Plain White T's have locked in their first Australian headline shows in more than a decade.
The Chicago pop-rock outfit will bring their four-date Plain White T’s Australian Tour to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide this October and November, with South Australian favourites Teenage Joans along for the ride. The run marks a long-awaited return to local stages, landing at a moment when the band’s catalogue is connecting with an entirely new generation of listeners.
That fresh wave of attention has a lot to do with Hey There Delilah, which has blown up on TikTok over the past month and found its way to a younger audience 20 years after its original release. The track’s resurgence has pushed it back onto the ARIA Singles Chart at number 87, two decades after it first climbed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned quadruple-platinum certification in the US. The song also picked up Grammy nominations for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 2008.
Plain White T’s Australian Tour 2026
- 27 October | Factory Theatre, Sydney
- 29 October | Triffid, Brisbane
- 31 October | 170 Russell, Melbourne
- 1 November | Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide
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Since forming in Chicago in 1997, Plain White T’s have stacked up more than 2.7 billion streams worldwide, earned two Grammy nominations and collected multiple platinum and gold certifications. Their most recent record, a self-titled album, landed in late 2023.
Before heading south, the band will spend their northern summer crossing the United States on the 24-city Up Up Down Down Tour alongside Yellowcard and New Found Glory, with stops including Atlanta, Nashville, New York, Denver and Boston. They’ll also hit a run of major US festivals before pointing the compass toward Australia.
Tickets go on sale 22 June at 10am AEST.
For more information, head here.
