The Beths Australia Tour 2027

The Beths have not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no tour, festival booking or one-off show on the record for next year, either at home in Aotearoa or across the Tasman. The Auckland band's most recent run on this side of the world is still fresh: an Aotearoa tour in March 2026, an Australian tour in April 2026 and two nights at the Hollywood Cinema in Auckland on 14 and 15 September 2026.

Formed in Auckland in 2014 by Elizabeth Stokes, Jonathan Pearce and Benjamin Sinclair, with Tristan Deck on drums since 2019, the Beths have grown from small-room shows at the Lansdowne Hotel and the Gasometer into a band that can fill the Forum in Melbourne and the Auckland Town Hall. Their fourth album, Straight Line Was a Lie, came out on 29 August 2025, and its songs have been the backbone of their 2026 sets.

This page sets out what is and is not known about the Beths' plans for 2027, then gives a detailed account of their concerts in New Zealand and Australia since 2018: the headline tours, the long pandemic summer of New Zealand-only shows, the festival days and the small-town dates that few touring bands bother with.

The Beths Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official information about Beths concerts in Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No promoter has listed dates, no venue has published a booking and the band have not announced a new album or tour beyond the shows they have already played this year. Anything presented as a '2027 Beths tour' or a 2027 presale code should be treated as unconfirmed until the band announce it themselves.

The pattern of recent years is worth knowing. The Beths toured Straight Line Was a Lie in two halves in 2026: first the Aotearoa Tour 2026, which opened with two nights at Meow Nui in Wellington on 13 and 14 March and went on to the Glenroy Auditorium in Dunedin, the James Hay Theatre in Christchurch, the Theatre Royal in Nelson, two nights at the Powerstation in Auckland and the Turner Centre in Kerikeri on 28 March; then the Australia Tour 2026, from the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide on 17 April to the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on Saturday 25 April. In September 2026 they added two more nights at the Hollywood Cinema in Auckland.

Because those dates covered every main Australian capital and most of New Zealand's main centres only months ago, a further national run early in 2027 would be unusual for them, but nothing has been ruled out either. Over the past decade the Beths have usually come back to Australia once or twice per album cycle and played New Zealand far more often, including summer festival and winery dates that are sometimes announced with only a few months' notice.

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Before The Beths Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

The Beths' first Australian shows in the setlist archive came in September 2018, a month after the international release of Future Me Hates Me: the Channel at Arts Centre Melbourne on Friday 7 September and Yah Yah's in Melbourne the next night. They returned for a short headline run before Christmas, playing the Lansdowne Hotel in Sydney on 19 December 2018, the Northcote Social Club in Melbourne on 20 December and Black Bear Lodge in Brisbane on 22 December. The Sydney set that week leaned on the debut album, with 'Future Me Hates Me', 'Uptown Girl' and 'Little Death' already in place.

In 2019 the band toured both countries properly. After summer dates in New Zealand in February at Massey University in Palmerston North, the Southward Car Museum in Paraparaumu and Tapapakanga Regional Park at Orere Point, they played Splendour in the Grass in July and then a full Australian tour in October: two nights at the Gasometer Hotel in Melbourne on 3 and 4 October, Crowbar in Sydney, Stuart Park in Wollongong, the Brightside in Brisbane, Jive in Adelaide and Badlands Bar in Perth on 12 October. A New Zealand tour followed in November, from the Captain Cook Hotel in Dunedin and Blue Smoke in Christchurch to two nights at San Fran in Wellington and two at the Hollywood Cinema in Auckland on 16 and 17 November, where the set included the early song 'Idea/Intent' and the new 'Fall at Your Feet'.

When borders closed in 2020, the Beths became one of the busiest bands in New Zealand. After the Powerstation in Auckland on 11 July 2020, they took Jump Rope Gazers around the country in October and November: Raglan, Mount Maunganui, Napier, Palmerston North, three nights at San Fran in Wellington, the Mussel Inn at Onekaka, Nelson, Framingham Winery in Renwick, the James Hay Theatre in Christchurch, Dunedin, the Tuatara Cafe in Invercargill, the Auckland Town Hall on 6 November and the Royal in Gisborne the next night. Summer 2020-21 brought outdoor dates at the Black Barn Amphitheatre in Hastings, Riverside Park in Taupo, Waiohika Estate in Gisborne, Kerikeri, Ferrymead Heritage Park in Christchurch and two days at Church Road Winery in Napier. In January 2022 they played two nights at San Fran and five straight nights at the Whammy Bar in Auckland, from 11 to 15 January.

Australia saw them again in March 2022, at the Factory Theatre in Sydney, the Zoo in Brisbane and the Night Cat in Melbourne, still on the Jump Rope Gazers songs. The Expert in a Dying Field tour began at 170 Russell in Melbourne on Thursday 15 September 2022, the night before the album came out, and continued to the Metro Theatre in Sydney, the Triffid in Brisbane, the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide and Magnet House in Perth, before crossing to the Opera House in Wellington, the Theatre Royal in Nelson, the James Hay Theatre, the Glenroy Auditorium in Dunedin and a 19-song night at the Auckland Town Hall on 7 October 2022. In December 2022 they played a short set at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne that ended with their version of 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'.

Their 2024 Australian headline dates were in clubs and halls again: the Factory Theatre in Sydney on 1 March, Felons Barrel Hall in Brisbane, the Rosemount Hotel in Perth and two nights at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne on 6 and 7 March. The New Zealand/Aotearoa 2024 tour in September was the most unusual in their history, with three nights at the Hollywood Cinema in Auckland, the Theatre Royal in Nelson, two nights at the Church in Christchurch and two nights in the Great Hall at Mount Cook on 28 and 29 September 2024. In March 2025 a surprise club show at Double Whammy in Auckland previewed 'Straight Line Was a Lie' and 'No Joy', and the band played the Corner Hotel and Crowbar in Sydney on 27 and 28 March 2025 under the Australia 2025 banner.

The 2026 tours were the biggest of their career so far. In Australia they moved up to the Astor Theatre in Perth, the Tivoli in Brisbane, the Roundhouse in Sydney and the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, a long way from the Gasometer seven years earlier. The latest dates in the archive are the two Hollywood Cinema nights on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 September 2026, where the band played two different sets that dug out rarities such as 'Warm Blood', 'Best Laid Plans' and 'River Run: Lvl 1'.

The table below lists 114 documented Australia/NZ concerts by The Beths between 2018 and 2026, with the most shows in Auckland (25), Melbourne (13), Wellington (12), Sydney (8), Brisbane (7), Christchurch (7). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

The Beths 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 (15 August 2025 to 15 September 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Expert in a Dying Field — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. No Joy — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Future Me Hates Me — played at 14 of 15 shows
4. Silence Is Golden — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. I'm Not Getting Excited — played at 13 of 15 shows
6. Jump Rope Gazers — played at 13 of 15 shows
7. Little Death — played at 13 of 15 shows
8. Mosquitoes — played at 13 of 15 shows
9. Straight Line Was a Lie — played at 13 of 15 shows
10. Take — played at 13 of 15 shows
11. Til My Heart Stops — played at 13 of 15 shows
12. Metal — played at 12 of 15 shows
13. Mother, Pray for Me — played at 12 of 15 shows
14. Roundabout — played at 12 of 15 shows

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

• Australia Tour 2026 (2026): 5 Australia/NZ shows — Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.
• Aotearoa Tour 2026 (2026): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch, Nelson, Auckland, Kerikeri.
• Australia 2025 (2025): 2 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Sydney.
• New Zealand/Aotearoa 2024 (2024): 8 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Nelson, Christchurch, Mount Cook.
• Jump Rope Gazers (2020–2022): 19 Australia/NZ shows — Raglan, Mount Maunganui, Napier, Palmerston North, Wellington, Onekaka, Nelson, Renwick, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Auckland….

The Beths Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Festivals have been an important part of the Beths' story in both countries. In Australia the archive shows Splendour in the Grass at North Byron Parklands on 21 July 2019, Stuart Park in Wollongong in October 2019 and the 2023 edition of St Jerome's Laneway Festival, which took them to the Brisbane Showgrounds on 4 February, Sydney Showground on 5 February, Bonython Park in Adelaide on 10 February, the Dean Turner Stage in Melbourne on 11 February and Wellington Square in Perth on 12 February 2023.

In New Zealand they played Laneway in Albert Park, Auckland, on Auckland Anniversary Day, 27 January 2020, and Waiohika Estate in Gisborne at the end of 2020. Their summers at home have also included winery and park shows from Kerikeri to Napier, a New Year's Eve date at Butlers Reef in New Plymouth in 2023, and outdoor dates in Wellington and at the TSB Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth in March 2025.

The Beths Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Elizabeth Stokes and Jonathan Pearce met at high school and, with Benjamin Sinclair and drummer Ivan Luketina-Johnston, studied jazz at the University of Auckland. The Beths formed in late 2014, released their first single 'Idea/Intent' on SoundCloud in July 2015 and the Warm Blood EP in March 2016. Stokes has said she named the band after herself. NZ On Air and the New Zealand Music Commission supported their early videos and tours.

Before their debut album the band signed to Carpark Records in the United States and to Dew Process in Australia. Future Me Hates Me was released worldwide on 10 August 2018, and its title track was one of five finalists for the 2018 Silver Scroll in New Zealand. Luketina-Johnston left in 2018; after several touring drummers, Tristan Deck became a permanent member in 2019, the year the band toured the UK and Europe supporting Death Cab for Cutie.

The second album, Jump Rope Gazers, arrived in July 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, which is one reason so much of its touring happened inside New Zealand. Expert in a Dying Field followed on 16 September 2022, led by the single 'Silence Is Golden', and a deluxe edition a year later added 'A Real Thing' and 'Watching the Credits'. The band have toured internationally with Death Cab for Cutie, the National and Spoon.

In April 2025 the Beths released 'Metal' and announced a new deal with Anti-, followed in June by 'No Joy' and the news of a fourth album. Straight Line Was a Lie came out on 29 August 2025. Their music is usually described as indie rock, indie pop or power pop, with four-part vocal harmonies a signature of both the records and the live show.

The Beths Australia Tour 2027: auckland and the home shows

No city has seen the Beths more often than Auckland. The archive lists the Hollywood Cinema in Avondale in 2019, 2024 and 2026, the Powerstation in 2020 and 2026, the Auckland Town Hall in 2020 and 2022, five nights at the Whammy Bar in January 2022, the Tuning Fork, the Corban Estate Arts Centre, the Wine Cellar and Double Whammy, as well as Laneway in Albert Park and short sets at Spark Arena.

The Hollywood Cinema has become something of a home base. The band played three nights there in September 2024 and two more on 14 and 15 September 2026, each time changing the song list from night to night. For fans outside Auckland, the band have also made a habit of reaching places such as Kerikeri, Raglan, Gisborne, Invercargill and Onekaka.

The Beths Australia Tour 2027: the long new zealand summer of 2020

Between July 2020 and June 2021 every Beths concert in the archive took place in New Zealand. The Jump Rope Gazers tour played fourteen towns and cities in five weeks, from the Yot Club in Raglan on 1 October 2020 to the Royal in Gisborne on 7 November, with three nights at San Fran in Wellington in the middle.

That summer continued with outdoor and winery shows across the North and South Islands, and in early 2022 with the Whammy Bar residency in Auckland. It is a large part of why the band's New Zealand following is so broad outside the main centres.

The Beths Australia Tour 2027: australia city by city

In Melbourne the Beths have moved from the Channel and Yah Yah's in 2018 to the Northcote Social Club, the Gasometer, the Night Cat, 170 Russell, two nights at the Corner Hotel in 2024, another in 2025 and the Forum Theatre on 25 April 2026. Sydney has gone from the Lansdowne Hotel to Crowbar, the Factory Theatre, the Metro Theatre and the Roundhouse.

Brisbane has had Black Bear Lodge, the Brightside, the Zoo, the Triffid, Felons Barrel Hall and the Tivoli; Adelaide has had Jive and two visits to the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel; Perth has had Badlands Bar, Magnet House, the Rosemount Hotel and the Astor Theatre. Hobart, Canberra and Darwin do not yet appear in their Australian concert history.

The Beths Australia Tour 2027: what a 2027 return could look like

Nothing is announced, so this is not a forecast. What the record does show is that the Beths tend to tour Australia shortly after each album and then come back in smaller rooms, while New Zealand gets more frequent and more varied dates, including summer festivals and winery shows.

Any 2027 dates would be published by the band first. If they come, this page will list the cities, venues and on-sale information as soon as they are official.

The Beths Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Beths headline show in Australia or New Zealand usually runs to 17 or 18 songs. On the April 2026 Australian tour the Forum Theatre set opened with 'Straight Line Was a Lie' and 'No Joy' and moved through 'Silence Is Golden', 'Future Me Hates Me', 'Metal', 'Mother, Pray for Me', 'Mosquitoes' and 'Jump Rope Gazers' with older favourites such as 'Little Death', 'I'm Not Getting Excited' and 'Expert in a Dying Field' later in the night.

Across their documented concerts in the two countries, the songs played most often are 'Future Me Hates Me', 'Little Death', 'Jump Rope Gazers', 'I'm Not Getting Excited', 'Silence Is Golden', 'Happy Unhappy' and 'Expert in a Dying Field'. Festival sets are shorter, around ten or eleven songs, and early support slots were as short as four.

The live show is built on the band's harmonies, with all four members singing, and on Pearce's guitar parts. Set lists change more than most: at the Hollywood Cinema in September 2026 the two nights shared only a handful of songs.

The Beths Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Beths tickets on sale for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no concerts have been announced. Any website offering 2027 seats, VIP packages or a 2027 presale code is not official.

On past tours, tickets were sold through each venue's official ticketing partner, sometimes after a short presale for fans on the band's mailing list. If 2027 dates are confirmed, buy only through the outlet named in the official announcement or the venue box office and expect name-linked mobile tickets for larger venues.

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The Beths Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are the Beths touring Australia in 2027?

No dates have been announced. As of 9 October 2026 there is no Beths tour of Australia or New Zealand on the record for 2027.

When did the Beths last play in Australia?

On the Australia Tour 2026 in April 2026: Adelaide (17 April), Perth (18 April), Brisbane (23 April), Sydney (24 April) and the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 25 April 2026.

When did the Beths last play in New Zealand?

At the Hollywood Cinema in Auckland on 14 and 15 September 2026, after the Aotearoa Tour 2026 in March.

Where are the Beths from?

Auckland, New Zealand. The band formed there in 2014 after its members met at the University of Auckland.

What is the Beths' latest album?

Straight Line Was a Lie, released on 29 August 2025, their first album on Anti-.

Have the Beths played Laneway or Splendour in the Grass?

Yes. They played Splendour in the Grass in 2019, Laneway in Auckland in January 2020 and the Australian Laneway dates in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth in February 2023.

What songs do the Beths play live?

Regulars include 'Future Me Hates Me', 'Little Death', 'Jump Rope Gazers', 'Silence Is Golden', 'Expert in a Dying Field' and, since 2025, 'No Joy' and 'Straight Line Was a Lie'.

Is there a presale code for a 2027 Beths tour?

No. Without announced concerts there is no presale. Any code sold or shared online for 2027 is not genuine.