Nickelback world tour: the redemption era nobody saw coming

Nickelback has announced a new Nickelback world tour for 2027, a sprawling arena run that will visit more than sixty cities across North America, the UK and Europe, and Australia. The 2027 trek, called "Everything Under The Sun" after the band's eleventh studio album (out October 30 via Virgin Music Group), opens February 6 in Pittsburgh, with English rockers Don Broco joining as direct support across the tour, according to Contactmusic.

It is a victory lap nobody would have predicted five years ago. The Canadian band spent the 2010s as the internet's favorite punchline, then Gen Z did the unthinkable and rehabilitated them. The Netflix documentary Hate to Love: Nickelback spent weeks in the platform's Global Top 10, and the Get Rollin' world tour that followed became the fastest-selling and highest-attended of the band's career. Now the new Nickelback world tour is built to extend that streak — a full-scale arena campaign behind a record that has already produced a chart-topper.

The comeback is being powered by new music, too. The band's explosive lead single "Rattle The Cage," a collaboration with guitarist John 5, is currently No. 1 at Active Rock radio in the U.S., while follow-ups "Leave Me Behind" and "Make Me Love You" lean into a more vulnerable, emotionally expansive side of the record, according to the band's announcement.

From punchline to headliner: a timeline of the comeback

How did the most memed band of the 2010s get here? The rehabilitation happened in stages. It started with the 2022 comeback album, whose supporting tour went on to set the band's all-time marks for ticket sales and attendance. Then the documentary reframed the story for the very generation that grew up on the memes, turning curiosity into genuine fandom and spending weeks on the platform's global charts.

The numbers underneath the story are staggering. The band has moved nearly 65 million albums worldwide and counts more than 50 million monthly listeners, keeping them among the most streamed and commercially successful rock acts on the planet, as reported by Blabbermouth. The John 5-assisted lead single raced to the top of U.S. rock radio, and the two follow-up singles showed the record's softer side. Then, this fall: the new LP arrives October 30, and the Nickelback world tour announcement followed within days — the band's biggest bet yet that the redemption is permanent.

What this Nickelback world tour actually looks like

The Nickelback world tour opens February 6 at Pittsburgh's PPG Paints Arena and works through nearly forty North American dates, with marquee stops at Chicago's United Center, Toronto's Scotiabank Arena, and Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena before the leg winds down May 1 in San Antonio. As reported by JamBase, the itinerary also includes a May 7 show at Mexico City's CDMX Arena and a February 27 stadium date in Tampa tied to the Hondo Rodeo — that one goes without the support act.

The UK and European leg runs May 22 through July 13, opening at Leeds' First Direct Arena and closing at Copenhagen's Royal Arena, with stops in London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Munich, and Milan along the way. The Nickelback world tour then heads to Australia for seven shows, starting October 2 at Perth's RAC Arena and wrapping October 16 at Roche Estate in Pokolbin.

Don Broco's slot makes sense: the two bands already collaborated on "Nightmare Tripping," the title track of Broco's latest album, and the announcement frames the tour as the next chapter in that creative relationship. And the scale tells its own story. The previous outing set the band's all-time records for ticket sales and attendance; this Nickelback world tour stretches across three continents and nine months, billed in the band's own announcement as a "massive global arena run" — the clearest signal yet that they are playing bigger than ever.

How to get tickets before they're gone

The staggered on-sale begins with an artist presale on October 13 at 10am local time, followed by additional presale rounds through the week, ahead of the general public sale on October 16 at 10am local, according to Ticketmaster. In Australia, the rollout includes a Mastercard presale on October 14 plus venue and Spotify rounds, tickets are mobile-only, presales are capped at eight tickets per show (ten in the general sale), and VIP packages with a front-of-stage "Rockstar Lane" option are on offer.

If the last tour is any guide, demand for this Nickelback world tour will be fierce — that run set the band's all-time sales records. Set a reminder for the October 13 presale, make sure your ticketing account is up to date, and decide now whether you need the VIP treatment: the best seats on a redemption tour rarely wait around.

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