Linkin Park will make a grand return to Australia next year, with the group plotting their first dates Down Under in 13 years.
The newly-announced run of dates will be Linkin Park’s first of 2026, with the group performing at arenas in the capital cities of Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney from early to mid March.
These shows will be the band’s first in Australia since their visit as part of the 2013 Soundwave Festival.
Having toured the country in support of every album up to 2012’s Living Things, the band did not include Australia on the itinerary for 2014’s The Hunting Party tour, and no Aussie dates were scheduled for their One More Light world tour at the time of vocalist Chester Bennington‘s passing in July 2017.
The 2026 Australian dates will be taking place as part of Linkin Park’s ongoing From Zero World Tour. Launching in September 2024, the tour is the band’s first with new vocalist Emily Armstrong
“I’m on cloud nine, but then it hits you that there’s a lot of work to be done,” Armstrong told Billboard following the announcement of her joining the group. “And going into these [older] songs, by a singular voice that’s beloved by so many people — it’s like, ‘How do I be myself in this, but also carry on the emotion and what he brought in this band?’”
“It’s Chester’s voice, and it’s mine, but I want it to still feel the way I feel when I listen to the song, because that’s what the fans love,” she added. “There is a passion to it that I’m hoping I can fill.”
Linkin Park – From Zero World Tour, 2026 Australian Dates
March 3 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD
March 8 – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
March 14 – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
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