All the Big Music Tours and Festivals to Put in Your Diary for the Rest of 2022
Fancy filling the rest of your year with music fests and huge gigs? Here's a long list to head to.
Live music is back in a big way — and, halfway through 2022, you probably already have the memories to prove it. Think the first half of this year has been massive, festival and tour-wise? It has. The next six months are set to eclipse it, though.
Pick a fest that usually happens between winter and summer, and odds are that it's returning before 2022 is out. Pick a huge music star and, yes, they're probably heading our way as well.
Consider this your hit list or your wish list, then — spanning which festivals to go to and which bands and singers to see, all right here across the rest of 2022.
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NewsTyler, The Creator Is Coming to Australia and New Zealand for an Arena Tour Next Winter
Catch the genre-bending rapper on his first Australian headline tour in over eight years.
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NewsBillie Eilish Has Announced Australian and New Zealand Tour Dates for 2022
The pop sensation is bringing her Happier Than Ever Tour down under next September.
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NewsThe Killers Are Coming Down Under in 2022 for a Huge Arena and Winery Tour
Destiny is calling you to the Las Vegas-born rock band's latest Australian and New Zealand tour.
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NewsThe Strokes Are Coming to Sydney and Melbourne for Their First Australian Headline Shows in a Decade
As well as headlining the 2022 Splendour in the Grass, the New York rockers are playing sideshows at Hordern Pavilion and John Cain Arena.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Has Announced the Stacked Full Lineup for Its Delayed 20th-Anniversary Fest
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Glass Animals and Liam Gallagher are among the huge list of acts joining already-revealed headliners Gorillaz, The Strokes and Tyler, The Creator.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Has Announced Sideshows for More Than 20 International Artists
Get ready for headline shows from Liam Gallagher, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jack Harlow, Jungle and Orville Peck.
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NewsNick Cave and Warren Ellis Have Announced Two Hanging Rock Gigs Ahead of Full Aussie Tour Dates
The Australian music legends will kick off their 'Carnage' tour in the Macedon Ranges in late November.
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NewsJungle Love Has Postponed Its 2022 Music, Arts and Camping Fest Until Spring Following the Floods
Due to southeast Queensland's recent wild weather, it's no longer safe to host the boutique festival at its Gootchie site this autumn.
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NewsStormzy Is Finally Bringing His Latest World Tour to Australia and New Zealand Later This Year
The biggest name in UK grime is heading south in November and December to finally tour his pre-pandemic album 'Heavy Is The Head'.
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NewsListen Out Is Back for 2022 with a Young Thug, Polo G, Disclosure and The Jungle Giants-Led Lineup
The touring electronic-meets-hip hop festival returns for the first time since 2019.
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NewsBIGSOUND Is Returning in 2022 for a Huge 21st Birthday Party Featuring 150-Plus Bands at 21 Venues
Get ready to party your way around Brisbane's huge music-fuelled celebration, which returns in-person for the first time since 2019.
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NewsFlume, Stormzy and The Wombats Lead Spilt Milk's Packed 2022 Lineup
The music, art and food fest will dance its way through Canberra, Ballarat and the Gold Coast this November and December.
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NewsArctic Monkeys, Lil Nas X and Chvrches Headline Falls Festival's Stacked Summer 2022–23 Lineup
Peggy Gou, Jamie xx, Aminé, Ocean Alley, Camelphat and Spacey Jane will also be heading to Birregurra, Byron Bay and Fremantle to see out 2022 and welcome in 2023.
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NewsSkegss, Thelma Plum and Hermitude Are Headlining the Gold Coast's Free New Beachside Music Festival
Originally slated to launch last year but delayed due to the pandemic, Springtime will hit Surfers Paradise for three days this September.
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NewsDAMN: Kendrick Lamar Is Bringing His New World Tour Down Under This December
The Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is headed to Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland to close out his new 'The Big Steppers' tour.
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NewsWoodford Folk Festival Will Finally Return This Summer for Its First End-of-Year Fest in Three Years
Mark December 27–January 1 in your diary — southeast Queensland's huge end-of-year festival is back.
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NewsFlume Is Taking His 'Palaces' World Tour Around Australia in November and December
Fresh from playing Coachella, the Aussie star will tour the country with Caroline Polachek, Channel Tres, Toro y Moi, Vera Blue and appearances by MAY-A.
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NewsThe Kooks, Peking Duk and The Veronicas Lead Grapevine Gathering's Huge 2022 Lineup
Ball Park Music, Gus Dapperton and Jack River will also hit the stage at this huge touring music-and-wine festival.
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NewsGet Ready for a Hot Girl Summer: Festival X Is Returning with Megan Thee Stallion and Calvin Harris
Get ready for a hot girl summer — this huge touring music festival will head to Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Sydney and Perth across November and December.
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NewsThe Grass Is Greener Is Returning to the Gold Coast in 2022 — and Debuting in Canberra and Geelong
The hit Queensland music, food and art festival is expanding — and heading down south for the first time.
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NewsMulti-Venue Fest Let the Music Play Is Returning for 2022 to Fill Fortitude Valley with Live Tunes
Let the Music Play will take over Fortitude Music Hall, The Zoo and Brightside Outdoors this winter, and turn Warner Street into a big disco street party
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NewsTISM, Bring Me the Horizon, The Amity Affliction, NOFX and Millencolin Lead Good Things' 2022 Lineup
Aussie legends TISM will play their first live gigs in 19 years when Good Times heads to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this summer.
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NewsBilly Joel Is Coming to Australia This Summer Just for One Huge Concert at the MCG
The Piano Man is heading Down Under to play one show in Melbourne, featuring everything from 'Uptown Girl' to 'We Didn't Start the Fire'.
