Bic Runga Returns To Australia With First New Album In 15 Years & Massive National Tour

Strap yourselves in, nostalgics – Bic Runga is finally coming back to Australia. And it’s not just a polite little visit… it’s a full-blown national tour with new music in tow, and New Zealand musician Silicon (aka Kody Nielson, the brother of Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson) on support duties.

After quietly working her magic in Paris over the past year, the Kiwi songwriting legend has announced the Red Sunset Tour, hitting Aussie stages this April to celebrate her first album of all-new original material in 15 years. Yep. FIFTEEN.

Bic Runga – ‘Red Sunset’

The tour will see Bic glide through five capital cities, serving up songs from her forthcoming album Red Sunset (out Friday, February 13, 2026) alongside the classics that raised us all – ‘Drive’, ‘Sway’, ‘Beautiful Collision’, ‘Get Some Sleep’ and all the ones that make you stare out a bus window pretending you’re in a movie.

As for the new record? Red Sunset was recorded in Paris during the winter of 2025 and marks Bic’s first full album of original material since 2011’s Belle. The title track – out now – is a heart-on-its-sleeve torch song about longing, distance and being the one left behind, co-produced by Bic alongside Kody Nielson.

It follows earlier singles ‘It’s Like Summertime’ (a nostalgic love letter to childhood friendships) and ‘Paris in the Rain’, which was literally written while watching torrential rain lash the Louvre and recorded on a historic 1807 French Pleyel piano (because of course it was).

Bottom line? If you grew up with Bic Runga soundtracking your teenage heartbreaks, awkward car trips, or very serious bedroom cry sessions – this tour is going to absolutely ruin you in the best possible way.

Peep all the details down below.

BIC RUNGA – RED SUNSET AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2026

with special guest Silicon

• Thursday 9 April – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
• Saturday 11 April – Princess Theatre, Brisbane
• Sunday 12 April – City Recital Hall, Sydney
• Tuesday 14 April – Canberra Theatre, Canberra
• Thursday 16 April – Freo.Social, Fremantle

Tickets on sale now at livenation.com.au

Further Reading

Love Letter To A Record: Quails On Bic Runga’s ‘Drive’

R3HAB And Amy Shark Unite To Share Fresh Take On Bic Runga’s ‘Sway’

Silicon Booted From Laneway Festival Tour For Allegedly “Kissing A Cop’s Gun”