Jimmy Barnes to Headline 2027 Red Hot Summer Tour
Jimmy Barnes will headline the 2027 Red Hot Summer Tour, an eight-show outdoor run across Australia from January to March.
The lineup brings together Jon Stevens, Birds of Tokyo, Eskimo Joe, Baby Animals, Chocolate Starfish and Sarah McLeod alongside Barnes, according to details confirmed for the tour Billboard. Stevens will perform his Noiseworks and INXS Collection. McLeod will appear in a new rock duo with drummer Mick Skelton.
The tour opens on Jan. 9 at Mannum Golf Club in Mannum, South Australia. It then moves to Warrnambool Racecourse in Warrnambool, Victoria, on Jan. 16 and Speers Point Park in Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, on Jan. 30.
The February leg covers four states. The run plays Broadwater Parklands in Southport, Queensland, on Feb. 6, Westport Park in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, on Feb. 13, Rochford Wines in the Yarra Valley, Victoria, on Feb. 20 and Country Club Lawns in Launceston, Tasmania, on Feb. 27. It wraps on March 6 at Gateway Lakes in Wodonga, Victoria.
Tickets for all eight dates go on sale at 12 p.m. local time on Oct. 9 Billboard.
Barnes arrives with long chart history in Australia. He holds 22 No. 1 albums on the ARIA chart, the official Australian albums chart, more than any other local act. He is a two-time ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, recognised both with Cold Chisel and as a solo artist. He returned to No. 1 in June 2025 with Defiant, his 21st solo studio album.
For fans, this means one bill built for outdoor stages and long sets, with a headliner and support acts drawn largely from Australian rock radio across three decades.
