Lainey Wilson Set to Bring Her Whirlwind Tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2026

Country singer Lainey Wilson is heading to Australia and New Zealand in February 2026.

The Heart Like A Truck hitmaker will perform shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth to celebrate the deluxe edition of her record Whirlwind.

‘AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND! I’m bringing the Whirlwind World Tour down under in 2026 and I want to see you there,’ she wrote on Instagram on Sunday.

‘Tickets & VIP Packages go on sale to the public Friday 15 Aug. @ 12pm local, but you can get first access to presale tickets starting Tuesday 12 Aug.’

Lainey will perform in Auckland on February 6 and Christchurch on February 8 before heading to Australia and playing in Brisbane on February 11.

She will also perform in Newcastle on February 14, Sydney on February 16, Melbourne on February 19 and Adelaide on February 22 before ending her tour in Perth on February 26.

Frontier Members can access the presale for Lainey’s Australian tour from 12pm local time.

General tickets go on sale from 1pm local time on Friday 15th August.

This show coincides with the release of the deluxe edition of her album Whirlwind, which will be released on August 22.

It features five new songs including Somewhere Over Laredo and Bell Bottoms Up.

Lainey was recently nominated for two 2024 Grammys, including Country Album of the Year and Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

In 2023, Lainey was also nominated and took home many awards, including nine Country Music Association Awards nominations, where she won the coveted Entertainer of the Year along with four other categories, tying the one-year record first set in 1969.

Lainey was the most nominated artist at the 2023 CMA Awards with a record-breaking nine nominations, and five wins including Entertainer of the Year.

Her recent singles, ‘Watermelon Moonshine’ and ‘Save Me’ with Jelly Roll topped the Country charts marking her fifth and sixth No. 1’s, making her the lead female artist with the most No.1’s this decade.

Her critically acclaimed album, Bell Bottom Country, rose up Billboard’s Top Album Chart and Country Albums Chart, amassing over 700 million streams to date and has earned her the title of CMA and ACM Album of the Year and a Grammy nomination for Country Album of the Year.

Adding to her growing list of endeavours, Wilson was honoured at Billboard’s Women in Music Awards with the Rulebreaker Award, and most recently joined forces with Wrangler as the face of their 2023 fall/winter women’s collection.

She made her acting debut in Season 5 of the smash hit series Yellowstone as a musician character named Abby.

 She premiered her original Smell Like Smoke as well as showcased other hits off her recent album including Watermelon Moonshine and Hold My Halo on the show.