The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027

The Amity Affliction have not announced a 2027 headline tour of Australia or New Zealand. As of 9 October 2026 there are no arena, theatre or regional dates on sale under their own name for next year. The one confirmed 2027 appearance in Australian waters is the Hellbound II heavy music cruise, a four-night voyage that sails from and returns to Sydney Harbour from 17 to 21 January 2027, where the band is listed among the headliners alongside Parkway Drive, Alpha Wolf, I Killed the Prom Queen and Thy Art Is Murder.

Few heavy bands have toured their own country as thoroughly. Formed in Gympie, Queensland, in 2003, The Amity Affliction have played everything from university bars in Hobart and Townsville to the Hordern Pavilion, the Riverstage and John Cain Arena. Their 2026 calendar was a good example: a 21-date regional run in February and March that went from Palmview, Toowoomba and Cairns to Forth in Tasmania, Traralgon and the Bridgeway Hotel in Adelaide, with In Hearts Wake as main support.

Their ninth studio album, House of Cards, came out on 24 April 2026 and reached No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The band now works as a trio of Joel Birch (vocals), Dan Brown (guitar) and Jonathan Reeves (bass and vocals), after the departure of Ahren Stringer in February 2025 and of drummer Joe Longobardi in June 2026. A full House of Cards tour of Australian capital-city venues had not been announced as of 9 October 2026.

The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

Here is what is known as of 9 October 2026. The Amity Affliction are confirmed for Hellbound II, a metal and hardcore cruise on the Carnival Splendor that leaves Sydney Harbour on Sunday 17 January 2027 and returns on Thursday 21 January 2027, with a stop at Tangalooma on Moreton Island. The line-up also includes Ocean Grove, Gravemind, Mammal, RedHook and Banks Arcade from New Zealand. It is a ticketed cruise, not a concert tour, so it does not give fans in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth a show in their city.

No headline tour of Australia's capital cities has been announced for 2027, and there are no New Zealand dates either. The band's most recent large-scale capital-city run was the Let the Ocean Take Me ten-year anniversary tour of November 2024, which reached John Cain Arena in Melbourne and the Riverstage in Brisbane. Since then they have focused on regional Australia, with long runs through Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia in early 2026.

The release of House of Cards in April 2026 would normally be followed by a wider album tour, and the band's history shows a pattern of national tours shortly after each record: Chasing Ghosts in 2012, Misery in 2019, Not Without My Ghosts in October 2023. But nothing beyond Hellbound II has been confirmed, and the band is also adjusting to a new line-up after Joe Longobardi's exit. Any date reported elsewhere for a 2027 Amity Affliction arena or theatre tour should be treated as unconfirmed until it is officially announced.

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Before The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

The Amity Affliction's touring story starts on the east coast. After their self-titled debut EP in 2005 they toured the east coast of Australia, and after the debut album Severed Ties in 2008 they played shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. In May 2009 they supported The Getaway Plan on its national Finale Tour, then headlined their own national run and the Stairway to Hell Tour with UK band We Are the Ocean and Melbourne's Hopeless. Youngbloods (2010) was promoted with a July 2010 tour alongside Misery Signals, Confession and Flood of Red, plus a Western Australian run with Break Even, and in late 2011 they headlined a nationwide tour with Asking Alexandria; Joel Birch announced the next album plans from the stage in Townsville on 17 September 2011.

Chasing Ghosts went to No. 1 in 2012 and was followed by a national tour in September and October with The Ghost Inside, Architects and Buried in Verona. Late in 2013 came the Brothers in Arms tour, with Chelsea Grin, Stick to Your Guns and In Hearts Wake on the Australian leg. In December 2015 the band co-headlined the Big Ass Tour with A Day to Remember, Motionless in White and Hands Like Houses across Australia and New Zealand; the archive lists the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland on Thursday 10 December 2015. For This Could Be Heartbreak in 2016 they deliberately played smaller rooms, about 1,500 people per city, at The Tivoli in Brisbane, the Metro Theatre in Sydney and 170 Russell in Melbourne, with Trophy Eyes in support.

The setlist archive records 104 shows in Australia and New Zealand from December 2015 onwards. In January and February 2017 the Death to Misery Tour went to C.ex Coffs in Coffs Harbour, Bar on the Hill in Newcastle, Waves in Wollongong, the ANU Bar in Canberra, Chelsea Heights Hotel in Melbourne, Geelong Arena and the Uni Bar in Hobart. A capital-city run followed in June 2017: Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide on Saturday 17 June, Festival Hall in Melbourne the next night, the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on 22 June and the Riverstage in Brisbane on 24 June. In July 2017 the band crossed the Tasman for the Powerstation in Auckland, San Fran in Wellington and The Foundry in Christchurch, still their most recent New Zealand headline dates in the archive.

After Misery (2018), an east coast tour in September 2019 with Underoath, Crossfaith and Pagan took them to the Hordern Pavilion on Thursday 12 September, the Riverstage on 14 September and Melbourne Arena (now John Cain Arena) on Monday 16 September. In January 2020 the All My Friends Are Dead Tour was a regional sweep: Dunsborough Tavern, Metropolis Fremantle, the Bridgeway Hotel in Adelaide, Hobart's Uni Bar, the Pier Bandroom, the Torquay Hotel, the Corner Hotel, Canberra, Wollongong, Newcastle, two nights at The Coolangatta Hotel on the Gold Coast and Venue 114 at Bokarina. The delayed Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them tour finally ran in July 2022 with two nights each at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne and the Roundhouse in Sydney, then Thebarton Theatre and Metro City in Perth.

The Not Without My Ghosts tour of October 2023 opened with two nights at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane (18 and 19 October), then the Hordern Pavilion on Saturday 21 October, the Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide, two more Forum Theatre nights, Metro City in Perth and Metropolis Fremantle. Only weeks later, in January and February 2024, the band headed bush again with a long regional tour: Tamworth, Coffs Harbour, SOPO on the Gold Coast, Bokarina, Canberra, Wollongong, Newcastle, the Evan Theatre in Penrith, Albury, the Pier Bandroom, Hobart, Adelaide, Airlie Beach, Townsville and Gilligan's in Cairns.

The Let the Ocean Take Me anniversary tour in late 2024 marked ten years since their second No. 1 album and turned out to be Ahren Stringer's last Australian run with the band. It played the Riverstage on Friday 8 November, the Hordern Pavilion on Saturday 9 November, an added Enmore Theatre show on Monday 11 November, John Cain Arena on Thursday 14 November, The Drive in Adelaide on 15 November and Red Hill Auditorium in Perth on Saturday 16 November. The archive's latest entry is the 2026 regional tour, which ended at the Bridgeway Hotel in Adelaide on Saturday 21 March 2026.

The table below lists 104 documented Australia/NZ concerts by The Amity Affliction between 2015 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (14), Sydney (10), Adelaide (8), Brisbane (7), Hobart (4), Wollongong (4). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

The Amity Affliction 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 (11 November 2024 to 21 March 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. All My Friends Are Dead — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Death's Hand — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Don't Lean on Me — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Drag the Lake — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. I See Dead People — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. It's Hell Down Here — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. Like Love — played at 15 of 15 shows
8. Pittsburgh — played at 15 of 15 shows
9. Soak Me in Bleach — played at 15 of 15 shows
10. Open Letter — played at 13 of 15 shows
11. All Fucked Up — played at 11 of 15 shows
12. All That I Remember — played at 11 of 15 shows
13. Bleed — played at 11 of 15 shows
14. Chasing Ghosts — played at 11 of 15 shows

Before The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Australian Regional Tour 2026 (2026): 21 Australia/NZ shows — Palmview, Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Mackay, Airlie Beach, Townsville, Cairns, Sydney, Newcastle, Tamworth, Coffs Harbour, Penrith….
• Let the Ocean Take Me - 10 Year Anniversary (2024): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Woombye, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• AUS 2024 (2024): 15 Australia/NZ shows — Tamworth, Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast, Bokarina, Canberra, Wollongong, Newcastle, Penrith, Albury, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide….
• Not Without My Ghosts Australia Tour (2023): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Fremantle.
• Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them Australian Tour (2022): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth.
• All My Friends Are Dead Tour 2020 (2020): 13 Australia/NZ shows — Dunsborough, Fremantle, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Torquay, Canberra, Wollongong, Newcastle, Gold Coast, Bokarina.
• Misery Will Find You (2019): 2 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Melbourne.
• Kerrang! Tour 2017 (2018): 1 Australia/NZ show — Tarwin Lower.
• Death to Misery Tour (2017): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Wollongong, Canberra, Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart.
• Big Ass Tour (2015): 1 Australia/NZ show — Auckland.

The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

The Amity Affliction grew up on the Australian festival circuit. Wikipedia records them at Soundwave in 2011, when they learned of the booking in the middle of an interview, and again in February and March 2013, the same year they played Warped Tour Australia at the end of the year. They were part of Groovin the Moo in 2018, and the setlist archive lists that run at the Adelaide Showground on Friday 27 April, Maitland Showground, the University of Canberra, Bendigo's Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Townsville and Hay Park in Bunbury.

Unify Gathering, the heavy music weekend at Tarwin Meadows in Tarwin Lower, Victoria, has booked them several times; the archive lists sets there on 13 January 2018 and 11 March 2022. They also played Download Festival Australia in 2019 (Parramatta Park in Sydney on Saturday 9 March and Flemington in Melbourne on Monday 11 March), the Good Things festival in December 2022 in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and the Sunshine Coast's Big Pineapple site at Woombye in May 2021 and October 2024. In mid-2025 they were special guests on the Summer of Loud tour with Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, I Prevail, The Devil Wears Prada, Alpha Wolf and Kingdom of Giants, and in May 2025 they played Mindil Beach in Darwin.

The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: career and records

The Amity Affliction were formed in Gympie, a town in South-East Queensland, by school friends Ahren Stringer and Troy Brady. The name honours a close friend who died in a car accident at 17: 'Amity' stands for the friendship and 'Affliction' for the struggle of coping with the loss. Joel Birch joined as vocalist in late 2004. The early EPs and the debut album Severed Ties (2008), which reached No. 26 on the ARIA chart, were built on constant touring and a network of Australian heavy bands, with guest vocals from members of I Killed the Prom Queen, Deez Nuts and The Getaway Plan.

Youngbloods (2010), recorded in New York with producer Machine, debuted at No. 6 and turned the band into a national headliner. After signing with Roadrunner Records they recorded Chasing Ghosts in Orlando with Michael Baskette, and it went straight to No. 1 in September 2012. Let the Ocean Take Me (2014), This Could Be Heartbreak (2016) and Misery (2018) all followed it to the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, making four consecutive No. 1 albums. The non-album single 'Shine On' (2015) reached No. 19 on the ARIA singles chart, their best singles placing.

Their lyrics are known for dealing openly with depression, anxiety, substance abuse and suicide, much of it drawn from Joel Birch's own past. The 2015 documentary Seems Like Forever covered that side of the band. After moving to Pure Noise Records they returned to a heavier sound with Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them (2020, No. 2) and Not Without My Ghosts (2023, No. 2), both of which brought harsher vocals back to the fore.

The 2020s brought big line-up changes. Ahren Stringer stepped back from touring in 2024 and was dismissed in February 2025, leaving no original member in the band; Jonathan Reeves, previously of Kingdom of Giants, joined full-time in May 2025. That month the band made its first appearance on triple j's Like a Version, playing 'All That I Remember' and a cover of Turnstile's 'Holiday'. House of Cards, produced by Dan Brown alone, followed on 24 April 2026 and charted at No. 4, and drummer Joe Longobardi left in June 2026.

The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: the Hellbound II cruise from Sydney

The only confirmed 2027 date for The Amity Affliction in Australia is at sea. Hellbound II leaves Sydney Harbour on Sunday 17 January 2027 aboard the Carnival Splendor and returns on Thursday 21 January 2027, after four nights and a stop at Tangalooma on Moreton Island off the Queensland coast.

The band is one of five headliners with Parkway Drive, Alpha Wolf, I Killed the Prom Queen and Thy Art Is Murder, and the bill also includes Ocean Grove, Gravemind, Mammal, RedHook and Banks Arcade from New Zealand. Cruise tickets are sold as cabins rather than standard concert tickets, so fans should check exactly what each package includes before buying.

The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: touring the regions

No other Australian band of this size spends as much time outside the capital cities. The archive lists four separate regional tours since 2017: Death to Misery (January and February 2017), All My Friends Are Dead (January 2020), a 15-show run in January and February 2024 and the 21-date Australian Regional Tour of February and March 2026.

These tours bring the band to towns that larger acts often skip: Tamworth, Airlie Beach, Mackay, Albury, Traralgon, Forth on Tasmania's north-west coast, Toowoomba and Erina on the Central Coast. Venues are typically pubs, leagues clubs and university bars such as Bar on the Hill in Newcastle, West Tamworth Leagues Club, Magnums Hotel and the Uni Bar in Townsville.

If the band follows the same pattern after House of Cards, a further regional run could come at some point, but nothing has been announced for 2027 as of 9 October 2026.

The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: the Brisbane and Queensland nights

As a Queensland band, The Amity Affliction have strong roots in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. The archive lists the open-air Riverstage three times (June 2017, September 2019 and November 2024) and two Fortitude Music Hall nights in October 2023, along with regular Gold Coast shows at The Coolangatta Hotel, SOPO and Miami Marketta.

Further north, the band has played Townsville's Uni Bar, Gilligan's in Cairns, McGuire's Hotel in Mackay, Magnums Hotel at Airlie Beach and the Ellis Beach Bar & Grill north of Cairns, most recently in February 2026.

The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand

New Zealand has seen less of the band than Australia. The archive lists the Big Ass Tour stop at the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland on 10 December 2015 and a three-city run in July 2017: the Powerstation in Auckland on Thursday 13 July, San Fran in Wellington on 14 July and The Foundry in Christchurch on 15 July.

No New Zealand concert by The Amity Affliction appears in the archive after 2017, and no New Zealand date has been announced for 2027.

The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A headline set by The Amity Affliction usually runs to 15 to 18 songs. On the 2026 regional tour, the Bridgeway Hotel show on 21 March opened with 'Kickboxer', 'Like Love' and 'Drag the Lake', included the new songs 'All That I Remember' and 'House of Cards', went back to 'Chasing Ghosts', 'Youngbloods' and 'Open Letter', and ended with 'Death's Hand', 'Soak Me in Bleach' and 'Pittsburgh'.

The 2024 anniversary shows were built around Let the Ocean Take Me: at the Enmore Theatre on 11 November and Red Hill Auditorium on 16 November the set opened with 'Pittsburgh', 'Lost & Fading', 'Don't Lean on Me' and 'The Weigh Down' and also included 'Never Alone', 'F.M.L.', 'My Father's Son', 'Forest Fire' and 'Give It All' before 'It's Hell Down Here' and 'Soak Me in Bleach'.

Across all Australian and New Zealand shows in the archive, 'Pittsburgh' is the most played song, followed by 'Don't Lean on Me', 'Death's Hand', 'Drag the Lake', 'All My Friends Are Dead' and 'Open Letter'. Festival sets are shorter, usually 8 to 12 songs.

The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no tickets on sale for a 2027 Amity Affliction headline tour of Australia or New Zealand, because none has been announced as of 9 October 2026. Any website offering seats or a 'presale code' for such a tour is not official. The Hellbound II cruise from Sydney (17 to 21 January 2027) is sold as cruise packages, separately from any concert tour.

For past national tours, tickets were released through the band's mailing list, the promoter and the venues' official outlets, often with a presale a few days before general sale. If a tour is announced, buy only from the official seller named in the announcement or the venue box office, keep your mobile ticket in the name of the buyer, and be wary of social media sellers.

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The Amity Affliction Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are The Amity Affliction touring Australia in 2027?

No headline tour has been announced as of 9 October 2026. Their only confirmed 2027 appearance is the Hellbound II cruise from Sydney, 17 to 21 January 2027.

What is Hellbound II?

A four-night heavy music cruise on the Carnival Splendor, sailing from and back to Sydney Harbour with a stop at Tangalooma. Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, Alpha Wolf, I Killed the Prom Queen and Thy Art Is Murder head the bill.

Will The Amity Affliction play New Zealand in 2027?

No New Zealand date has been announced. Their last New Zealand headline shows in the archive were in July 2017 in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

When did The Amity Affliction last tour Australia?

On the 21-date Australian Regional Tour of February and March 2026, with In Hearts Wake as main support. It ended at the Bridgeway Hotel in Adelaide on 21 March 2026.

When did they last play Melbourne's John Cain Arena?

On 14 November 2024, during the Let the Ocean Take Me ten-year anniversary tour.

What is the band's latest album?

House of Cards, released on 24 April 2026. It reached No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Who is in The Amity Affliction now?

Joel Birch (vocals), Dan Brown (guitar) and Jonathan Reeves (bass and vocals). Drummer Joe Longobardi left in June 2026.

Where are The Amity Affliction from?

Gympie in South-East Queensland, where the band formed in 2003.

Which festivals have they played in Australia?

Soundwave (2011 and 2013), Groovin the Moo (2018), Unify Gathering, Download Festival Australia (2019) and Good Things (2022), among others.