Hoodoo Gurus Announce 45th Anniversary 2026 Australian Tour

Hoodoo Gurus are embarking on their "All Killer, No Filler" tour of Australia later this year, where they plan on playing "every one of our 42 singles at least once."

Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus are celebrating their illustrious 45 years in music (so far), today announcing a massive national tour highlighting their many classics.

The What’s My Scene hitmakers are embarking on their singles-only, Rewind Tour – All Killer, No Filler in November and December. The tour begins at Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall on Saturday, 28 November.

It continues at Perth’s Ice Cream Factory on Tuesday, 1 December, Sydney’s Tumbalong Park on Saturday, 5 December, a special performance at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens for the Live At The Gardens series on Sunday, 6 December, and concludes at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Friday, 11 December.

Live At The Gardens, MG Live, and Frontier Members can access pre-sale tickets on Monday, 22 June, at 12 pm local time, followed by the general sale on Tuesday, 23 June, at 1 pm local time. You can find more ticketing information on the Frontier Touring and Live at the Gardens websites.

Joining Hoodoo Gurus at all shows are Sydney pop-punk heroes Ratcat – celebrating their 40th anniversary – and Perth garage rockers The Stems.

Hoodoo Gurus’ debut album, Stoneage Romeos, topped the American College/Alternative chart upon its release, with Mars Need Guitars!, Blow Your Cool, and Magnum Cum Louder appearing on the Billboard 200 while also achieving success in Australia, spawning singles such as What’s My Scene, Like Wow – Wipeout, and Come Anytime.

In Australia, the band has amassed ten ARIA Top 20 albums, nine Top 40 singles, and multiple Platinum certifications, and has gone on to influence bands such as You Am I, Spiderbait, Violent Soho, and others. In 2007, they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

Discussing the tour, Hoodoo Gurus frontman Dave Faulkner said:

We’ve often been described as a “singles band,” so for this Rewind tour, we’re gonna embrace that notion by only playing songs that were released as singles. No b-sides, no album tracks, we’ll just be concentrating on the hits - and quite a few misses as well!

It’s funny, but some of our biggest flops went on to become some of our most beloved songs. “Axegrinder” horrified radio programmers back in the day - “We can’t play that!” seemed to be their collective response - but within 12 months, “Axegrinder” had become a fan-favourite, which it remains to this day.

There are a whole lot of other near-misses that fall into that category. Along with all our bona fide hits, we’re hoping to play every one of our 42 singles at least once somewhere during this tour.