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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, who reunited for their successful Live '25 tour in 2025, are set to return to Australia and New Zealand in February 2027 for the 'Summer of Light Tour', adding New Zealand to their itinerary for the first time.
The Colorado rock band The Fray, who reunited for their Live '25 tour in 2025, are set to return to Australia and New Zealand in February 2027 for the 'Summer of Light Tour', adding New Zealand to their itinerary for the first time.
The tour, which kicks off at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on February 5, includes a mix of traditional headline shows and outdoor Lookout Festival dates, with Dashboard Confessional joining The Fray for the indoor dates in Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland.
The timing of the tour also marks a new chapter for The Fray, who have picked up four Grammy nominations and three Billboard Music Awards. Their ninth album, 'All The Truth That I Can Tell', and their forthcoming album 'A Light That Waits', their first full-length collection of new music in over a decade, will be launched during the tour.
The Fray's return to Australia and New Zealand is a testament to the enduring popularity of their music, which has sold out Australian shows for two decades. The tour will feature a debut New Zealand appearance and will wrap up with a show at Auckland’s Eventfinda on February 17.
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 Colorado rock band The Fray, who reunited for their Live '25 tour in 2025, are set to return to Australia and New Zealand in February 2027 for the 'Summer of Light Tour', adding New Zealand to their itinerary for the first time.
- The tour, which kicks off at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on February 5, includes a mix of traditional headline shows and outdoor Lookout Festival dates, with Dashboard Confessional joining The Fray for the indoor dates in Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland.
- The timing of the tour also marks a new chapter for The Fray, who have picked up four Grammy nominations and three Billboard Music Awards. Their ninth album, 'All The Truth That I Can Tell', and their forthcoming album 'A Light That Waits', their first full-length collection of new music in over a decade, will be launched during the tour.
- The Fray's return to Australia and New Zealand is a testament to the enduring popularity of their music, which has sold out Australian shows for two decades. The tour will feature a debut New Zealand appearance and will wrap up with a show at Auckland’s Eventfinda on February 17.
What's still developing
- The band, who reunited for the first time since splitting in 2009 for the successful Live '25 tour last year, have been dropping hints about tour venues on social media recently.
- The project, written by Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight, is part concert film and part documentary, and follows the band on the reunion tour that began in Cardiff in July 2025.
- Rumours of a follow-up to the 2025 reunion tour have been rife in recent weeks, but no dates or venues had been formally announced prior to Thursday's display.
- The band's logo and was replaced by the date 14.09.26 and the time 4pm BST Oasis put on a drone show over their home city to announce their upcoming tour.
- Chris Carrabba and co. have been back in full swing following ninth album ‘All The Truth That I Can Tell’, making the pairing with The Fray a pretty neat collision of two bands whose songs soundtracked a lot of messy bedrooms, burned CDs and complicated relationships.
- The Fray clearly enjoyed themselves Down Under last time.
- Wollongong gets The Fray and Fahim without Dashboard Confessional.
- Outdoor shows – Lookout Festival (tickets via Face to Face Touring) Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne here.