James Blake is coming back to Australia

British GRAMMY and Mercury Prize-winning artist James Blake will return to Australia this December for his first headline shows in the country since 2019, unveiling a three-city tour that will bring his genre-defying sound to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Presented by Secret Sounds in association with Double J, the tour will open at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Tuesday 1 December, before moving to Sydney’s iconic Sydney Opera House Forecourt on Wednesday 2 December, and concluding at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on Saturday 5 December.

Australian Tour Dates

• Tuesday 1 December – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane
• Wednesday 2 December – Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sydney
• Saturday 5 December – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne

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The announcement arrives in the wake of Blake’s 2026 self-released album Trying Times, his highest-charting record to date. The project further refines his signature language of restraint and emotional clarity, tracing the delicate fault lines between intimacy and isolation, and underscoring a career defined by stylistic fluidity and quiet innovation.

Since emerging from the UK post-dubstep scene in the early 2010s, Blake has spent more than a decade shaping a sound that moves between soul, electronic production and confessional songwriting. His influence runs deep through contemporary music, with collaborations spanning Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, SZA, ROSALÍA, Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott, alongside contributions to landmark releases including Blonde, DAMN., ASTROWORLD, Lemonade and MOTOMAMI.

More recently, Blake has continued to expand his collaborative reach, working with UK rapper Dave on The Boy Who Played The Harp, and contributing the track “Séance” with composer Ludwig Göransson for the Sinners soundtrack.

His live performances have previously graced stages at Glastonbury, Coachella, Primavera Sound, Splendour in the Grass and Austin City Limits, cementing his reputation as an artist whose work resonates as powerfully in performance as it does in studio form.

For Blake, the Australian return offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience one of contemporary music’s most distinctive voices in spaces designed to heighten intimacy, atmosphere and emotional reach.