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Deftones To Tour Australia And New Zealand For The First Time In Almost A Decade

19th Nov 2025
Written by: Elizabeth McDonald

If your teenage years were soundtracked by fuzzy guitars, hoarse vocals and questionable facial hair, congratulations! 2026 is your year. Deftones have announced a full arena tour across Australia and New Zealand, marking their first proper run here in almost ten years.

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Image Credit: Deftones

The Sacramento metal icons are landing in May with a set that will mix early-2000s nostalgia with tracks from their latest album Private Music. They’re also bringing Interpol and local legend Ecca Vandal along for the ride, which is a very tidy little trio of chaos, moodiness and high-energy.

Deftones Australia And New Zealand Tour Dates 2026

2 May — Sydney, Qudos Bank Arena
3 May — Sydney, Qudos Bank Arena
6 May — Brisbane, Brisbane Entertainment Centre
9 May — Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
10 May — Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
13 May — Auckland, Spark Arena

When Do Deftones Tickets Go On Sale?

General tickets go on sale Friday 21 November at 2pm local time, with earlier presales if you’re keen to lock it in before the rest of the country remembers how obsessed they were with White Pony.

Deftones aren’t exactly a band that phones it in live. Their shows lean into the whole cinematic-but-heavy thing they’re known for, the kind where half the crowd is head-banging and the other half is having a quiet emotional moment.

Expect a mix of the big tracks (Change (In the House of Flies), My Own Summer, Diamond Eyes) plus newer cuts from Private Music. The arena setting is going to hit especially hard for anyone who last saw them in a sticky club venue in the mid-2000s.

And the supports are doing some heavy lifting too.

Interpol Hazel PR
Image Credit: Hazel PR

Interpol will bring the brooding, late-night-New-York energy that pairs weirdly well with Deftones’ louder moments.

Ecca Vandal is always a win—sharp, unpredictable, and the kind of opener that turns up with something to prove.

It’s been a long wait. Deftones fans have been calling for a proper return for years, and getting a full arena tour (instead of a single festival drop-in) feels like a bit of a victory lap. Add in a fresh album and two genuinely interesting supports, and this is easily one of the strongest rock line-ups landing in 2026.

How To Get Tickets

Keep an eye on the presale windows, especially if you’re in Sydney or Melbourne—both cities scored two nights, which is usually a polite way of saying “these will go fast”. If you miss out, well… brace yourself for the group chat scramble. Grab your tickets from Ticketek here.

Main Image Credit: Deftones Website

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