{"id":921735,"date":"2026-10-09T10:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921735\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:38:16","slug":"powderfinger-reunion-aussie-band-announces-reunion-tour-16-years-after-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921735\/","title":{"rendered":"Powderfinger reunion: Aussie band announces reunion tour 16 years after split"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian rock band Powderfinger<\/a> are getting the band back together for a reunion tour 16 years after they dismantled. <\/p>\n

The band, widely regarded as one of Australia\u2019s most beloved and celebrated musical groups<\/a>, announced they will be reforming for \u201csome shows around Australia from September next year\u201d in a video posted to the band\u2019s social media. <\/p>\n

\"Powderfinger<\/p>\n

Australian rock band Powderfinger are getting back together for a reunion tour 16 years after breaking up. \u00a0Instagram\/@powderfinger_bandofficial<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always said that, if we were going to get back together to do some shows, that you guys would be the first to know,\u201d frontman Bernard Fanning said in the video.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to build something pretty special just for you guys,\u201d guitarist Darren Middleton chipped in. \u201cWe\u2019ll see you from the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans and fellow musicians took to the comments to express their excitement and support. <\/p>\n

\u201cGuys I really feel like this could fix everything,\u201d one fan wrote. \u201cAussie internet: broken. Happiness: slowly creeping back.\u201d <\/p>\n

Five Seconds of Summer band member and fellow Aussie Ashton Irwin also commented on the post, writing: \u201cso excited!!!!!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

The caption of the post pointed to the band\u2019s official website and told fans to set their alarm clocks for 6am on October 12, presumably the date more information about the tour will be made available. <\/p>\n

The announcement comes just days after mysterious clues<\/a> started popping up around the country, hinting at the band\u2019s return. <\/p>\n

\"Powderfinger<\/p>\n

The band is widely regarded as one of Australia\u2019s most beloved and celebrated musical groups.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n

Digital billboards appeared in Sydney, Melbourne and the band\u2019s hometown of Brisbane with a cipher that highlights words related to the band\u2019s history, including \u201cALBUMS: 7\u201d, \u201cTOURS: 35\u2033 and \u201cFESTIVALS: 12\u201d.<\/p>\n

That hint came shortly after the official Powderfinger Instagram began following an account called @thereturnoftheelectrichorseman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That is undoubtedly a reference to (Return of) The Electric Horseman, the final track on the band\u2019s 1996 album Double Allergic, which turned 30 years old last month.<\/p>\n

That account has shared photos of the billboards, writing: \u201cI see your signs on the street now. Do you?\u201d<\/p>\n

The hints sent fan\u2019s into a frenzy. <\/p>\n

Powderfinger split after their final show in 2010.<\/p>\n

Four of the band\u2019s five members briefly reunited during a surprise set at Splendour in the Grass<\/a> in 2017, and all five last reunited virtually<\/a> during the pandemic for a charity concert in 2020.<\/p>\n

Powderfinger formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drummer Jon Coghill<\/p>\n

In 2017, Fanning\u00a0denied the band were getting back together.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoing that is completely different to making a record, or going on tour and also restarting something that we put to bed seven years ago,\u201d he told Forte<\/a> after their Splendour performance.<\/p>\n

He clearly has changed his mind! <\/p>\n