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.

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