Lorde’s Ultrasound Tour Heads to Australia and New Zealand in 2026

Lorde is coming home. The New Zealand-born pop visionary has announced the Australasian leg of her Ultrasound World Tour, scheduled to take place across arenas in Australia and New Zealand in February 2026.

The highly anticipated run marks Lorde’s first headline shows in her home region since 2022 and follows the release of her critically acclaimed fourth studio album, Virgin.

The tour begins at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Feb. 11, followed by a stop in Christchurch on Feb. 13. Australian fans will get their chance to see Lorde when she plays Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Feb. 16, Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Feb. 18, Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Feb. 21, and Perth’s RAC Arena on Feb. 25. Presale tickets for Frontier Members go live Thursday, July 17, at 2 p.m. local time, with general public sales starting Friday, July 18, at 2 p.m.

The tour announcement comes as Lorde enjoys a triumphant chart return with Virgin, her first album since 2021’s Solar Power. Released on June 27, the new LP debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 71,000 units earned in its first week, according to Luminate — a marked improvement over Solar Power’s first-week performance.

The album also delivered Lorde her second No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, moving 42,000 copies in the U.S. and earning her biggest sales week since 2017. Vinyl was a driving force, with 31,000 copies sold — her best vinyl week ever — helping Virgin also debut atop the Vinyl Albums chart, her first leader there.

Virgin was preceded by May’s Billboard Hot 100 top 40-debuting lead single “What Was That,” her first entry in the chart’s upper region since 2017, and her high-profile feature on Charli XCX’s culture-shaking “Girl, So Confusing” remix in 2024. The album sees Lorde embracing a bolder, more eclectic sonic palette, with critics praising its sharp lyricism and ambitious production as a rebirth following the more muted reception of Solar Power.

The Ultrasound World Tour has already earned rave reviews in North America, with the singer’s upcoming Australasian dates promising a career-spanning setlist, touching on everything from the minimalist beats of Pure Heroine to the vivid highs of Melodrama, the earthy warmth of Solar Power, and the genre-pushing experimentation of Virgin.

Lorde’s last run of Australasian dates in 2022 sold out within minutes, and with her current chart momentum, demand for the Ultrasound shows is expected to be just as fierce.

Virgin is out now via Republic Records, with multiple deluxe editions and exclusive vinyl variants available.