Beyoncé has finally announced her Cowboy Carter tour, but with no dates confirmed yet, Australian fans are left wondering—is she finally coming back Down Under?
It’s been over a decade since Beyoncé last toured Australia, for her 2013 The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, which grossed $40 million across Australia and New Zealand.
If past patterns are anything to go by, Cowboy Carter could be next.
Her I Am… World Tour hit Australia in September 2009, with stops in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. Four years later, The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour followed a similar schedule, running through October and November 2013.
She drew nearly 220,000 fans across ten highly acclaimed shows in Australia and four in New Zealand, marking it her biggest tour in this part of the world. In Perth, the final show of The Mrs. Carter Show tour drew 14,758 fans, breaking the Perth Arena’s attendance record for a single concert at the time that had previously been set by Pink months prior.
In Auckland, Bey’s tour was the fastest-selling tour of the year for Vector Arena, and also set a new attendance record for the venue for a solo artist. The singer drew 44,596 over four nights, breaking the previous record set by Roger Waters.
While her Renaissance tour skipped Australia entirely, Beyoncé’s tendency to tour in Q3/Q4 suggests that a late 2025 Australian leg would align with her past touring cycles.
But there’s another reason Beyoncé might be making a country detour to Australia—the numbers don’t lie.
Recent Spotify data confirms that Australia has the third-largest country music market in the world, behind only the U.S. and Canada, and it’s the fastest-growing. Beyoncé’s country pivot hasn’t just resonated overseas—it’s made a huge impact locally.
When Cowboy Carter dropped in April 2024, it debuted at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, marking Beyoncé’s fourth #1 album in Australia after Beyoncé (2013), Lemonade (2016), and Renaissance (2022). Not only that, but by July 2024, the album was still holding strong on the ARIA Top 40 Country Albums Chart, proving Aussie fans were fully locked into her country era.
With that level of demand, a Cowboy Carter tour stop in Australia makes complete sense.
While whispers of a performance at the MCG in late 2024 never materialised, speculation is already mounting that Beyoncé could be gearing up for an even bigger stadium run this time.
Given that Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran have recently shattered attendance records in Australia, Beyoncé has every reason to set her sights on similar stadium venues. For now, there’s no official word—but if there’s one thing we know about Beyoncé, she loves a surprise. If she’s coming, expect an announcement when you least expect it.
Australian BeyHive, keep your wallets ready—this might just be the tour we’ve all been waiting for.
