Vince Staples announces a 2027 Australian headline tour behind ‘Cry Baby,’ his first solo dates there since 2018
Vince Staples is finally heading back Down Under. The Long Beach rapper has announced a run of Australian headline shows for January 2027 in support of his latest album, Cry Baby, marking his first solo dates in the country in nearly a decade. For fans who have watched Staples quietly build one of the most respected catalogs in modern rap, the return has been a long time coming.
Presented by Untitled Group and Beyond the Valley, the Cry Baby Tour will hit Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, wrapping around Staples’ set at Beyond the Valley, the sold-out Victorian festival where he sits among the headliners. The run marks his first headline shows in Australia since 2018, closing a gap that has stretched across several album cycles.
Behind Cry Baby
The tour supports Cry Baby, Staples’ seventh studio album, released in June via Section Eight Arthouse, Loma Vista, and Concord. That prolific output is the whole story with Staples. While plenty of his peers stretch years between projects, he has kept a steady, uncompromising release pace, treating each album as its own self-contained statement rather than a lap around the same sound.
The consistency shows up on the charts too. His 2017 sophomore album Big Fish Theory debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200, still his highest-charting album to date, and he has continued to land on the chart with each subsequent release, including his 2021 self-titled record, which reached No. 21. Staples has never been a mainstream radio machine, but he has built something arguably more durable, a loyal audience that shows up for the artistry rather than the singles.
Australia has long been part of that story. Staples first toured the country early in his rise, and his return as a headliner reflects how far his stock has climbed since. The January routing, built around a marquee festival slot, is the kind of run reserved for artists with genuine draw rather than novelty, a signal that his standing overseas has only deepened during his time away.
More Than a Rapper
What separates Staples from most of his class is how far his creative reach now extends beyond music. In 2024 he created and starred in The Vince Staples Show, a Netflix comedy series that translated his famously deadpan, offbeat sense of humor into scripted television. The show expanded his profile well past the rap world and proved that his distinctive voice, dry, sharp, and unmistakably his own, carries across mediums.
That crossover appeal makes the Australian dates feel like more than a routine victory lap. Staples arrives as a fully formed cultural figure, a rapper, an actor, and a creator whose fingerprints are all over his work in a way few artists can claim. The Cry Baby Tour is a chance for Australian fans to see that complete package live, from an artist operating at the peak of his powers.
For those looking to go, tickets go on general sale Tuesday, September 1 at 3 p.m. AEST, following an Untitled presale beginning August 31. The confirmed itinerary runs January 2 in Perth at Ice Cream Factory, January 5 in Brisbane at The Tivoli, January 6 in Sydney at Enmore Theatre, and January 7 in Melbourne at Forum, before his Beyond the Valley festival appearance. After nearly a decade away, Vince Staples is coming back to Australia on his own terms.
