Rodrigo y Gabriela are heading back to Australia in January 2027, bringing their formidable two-guitar attack to six cities as they celebrate the release of their new album OurHome.
The Grammy-winning Mexican duo will begin the national run at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on January 13, followed by shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth. The tour arrives four months after OurHome lands on September 18 via ATO Records.
More than two decades into a career spent finding increasingly improbable things to do with acoustic guitars, Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero have taken another turn. Recorded and self-produced at NK Sound Tokyo, OurHome steps away from the electric-guitar-heavy approach of 2023’s In Between Thoughts…A New World and returns to the acoustic textures at the heart of the pair’s music.
Its beginnings are unexpectedly personal. Following the death of their much-loved studio cat Pelusa, a period of creative uncertainty suddenly gave way to a rush of writing.
“It was like she was telling us, ‘Stop messing around and just do what you do best,’” Gabriela says.
Japan provides another thread through the record, which explores ideas of belonging, migration, nature, mythology and finding peace without looking elsewhere for approval. Guests include former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman, Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi, cellist Hiyori Okuda and guitarist and composer Yukihiro Atsumi.
There’s an Australian connection buried in the album too. Its title came from an “OUR HOME” sign the duo spotted on a Melbourne public housing tower, words that chimed with the record’s central idea of finding a sense of home within yourself.
First single ‘Monster’ takes its inspiration from Naoki Urasawa’s manga of the same name, with Urasawa himself creating original artwork for the accompanying video. The newly released second single ‘OurHome’ heads somewhere more meditative, providing a quieter counterweight and bringing the album’s ideas of stillness and emotional grounding to the foreground.
The January tour will put those new songs alongside material from a career that has taken Rodrigo y Gabriela from busking on Dublin’s Grafton Street to a Grammy win for Mettavolution and stages including Glastonbury, Royal Albert Hall, Red Rocks, the Hollywood Bowl and Sydney Opera House.
And despite all those miles travelled, OurHome suggests the pair have reached the rather pleasing conclusion that home isn’t necessarily somewhere you have to find.
Rodrigo y Gabriela Australian Tour 2027
Wednesday January 13 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane
Thursday January 14 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Friday January 15 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Sunday January 17 – Odeon Theatre, Hobart
Tuesday January 19 – The Gov, Adelaide
Thursday January 21 – Regal Theatre, Perth
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