Lorde is coming residence. The New Zealand-born pop visionary has introduced the Australasian leg of her Ultrasound World Tour, scheduled to happen throughout arenas in Australia and New Zealand in February 2026.
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The extremely anticipated run marks Lorde’s first headline reveals in her residence area since 2022 and follows the discharge of her critically acclaimed fourth studio album, Virgin.
The tour begins at Auckland’s Spark Area on Feb. 11, adopted by a cease in Christchurch on Feb. 13. Australian followers will get their probability to see Lorde when she performs Brisbane Leisure Centre on Feb. 16, Sydney’s Qudos Financial institution Area on Feb. 18, Melbourne’s Rod Laver Area on Feb. 21, and Perth’s RAC Area on Feb. 25. Presale tickets for Frontier Members go dwell Thursday, July 17, at 2 p.m. native time, with normal public gross sales beginning 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 Photo voltaic Energy. Launched on June 27, the brand new LP debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 71,000 models earned in its first week, in line with Luminate — a marked enchancment over Photo voltaic Energy’s first-week efficiency.
The album additionally delivered Lorde her second No. 1 on Billboard’s Prime Album Gross sales chart, shifting 42,000 copies within the U.S. and incomes her greatest gross sales week since 2017. Vinyl was a driving pressure, with 31,000 copies bought — her finest vinyl week ever — serving to Virgin additionally debut atop the Vinyl Albums chart, her first chief there.
Virgin was preceded by Might’s Billboard Sizzling 100 high 40-debuting lead single “What Was That,” her first entry within the chart’s higher area since 2017, and her high-profile function on Charli XCX’s culture-shaking “Lady, So Complicated” remix in 2024. The album sees Lorde embracing a bolder, extra eclectic sonic palette, with critics praising its sharp lyricism and bold manufacturing as a rebirth following the extra muted reception of Photo voltaic Energy.
The Ultrasound World Tour has already earned rave opinions in North America, with the singer’s upcoming Australasian dates promising a career-spanning setlist, pertaining to all the pieces from the minimalist beats of Pure Heroine to the vivid highs of Melodrama, the earthy heat of Photo voltaic Energy, and the genre-pushing experimentation of Virgin.
Lorde’s final run of Australasian dates in 2022 bought out inside minutes, and along with her present chart momentum, demand for the Ultrasound reveals is anticipated to be simply as fierce.
Virgin is out now by way of Republic Information, with a number of deluxe editions and unique vinyl variants out there.