Beloved Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly has announced his biggest shows in Australia and New Zealand to date, and his only live shows for 2025: nine huge arenas in Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart,Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland in August/September 2025.
Melbourne fans will be able to catch him at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday 6 September 2025.
Today’s tour news comes in the lead up to Kelly’s forthcoming studio album, Fever Longing Still, to be released 1 November and available for preorder now.
This is his first album of new original material since 2018’s Nature, and delivers 12 additions to a superb catalogue of love songs spanning more than 40 years.
Awarded the Order of Australia in 2017 and with 17 ARIAs and five APRAs, few songwriters find ways to keep that creative fever burning for as long and as brightly as Kelly.
The country of his birth, its emotional interior and geographical landscape, its heroes and villains, our hopes and failings, have all been a constant in Kelly’s long list of Australian-set songs: ‘To Her Door’, ‘Leaps and Bounds’, ‘From St Kilda To King’s Cross’, ‘How To Make Gravy’, ‘When I First Met Your Ma’, ‘Dumb Things’, ‘Before Too Long’.
In Australia, Kelly will be joined by special guest Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.
Opening proceedings in Australia is 2x ARIA and 9x CMAA Golden Guitar winner Fanny Lumsden, whose gone from growing up on a sheep farm in western NSW to playing Glastonbury.
Tickets to all shows will go on sale Wednesday 30 October (3pm local time) via frontiertouring.com/paulkelly. Frontier Members can get early access via the Frontier Members presale, which starts Monday 28 October (3pm local time) – see website for full details.
PAUL KELLY
with special guests Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (AU shows)
+ Fanny Lumsden (AU) & Reb Fountain (NZ)
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2025
Presented by Frontier Touring, Triple M (AU) and Stuff (NZ)
ALL SHOWS LICENSED ALL AGES
Tuesday 26 August
RAC Arena, Perth, WA
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Friday 29 August
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD
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Saturday 30 August
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
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Tuesday 2 September
MyState Bank Arena, Hobart, TAS
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Thursday 4 September
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, SA
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Saturday 6 September
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
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Tuesday 9 September
Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, NZ
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Wednesday 10 September
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, NZ
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Friday 12 September
Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, NZ
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