{"id":18871,"date":"2026-07-27T14:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18871"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:22:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:22:01","slug":"king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-announce-2026-australian-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18871","title":{"rendered":"King Gizzard &#038; the Lizard Wizard Announce 2026 Australian Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard\/\">King Gizzard &amp; the Lizard Wizard<\/a> have announced a 2026 Australian tour, anchored by a two-day, band-curated Croxton Block Party in Melbourne and featuring a late-night rave set in Sydney.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-related-artists \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-1 lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-align-items-center lrv-u-margin-l-00@desktop-xl a-glue@desktop-xl lrv-a-glue--t-0 lrv-a-glue--l-0 u-margin-t-29px@desktop u-margin-t-250@mobile-max u-margin-lr-auto@desktop-xl-max u-max-width-400@desktop-xl-max u-width-100p@mobile-max u-max-width-80@desktop-xl\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-white a-font-primary-fancy-m lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-text-align-center a-article-related-module-title lrv-u-padding-tb-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"a-article-related-module-wrap lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl lrv-u-flex-grow-1 u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max u-align-items-center lrv-u-position-relative u-flex-basis-100p lrv-u-padding-b-075\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-80 u-width-160@mobile-max lrv-a-glue-parent lrv-u-flex-shrink-0\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-crop-1x1 lrv-u-height-100p\" style=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"o-indicator lrv-a-glue a-glue--b-n050 lrv-a-glue--r-0 a-glue--t-auto a-glue--l-0 lrv-u-margin-lr-auto u-pointer-events-none lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-border-radius-50p u-width-20 u-height-20 a-icon-related-artist lrv-a-icon-after\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe run opens Oct. 13 at Anita\u2019s Theatre in Thirroul, followed by a headline show at Sydney\u2019s Hordern Pavilion on Oct. 14 \u2014 both with support from Xiao Xiao \u2014 and a separate late show the same night at Sydney\u2019s Liberty Hall billed as a \u201crave set.\u201d The tour then moves to Melbourne for the second edition of The Croxton Block Party on Oct. 17-18, a two-day event the band has curated and will headline with a three-hour set each night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFor the Block Party, King Gizzard have programmed a bill weighted toward the Australian underground and a handful of international peers. The Oct. 17 date features Japanese pop-punk mainstays Shonen Knife, Byron Bay psych group Babe Rainbow, Heavy Moss \u2014 the project fronted by King Gizzard bassist Lucas Harwood \u2014 plus B3LLY, Moktar, Techno666 and a solo modular-synth set from frontman Stu Mackenzie. The Oct. 18 date features Sydney rock band C.O.F.F.I.N, Glyconic, Gut Health, ORB, Public Figures and Moktar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Block Party returns after debuting in 2025, converting the Croxton\u2019s carpark into a festival site. King Gizzard have a long association with the venue, which the venue said dates to the band\u2019s first show there in December 2015 and includes a 2016 residency and a 2020 bushfire benefit. Ticket buyers will contribute to a conservation initiative: through a partnership with climate agency FEAT, $1 from every Block Party ticket will support habitat restoration on Lungtalanana Island in Tasmania, a Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre-led project aimed at reintroducing the Bass Strait wombat and long-nosed potoroo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe tour arrives during an especially active stretch for one of rock\u2019s most prolific acts. Earlier this month the band announced its 28th studio album, the hard-electronic <em>Alien Metal<\/em>, due later this year on its own p(doom) Records and trailed by lead single \u201cLevel 5.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSince forming in Melbourne in 2010, the seven-piece has built one of the most singular catalogues in contemporary rock, cycling through genres \u2014 microtonal psychedelia on <em>Flying Microtonal Banana<\/em>, thrash metal on <em>Infest the Rats\u2019 Nest<\/em>, and ambient and acid house on 2023\u2019s <em>The Silver Cord<\/em> \u2014 while releasing at a pace few acts attempt, including five albums in 2017 alone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThat productivity has translated to steady U.S. chart presence: the band has placed multiple titles on the Billboard 200, topped Billboard\u2019s Emerging Artists chart, and reached the top 10 of both the Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>King Gizzard &amp; the Lizard Wizard \u2014 Australia 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOct. 13 \u2014 Thirroul \u2014 Anita\u2019s Theatre (with Xiao Xiao)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOct. 14 \u2014 Sydney \u2014 Hordern Pavilion (with Xiao Xiao)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOct. 14 \u2014 Sydney \u2014 Liberty Hall (late show, rave set)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOct. 17 \u2014 Melbourne \u2014 The Croxton Block Party<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOct. 18 \u2014 Melbourne \u2014 The Croxton Block Party<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Gizzard &amp; the Lizard Wizard have announced a 2026 Australian tour, anchored by a two-day, band-curated Croxton Block Party in Melbourne and featuring a late-night rave set in Sydney. 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