Country fans, get ready, Canada’s most exciting new export, Cameron Whitcomb, is heading to Australia and New Zealand for the very first time. Announced today, The Hard Way Tour will bring Whitcomb’s gritty, high-energy live show to five cities across the region in May 2026.
Armed with a voice as raw as his lyrics and a backstory that reads like a movie script, the 22-year-old singer-songwriter is set to perform headline dates in Auckland, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney. Known for hits like Medusa, Quitter, Hundred Mile High and The Devil I’ve Seen, Whitcomb has amassed over 600 million streams and now boasts over 6 million monthly Spotify listeners, and counting.
Tour Dates:
- Tuesday 5 May – Powerstation, Auckland NZ – ticketmaster.co.nz
- Thursday 7 May – The Gov, Adelaide SA – oztix.com.au
- Saturday 9 May – Forum, Melbourne VIC – ticketek.com.au
- Tuesday 12 May – The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD – ticketmaster.com.au
- Friday 15 May – UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney NSW – moshtix.com.au
All shows are 18+
- Frontier Members Presale: Monday 20 October (11am local time)
- General On Sale: Tuesday 21 October (12pm local time)
Fresh off the release of his debut album The Hard Way, Whitcomb is winning fans over with fearless storytelling and genre-blurring sounds that mix country, folk, alt-rock and pop-punk energy. The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Country Albums chart and features standout singles Quitter and Medusa, both of which continue to rack up millions of weekly streams worldwide.
Critics are calling his shows “explosive”, “emotionally charged”, and “unmissable”, and with good reason, Whitcomb is the kind of performer who can pull off a stadium-sized ballad and a backflip in the same set. His live show has already made waves in North America and Europe, with sold-out headline runs and multiple festival slots under his belt.
Raised in British Columbia, Whitcomb first turned heads with his 2024 breakout EP Quitter, written in the wake of a life-changing decision to leave a pipeline job at 17 and pursue music full-time. Now, with The Hard Way certified Gold in Canada and a global fanbase behind him, his southern hemisphere debut is shaping up to be one of 2026’s must-see tours.
Expect a setlist packed with fan favourites like:
- Quitter
- Medusa
- Love Myself
- The Devil I’ve Seen
- Options
- Fragile
- Hundred Mile High
- The Hard Way
Whether you’re in it for the heartbreak anthems, the raspy vocals, or just want to see what 600M streams’ worth of buzz looks like live, The Hard Way Tour is your chance to catch Cameron Whitcomb at full force.