After more than a decade away, Australian underground rock band The Drones are reuniting for a special one-off tour of Australia in 2026.

The tour comes after the band – including Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin – briefly returned to the stage in June 2025 to play two intimate fundraiser sets at Melbourne’s Croxton Bandroom. Both shows sold out in just 20 minutes.

Now, to meet demand, they’ve announced a run of national dates, featuring songs spanning their seven studio albums. The tour will kick off on August 8th in Darwin, before stops in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, and Castlemaine.

Liddiard and Kitschin will temporarily step away from their newer project Tropical Fuck Storm, which they formed in 2017, to take part in the tour. They’ll be joined by Dan Luscombe, Christian Strybosch, and Steve Hesketh.

The Darwin performance will go on sale to Friends of the Festival on 22 May, with general public tickets on sale 25 May. Save the date!