SYDNEY, AU (Tuesday 23 June 2026) – Today, British GRAMMY and Mercury Prize-winning producer, songwriter and musician James Blake announces his return to Australia for the first time since 2019, performing headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this December.
Presented by Secret Sounds and Double J, the tour will venture to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Tuesday 1 December, Sydney Opera House Forecourt on Wednesday 2 December and Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on Saturday 5 December.
The tour arrives off the back of Blake’s 2026 self-released album Trying Times – his highest charting album to date – a masterful display of his rich artistry and ability to articulate emotion with disarming transparency, tracing the uneasy space between intimacy and isolation in an age of instability.
TICKETS:
Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Australia. Mastercard Presale starts Wednesday 24 June at 10am local and ends Friday 26 June at 9am local. Plus, Preferred ticket access to some of the best tickets are available from Friday 26 June at 10am local. Check out priceless.com/musicfor details.
Vodafone mobile customers can be among the first to secure tickets during a 48-hour presale commencing Wednesday 24 June from 10am local. Visit vodafone.com.au/ticket to find out more.
An artist presale will run from Wednesday 24 June at 10am local and concluding on Friday 26 June at 9am local.
Secret Sounds presale begins Thursday 25 June at 10am local, running until Friday 26 June, 9am local. Register at secretsounds.com/register.
General onsale tickets are available from Friday 26 June at 10am local. Tickets can be purchased at secretsounds.com.
Few artists have left as lasting an impression on contemporary music as James Blake. Since emerging from the UK post-dubstep scene in the early 2010s, the British producer and songwriter has spent 15 years operating at the intersection of soul, electronic and confessional writing. He’s influenced a generation of artists while answering to no singular genre, scene or label as one of the industry’s most formidable and diverse collaborators, working with Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, SZA, ROSALÍA, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott and more, contributing to era-defining modern classics like Blonde, DAMN., ASTROWORLD, Lemonade and Motomami. More recently, Blake collaborated with revered UK Rapper Dave on his critically acclaimed album The Boy Who Played The Harp and crafted “Séance” alongside Ludwig Göransson, a standout from the Sinners movie soundtrack. His live performances have graced the iconic stages of Glastonbury, Coachella, Primavera Sound, Splendour in the Grass and Austin City Limits, just to name a few.
