You Am I Australia Tour 2027

You Am I have not announced a national tour of Australia or New Zealand for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there is no 2027 headline run, festival booking or support slot on the official record. The Sydney band, fronted by Tim Rogers since 1989, keep playing all year round, but nothing has yet been published for next year.

Their recent touring has been steady and wide-ranging. In 2023 they played The Who's Tommy in full in theatres from Caloundra to Perth, then took a pub tour to towns such as Archies Creek, Woy Woy, Dunsborough and Albury. In 2025 the Hi Fi Daily Double Down tour played Hi Fi Way and Hourly, Daily back to back in sets of 33 to 36 songs, from the Enmore Theatre and the Forum to Darwin, Townsville and Cairns. In November 2025 the band were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.

This page explains what is known about You Am I's plans, and gives a detailed history of their concerts in Australia and New Zealand: Big Day Outs, support tours for Oasis and Hoodoo Gurus, theatre runs, country pubs and the anniversary shows of recent years.

You Am I Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official information about a You Am I tour of Australia or New Zealand in 2027. No promoter, venue or festival has listed the band for next year, and no new studio album has been announced since The Lives of Others in 2021. The last dates in the archive at the time of writing are shows at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine on 10 October 2026 and the Punter's Club in Melbourne on 11 October 2026, which belong to this year.

On this site You Am I appear next to the Powderfinger reunion, which was announced on 9 October 2026 with a national Australian tour from September 2027. The two bands share a long history, and You Am I were among the support acts on Powderfinger's Sunsets farewell tour in 2010. However, no support acts for the 2027 Powderfinger tour have been announced, and nothing links You Am I to those shows. Any listing that places them on that bill should be treated as speculation.

You Am I's touring habits make new dates likely at some point: since 2022 they have been on the road in Australia almost every season, often in regional towns that bigger acts skip. But until the band or a promoter announce specific concerts, there are no 2027 You Am I dates, and no presale.

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Before the You Am I Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

You Am I's live story begins in Sydney. Formed there in December 1989, they played the inaugural Big Day Out in Sydney in January 1992, supported Hoodoo Gurus on a national tour before the end of that year and appeared at the second Big Day Out in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in January 1993, the festival where they met Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo. In 1993 they co-headlined a national tour with Tumbleweed from May to June, and in 1994 they played the Big Day Out shows on the Gold Coast and in Auckland, alongside Soundgarden, before another Australian tour supporting Hoodoo Gurus and then Redd Kross.

New Zealand saw the band regularly in the 1990s. The setlist archive lists Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on 5 February 1994, the Squid in Auckland in July 1994, the Big Day Out in Auckland in January 1995 and January 1997 (with a Wellington Town Hall show the night before in 1997), the Queens Wharf Event Centre in Wellington on 10 March 1998, a 23-song headline show at the Powerstation in Auckland on 4 September 1998, the Kings Arms and the Powerstation in April 1999, and further Big Day Out appearances in Auckland in January 2001 and January 2003. A show at Shadows Bar in Auckland on 1 June 2006 is the last New Zealand date in the archive until 2022.

The late 1990s were the band's commercial peak at home. They headlined the Melbourne edition of the Homebake festival in January 1998 and, the following month, supported Oasis on that band's first Australian tour. The live album ...Saturday Night, 'Round Ten was recorded over three nights at Casa del Resaca, a warehouse in Richmond, in July 1999. In July 2001 the Strokes supported You Am I on their first tour of Australia, opening at the Arena in Brisbane, with four shows at the Newtown Theatre in Sydney. The band also played WaveAid on 29 January 2005, the Sound Relief benefit at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday 14 March 2009, the 2010 NRL Grand Final and the pre-match entertainment at the 2015 SANFL Grand Final at Adelaide Oval.

The detailed archive for recent years starts with the Uncaged 2022 tour: the Adelaide UniBar on 6 May, Festival Hall in Melbourne the next night, the Main Room and Red Hill Auditorium in Perth, then the Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle and Drifter's Wharf in Gosford in July. Later in 2022 they returned to New Zealand for San Fran in Wellington, Galatos in Auckland and the Leigh Sawmill Cafe on 15 to 17 September, and played the Torquay Hotel, the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine, the Beach Hotel in Byron Bay, Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast and the Palais Theatre in Melbourne.

In July and August 2023 You Am I performed The Who's Tommy in full: the Events Centre in Caloundra, Twin Towns in Tweed Heads, Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, the Civic Theatre in Newcastle, Anita's Theatre in Wollongong, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 5 August, the Albury Entertainment Centre, the Palais Theatre in Melbourne, Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide and the Astor Theatre in Perth on 18 August 2023. That November and December the band went the other way with The You's Pull Up Their Troos Tour, a run of pubs and clubs from the Torquay Hotel and the Archies Creek Hotel to the Prince Bandroom in St Kilda, Avalon RSL, Freo.Social in Fremantle, the Triffid in Brisbane, the Baso in Canberra and the Odeon Theatre in Hobart on 22 December 2023.

The 2025 Hi Fi Daily Double Down tour was their most ambitious in years. Playing both of their mid-1990s number-one albums in one night, they visited Live at the Bundy in Bundalaguah, the University of Canberra Refectory, two nights at the Enmore Theatre on 4 and 5 April, two nights at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 10 and 11 April, the Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Fortitude Music Hall, Hindley Street Music Hall, Metropolis Fremantle, NEX in Newcastle, Mayberry in Darwin, the Warehouse in Townsville and the Tanks Arts Centre in Cairns. Regional dates followed in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, from Ballarat's Her Majesty's Theatre to the Tambrey Tavern in Karratha, and in 2026 the band played Bathurst, the Whalers in Mosman, Sussex Inlet, the Coolangatta Hotel and the Coffs Hotel.

The table below lists 111 documented Australia/NZ concerts by You Am I between 1994 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (11), Auckland (11), Sydney (9), Perth (5), Adelaide (5), Gold Coast (4). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

You Am I 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 (3 May 2025 to 24 July 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Berlin Chair — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Cathy's Clown — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. How Much Is Enough — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Jewels and Bullets — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Minor Byrd — played at 15 of 15 shows
6. Mr. Milk — played at 15 of 15 shows
7. Rumble — played at 15 of 15 shows
8. The Applecross Wing Commander — played at 15 of 15 shows
9. Flagfall $1.80 — played at 14 of 15 shows
10. Good Mornin' — played at 14 of 15 shows
11. Purple Sneakers — played at 14 of 15 shows
12. Trigger Finger — played at 13 of 15 shows
13. Trike — played at 13 of 15 shows
14. We All Went Deaf Overnight — played at 13 of 15 shows

Before the You Am I Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Strung Up (2026): 1 Australia/NZ show — Castlemaine.
• Hi Fi Daily Double Down (2025): 16 Australia/NZ shows — Bundalaguah, Archies Creek, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Adelaide, Fremantle, Newcastle, Darwin, Townsville….
• R25TH Rockin for the Homeless (2025): 1 Australia/NZ show — Redcliffe.
• The You's Pull Up Their Troos Tour (2023–2024): 18 Australia/NZ shows — Torquay, Archies Creek, Melbourne, Newcastle, Woy Woy, Sydney, Dunsborough, Bunbury, Fremantle, Redland Bay, Brisbane, Gold Coast….
• The Majesty Of Tap (2024): 3 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney.
• You Am I performing The Who's "Tommy" (2023): 10 Australia/NZ shows — Caloundra, Tweed Heads, Brisbane, Newcastle, Wollongong, Sydney, Albury, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
• Uncaged 2022 (2022): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Newcastle, Gosford.

You Am I Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

You Am I are one of the most frequent Big Day Out acts of the festival's early years. According to the festival's lineup history they played in 1992 (Sydney, the first edition), 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003, and the setlist archive confirms the Auckland Big Day Out shows of the mid-1990s and early 2000s. They also headlined Homebake in Melbourne in January 1998.

The Falls Festival at Marion Bay over New Year's Eve 2004-05 is remembered for the wrong reasons: the set ended early after an on-stage fight between Rogers and Davey Lane, and Missy Higgins and the Beautiful Girls filled the slot. More recently the archive shows outdoor shows at Rymill and King Rodney Parks in Adelaide in November 2022, the Frankston Waterfront in February 2023, the Albury Showground in February 2024, Sydney Showground in April 2024 and Lighthouse Field in Bundaberg in October 2025.

You Am I Australia Tour 2027: career and records

You Am I were formed in Sydney in December 1989 by Tim Rogers with his brother Jaimme on drums and Nick Tischler on bass. After early line-up changes, Andy Kent joined on bass in 1992 and Russell Hopkinson on drums in 1993; Davey Lane joined on second guitar in 1999. That line-up of Rogers, Kent, Hopkinson and Lane is still the band today.

Their debut album Sound as Ever (1993) was produced by Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth in Minnesota and won the first ARIA award for Best Alternative Release. Ranaldo also produced Hi Fi Way (1995), which debuted at number one. Hourly, Daily (1996) and #4 Record (1998) did the same, making You Am I the first Australian band with three successive albums debuting at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. Hourly, Daily won six ARIA awards in 1996, including Album of the Year.

Dress Me Slowly (2001) reached number three, but the years that followed were harder: the band were dropped by BMG in 2003 and moved through Virgin, EMI and the independent Other Tongues. Deliverance, Convicts, Dilettantes and the self-titled 2010 album all reached the top 20. Porridge & Hotsauce, recorded at Daptone Studios in New York, followed in 2015.

The Lives of Others, led by 'The Waterboy', entered the chart at number two in 2021, their highest album placing since 2001. You Am I have won ten ARIA Music Awards, fourteen of their songs have appeared in the Triple J Hottest 100 with 'Heavy Heart' the highest at number nine, and in December 2020 Rolling Stone Australia listed them among the 50 greatest Australian artists. In November 2025 Daniel Johns inducted them into the ARIA Hall of Fame, and they closed the ceremony with 'Heavy Heart' and 'Berlin Chair'.

You Am I Australia Tour 2027: the powderfinger connection

You Am I's page on this site sits beside the Powderfinger reunion because the two bands grew up on the same circuit in the 1990s and shared stages more than once, including Powderfinger's Sunsets farewell tour in 2010, when You Am I were one of the support acts on different legs.

As of 9 October 2026, Powderfinger have announced a national tour from September 2027 without publishing dates, venues or support acts. There is no announcement that You Am I will be involved. This page will only add a Powderfinger-related date for You Am I if it is officially confirmed.

You Am I Australia Tour 2027: anniversary shows and full-album nights

Recent You Am I tours have often been built around a concept. In 2023 the band played The Who's Tommy from start to finish in ten theatres, with sets of 28 or 29 songs. In 2025 the Hi Fi Daily Double Down tour played Hi Fi Way and Hourly, Daily, their first two number-one albums, in a single night, with some sets reaching 36 songs.

Those tours tended to visit the big theatres in each capital, with two nights at the Enmore Theatre and the Forum in 2025, and then continue into the regions. If a new album or anniversary is marked in 2027, it may follow the same model, but no such tour has been announced.

You Am I Australia Tour 2027: the regional pub circuit

Few bands of You Am I's standing play as many regional dates. The archive lists pubs, clubs and halls in Torquay, Archies Creek, Barwon Heads, Castlemaine, Ballarat, Warrnambool, Albury, Woy Woy, Avalon, Forster, Kiama, Coffs Harbour, Caloundra, Kingscliff, Redland Bay, Dunsborough, Bunbury, Margaret River, Pinjarra and Karratha, among others.

For fans outside the capitals this matters: when You Am I tour, their dates often include a venue within driving distance of towns that rarely see national acts. Any 2027 tour would be announced by the band first.

You Am I Australia Tour 2027: new zealand

New Zealand audiences saw You Am I mainly at the Big Day Out in Auckland in the 1990s and early 2000s, and at club shows at the Powerstation, the Squid and the Kings Arms. In 1997 they also played the Wellington Town Hall, and in March 1998 the Queens Wharf Event Centre in Wellington.

After a long gap, they returned in September 2022 for three nights: San Fran in Wellington, Galatos in Auckland and the Leigh Sawmill Cafe north of Auckland. No New Zealand dates have been announced since.

You Am I Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A regular You Am I headline show runs to about 20 to 25 songs, drawn heavily from the 1990s albums. Across their documented Australian and New Zealand concerts, the songs played most often are 'Berlin Chair', 'Mr. Milk', 'Jewels and Bullets', 'Cathy's Clown', 'How Much Is Enough', 'Rumble', 'Purple Sneakers', 'Good Mornin'', 'Minor Byrd' and 'Flagfall $1.80', with 'Heavy Heart' and 'The Applecross Wing Commander' close behind.

The concept tours are longer: the Tommy shows ran to 28 or 29 songs and the Hi Fi Daily Double Down nights to 33 to 36. Festival and support sets are shorter, typically around ten to twelve songs.

Tim Rogers is known as an unpredictable, talkative frontman, and the band have a long-standing reputation as an exciting, dynamic live act, a description that goes back to their earliest reviews.

You Am I Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no You Am I tickets on sale for Australia or New Zealand in 2027, because no 2027 concerts have been announced. Any website offering 2027 seats or a 2027 presale code is not official, and that includes listings that place the band on the Powderfinger bill.

For past tours, tickets were sold through each venue's official ticketing partner or directly by the venue, as is common for the band's pub and club shows. 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 theatre shows.

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You Am I Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are You Am I touring Australia in 2027?

No 2027 tour has been announced. As of 9 October 2026 the last listed dates are in Castlemaine and Melbourne on 10 and 11 October 2026.

Are You Am I supporting Powderfinger in 2027?

Nothing has been announced. Powderfinger have not named any support acts for their 2027 tour. You Am I did support Powderfinger on the Sunsets farewell tour in 2010.

When did You Am I last play in New Zealand?

In September 2022, at San Fran in Wellington, Galatos in Auckland and the Leigh Sawmill Cafe.

What was the Hi Fi Daily Double Down tour?

A 2025 Australian tour on which the band played their albums Hi Fi Way and Hourly, Daily in one night, including two nights each at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and the Forum in Melbourne.

When were You Am I inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame?

In November 2025, at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, inducted by Daniel Johns.

Which You Am I albums reached number one?

Hi Fi Way (1995), Hourly, Daily (1996) and #4 Record (1998), three in a row, a first for an Australian band.

Did You Am I play the Big Day Out?

Yes, many times, including the first Big Day Out in Sydney in 1992 and the Auckland shows in 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003.

Is there a presale code for You Am I 2027?

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