After more than two decades of heartbreak anthems, arena singalongs and emotionally devastating pub playlists, The Script are officially heading back Down Under.
The Irish hitmakers have today announced their Man In The Arena Tour for March 2027, returning for three massive east coast arena shows in what marks their TWELFTH Australian headline run with Frontier Touring (which honestly feels kind of insane when you stop and think about it).
The Script – ‘Man in the Arena’
Kicking off at Brisbane Entertainment Centre on March 23, the tour will then head through Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena before wrapping up at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena later that week.
And if you’ve ever accidentally screamed the lyrics to Breakeven at 1am in an Uber after a breakup, there’s a very high chance you already know these shows are going to be huge.
The announcement arrives alongside the release of the band’s soaring new single Man In The Arena, the first taste of their upcoming album The User’s Guide To Being Human, due out August 14.
Classic Script mega-chorus? Yep. Emotionally charged Danny O’Donoghue vocals? Absolutely. A giant “prove the haters wrong” energy running through the whole thing? Yep.
According to frontman Danny O’Donoghue, the song reflects the idea that stepping into the spotlight – and risking failure publicly – is braver than standing safely on the sidelines criticising others.
Which honestly feels pretty fitting for a band who’ve spent the last twenty years becoming one of modern pop-rock’s most enduring global success stories.
We’re talking six UK #1 albums, eight #1 albums in Ireland, over 14 billion streams, more than 4.5 million tickets sold worldwide and enough emotionally ruinous radio hits to permanently alter the chemistry of millennials everywhere.
The upcoming album also marks another important chapter for the band following 2024’s Satellites, which saw O’Donoghue processing the devastating loss of longtime bandmate Mark Sheehan, who passed away in 2023.
Following that album cycle and global arena run, O’Donoghue says he found himself creatively re-energised almost immediately – jumping straight back into writing with collaborators behind some of the band’s biggest ever songs, including Hall Of Fame, Breakeven and The Man Who Can’t Be Moved.
And judging by Man In The Arena, they’re very much swinging for the rafters again.
“We can’t wait to take our worldwide tour back to Australia again,” O’Donoghue shared. “We have such a long-standing friendship with our fans and Frontier Touring, it feels like home away from home. Get ready for another banging show!”
Tou can pre-order the album HERE, or suss their tour dates down below.
The Script – Australian Tour 2027
- Tuesday March 23 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD
- Thursday March 25 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
- Saturday March 27 – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE
via frontiertouring.com/thescript
Runs 45.5 hours from: Wednesday 27 May (11am local)
or until presale allocation exhausted
TICKETS ON SALE
Begins: Friday 29 May (9:30am local time
ALL SHOWS LIC. ALL AGES
Further Reading
The Script Guitarist Mark Sheehan Has Died, Aged 46
Post Malone Is Bringing His ‘BIG ASS World Tour’ To Australia
