Paul Kelly Announces 2025 Australian Tour

These will be the 17-time ARIA Award winner’s only live shows of 2025.

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Adelaide’s legendary Paul Kelly has announced a run of arena shows for 2025. The 17-time ARIA Award-winning artist is heading out on the road in support of his new album Fever Longing Still, which arrives Friday, November 1 via EMI Music Australia (pre-order/pre-save here).

The man behind classic tracks ‘To Her Door’, ‘Dumb Things’ and ‘How To Make Gravy’ begins his six-date Australian tour at Perth’s RAC Arena on Tuesday, August 26. Kelly then makes his way to Brisbane’s Entertainment Centre on Friday, August 29 and follows this with concerts at Syndey’s Qudos Bank Arena on Saturday, August 30, Hobart’s MyState Bank Arena on Tuesday, September 2 and Adelaide’s Entertainment Centre on Thursday, September 4. The final show occurs at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Saturday, September 6.

Kelly then crosses the ditch for three shows in New Zealand to wrap up the tour.

Joining Kelly and his band on tour are Grammy Award-winning American act Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit and Australia’s own country music star Fanny Lumsden.

Frontier Touring members get first dibs on tickets, with pre-sale tickets on sale Monday, October 28 at 2:30pm local time. You can register here for early access here. The general on-sale kicks off on Wednesday, October 30 at 2:30pm via Frontier Touring.

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Paul Kelly’s run of Aussis gigs will see the troubadour supported by his longtime band comprising Peter Luscombe (drums), Dan Kelly (guitar) and Bill McDonald (bass) alongside relative newcomers Cameron Bruce (keys), Ash Naylor (guitar) and Jess Hitchcock (backing vocals). Expect to hear fan favourites alongside new cuts from Fever Longing Still.

“I never know what the themes are until I am in the middle of doing a record,” Kelly explains about the new album. “I don’t set out with an album in mind. Over the past 20 years I just get the band together and put down a batch of songs. I put them in what I call my odd-socks drawer on the computer and as they accumulate I see which ones work together.

“There has been a long gap since the last album of new songs and I realise now that this record is a bit like Gossip, an album with a long gestation where the songs are all quite different to each other in style.”

Catch Paul Kelly at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Thursday, September 4. For full ticketing details visit the Frontier Touring website.

PAUL KELLY AUSTRALIA TOUR Dates 2025

With special guests Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit and Fanny Lumsden 

Tuesday, August 26 - RAC Arena, Perth

Friday, August 29 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane

Saturday, August 30 - Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney

Tuesday, September 2 - MyState Bank Arena, Hobart

Thursday, September 4 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide

Saturday, September 6 - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

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