Japanese pop powerhouses YOASOBI are heading to Australia. The chart-smashing duo have announced two arena shows for March 2027, bringing their SUPER PLANET tour to Melbourne and Sydney as part of an 11-city run across Asia and Oceania.
Comprising producer and composer Ayase and vocalist ikura, YOASOBI will play Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on March 17 before heading to Sydney’s Afterpay Arena on March 19. It’s another major step for a duo whose rise from Japanese streaming sensation to international arena act has been extraordinary.
Formed in 2019, YOASOBI built their identity around a deceptively simple idea: turning fiction into music. Their combination of electronic pop, intricate production and ikura’s distinctive vocals has produced some of the biggest hits in modern J-pop, with songs that have travelled well beyond Japan’s borders.
Their debut single ‘Yoru ni Kakeru’ (‘Into The Night’) has amassed more than 1.2 billion streams, while 2023’s ‘Idol’ became a genuine global breakthrough. The track spent 22 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, demonstrating just how far Japanese-language pop has travelled.
The duo have been just as busy onstage. Their 2026 North American tour drew more than 70,000 fans across six shows, including a sold-out performance at New York’s Barclays Center and a finale at the Hollywood Bowl. Along the way, they became the first J-pop act to perform at Canada’s OSHEAGA festival, adding to an international festival résumé that already includes Coachella, Lollapalooza and Primavera Sound.
Their Australian announcement follows a run of increasingly ambitious international shows, including London’s OVO Arena Wembley and a record-breaking Asian arena tour in 2025. What began as an online music project has become one of Japan’s biggest contemporary musical exports.
Now Australian fans finally get the full arena experience. With ‘Idol’, ‘Monster’ and ‘Into The Night’ among their best-known tracks, YOASOBI arrive with a catalogue of songs that have already made their mark around the world.
Australian tour dates
Wednesday 17 March 2027 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Friday 19 March 2027 – Afterpay Arena, Sydney
Artist presale: Thursday 12 November, 12pm to 10pm local time.
General public tickets: Friday 13 November, 12pm local time. Go HERE for full ticketing info.
