Don Walker Announces New Album ‘Love Songs’ and National Tour

The album is Don Walker’s first since 2023’s Lightning in a Clear Blue Sky.

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Aussie legend Don Walker returns in 2026 with his fifth studio album, Love Songs, out Friday 7 August via MGM Distribution.

Best known for his work with Cold Chisel, Walker’s extensive solo career includes dalliances with Catfish, Tex Don & Charlie and a host of incredible artists, along with four acclaimed studio albums.

Love Songs is being touted as Walker’s most personal release yet, with the nine-track record featuring Walker’s emotive storytelling driven piano ballads with layered arrangements of guitars, steel, horns and harmonies.

Walker has also enlisted an amazing lineup of exceptional musicians to help bring Love Songs to life, with the likes of the late Roy Payne (guitar), Garrett Costigan (pedal steel) and Michael Vidale (bass) just some of the names involved with this project.

The album’s first single, Let’s All Get Together, is a combination of Walker’s unmistakable voice and the compelling sounds of Suave Fucks and The Harmonettes.

Love Songs is available for pre-order on 180g Vinyl, CD and digitally via donwalker.com.au. There are also a limited number of bundles that include a Love Songs album t-shirt.

To coincide with the release of Love Songs, Walker is embarking on a short tour of the East Coast, kicking things off at Melbourne’s Memo Music Hall on Friday 16 October. He then heads to the Eureka Hotel in Geelong (Saturday, 17 October), Sydney’s Factory Theatre (Saturday, 24 October), the Imperial Hotel in Eumundi (Friday, 30 October) and the Old Museum in Brisbane on Saturday 31 October.

Walker will be supported by Jimmy Dowling, with tickets on sale at 9am AEST Thursday 7 MAy via donwalker.com.au.

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As the chief songwriter and piano/keyboard player with Cold Chisel, Don Walker helped turn the pub rock outfit into one of Australia’s most respected outfits. The band released five acclaimed albums in less than 10 years before going their separate ways.

Walker went on to have a successful solo career, performing under the names Catfish, Tex, Don and Charlie and Don Walker, while also performing with a who’s who of the Aussie music scene.

Inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame with Chisel in 1993 and the Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012, Walker has continued to record and perform with Chisel since they reunited in the late ‘90s while also releasing his own material.

Love Songs by Don Walker is out Friday 7 August via MGM Distribution. Pre-order here. Catch Walker performing on the East Coast this October. Ticketing information is available at donwalker.com.au.

Don Walker Love Songs Australian Tour 2026

With Special Guest Jimmy Dowling

Friday 16 October – Memo Music Hall, Melbourne, VIC

Saturday 17 October – Eureka Hotel, Geelong, VIC

Saturday 24 October – Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Friday 30 October – Imperial Hotel, Eumundi, QLD

Saturday 31 October – Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD

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