Scottish rockers Del Amitri will return to Australia and New Zealand in February 2027 with Past to Present: Four Decades of Their Greatest Hits, a career-spanning tour celebrating more than 40 years of songwriting and some of the band’s best-known recordings.
Formed in Glasgow in the early 1980s, Del Amitri steadily built a reputation for pairing melodic guitar-driven rock with sharply observed lyrics. That combination broke through internationally with 1989’s Waking Hours, which introduced enduring favourites ‘Nothing Ever Happens’ and ‘Kiss This Thing Goodbye’, before the band reached an even wider audience in the 1990s with ‘Always the Last to Know’ and ‘Roll to Me’. The latter became Del Amitri’s biggest international hit, reaching the Top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Across seven studio albums and more than six million records sold worldwide, Del Amitri have maintained a catalogue that has outlasted the era in which it was created. Their songs have remained radio staples, driven as much by Justin Currie’s understated storytelling as the band’s knack for memorable melodies.
After stepping away for much of the 2000s, Del Amitri reunited for a series of live performances before releasing Fatal Mistakes in 2021, their first album of new material in 18 years. The record demonstrated that the qualities that defined the band’s earlier work remained intact, reconnecting them with long-time listeners while introducing a new audience to their music.
The band are currently recording a new studio album, expected later this year, making the Past to Present tour more than simply a retrospective. Alongside the songs that established Del Amitri as one of Scotland’s most enduring rock bands, the tour arrives at a time when the group continues to add new chapters to a catalogue that has spanned more than four decades.
For Australian and New Zealand audiences, the February run marks another opportunity to revisit a body of work that has quietly endured, from Waking Hours through to the present day.
DEL AMITRI February and March 2027 Australian and NZ Tour
Tuesday 23rd February – The Astor Theatre, PERTH
Thursday 25th February – The Gov, ADELAIDE
Friday 26th February – Palais Theatre, MELBOURNE
Sunday 28th February – Odeon, HOBART
Wednesday 3rd March – Fortitude Music Hall, BRISBANE
Thursday 4th March – Enmore Theatre, SYDNEY
Saturday 6th March – Meow Nui, WELLINGTON
Sunday 7th March – Powerstation, AUCKLAND
TICKETS:
Presale: from Tuesday 21st July 9:00AM local
General Public On Sale: from Thursday 23rd July 9:00AM local
Sign Up For Presale: https://www.destroyalllines.com/tours/del-amitri
