Lacuna Coil Plot ‘Sleepless Empire’ 2026 Australian Tour

The tour marks Lacuna Coil’s first Australian headline tour in a decade.

A decade on since their last Australian headline tour, Italian goth metal act Lacuna Coil return for a run of shows next February.

The Sleepless Empire Tour takes in five capital cities in support of the album the tour is named after.

Released earlier this year, Sleepless Empire is Lacuna Coil’s tenth studio album and marks a return to the heavier sound of their earlier records and includes the singles ‘Never Dawn’, ‘In the Mean Time’, ‘Hosting the Shadow’, ‘Oxygen’ and ‘I Wish You Were Dead’.

Lacuna Coil’s Aussie jaunt kicks off in Brisbane at The Tivoli on Thursday 12 February, with stops at Sydney’s Liberty Hall (Saturday 14 February), Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre (Sunday 15 February) and Adelaide’s The Gov (Tuesday 17 February), before the final show at Perth’s Magnet House on Thursday 19 February.

Pre-sale tickets are on sale Friday 12 September at 12pm AEST. To access these tickets, register here. General on-sale beings Tuesday 16 September at 12pm AEST via destroyalllines.com.

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Lacuna Coil have been frightening audiences for more than 30 years, with the gothic metal titans garnering over two million album sales worldwide and several high-profile music awards.

The current lineup of sole original member and vocalist Andrea Ferro, bassist and keyboardist Marco Coti Zelati, vocalist Cristina Scabbia, guitarist Daniele Salomone and drummer Richard Meiz all performed on Lacuna Coil’s most recent release Sleepless Empire, an album KERRANG! hottet, “...these are Lacuna songs through and through...and its lingering notes of darkness just make you want to play the whole thing again.”

Having shared the stage with the likes of Gojira, Machine Head and In Flames in recent years, Lacuna Coil can’t wait to headline their own Australian tour in 2026 for what promises to be one epic run of shows.

Catch Lacuna Coil at The Gov on Tuesday 17 February. For ticketing info, visit destroyalllines.com.

Lacuna Coil Sleepless Empire 2026 Australian Tour Dates

Thursday 12 February - The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD

Saturday 14 February - Liberty Hall, Sydney, NSW

Sunday 15 February - Northcote Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

Tuesday 17 February - The Gov, Adelaide, SA

Thursday 19 February - Magnet House, Perth, WA