The Kid Laroi’s re-routed tour of Australia will visit arenas across the country this November.
Announced Monday (Aug. 5), Laroi will embark on a seven-city, eight-date tour starting Monday, Nov. 11 at Gold Coast Home Of The Arts, before moving on to Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and wrapping up Nov. 29 and 30 at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.
Migos founding member Quavo and controversial west Sydney drill unit OneFour will join the singer and rapper on the trek, produced by TEG Live.
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The rescheduled jaunt replaces an earlier, trans-Tasman stadium visit that was penciled in for February 2024, but was subsequently shelved.
“I’M COMING BACK HOMEE & BRINGING SOME FRIENDS WITH ME,” he writes on social media. “Thank you for being so patient with me & I’m sorry that this took so long. I love you guys beyond words & I promise we’re gonna make this special!!!!!!”
Raised in inner-city Sydney, now based in Los Angeles, the singer, songwriter and rapper last played arenas in Australia in May and June 2022, for his End of the World Tour, produced by Handsome Tours and TEG Live.
The First Time Australia Tour will support Laroi’s debut full-length LP of the same name, which dropped Nov. 10 through Columbia/Sony Music, and opened at No. 3 on the national ARIA Chart. Album track “Girls” last week nabbed a piece of history, by being recognized with the very first Australian Chart #1 Award, celebrating homegrown successful on the Australian charts.
General public tickets will go on sale from Aug. 8 at 1pm local time via ticketek.com.au.
As a teen, the Gadigal-born artist with Kamilaroi roots smashed records on the elevator to the top. His debut mixtape F*ck Love from 2020 went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 a full year after its release. Aged 17 at the time Laroi (born Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard) was the first solo male Australian to hit No. 1 since Keith Urban’s Fuse in 2013.
When F*ck Love (Savage) ruled over the ARIA Albums Chart in February, 2021, the Kid was anointed as the youngest Australian solo artist to do so, at 17 years, 5 months and 22 days.
Along the way, he’s accumulated a collection of awards includes ARIAs and NIMAs, several Billboard Music Awards and a Grammy Award nomination for best newcomer.
The Kid Laroi’s “The First Time Australian Tour 2024“
Nov. 11 — Gold Coast Home Of The Arts, Qld
Nov. 14 — Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Qld
Nov. 16 — Sydney Commbank Stadium, NSW
Nov. 20 — Perth Rac Arena, WA
Nov. 24 — Adelaide Entertainment Centre, SA
Nov. 27 — Hobart Mystate Bank Arena, Tas
Nov. 29 + 30 — Melbourne Rod Laver Arena, Vic
*Supported By Quavo And OneFour
