Usher Is Bringing His 'Past Present Future' World Tour to Australia in 2025, Celebrating His Three-Decade Career
Yeah!: this'll be the eight-time Grammy-winner's first Australian solo headline tour since 2011.
In the space of less than a week, the last two Super Bowl half-time show headliners have both announced 2025 tours to Australia. First, Kendrick Lamar locked in a prime slot at Spilt Milk just months after taking to the field. Next, 2024's Super Bowl performer Usher has confirmed Aussie dates for his Past Present Future world tour. He's heading to Melbourne in November and Sydney in December.
The appropriate reaction if you're an Usher fan: yeah! This will be the eight-time Grammy-winner's first Australian solo headline tour since 2011. Celebrating his three-decade career is the name of the game — which means going all the way back to his first single 'Call Me a Mack' from 1993, also playing tracks off of his latest 2024 album Coming Home, plus working his way through plenty in-between.
"I can't wait to bring this tour to Australia, a place where I hope to retire in the future. See you soon!" said Usher, announcing his trip Down Under.
Eight dates have been locked in for when Past Present Future makes its Aussie stop: four each at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne across Wednesday, November 19–Thursday, November 20 and Saturday, November 22–Sunday, November 23, plus another four at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney from Monday, December 1–Tuesday, December 2 and Thursday, December 4–Friday, December 5. And yes, that timing means that Usher and Lamar will be here at around the same time, given that Spilt Milk runs across the first two weekends of December.
The first US shows on the Past Present Future tour were announced just days before Usher's Super Bowl set, which worked through hits from across his lengthy career itself. From August–December 2024, the Texas-born singer made his way across North American stages, before heading to Europe (including England, France, the Netherlands and Germany) from March 2025.
Also popping up on his setlist across the tour so far: 'Yeah!', of course, plus everything from 'Can U Get Wit It', 'Nice & Slow', 'U Remind Me' and 'U Got It Bad' to 'Burn', 'OMG', 'Euphoria' and more.
Usher Past Present Future World Tour Australia 2025 Dates
Wednesday, November 19–Thursday, November 20 + Saturday, November 22–Sunday, November 23 — Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Monday, December 1–Tuesday, December 2 + Thursday, December 4–Friday, December 5 — Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Usher is touring Australia in November and December 2025. Presales start on Monday, May 12 at 11am for Melbourne and 12pm for Sydney, while general tickets go on sale at 12pm for Melbourne and 1pm for Sydney on Friday, May 16 — head to the tour website for more details.
Images: Marcus Macdonald / Bellamy Brewster.
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