Avenged Sevenfold are returning to Australia for the first time in over a decade. The California heavy metal band announced a four-city East Coast arena run, along with a New Zealand date, set for October 2026.
Coheed and Cambria and Melbourne alt-metal outfit Thornhill will serve as support across all shows.
The tour opens at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Oct. 16, followed by Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Oct. 18, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Oct. 20, and Spark Arena in Auckland on Oct. 23.
Members of the band’s Deathbats Club and Deathbats Rewards Ticketpass programs have priority access, with an artist presale opening Wednesday, April 15 at 10 a.m. local. General tickets go on sale Friday, April 17 at 11 a.m. local via livenationentertainment.com.
Avenged Sevenfold last performed in Australia in March 2014, co-headlining Soundwave Festival alongside Green Day, with sideshows at Melbourne’s Festival Hall and Sydney’s Luna Park in support of their 2013 album Hail to the King. The upcoming run marks their first standalone Australian headline dates since then.
Since that visit, the band has released two more albums: 2016’s The Stage and 2023’s Life Is But a Dream…, the latter of which they are continuing to promote.
Hail to the King topped the Billboard 200 upon its release, as did 2010’s Nightmare — the band’s first No. 1 on the chart. The Stage reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 in 2016, while Life Is But a Dream… peaked at No. 13 in 2023. Throughout their career, the band has placed multiple singles at the top of the Mainstream Rock chart, including “Hail to the King” and “Shepherd of Fire.”
Formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1999, Avenged Sevenfold built their following through a metalcore foundation before broadening into mainstream heavy metal and later progressive rock. Their catalog has sold more than 8 million records worldwide.
