Lizzo snubs Brisbane on Australian tour: Full schedule and details here

Lizzo has disappointed Brisbane fans as she announces her Australian tour dates and Splendour in the Grass headline performance.

It‘s official – Brisbane has been given the cold shoulder by Grammy-award-winning songstress Lizzo on her upcoming Australian tour.

The announcement of her stand-alone Special tour down under on Wednesday has stirred up excitement among fans, but disappointment for Brisbane-based enthusiasts who will miss out on the live performance.

Lizzo‘s much-anticipated tour, which is scheduled for July, will kick off at Perth’s RAC Arena on July 14, followed by Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on July 17, and Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on July 23. The final show of her tour will take place at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Wednesday, July 26, giving Kiwi fans a chance to see the superstar in action.

Lizzo’s tour announcement

Lizzo isn‘t the first high profile artist to snub Brisbane during their Aussie tour, with Harry Styles opting to perform on the Gold Coast over Brisbane during his nationwide tour in late February.

Styles was originally scheduled to perform at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in late 2020, having performed at the venue during his last visit in 2018, before ongoing Covid restrictions led to the tour’s cancellation.

When Styles locked in new Australian dates, with his rising popularity upgrading him to a stadium tour, Major Events Gold Coast – an arm of the City of the Gold Coast – launched a bid with promoter Live Nation to lure Styles to the Gold Coast.

Harry Styles’ recent Sydney concert

Joining Lizzo on all her tour stops will be the talented Australian singer Tkay Maidza, who was also a supporting act for Dua Lipa on her Australian tour in 2022.

The talented artist‘s 2022 album Special has been well-received and has spawned a string of hit singles, including About Damn Time, which earned Lizzo the coveted Grammy for Record of the Year.

Another chart-topping single from the album, 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready), has become a staple on Sydney’s WorldPride playlist.

Lizzo performs at this year’s Grammys.

Tickets for Lizzo’s Australian tour are set to go on sale next week.

The ‘About Damn Time’ singer is also set to headline the highly anticipated Splendour in the Grass festival at North Byron Parklands in July 21.

The first tickets for the festival, are slated to be released at 9am on Friday, March 23, with hundreds of fans across the country eagerly counting down the hours.