For more than 30 years, Counting Crows have made a career out of turning introspection into arena-sized catharsis. Next month, they return to Australia and Aotearoa with The Complete Sweets! Tour, an eight-date theatre run that promises both the songs that shaped the ‘90s and the restless energy of a band still writing forward.
It begins in Auckland at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on March 23 and 24, before crossing to Adelaide’s Festival Theatre (March 27), Sydney’s Enmore Theatre (March 29 and 30), Melbourne’s Palais Theatre (April 1 and 2), and closing again in Sydney at the Enmore on April 6. These aren’t casual bookings. They’re rooms built for resonance, where Adam Duritz’s elastic, emotionally frayed vocals can stretch without losing detail.
When August and Everything After landed in 1993, it didn’t just sell, it lingered. More than 20 million records later, the band’s catalogue reads like a long-form conversation about longing, regret and hope, threaded through albums from Recovering the Satellites to Somewhere Under Wonderland. The Oscar-nominated “Accidentally in Love” may have broadened their audience, but it’s the slow-burners and deep cuts that have kept them culturally embedded.
This tour arrives in the wake of Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!, the latest chapter in a discography that refuses to calcify. The band’s first tour since 2018 stretched across continents between 2021 and 2023, reaffirming their reputation as one of rock’s most reliable live propositions. Ranking #8 on Billboard’s “Greatest of All Time: Adult Alternative Artists” chart in 2021 was less a victory lap than confirmation of endurance.
Joining the Australian dates are Melbourne’s own Kingswood, a four-piece who have built their reputation the hard way. Six studio albums, relentless touring and a record-breaking ‘Hometowns Tour’ have cemented them as one of the country’s most industrious rock exports. From ARIA chart success with HOME to sharing stages with AC/DC and Aerosmith, Kingswood bring muscle and momentum to the bill.
Auckland audiences will also see rising New Zealand artist MACEY step into the spotlight. Blending classical leanings with alternative edge, MACEY’s debut album THE LOVERS marked him as a songwriter willing to sit with contradiction. With the more uptempo and candid ‘Clementine’, he returns in 2026 with sharpened focus and emotional clarity.
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: livenation.com.au & livenation.co.nz
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