutes in 1997 they toured heavily and began to play the major festivals, and after Beautiful Sharks (1999) they went on a major tour with Powderfinger. In 2001 they sold out two national tours for Echolalia and ended the year supporting Powderfinger again.

On 23 February 2008, during a hiatus, the band played the Corner Hotel in Richmond, a show later released as the live album Live at the Corner. The setlist archive's single New Zealand date predates it: Ericsson Stadium in Auckland on Friday 16 January 2004. No later New Zealand concert is on record.

The detailed Australian record begins with the Star-Crossed Cities tour for Leave Your Soul to Science, which opened at the Ferntree Gully Hotel in Melbourne on Friday 10 May 2013 and covered the Pier Hotel, the Coolangatta Hotel, Eumundi, the Hi-Fi in Brisbane, Castlemaine, Adelaide, Wollongong, Newcastle, Canberra, the Metro in Sydney, the Astor in Perth, the Forum and two nights at the Corner in Melbourne, Darwin, Townsville and Cairns, ending at the Republic Bar in Hobart on Saturday 29 June 2013.

A year later the 20 Year Anniversary Tour began at the Prince of Wales in St Kilda on Wednesday 2 July 2014 and played the Astor in Perth, the Tivoli in Brisbane, the Enmore in Sydney and three nights at the Forum in Melbourne from Friday 18 July, then HQ in Adelaide on 15 August. Sets ran to 29 to 32 songs. The Spring 2017 Tour visited the Manning Bar, the Triffid, the Governor Hindmarsh, the Rosemount Hotel and 170 Russell in Melbourne in November 2017.

The Echolalia x The Modern Medieval National Tour was the band's biggest run of recent years: four nights at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne in March 2022, two at the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on Friday 8 April and Kings Park in Perth. The Elsewhere for Eight Minutes 25th anniversary shows followed at the Governor Hindmarsh in Adelaide on Saturday 20 August, the Northcote Theatre, the Princess Theatre in Brisbane and the Barracks Precinct in Sydney on Saturday 17 September 2022.

In 2023 the band played the Torquay Hotel, the Pier Bandroom in Frankston and Kambri at ANU in Canberra in April and May, then the Corner Hotel, Queenscliff and the Portsea Hotel at the end of the year.

The table below lists 95 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Something for Kate between 2004 and 2023, with the most shows in Melbourne (26), Perth (8), Adelaide (7), Sydney (7), Brisbane (7), Canberra (3). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Something for Kate 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 (13 March 2022 to 17 December 2023), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Captain (Million Miles an Hour) — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Monsters — played at 12 of 15 shows
3. Situation Room — played at 12 of 15 shows
4. Supercomputer — played at 12 of 15 shows
5. Three Dimensions — played at 12 of 15 shows
6. Come Back Before I Come Back To My Senses — played at 11 of 15 shows
7. Waste Our Breath — played at 11 of 15 shows
8. Say Something — played at 9 of 15 shows
9. Truly — played at 9 of 15 shows
10. Pinstripe — played at 8 of 15 shows
11. Electricity — played at 7 of 15 shows
12. "Heroes" — played at 6 of 15 shows
13. Down the Garden Path — played at 6 of 15 shows
14. Twenty Years — played at 6 of 15 shows

Before the Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Elsewhere for Eight Minutes 25 year anniversary show (2022): 4 Australia/NZ shows — Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney.
• Echolalia X The Modern Medieval National Tour (2022): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Sydney, Perth.
• Spring 2017 Tour (2017): 5 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne.
• 20 Year Anniversary Tour (2014): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide.
• Star-Crossed Cities (2013): 19 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Gold Coast, Eumundi, Brisbane, Castlemaine, Adelaide, Wollongong, Newcastle, Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Darwin….

Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Wikipedia notes that Something for Kate were playing numerous major festivals by the late 1990s. In the archive, their Auckland show of January 2004 was at Ericsson Stadium, and later Australian festival-scale dates include North Byron Parklands in July 2013, the Supernatural Amphitheatre at Meredith in March 2015, the Domain in Sydney in March 2016, Hanging Rock in November 2017, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Hobart in March 2018 and the showgrounds in Melbourne and Brisbane in March 2019.

They have also been regulars on the winery and outdoor circuit, with summer runs in 2014 and 2016 that took in Bimbadgen Estate in the Hunter Valley, Sirromet at Mount Cotton, Leconfield in McLaren Vale, Josef Chromy near Launceston, Robert Oatley in Mudgee, All Saints Estate at Wahgunyah, Rochford in the Yarra Valley, Peter Lehmann in the Barossa and Kings Park in Perth.

Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Something for Kate formed in Melbourne in 1994 with Paul Dempsey on vocals and guitar, Clint Hyndman on drums and Julian Carroll on bass. Dempsey and Hyndman were school friends from Padua College on the Mornington Peninsula, and the band's name came from a shopping note about Dempsey's dog, Kate. Murmur, the Sony label that had signed Silverchair, signed them in 1995. The debut album Elsewhere for 8 Minutes, recorded in Auckland with Brian Paulson, came out in July 1997 and gave them 'Captain (Million Miles an Hour)'.

Stephanie Ashworth, formerly of Sandpit, joined on bass in 1998, completing the line-up that has lasted ever since. Beautiful Sharks, recorded in Toronto and released in 1999, reached number 10. Echolalia (2001), produced by Trina Shoemaker, reached number 2 and went platinum; 'Monsters' was their highest-charting single at number 15 and number 2 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001, and Echolalia was voted the year's top album. The record earned six ARIA nominations.

The Official Fiction (2003), with 'Déjà Vu' and 'Song for a Sleepwalker', was their first number-one album, and Desert Lights (2006), recorded in Los Angeles with Brad Wood, their second. The compilation The Murmur Years followed in 2007, and the band entered a hiatus while Dempsey made solo records.

They returned with Leave Your Soul to Science in 2012, recorded in Dallas with John Congleton, which reached number 5. After another long gap, 'Situation Room' in April 2020 led to The Modern Medieval, released on 20 November 2020. The band have received eleven ARIA Award nominations.

Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: the Melbourne nights

Melbourne is where Something for Kate began and where they play most. The Forum Theatre has hosted them more than any other room in the archive: once on the 2013 tour, three nights in July 2014 and four nights in March 2022. The Corner Hotel in Richmond, scene of the 2008 live album, had them twice in June 2013, twice in April 2015 and again in November 2023.

The city's smaller and suburban rooms feature too, from the Prince of Wales in St Kilda and Howler to 170 Russell, the Northcote Theatre, the Ferntree Gully Hotel and the Pier Bandroom in Frankston, along with the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in February 2021.

Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: playing albums in full

The band have become known for anniversary shows built around a single record. The 2022 national tour played Echolalia from start to finish, a year after the album's 20th anniversary, with a second set of songs from The Modern Medieval and other favourites.

Later that year the 25th anniversary shows for Elsewhere for 8 Minutes revisited the debut album and its era, with songs such as 'Anarchitect', 'Pinstripe', 'Paintbrushes', 'Prick', 'Glass Timing', 'Roll Credit', 'Dean Martin' and 'Subject to Change'. Their next big anniversaries fall around later albums, but none has been announced.

Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: from Darwin to Hobart

The Star-Crossed Cities tour of 2013 shows how widely the band have toured: Darwin's Discovery Nightclub, the Venue in Townsville and the Tanks Arts Centre in Cairns, as well as Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eumundi, Wollongong and Newcastle.

Tasmania has had them at the Republic Bar in Hobart in 2013, Josef Chromy Wines near Launceston in 2014 and the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in 2018.

Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand, a single night

New Zealand has seen almost nothing of Something for Kate on stage. The setlist archive has a single New Zealand concert, at Ericsson Stadium in Auckland on 16 January 2004, though the band recorded their debut album in Auckland in 1997.

No New Zealand date has been announced for 2027.

Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Something for Kate headline set runs from about 18 to 25 songs, and the anniversary shows of 2014 went past 30. On the 2022 Echolalia tour the Forum shows covered 'Stunt Show', 'Three Dimensions', 'Jerry, Stand Up', 'Monsters', 'Old Pictures', 'Twenty Years', 'Say Something' and 'Seasick', then songs from The Modern Medieval such as 'Waste Our Breath', 'Situation Room', 'Supercomputer' and 'Come Back Before I Come Back to My Senses', with a cover of Bowie's 'Heroes' near the end.

The late-2023 shows were career-spanning: at the Corner Hotel on 23 November the band opened with a cover of The Clash's 'Rock the Casbah' and played 'Electricity', 'Private Rain', 'Cigarettes and Suitcases', 'Sweet Nothing', 'Truly', 'Monsters', 'Captain (Million Miles an Hour)', 'Anarchitect', 'Déjà Vu' and 'Pinstripe'.

Since 2015 the trio have toured with Adrian Stoyles on guitar and keyboards, joined from 2020 by Olivia Bartley.

Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Something for Kate tickets on sale for 2027 because no concerts have been announced. Any website selling 2027 seats or offering a presale code is not official.

When the band tour, tickets are sold through each venue's authorised outlet, often after a short presale for fans on the band's mailing list. Theatre shows in Melbourne and Sydney have sold well in the past, so buy only from the seller named in the official announcement or at the venue box office and check whether tickets are name-locked mobile tickets.

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Something for Kate Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Something for Kate touring Australia in 2027?

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

When did Something for Kate last play a full concert?

The latest full shows in the setlist archive are the Corner Hotel in Melbourne on 23 November 2023, Queenscliff on 24 November and the Portsea Hotel on Sunday 17 December 2023.

When did Something for Kate last play New Zealand?

The only New Zealand show in the archive is at Ericsson Stadium in Auckland on Friday 16 January 2004.

What was the Echolalia x The Modern Medieval tour?

The band's 2022 national tour, playing Echolalia in full plus songs from The Modern Medieval, with four nights at the Forum in Melbourne, two at the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane and shows in Adelaide, Sydney and Perth.

What is Something for Kate's latest album?

The Modern Medieval, released on 20 November 2020.

Which Something for Kate albums reached number one?

The Official Fiction (2003) and Desert Lights (2006).

What songs do Something for Kate play live?

Sets are built around 'Monsters', 'Captain (Million Miles an Hour)', 'Déjà Vu', 'Electricity', 'Three Dimensions', 'Pinstripe', 'Truly' and 'Cigarettes and Suitcases'.

Is there a Something for Kate presale code for 2027?

No. No 2027 tour is announced, so there is no presale. Ignore anyone selling codes.

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