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The Fray to Return to Australia and New Zealand in 2027 for 'Summer of Light Tour
Confirmed
In Short: The Fray, along with Dashboard Confessional and Rachael Fahim, are set to return to Australia and New Zealand in February 2027, with the tour kicking off in Melbourne and concluding in Auckland.
The Fray, along with Dashboard Confessional and Rachael Fahim, are set to return to Australia and New Zealand in February 2027 for the 'Summer of Light Tour', marking their second Australian run in less than two years. This eight-date trek includes four indoor headline shows and four outdoor dates as part of the Lookout Festival series, with the tour concluding in Auckland for the band's first-ever performance in New Zealand.
Since breaking through in the mid-2000s, The Fray have collected four Grammy nominations, three Billboard Music Awards, and a swag of Top 10 hits, making their return a highly anticipated event for fans.
The Fray's Chris Carrabba and co. have been back in full swing following their ninth album 'All The Truth That I Can Tell', and the pairing with Dashboard Confessional and Rachael Fahim is a neat collision of two bands whose songs soundtracked a lot of messy bedrooms and complicated relationships.
Background
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It comprises two main landmasses—the North Island and the South Island —and over 700 smaller islands.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a land area of 7,688,287 km2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world, and is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent.
What's confirmed
- The Fray, along with Dashboard Confessional and Rachael Fahim, are set to return to Australia and New Zealand in February 2027 for the 'Summer of Light Tour', marking their second Australian run in less than two years. This eight-date trek includes four indoor headline shows and four outdoor dates as part of the Lookout Festival series, with the tour concluding in Auckland for the band's first-ever performance in New Zealand.
- Since breaking through in the mid-2000s, The Fray have collected four Grammy nominations, three Billboard Music Awards, and a swag of Top 10 hits, making their return a highly anticipated event for fans.
- The Fray's Chris Carrabba and co. have been back in full swing following their ninth album 'All The Truth That I Can Tell', and the pairing with Dashboard Confessional and Rachael Fahim is a neat collision of two bands whose songs soundtracked a lot of messy bedrooms and complicated relationships.
What's still developing
- The timing also catches The Fray at the start of a new chapter.
- The Fray clearly enjoyed themselves Down Under last time.
- It kicks off at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on February 5 before The Fray head to Torquay, Perth, Wollongong, Lake Macquarie, Sydney and Sandstone Point, wrapping things up with their first New Zealand show at Auckland’s Eventfinda on February 17.
- It’s The Fray’s second Australian run in as many years, arriving hot on the heels of a sold-out six-date visit in 2025.
- This time the group stretch across arenas, a Wollongong one-off and a string of open-air festival dates, plus a debut New Zealand appearance.
- “We had such an incredible time touring in Australia in 2025. The energy from those crowds was unbelievable,” King said.