Royel Otis Announce 2025 Arena Shows Across Australia

Royel Otis are heading home. The Sydney indie-pop duo have unveiled dates for their biggest Australian tour yet, set to kick off this October in support of their upcoming sophomore album, Hickey.

The four-show run, titled Meet Me In The Car, will open at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on Friday, Oct. 17, before heading to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Monday, Oct. 20. From there, they’ll take the stage at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Friday, Oct. 24, and wrap things up in Perth at the Ice Cream Factory on Wednesday, Oct. 29.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, July 14, at 10 a.m. local time, following a Frontier Members pre-sale beginning Thursday, July 10, at 10 a.m. local time.

The tour coincides with the Aug. 22 release of Hickey via OURNESS/Capitol Records, the highly anticipated follow-up to the duo’s breakout debut PRATTS & PAIN (2024). Their first album saw them claim a top 10 ARIA debut, notch multiple ARIA Awards including Best Group.

So far, the band has previewed the new album with the single “Moody,” co-written with Grammy-winning songwriter Amy Allen and produced by Blake Slatkin (Gracie Abrams, Omar Apollo, Charli XCX). “It’s a song about a girl,” Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic said matter-of-factly when asked about its meaning.

Their latest track tops a Billboard chart for the first time as “Moody” climbs to No. 1 on the Adult Alternative Airplay tally dated July 12, surpassing the No. 2 peak of their cover of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor,” which reached No. 2 on Alternative Airplay in July 2024.

Prior to “Moody,” the Sydney duo scored their highest placement on Adult Alternative Airplay with “If Our Love Is Dead,” which peaked at No. 39 in January. They are also the first act to earn an initial No. 1 on Adult Alternative Airplay in 2025, following James Bay’s “Up All Night” with The Lumineers and Noah Kahan, which spent a week at the top last October.

Since forming in 2019, Royel Otis has logged two career top 10s on Alternative Airplay, with “Murder on the Dancefloor” joined by the No. 10-peaking “Sofa King” in November 2024.

This homecoming tour follows a whirlwind year on the global stage for Royel Otis. In addition to performing at festivals like Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, and Governor’s Ball, the duo embarked on sold-out headline shows and even made waves with an impromptu DJ set at Beyond the Valley in Australia. Before returning Down Under, they’ll take their “Meet Me in the Car” tour across North America.

“It’s always different. It’s like building a cake,” Maddell told Rolling Stone AU/NZ of their collaborative writing process, with Pavlovic adding, “We’ve got a little bit of time away to just work on some music.”

Hickey arrives Aug. 22.