Frontier Touring and Chugg Entertainment are thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of multi-platinum, multi-BRIT, and GRAMMY-nominated British singer-songwriter David Gray, who brings his Past & Present World Tour to audiences this November, performing in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.
Gray’s return follows the January 2025 release of his latest critically acclaimed and 13th studio album, Dear Life. Independently released through his own label, Laugh A Minute Records, in partnership with Secretly Distribution, Dear Life reunites Gray with producer Ben de Vries on what may be the deepest, strangest, loveliest album this pioneering British singer-songwriter has ever delivered. While the album’s foundations were first laid in 2019, production was delayed due to COVID and the rescheduling of Gray’s massive White Ladder Anniversary Tour, which saw him perform to sold-out arenas across Australia in 2022.
Fans can expect an unforgettable live experience this November, as Gray brings his newest album to the stage for the very first time while also diving deep into his rich catalogue – a magical, two hour live show filled with beloved classics such as ‘My Oh My’, ‘Babylon’, ‘Please Forgive Me’, ‘Sail Away’ and many more.
Gray is a multi-million selling arena artist who made one of the bestselling British albums of the 21st century, the blockbuster White Ladder, which pushed his intense and passionate blend of acoustics and electronica into the pop spotlight. Whilst huge stars from Adele to Hozier to Ed Sheeran have acknowledged Gray’s profound impact and influence, Gray himself has continued to plough his own furrow, relentlessly seeking out a purity of expression. Dear Life is a big statement, the work of a driven man obsessively focused on a personal artistic journey.
Recorded in a makeshift Norfolk studio and years in the making, Dear Life is an album of emotional crisis and resolution, mortality and faith, reality and illusion, love and heartbreak, magic, science, loss and acceptance – as heard in singles ‘Plus & Minus’, ‘After The Harvest’, ‘Singing for the Pharaoh’, and ‘Fighting Talk’.
Kicking off his 2025 world tour with a 22-date North American leg, Gray will perform across the UK, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark before arriving in Australia. The Past & Present Tour will begin at Perth’s Riverside Theatre on Tuesday 4 November, before heading to Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre on Friday 7 November. Melbourne’s Palais Theatre will host the show on Sunday 9 November, followed by Sydney’s State Theatre on Wednesday 12 November. The tour will conclude at QPAC Concert Hall in Brisbane on Saturday 15 November.
DAVID GRAY
Presented by Frontier Touring
Tuesday 4 November
Riverside Theatre, PCEC | Perth, WA
Friday 7 November
Thebarton Theatre | Adelaide, SA
Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 12 November
State Theatre | Sydney, NSW
Saturday 15 November
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Concert Hall | Brisbane, QLD