Two titans of the alternative world are officially heading down under, with Florida heavyweights A Day To Remember and Californian rock lifers Papa Roach teaming up for a massive national arena run in 2026. The aptly named BIG ROCK TOUR will bring both bands back to Australia next April, joined by French metalcore powerhouse LANDMVRKS for an all-in, no-holds-barred triple bill of riffs, screams and festival-level energy.
A DAY TO REMEMBER & PAPA ROACH BIG ROCK TOUR
SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2026 – RAC ARENA, PERTH
MONDAY 6 APRIL 2026 – AEC ARENA, ADELAIDE
WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 2026 – ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE
FRIDAY 10 APRIL 2026 – QUDOS BANK ARENA, SYDNEY
SUNDAY 12 APRIL 2026 – BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE
WEDNESDAY 15TH APRIL – SPARK ARENA, AUCKLAND
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The tour kicks off Saturday 4 April in Perth, before rolling through Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and wrapping up in Auckland on Wednesday 15 April. This isn’t your standard rock tour — it’s a full-scale, arena-shaking collision of three generations of heavy music, each bringing their own flavour of chaos.
For A Day To Remember, this run lands at the peak of their global momentum. Since forming in the early 2000s, they’ve blurred genres with their addictive blend of pop punk melodies and punishing metalcore breakdowns, becoming one of the most influential bands of the past two decades. Every one of their eight full-length albums has stormed to #1 on Billboard’s Rock, Indie or Alternative Charts, and with nearly 2 billion worldwide streams and arena-sized anthems like The Downfall Of Us All and All I Want, their live reputation is undeniable. After spending 2025 touring relentlessly across Europe, North America and South America — and appearing at Knotfest Australia, Slam Dunk, Hellfest and more — the band enters 2026 with fire in their lungs and a fanbase that only grows hungrier.
Papa Roach, meanwhile, continue to redefine resilience. Three decades into their career, the Vacaville legends remain one of the most dynamic and adaptive forces in modern rock. From their 1997 debut to the genre-shifting hit Last Resort, which became the soundtrack to an entire era, the band has mastered reinvention without losing their core bite. Eleven studio albums, countless global tours and a catalogue stacked with 26 Top-10 hits and 12 #1 singles prove that Papa Roach are far from legacy act territory — they’re still evolving, still swinging hard, and still delivering explosive live shows that leave crowds wrecked in the best possible way. Their last Australian visit with The Used in 2023 reminded fans just how ferocious and charismatic the band remains.
Rounding out the lineup is LANDMVRKS, one of Europe’s most exciting modern metalcore exports. Known for their blistering heaviness, emotional depths and razor-sharp hooks, the Marseille outfit has been steadily rising through the ranks since forming in 2014. Their latest album, The Darkest Place I’ve Ever Been (2025), pushes their sound even further into dark and cathartic territory, and after a successful Australian headline tour earlier this year, they return armed with bigger crowds, bigger riffs and even more devastation.
Three bands. One arena tour. Zero survivors. The BIG ROCK TOUR is shaping up to be one of 2026’s most unmissable heavy music moments — a full-scale celebration of everything loud, emotional, defiant and alive.
Prepare to scream until your lungs give out.
There’s a bunch of presale options to get your tickets early. General pre-sale tickets are on sale Tuesday 9 December @ 11am local time, Spotify pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday 10 December @ 11am local time, and general tickets go on sale Thursday 11 December @ 11am local time.
Registration for early ticket access can be found here. All ticket information can be found here.
