Lenny Kravitz has a spring in his step, a zing in his mindset.
The legendary American rocker will play all the hits and some fresher cuts from Blue Electric Light, his 12th and latest studio album, when he visits Australia this November for a long-overdue arena tour.
“I’ve always loved Australia. I had some of my best memories on tour there years ago, and I haven’t done it properly in so long,” he tells Rolling Stone AU/NZ from his studio, set in paradise in the Bahamas.
Produced by TEG Live, the domestic lap of Kravitz’ ‘‘Blue Electric Light Tour 2025’ will visit Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Melbourne, and stop by Mildura, for his first visit to the regional Victorian spot, before wrapping up with a performance at the bp Adelaide Grand Final.
The “Fly Away” singer is apologetic that Perth isn’t on this itinerary, but he has plans to make amends.
“So, this is the first of many,” he tells RS, “I’m going to continue. There won’t be a break between this album and the next album, really. Because I’ll be touring this album for another year through next summer. So, it’ll be two years of touring Blue Electric Light. Then there might be a couple of months [off] and then I’m going to drop the next record. So I’ll come back again. This is the first time back in, but I’m going to make this a regular thing. We don’t have time to not keep going.”
The four-time Grammy Award winner is, somehow, firing on all cylinders despite being a dozen albums deep, having signed his first record deal back in the late ‘80s.
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“I’m not jaded. I’m still hungry, I’m still inspired. More than ever. That’s the thing, that’s what keeps me going. What keeps me inspired is that I’m hearing the music, and, you know, I suppose if I wasn’t hearing, that would be that, right? But it flows, and it flows beautifully. It’s such a blessing.”
Being inspired tells only part of the story. Kravitz’ creative cup runneth over. The multi-hyphenate has more than one music project mapped out, include a tie-in with film. The next record, he enthuses, is “a whole different thing. It’s much more raw and dirty. I never repeat what I’ve done.” Blue Electric Light, he recounts, was “a very clean production. I mean, it was funky and it was rawness in its mood and the way I play, but this next record is very loose, very loose.”
An entirely new, and young, generation of fans discovered Kravitz through his portrayal of the sophisticated Cinna in The Hunger Games films. That was more than a decade ago. Since then, the rocker contributed the anthemic “Road To Freedom”, a song he wrote, performed, and produced for the 2023 Netflix film Rustin, a biopic on the human rights advocate Bayard Rustin and his pivotal role in America’s civil rights movement.
“I was honoured to write the song for that film,” he explains. Kravitz is “absolutely” ready for his next journey in cinema. “I’m gonna make my own film for the album that comes after the next one.”
Before all that, Kravitz will settle in for a residency at Las Vegas’ Dolby Live from August 1st, followed by a run of US festivals and that long haul to Australia and New Zealand.
Lenny Kravitz 2025 Australia & New Zealand Tour
Information on tickets to New Zealand shows is available here, and for Australian shows here.
Saturday, November 15th
Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Tuesday, November 18th
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday, November 19th
Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, NSW
Friday, November 21st
Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Tuesday, November 25th
John Cain Arena, Melbourne, VIC
Friday, November 28th
Sporting Precinct, Mildura, VIC
Saturday, November 29th
bp Adelaide Grand Final, Adelaide, SA
