Avenged Sevenfold are heading back to Australia for the first time in 12 years. The heavy metal band announced a four-city arena tour across the country's East Coast, plus a stop in New Zealand, all scheduled for October 2026.
The run kicks off at Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on October 16, then moves to Brisbane Entertainment Centre on October 18 and Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on October 20. The tour wraps with a show at Spark Arena in Auckland on October 23. Coheed and Cambria and Melbourne-based alt-metal group Thornhill will open all dates.
According to Billboard, the band last performed in Australia in March 2014, when they co-headlined the Soundwave Festival alongside Green Day in support of their album *Hail to the King*. The upcoming shows mark their first standalone Australian headline dates since that visit.
In the years since, Avenged Sevenfold has released two studio albums: 2016's *The Stage* and 2023's *Life Is But a Dream…*, which the band continues to promote. Their career has been marked by chart success, with both *Hail to the King* and 2010's *Nightmare* topping the Billboard 200. The band's catalog has sold more than 8 million records worldwide.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 17 at 11 a.m. local time, with presale access available to members of the band's Deathbats Club and Deathbats Rewards Ticketpass programs starting Wednesday, April 15.
