Ben Lee Can’t Stop Performing, Announces 2026 Tour Dates
The ‘Cigarettes Will Kill You’ singer has announced 40 dates across the country from January to May 2026.
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Having recently completed a run of shows celebrating the 20th anniversary of his fifth studio album, Awake Is the New Sleep, Aussie icon Ben Lee revealed his hitting the road again in 2026.
“Album anniversaries and special events are lovely, but being out on the road just for the sake of it is what it’s all about,” Lee wrote on social media when announcing the tour. “Night after night, always changing, sweaty, a little chaotic, unpredictable. Hand-to-hand combat.
“See you out on the road!”
Cleverly titled On Tour… Always, Lee has locked in a whopping 40 dates that take him all across the country from January to May 2026. Kicking it all off at the Wallaby Hotel in Mudgeeraba on Friday 2 January, Lee performs shows in six of the seven Australian states and territories, bringing the tour to an end in South Australia at Port Lincoln Brewing Co in Port Lincoln on Saturday 9 May.
Tickets are on sale now via Lee’s website.
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Ben Lee has been one of Australia’s most consistent artists since breaking through with his band Noise Addict in the early ‘90s.
As a solo artist, Lee has released 15 albums, including 2005’s Awake Is the New Sleep, which won two ARIA Awards and recently celebrated its 20th anniverasry, and his most recent release, last year’s This One's for the Old Headz, written the soundtrack for two films and run the podcast Weirder Together alongside his wife, actor and author Ione Skye.
Catch Ben Lee performing at Port Lincoln Brewing Co in Port Lincoln on Saturday 9 May. Tickets are on sale now via oztix.com.au.
Ben Lee On Tour… Always 2026 Australian Tour Dates
Friday 2 January – Wallaby Hotel, Mudgeeraba, QLD
Saturday 3 January – Club Maclean Motel, Maclean, NSW
Sunday 4 January – Wooli Hotel Motel, Wooli, NSW
Wednesday 7 January – Memorial Hall, Bellingen, NSW
Thursday 8 January – Old Cheese Factory Collective, Frederickton, NSW
Friday 9 January – Finnian's Irish Tavern, Port Macquarie, NSW
Saturday 10 January – Multi-Arts Pavilion (MAP MIMA), Lake Macquarie, NSW
Sunday 11 January – Dangar Island Bowlo, Dangar Island, NSW
Friday 30 January – Q Theatre (The Joan), Penrith, NSW
Saturday 31 January – Avalon RSL, Avalon, NSW
Thursday 12 February – Margaret River HEART, Margaret River, WA
Friday 13 February – Gatsby’s Skyline, Manjimup, WA
Saturday 14 February – Albany Town Hall, Albany, WA
Sunday 15 February – Stirling Cottage, Harvey, WA
Friday 20 February – Tallagandra Hill Winery, Gundaroo, NSW
Saturday 21 February – Tumbafest, Tumbarumba, NSW
Thursday 26 February – Portland Arts Centre, Portland, VIC
Friday 27 February – Hamilton Performing Arts Centre, Hamilton, VIC
Saturday 28 February – The Potato Shed Amphitheatre, Drysdale, VIC
Thursday 5 March – Grand Hotel, Childers, QLD
Friday 6 March – Sublime Farm & Brewery, Gympie, QLD
Saturday 7 March – Studio 188, Ipswich, QLD
Sunday 8 March – Lefty’s Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 13 March – The Estate Camden, Camden, NSW
Saturday 14 March – Wombarra Bowlo (Band Show), Wombarra, NSW
Friday 20 March – Shoalhaven Heads Bowling Club, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
Saturday 21 March – Smokey Dans, Tomakin, NSW
Sunday 22 March – Longstocking Brewer, Pambula, NSW
Thursday 26 March – The Civic Theatre, Gunnedah, NSW
Friday 27 March – Crossroads Bar, Dubbo, NSW
Saturday 28 March – The Victoria Bathurst, Bathurst, NSW
Friday 17 April – Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta, VIC
Saturday 18 April – Kindred Bandroom, Footscray, VIC
Sunday 19 April – Odessa’s at Leavers, Creswick, VIC
Thursday 30 April – The Shed Theatre at The Pig & Whistle, Main Ridge, VIC
Friday 1 May – Archie’s Creek Hotel, Archie’s Creek, VIC
Saturday 2 May – Live in the Glen, Glengarry, VIC
Sunday 3 May – The Regent Theatre, Yarram, VIC
Friday 8 May – Alice Springs Brewing Co, Alice Springs, NT
Saturday 9 May – Port Lincoln Brewing Co, Port Lincoln, SA
