Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027

Vance Joy has not announced any concerts in Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there are no 2027 headline dates, cities, venues or sale details for him in either country. His most recent shows in the region were as the opening act on Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour, which took him to stadiums in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide between January and March 2026.

The Melbourne singer-songwriter, born James Keogh, played Australian rules football in the VFL before 'Riptide' topped triple j's Hottest 100 of 2013 and became the longest-charting song in ARIA history. Since then he has toured his home country again and again, from the Oxford Art Factory in 2013 to two nights at Rod Laver Arena in 2018 and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in 2022, with Laneway, Groovin the Moo, Falls and Splendour in the Grass along the way.

This page sets out what is and is not known about his 2027 plans and gives a full account of his concerts in Australia and New Zealand: the headline tours, the stadium support slots with Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, and the festival summers. When he confirms new dates, they will be added here first.

Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Vance Joy tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027 so far. No headline dates have been released in either country, and nothing for him appears in the 2027 Australian and New Zealand announcements made up to 9 October 2026. Any list of Vance Joy 2027 dates, and any 'presale code' attached to one, should be treated as unconfirmed until he announces a tour.

His third studio album, In Our Own Sweet Time, came out in June 2022, and his last headline run in Australia was in November 2022. No fourth album has been announced in the sources used for this page. In 2025 he played a handful of Australian shows, including Bluesfest in April and two dates in Sydney and Adelaide in October, and those October sets included a song not heard at his earlier concerts, 'Fascination in the Dark', alongside a cover of Paul Kelly's 'To Her Door'.

From January to March 2026 he was the support act on the New Zealand and Australian legs of Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour, playing ten-song sets in stadiums. That was his biggest run of home shows in years, but it was not a headline tour, and nothing has followed it yet. This page will not guess at 2027 cities or months.

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Before the Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Vance Joy's first concerts as a headliner in the archive are the Astor Theatre in Perth on Sunday 25 August 2013 and the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney on Friday 30 August 2013, a nine-song set that already closed with 'Riptide'. The summer of 2014 then put him on the Laneway and Groovin the Moo circuits, and in May 2014 he headlined the Metro Theatre in Sydney (Friday 16 May) and the Forum Theatre in Melbourne (Thursday 22 May).

The Dream Your Life Away Tour came home in March 2015, after the album had reached No. 1. It played The Arts Centre Gold Coast on Thursday 5 March, The Tivoli in Brisbane on Friday 6 March, the Nambour Civic Centre on Saturday 7 March, two nights at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne (12 and 13 March), Regent Cinemas in Ballarat, two nights at the Astor Theatre in Perth (19 and 20 March), the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide on Saturday 21 March, Anita's Theatre in Wollongong on Tuesday 24 March and the Newcastle Civic Theatre on Saturday 28 March 2015. Wikipedia also lists an Enmore Theatre show in Sydney on 27 March. The Adelaide set ran to 14 songs and included covers of Bruce Springsteen's 'Dancing in the Dark' and Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain'.

At the end of 2015 he opened for Taylor Swift on the Australian leg of The 1989 World Tour: ANZ Stadium in Sydney on Saturday 28 November, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday 5 December, two nights at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre (7 and 8 December) and three at AAMI Park in Melbourne (10 to 12 December), with eight songs each night. The Fire and the Flood Tour followed in April 2016 with Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne on Saturday 23 April, two nights at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House on 24 and 25 April and the Riverstage in Brisbane on Saturday 30 April 2016. In November 2017 the Lay It On Me Tour played the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on Wednesday 22 November, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 24 November and Commonwealth Park in Canberra on Saturday 25 November.

The Nation of Two World Tour was his first arena run at home. It opened at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Saturday 8 September 2018 and returned there on Saturday 15 September, with two nights at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney (13 and 14 September), two at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide (17 and 18 September), two at the Riverstage in Brisbane (20 and 21 September) and two at the Fremantle Arts Centre (23 and 24 September). Wikipedia lists the tour's New Zealand date at Auckland Town Hall on 29 September 2018. Sets ran to 18 songs, opening with 'Call If You Need Me' and ending with 'Riptide', 'Lay It on Me' and 'Saturday Sun'.

After In Our Own Sweet Time, the 2022 tour played the Riverstage in Brisbane on Friday 4 November, the Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide on Wednesday 9 November, two nights on the Sydney Opera House Forecourt (18 and 19 November) and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on Saturday 26 November 2022, listed in the archive as The Long Way Home Tour. The Brisbane set had 19 songs, opening with 'Missing Piece' and closing with an ABBA and Madonna medley and 'Lay It on Me'.

In 2025 the archive has him at the Paddo Inn in Sydney on Thursday 23 October and in Rymill and King Rodney Parks in Adelaide on Saturday 25 October. Then came the Loop Tour with Ed Sheeran: Go Media Stadium in Auckland on 16 and 17 January 2026, Sky Stadium in Wellington on Wednesday 21 January, Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch on 24 and 25 January, Optus Stadium in Perth on 31 January and 1 February, three nights at Accor Stadium in Sydney (13 to 15 February), three at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane (20 to 22 February), three at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne (26 to 28 February) and Adelaide Oval on Thursday 5 March 2026, his most recent Australian show on record.

The table below lists 94 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Vance Joy between 2013 and 2026, with the most shows in Sydney (17), Melbourne (15), Adelaide (12), Brisbane (10), Perth (6), Byron Bay (5). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Vance Joy 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 (26 November 2022 to 28 February 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Fire and the Flood — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Mess Is Mine — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Riptide — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Georgia — played at 14 of 15 shows
5. Lay It on Me — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. Missing Piece — played at 14 of 15 shows
7. Saturday Sun — played at 14 of 15 shows
8. I Was Made for Lovin' You — played at 13 of 15 shows
9. I'm With You — played at 13 of 15 shows
10. Divine Feelings — played at 12 of 15 shows
11. Clarity — played at 2 of 15 shows
12. Fascination in the Dark — played at 2 of 15 shows
13. Catalonia — played at 1 of 15 shows
14. Don't Fade — played at 1 of 15 shows

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

• Vance Joy (2025): 1 Australia/NZ show — Byron Bay.
• The Long Way Home Tour (2022): 1 Australia/NZ show — Melbourne.
• Nation of Two World Tour (2018–2019): 18 Australia/NZ shows — Adelaide, St Helens, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Berry, Lorne, Marion Bay, Byron Bay, Fremantle.
• The Fire and the Flood Tour (2016): 4 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane.
• Dream Your Life Away Tour (2015): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine, Melbourne, Ballarat, Perth, Adelaide, Wollongong, Sydney, Newcastle.

Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Vance Joy's festival record at home is long. In 2014 he played the Laneway circuit, from Silo Park in Auckland on Monday 27 January to Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, the Footscray Community Arts Centre in Melbourne, Sydney College of the Arts, Harts Mill in Adelaide and the Esplanade Reserve in Fremantle on Saturday 8 February. That April and May he toured Groovin the Moo: Oakbank Racecourse, the Maitland Showground, the University of Canberra, the Prince of Wales Showgrounds in Bendigo, the Townsville Cricket Grounds and Hay Park in Bunbury on 10 May 2014.

He has played Splendour in the Grass at North Byron Parklands in July 2014 and July 2017, and the Falls Festival twice over the New Year: in 2014-15 at Marion Bay (30 December), Lorne (31 December) and Byron Bay (1 January), with Sir Stewart Bovell Park in Busselton on 3 January 2015; and in 2018-19 at Lorne (30 December), Marion Bay (31 December), Byron Bay (2 January) and Fremantle Oval (6 January 2019). On Saturday 19 April 2025 he played Bluesfest at Byron Bay on its Crossroads stage, a 12-song set that included a cover of Sheryl Crow's 'If It Makes You Happy'.

Other outdoor dates in the archive include The Domain in Sydney in January 2015, Centennial Park in Sydney in February 2018, Bonython Park in Adelaide in August 2018, St Helens in Tasmania in September 2018, Hazelberry Park in Berry in November 2018 and the Adelaide Parklands Circuit on Friday 1 March 2019.

Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027: career and records

James Gabriel Keogh was born on 1 December 1987 and grew up in Melbourne, attending St Patrick's Primary School in Murrumbeena and St Kevin's College in Toorak, then graduating in arts and law from Monash University. In 2008 and 2009 he played as a key defender for Coburg in the Victorian Football League, winning the club's best first-year player award in 2008, before choosing music. His stage name comes from a character in Peter Carey's novel Bliss.

His debut EP, God Loves You When You're Dancing, came out in March 2013. 'Riptide' reached No. 6 on the ARIA Singles Chart, was certified nine times platinum in Australia and five times platinum in the United States, won triple j's Hottest 100 for 2013 and became the longest-charting song in ARIA history. He signed a five-album deal with Atlantic Records, and his debut album, Dream Your Life Away (September 2014), reached No. 1 in Australia and won him Best Male Artist at the 2015 ARIA Awards.

Nation of Two (23 February 2018) also debuted at No. 1, won the ARIA for Best Adult Contemporary Album and was followed by the live album Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. He opened for Taylor Swift on The 1989 World Tour in 2015 and for P!nk on the Beautiful Trauma World Tour in 2019. 'Missing Piece' (2021) went platinum in Australia and won the ARIA for Best Video.

In Our Own Sweet Time was released on 10 June 2022 and reached No. 3. In 2023 he released 'Everybody Needs Someone' with Noah Cyrus. He married Selen Us in June 2023, and their daughter was born in early 2024; Wikipedia notes that they have been living in Barcelona. In early 2026 he returned to Australian and New Zealand stadiums as support for Ed Sheeran.

Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027: what is known after the Loop Tour

The Loop Tour shows of January to March 2026 were Vance Joy's first big Australian and New Zealand dates since 2022, but he was the opening act, playing ten songs from 'Missing Piece' to 'Riptide' before Ed Sheeran's set. As of 9 October 2026 no headline tour has been announced to follow them.

There is also no new album in the sources used for this page. The new song 'Fascination in the Dark', heard at his October 2025 shows, is the only sign of fresh material in his recent set lists. Until a record or tour is officially announced, 2027 remains open.

Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027: the Melbourne nights

Melbourne is Vance Joy's home city, and it has hosted many of his biggest headline shows: the Forum Theatre in 2014 and 2017, two nights at the Palais Theatre in 2015, Margaret Court Arena in 2016, two nights at Rod Laver Arena in September 2018 and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday 26 November 2022.

He has also played Melbourne's stadiums as a support act, three nights at AAMI Park with Taylor Swift in December 2015 and three at Marvel Stadium with Ed Sheeran from Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 February 2026.

Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027: a summer of stadiums

Few Australian songwriters have played as many stadium nights at home without headlining them. In 2015 he opened for Taylor Swift in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne; in 2026 he opened for Ed Sheeran at Optus Stadium, Accor Stadium, Suncorp Stadium, Marvel Stadium and Adelaide Oval, as well as at three New Zealand stadiums.

The 2026 support set was built for big crowds: 'Missing Piece', 'Mess Is Mine', 'Divine Feelings', 'Fire and the Flood', 'Saturday Sun', 'I'm With You', 'Georgia', 'Lay It on Me', a cover of 'I Was Made for Lovin' You' and 'Riptide'.

Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027: Auckland and New Zealand

New Zealand has seen less of Vance Joy as a headliner than Australia. The archive has him at Laneway in Auckland's Silo Park in January 2014, and Wikipedia lists a Nation of Two date at Auckland Town Hall on 29 September 2018.

His largest New Zealand audiences came in January 2026 on the Loop Tour: Go Media Stadium in Auckland on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 January, Sky Stadium in Wellington on Wednesday 21 January and Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 January. No New Zealand dates have been announced for 2027.

Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Vance Joy headline set in Australia has run to 14-19 songs, played with a full band, with Joy switching between ukulele and guitar. 'Riptide' has closed or come near the end of almost every show since 2013, and recent tours have added a cover medley: an ABBA and Madonna combination in 2022, after a Paul Simon and OMI mash-up in 2016.

Across his documented Australian and New Zealand concerts, the songs played most often are 'Riptide', 'Mess Is Mine', 'Georgia', 'Fire and the Flood', 'Lay It on Me', 'Saturday Sun', 'From Afar', 'Wasted Time', 'I'm With You' and 'Missing Piece'. Early favourites such as 'Emmylou', 'Snaggletooth' and 'Red Eye' have become rarer.

No set list exists yet for any 2027 date, because none has been announced.

Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Vance Joy headline 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 his past tours, tickets were sold through each venue's official ticket outlet and its box office, with presales for fans who signed up to his mailing list. When a tour is confirmed, buy only from those official channels, expect name-locked mobile tickets for arena and outdoor shows, and be wary of anyone offering access codes for money.

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Vance Joy Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Is Vance Joy touring Australia in 2027?

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

When did Vance Joy last play in Australia?

As the support act on Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour; his last Australian date on record is Adelaide Oval on Thursday 5 March 2026.

When did he last headline in Australia?

In November 2022, with shows at the Riverstage in Brisbane, Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide, two nights on the Sydney Opera House Forecourt and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on 26 November.

When did he last play in New Zealand?

In January 2026, opening for Ed Sheeran in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch; the last of those was Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch on Sunday 25 January 2026.

Is there a new Vance Joy album?

His latest studio album is In Our Own Sweet Time (June 2022). No new album had been announced in the sources used for this page as of 9 October 2026.

Which festivals has Vance Joy played in Australia?

Laneway (2014), Groovin the Moo (2014), Splendour in the Grass (2014 and 2017), Falls Festival (2014-15 and 2018-19) and Bluesfest (2025), among others.

Where has he played in Melbourne?

The Forum Theatre, the Palais Theatre, Margaret Court Arena, Rod Laver Arena, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, AAMI Park and Marvel Stadium.

What songs does he usually play live?

'Riptide', 'Mess Is Mine', 'Georgia', 'Fire and the Flood', 'Lay It on Me' and 'Saturday Sun' are the most frequent in his documented Australian and New Zealand set lists.

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