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Cyndi Lauper, seen here performing at the Glastonbury Festival in England, 2024, is touring Australia in 2025 on her farewell tour.

The 25 best concerts to see in Brisbane in 2025

These are the biggest rock, pop, hip-hop and country concerts coming to town that you need to know about – and book ASAP.

  • Nick Dent

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Cabinet papers 1994: In a November 1994 cabinet meeting, Queensland treasurer Keith De Lacy recommended the construction of the first section of what would eventually become the Gabba’s 360-degree bowl of seating and the installation of the stadium’s light towers.

Gabba, Gabba, deja vu: Cabinet papers show stadium schism back in 1994

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Around the Queensland cabinet table three decades ago, Brisbane stadiums were firmly on the agenda.

  • Cameron Atfield
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner (right) with Andrew Liveris, president of the Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic Games.

‘Rewriting history’: Schrinner adamant new stadium was always planned

The lord mayor has rejected claims Brisbane was never meant to have a new Olympic stadium. And he wants all options considered – even Albion, again.

  • William Davis
Luke Combs has forced the Brisbane Roar out of Suncorp Stadium.

An American country music star exposes Brisbane’s stadium gap

Had the original plan for the 2032 Olympics been followed, both Luke Combs and the Brisbane Roar could play on the same night in future.

  • Cameron Atfield
From 2025, Suncorp Stadium will be able to permanently hold 12 concerts a year.

Suncorp Stadium’s concert count doubles after two-year trial

The number of gigs at the stadium will increase permanently to 12 a year after most local residents were “very much in favour”.

  • Courtney Kruk
The NRL’s Magic Round will take place this weekend.

‘Overwhelming public support’ for new Suncorp Stadium plan

Queensland premier Steven Miles has backed the proposal after more than 80 per cent of surveyed residents voted in favour.

  • William Davis
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A devastated 11-year-old Carter McPherson on the train home from Suncorp Stadium.

‘Carter is in tears’: Origin fans turned away from Suncorp Stadium, blame ticket hack

Nicola Healey was turned away at the gates of Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night with her young son, and now believes her Ticketek account has been hacked.

  • Marissa Calligeros
Taylor Swift performing at the MCG in February.

Brisbane was poised to host multiple Taylor Swift Eras shows. Then there was trouble in Japan

Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras tour was booked to come to Brisbane this year, but it was Tokyo – not the lack of a venue – that caused the star to give Queensland a miss.

  • Cameron Atfield
Steve Walters got a real honour.

Cocaine bust at Magic Round forces Suncorp Stadium corporate suite to be evacuated

A NSW man was arrested during the NRL Magic Round in Brisbane for allegedly possessing cocaine, prompting a corporate suite to be evacuated.

  • Cloe Read and Adam Pengilly
Crowds outside Suncorp Stadium during Magic Round in 2023.

Festivals, football and free transport for Brisbane’s big weekend

Some inner-city streets will be closed as thousands of people turn out to major events, most notably the NRL’s Magic Round at Suncorp Stadium.

  • Sean Parnell

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