The Grammy-nominated Melbourne export is bringing her new album to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this spring.
Courtney Barnett has announced a three-date Australian tour for November, bringing her fourth album Creature of Habit to stages in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
The east coast run marks Barnett’s first headline shows on home soil since 2022, following extensive touring across the UK and North America in support of the new record. Creature of Habit landed in March via Fiction Records and explores what happens when you uproot your entire life and try to get out of your own way. Written after Barnett relocated from Melbourne to Los Angeles and closed her long-running label Milk! Records, the album channels all that upheaval into something raw and purposeful, with singles Stay in Your Lane and Site Unseen (featuring Waxahatchee) setting the tone.
Barnett will play three east coast venues across a four-day stretch in early November.
Courtney Barnett — Creature of Habit Australian tour
- 4 November — The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
- 6 November — Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney NSW
- 7 November — Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC
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Presented by Frontier Touring, Penny Drop and Triple R (Triple R presenting the Melbourne show only), the tour arrives on the back of a string of international highlights including a performance at Manchester’s BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in March. Frontier Members can access presale tickets from 9am AEST on 8 April, with general sale opening at 9am AEST on 10 April.
The Grammy-nominated songwriter built her reputation through four acclaimed records and a live show that swings between intimate storytelling and full-throttle indie rock. Her distinctive guitar work, anecdotal lyrics and laconic vocal delivery have kept audiences around the world hooked since her 2012 debut EP I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris. Creature of Habit continues that trajectory, trading the gentler textures of 2021’s Things Take Time, Take Time for a bolder, more emotionally direct approach shaped by years of personal and professional upheaval.
With the Melbourne show at the Palais Theatre — a venue that suits Barnett’s scale and sensibility — and a stop at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, the three dates carry some weight. Tickets will move. More information at frontiertouring.com/courtneybarnett.
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