{"id":380777,"date":"2025-12-30T16:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/380777\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:54:08","slug":"bic-runga-returns-to-australia-with-first-new-album-in-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/380777\/","title":{"rendered":"Bic Runga Returns To Australia With First New Album In 15 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strap yourselves in, nostalgics \u2013 Bic Runga<\/a> is finally coming back to Australia. And it\u2019s not just a polite little visit\u2026 it\u2019s a full-blown national tour with new music in tow, and New Zealand musician\u00a0Silicon<\/a>\u00a0(aka Kody Nielson, the brother of Unknown Mortal Orchestra\u2019s Ruban Nielson)\u00a0on support duties.<\/p>\n

After quietly working her magic in Paris over the past year, the Kiwi songwriting legend has announced the Red Sunset Tour, hitting Aussie stages this April to celebrate her first album of all-new original material in 15 years. Yep. FIFTEEN.<\/p>\n

Bic Runga \u2013 \u2018Red Sunset\u2019<\/p>\n

The tour will see Bic glide through five capital cities, serving up songs from her forthcoming album Red Sunset (out Friday, February 13, 2026) alongside the classics that raised us all \u2013 \u2018Drive\u2019, \u2018Sway\u2019, \u2018Beautiful Collision\u2019, \u2018Get Some Sleep\u2019 and all the ones that make you stare out a bus window pretending you\u2019re in a movie.<\/p>\n

As for the new record? Red Sunset was recorded in Paris during the winter of 2025 and marks Bic\u2019s first full album of original material since 2011\u2019s Belle. The title track \u2013 out now \u2013 is a heart-on-its-sleeve torch song about longing, distance and being the one left behind, co-produced by Bic alongside Kody Nielson.<\/p>\n

It follows earlier singles \u2018It\u2019s Like Summertime\u2019 (a nostalgic love letter to childhood friendships) and \u2018Paris in the Rain\u2019, which was literally written while watching torrential rain lash the Louvre and recorded on a historic 1807 French Pleyel piano (because of course it was).<\/p>\n

Bottom line? If you grew up with Bic Runga soundtracking your teenage heartbreaks, awkward car trips, or very serious bedroom cry sessions \u2013 this tour is going to absolutely ruin you in the best possible way.<\/p>\n

Peep all the details down below.<\/p>\n

BIC RUNGA \u2013 RED SUNSET AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2026<\/p>\n

with special guest Silicon<\/p>\n

Thursday 9 April \u2013 Northcote Theatre, Melbourne<\/p>\n

Saturday 11 April \u2013 Princess Theatre, Brisbane<\/p>\n

Sunday 12 April \u2013 City Recital Hall, Sydney<\/p>\n

Tuesday 14 April \u2013 Canberra Theatre, Canberra<\/p>\n

Thursday 16 April \u2013 Freo.Social, Fremantle<\/p>\n

Tickets on sale now at livenation.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Further Reading<\/p>\n

Love Letter To A Record: Quails On Bic Runga\u2019s \u2018Drive\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

R3HAB And Amy Shark Unite To Share Fresh Take On Bic Runga\u2019s \u2018Sway\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Silicon Booted From Laneway Festival Tour For Allegedly \u201cKissing A Cop\u2019s Gun\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strap yourselves in, nostalgics \u2013 Bic Runga is finally coming back to Australia. And it\u2019s not just a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,204976,6522,44,40173,245],"class_list":["post-380777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bic-runga","tag-new-music","tag-news","tag-silicon","tag-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}