News · 5 March 2026

Guns N’ Roses Announce Australian and New Zealand Tour 2026

Support for the Gunners comes from Australia’s own rocking quartet, Airbourne.

Just over a month after Guns N’ Roses were named as the headliner of this year’s bp Adelaide Grand Final Sunday after race concert, the legendary rock and rollers have announced they are performing more shows across Australia and New Zealand throughout December.

Having completed a massive run of dates across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America in 2025, the current lineup of Axl Rose (vocals, keyboards), Duff McKagan (bass), Slash (lead guitar), Dizzy Reed (keyboard), Richard Fortus (rhythm guitar), Isaac Carpenter (drums) and Melissa Reese (keyboard) will bring Paradise City to Australia and New Zealand this Nocember and December.

Guns N’ Roses tour kicks off in Adelaide at the bp Adelaide Grand Final on Sunday 29 November. Axel and co then play Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium on Wednesday 2 December, Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Saturday 5 December, Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium on Tuesday 8 December, Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Friday 11 December and Sydney’s Engie Stadium on Monday 14 December, before heading to New Zealand for the final concert at Auckland’s Eden Park Stadium on Thursday 17 December.

Support comes from Australia’s own '80s-inspired heavy rockers Airbourne.

There are more pre-sale options than you can poke a stick at, and you can find all the details here. As for the general on-sale, tickets for Townsville, Brisbane, Newcastle and Sydney are available from 1pm AEDT on Friday 13 March, and from 12pm AEDT for Melbourne and Auckland via livenation.com.au. Tickets for Adelaide are already on sale.

One of the last remaining great rock acts on the planet, the Gunners have been tearing up stages across the globe for more than 40 years.

From the band’s landmark diamond-selling 1987 opus Appetite For Destruction to the one-two punch of the over 7x-platinum Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II records, Guns N’ Roses have sold over 100 million albums and are one of the most-streamed rock bands in the world, with an average of 27 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Despite not having released an album since 2008's Chinese Democracy, Guns N’ Roses are still releasing new music, with the band dropping standalone singles ‘Nothin’ and ‘Atlas’ last year.

Catch Guns N’ Roses performing at the bp Adelaide Grand Final Sunday concert on Sunday 29 November. Tickets on sale now via adelaidegrandfinal.com.au.