After selling out her 2024 return run, GRAMMY-winning soul icon Macy Gray is officially heading back Down Under this September and October… and this time she’s going bigger than ever.
Dubbed The Encore Tour, the mammoth run will see Gray return to major cities while also venturing deep into regional Australia for the first time in years, bringing her unmistakable raspy vocals and catalogue of era-defining hits to theatres, clubs and concert halls right across the country.
Macy Gray – I’m Too Sexy ft. BBC Concert Orchestra | Radio 2 Piano Room
And honestly? Respect to Macy for looking at Australia and saying “yeah nah let’s do Port Macquarie”.
This isn’t just a quick capital-city victory lap either.
Across more than two decades, over 25 million records sold and a trophy cabinet featuring a GRAMMY, multiple BRIT Awards and ten studio albums, Macy Gray has become one of modern soul and R&B’s most instantly recognisable voices.
But Australia has always had a particularly strong history with Macy.
Long before the US fully caught on, Australian audiences embraced her breakout album On How Life Is, while I Try became an absolute monster locally – helping cement Gray as one of those artists whose songs somehow became woven into the cultural wallpaper of the early 2000s.
And based on her own comments, she definitely remembers.
“Australia! The band and I have always had a ball down under and we can’t wait to see you all again!” Gray shared in a statement.
“This time, I’m heading to places I’ve never been before and will get to see so much more of your beautiful country.”
“We’re going to be performing all the songs you want to hear, plus a few from my new album – The Trouble with the Truth. Australia will be the first audiences to hear tracks from the new album live so get your dancing shoes ready and come along and party with us at a show near you!”
Expect the setlist to pull heavily from across her catalogue, including I Try, Still, Do Something, Sexual Revolution, Sweet Baby and selections from the forthcoming album – including her latest single, a rework of I’m Too Sexy.
Which means yes: there’s a very real chance someone will hear I Try live and immediately be transported back to 2001.
Peep all the dates and details down below,
Macy Gray – The Encore Tour (Australia) 2026
- Fri 11 Sept — Hamer Hall, Melbourne VIC
- Sat 12 Sept — Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide SA
- Sun 13 Sept — Shepparton Entertainment Centre, Shepparton VIC
- Mon 14 Sept — Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury NSW
- Wed 16 Sept — Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul NSW
- Fri 18 Sept — Wrest Point, Hobart TAS
- Sat 19 Sept — The Station, Newcastle NSW
- Sun 20 Sept — Tacking Point Tavern, Port Macquarie NSW
- Thu 24 Sept — Coliseum Theatre, Rooty Hill NSW
- Fri 25 Sept — Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW
- Sat 26 Sept — Woodport Hotel, Erina NSW
- Sun 27 Sept — Tamworth Town Hall, Tamworth NSW
- Wed 30 Sept — Southern Cross Club, Canberra ACT
- Fri 2 Oct — Townsville Civic Theatre, Townsville QLD
- Sat 3 Oct — CPAC, Cairns QLD
- Wed 7 Oct — Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton QLD
- Thu 8 Oct — Beach Road Hotel, Byron Bay NSW
- Fri 9 Oct — Concert Hall QPAC, Brisbane QLD
- Sat 10 Oct — C.ex Club, Coffs Harbour NSW
- Sun 11 Oct — Shoal Bay Country Club, Shoal Bay NSW
Also appearing in Margaret River WA – click here to join the waitlist for this show
Venue and ticket outlet database members can secure tickets first during the exclusive pre-sales from 9.00am local times on Monday 1 June.
General Public tickets for Macy Gray – The Encore Tour go on sale at 9.00am local times on Wednesday, 3 June 2026 from macygraylive.com.au.
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