The 21-year-old Seattle sensation makes a belated debut in Brisbane celebrating his nearly 2 billion global streams.
Riverstage, Wednesday, January 22.
Bryan Adams
Canada’s tireless rock export hits the road again with his swag of 80s and 90s hits, bringing UK streaming star James Arthur along in support.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Thursday, February 13.
Billie Eilish.Credit: Getty
Billie Eilish
Super-siren Eilish is playing no less than four nights at Boondall, drawing from all three of her albums for a show reportedly balancing high-tech visuals and gritty authenticity.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, February 18-19, 21-22.
Drake
One of rap’s all-time greats, famous for mixtapes, collabs and feuds, plays the BEC on his The Anita Max Win tour.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, February 24-25.
Who could have imagined that Kylie Minogue would still be making vital pop music nearly 40 years into her recording career?Credit: Erik Melvin
Kylie Minogue
The ageless disco queen returns on the wings of her Tension and Tension II albums. Few artists have so many catchy hits in their repertoire, so how can you resist?
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, February 26-27.
Fontaines D.C.
They blew away Australian audiences two years ago, and now Dublin’s post-punk stars return on the back of a triumphant Glastonbury show and new album Romance.
Riverstage, Saturday, March 1.
Green Day
Skate punk’s evergreen heroes will play their iconic albums Dookie and American Idiot in their entirety.
Cbus Super Stadium, Robina, Wednesday, March 5.
P.J. Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey, MBE, tours for the first time since 2017, playing tracks from 10th album I Inside the Old Year Dying.
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Saturday, March 15.
Greg Gonzalez with his Cigarettes After Sex bandmates Jacob Tomsky (centre) and bass player Randall Miller.Credit: Ebru Yildiz
Cigarettes After Sex
The Texas dream-pop trio are becoming superstars with addictive ethereal shoegaze lullabies – and they’re already sold out Boondall.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Monday, March 17.
Nelly
Nelly’s Where The Party At Tour celebrates the 25th anniversary of his debut studio album, Country Grammar, and he’ll be performing with a large line-up of collaborators.
Eatons Hill Hotel, Saturday, March 22.
Cyndi Lauper
Forty years after a debut album that now sounds like a greatest hits collection, the She’s So Unusual groundbreaker plays a farewell show with special guests The Veronicas.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Saturday, April 5.
Soft Cell
Better late than never: Marc Almond and David Ball, the performers of worldwide 1981 hit Tainted Love among others, are touring Australia together for the first time. Almond will also perform his solo hits.
Fortitude Music Hall, Tuesday, April 15.
Gracie Abrams performs at Forum, Melbourne.Credit: Richard Clifford
Gracie Abrams
The winsomely discontented singer-songwriter returns to Australia on her The Secret of Us tour.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, May 6-7.
The Offspring
They’re still pretty fly for white guys, and the US punk legends are back on the touring circuit touting latest album Supercharged.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Wednesday, May 14.
Promotional imagery for Katy Perry’s Lifetimes tour.
Katy Perry
Disaffection with her latest album has done nothing to dampen local ardour for the Firework/Roar/California Gurls pop powerhouse, who parlays her AFL Grand Final triumph into her Lifetimes stadium tour.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, June 17-18.
Supergrass
The Britpop legends may not be young with their teeth nice and clean anymore, but they’re still gigging, 30 years on from their sparkling debut album I Should Coco.
The Tivoli, Wednesday, June 11.
Keith Urban
Our Keith’s starting to look like an elder statesman of country, but he’s not slowing down with latest album High yielding several cracking singles.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, August 15-17.
Driven by desire, Paul Kelly explores love, lust and longing on Fever Longing Still.Credit: Paul Harris
Paul Kelly
Time to take another peek at our national treasure, with Mr How to Make Gravy playing just arenas on this tour for album Fever Longing Still.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Friday, August 29.
Tyler, The Creator
OMG, he’s really that guy. Showcasing his acclaimed seventh album Chromakopia and special guests Lil Yachty and Paris Texas, Tyler, the Creator is coming to Brisbane.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, August 30-31.
US heavy metal band Metallica are playing at Suncorp Stadium.Credit: Matthew Tompsett
Metallica
Diehard fans will be off to Never Never Land, aka Lang Park, to check in with Metallica’s record-breaking M72 World Tour.
Suncorp Stadium, Wednesday, November 12.
Cliff Richard
Yes, he’s still alive. A music star for 65 years, Sir Cliff will perform decade-straddling hits including Living Doll, We Don’t Talk Anymore, Devil Woman and Wired for Sound.
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wednesday, November 12.
Pixies
Black Francis and those indie stalwarts of Here Comes Your Man renown are playing old stuff and new stuff for two nights at the Fortitude Music Hall.
Fortitude Music Hall, November 16-17.
Rufus Du Sol won a Grammy Award in 2022.Credit: APRA AMCOS
Rufus Du Sol
Fifth album Inhale / Exhale confirmed their popularity with fans of chilly electropop worldwide, and the Australian trio bring their tour to town in November.
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, November 25-26.
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