{"id":1955438,"date":"2025-08-12T06:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1955438"},"modified":"2025-08-12T06:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:38:36","slug":"ethel-cain-announces-australia-new-zealand-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ethel-cain-announces-australia-new-zealand-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethel Cain Announces Australia &#038; New Zealand Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"143\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/ethel-cain-unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-luigi-mangione-70942\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ethel Cain<\/a> will bring her \u2018Willoughby Tucker Forever\u2019 tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2026, adding local dates to her sold-out global tour.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"406\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The tour starts at Auckland Town Hall on February 14th, then continues to Melbourne\u2019s Palais Theatre (February 16th and 17th), Sydney\u2019s Hordern Pavilion (February 21st), Brisbane\u2019s Fortitude Music Hall (February 25th), and finishes at Fremantle Arts Centre (February 28th).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"1036\">Frontier Member pre-sale starts Wednesday, August 13th at 11am local time, with general tickets on sale Monday, August 18th via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/frontiertouring.com\/ethelcain\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1033\" target=\"_blank\">frontiertouring.com\/ethelcain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1413\">The tour follows Cain\u2019s new album, <em data-start=\"1073\" data-end=\"1114\">Willoughby Tucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You<\/em>, which has earned raves from everyone from <em data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1164\">The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0to <em data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1191\">The Wall Street Journal<\/em>. The record serves as a prequel to her 2022 debut <em data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1302\">Preacher\u2019s Daughter<\/em>, telling the story of Cain\u2019s first love, Willoughby Tucker, in what\u2019s described as a \u201chumid, laden romance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1650\">\u201cI produced and recorded the album over the past year in my studios in Daleville, Alabama, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, and Tallahassee, Florida,\u201d Cain said. \u201cSome of the songs date back to the very beginning of the Ethel Cain project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1652\" data-end=\"1906\">Cain\u2019s North American and European tour legs sold all 170,000 tickets within weeks earlier this year. She\u2019ll headline some of her biggest shows yet, including New York\u2019s Radio City Music Hall, Los Angeles\u2019 Shrine Auditorium and London\u2019s Eventim Apollo.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1908\" data-end=\"2271\">The Florida-born multidisciplinary artist (real name Hayden Anhed\u00f6nia) broke out with her 2021 EP <em data-start=\"2006\" data-end=\"2014\">Inbred<\/em>, recorded in the basement of an old Indiana church. Her debut <em data-start=\"2077\" data-end=\"2098\">Preacher\u2019s Daughter<\/em> cemented her status as one of the most compelling new voices in music, leading to collaborations with Florence + the Machine, Mitski, Givenchy, Miu Miu, and Calvin Klein.<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"2273\" data-end=\"2393\">For full tour details and ticket info, head to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/frontiertouring.com\/ethelcain\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2390\" target=\"_blank\">frontiertouring.com\/ethelcain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2273\" data-end=\"2393\">Ethel Cain\u2019s last Australian shows were in mid-2023, when she performed at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/must-see-vivid-live-2025-76158\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney\u2019s Vivid LIVE<\/a> and Hobart\u2019s Dark Mofo festivals, amongst other dates.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ethel Cain - Janie (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yql3dmU3Iiw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"2273\" data-end=\"2393\">Ethel Cain 2026 Australia &amp; New Zealand Tour<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em>Presented by Frontier Touring and Penny Drop<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em>Frontier Member pre-sale via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/frontiertouring.com\/ethelcain\" target=\"_blank\">frontiertouring.com\/ethelcain<\/a> runs 48 hours from Wednesday, August 13th (11am local time) or until presale allocation exhausted<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em>General on sale begins Monday, August 18th (11am local time)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, February 14th<br \/><\/strong>Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, NZ<strong><br \/><\/strong>Lic. All Ages<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Monday, February 16th<br \/><\/strong>Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC<br \/>Lic. All Ages<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tuesday, February 17th<br \/><\/strong>Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC<br \/>Lic. All Ages<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, February 21st<br \/><\/strong>Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW<strong><br \/><\/strong>Lic. All Ages<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Wednesday, February 25th<br \/><\/strong>The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD<strong><br \/><\/strong>18+<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, February 28th<br \/><\/strong>Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA<strong><br \/><\/strong>18+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethel Cain will bring her \u2018Willoughby Tucker Forever\u2019 tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2026, adding local dates to her sold-out global tour. The tour starts at Auckland Town Hall on February 14th, then continues to Melbourne\u2019s Palais Theatre (February 16th and 17th), Sydney\u2019s Hordern Pavilion (February 21st), Brisbane\u2019s Fortitude Music Hall (February 25th), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1955439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[162400,343074,343075,343076],"class_list":["post-1955438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-ethel-cain","tag-ethel-cain-australia","tag-ethel-cain-new-zealand","tag-ethel-cain-tour"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ethel-Cain-Announces-Australia-New-Zealand-Tour.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}