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News: Laufey Announces Return to Australia and New Zealand with A Matter Of Time Tour

  • March 4, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
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Two years after selling out theatres across Australia in minutes, Laufey is returning to the region with her largest shows to date. The Icelandic singer-songwriter will bring her A Matter Of Time Tour to arenas across Australia and New Zealand this July and August, beginning at Perth’s RAC Arena before moving through Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, and closing at Auckland’s Spark Arena.

The announcement follows a period of extraordinary momentum for Laufey, whose singular blend of jazz, classical and contemporary pop has resonated with a rapidly expanding global audience. Her music, built around lush arrangements and a diaristic exploration of love and self-discovery, has introduced traditional pop sounds to a younger generation.

Her rise accelerated with the release of Bewitched in 2023, which earned a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album and produced the widely streamed single ‘From the Start’. The follow-up record, A Matter Of Time, pushed her songwriting further into themes of vulnerability and romantic uncertainty, a direction that earned her a second Grammy earlier this year.

Those songs will now arrive on Australian stages at a scale she has not attempted here before. Laufey’s last visit included a fully sold-out run, highlighted by a performance at the Sydney Opera House that demonstrated her ability to blend orchestral elegance with an intimate pop sensibility.

In the years since, the scope of her career has expanded dramatically. She has accumulated more than 4.25 billion global streams, performed with orchestras including the LA Philharmonic at Coachella, and sold out landmark venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Radio City Music Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.

Still only in her mid-twenties, Laufey continues to position herself between eras. Her songs evoke the romantic language of mid-century jazz standards while remaining grounded in the anxieties of contemporary adulthood. On the upcoming tour, those contrasts are likely to be amplified, bringing her quietly theatrical live show to arenas filled with fans who discovered her through streaming playlists as readily as through vinyl collections.

Frontier Touring members will gain early access to tickets via presale on March 11, with general tickets available from March 13. For an artist whose last Australian tour vanished almost instantly, the demand is unlikely to have diminished.

Go HERE for ticketing information.

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