A$AP Rocky Adds Five Australia and New Zealand Dates to Don't Be Dumb Tour
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A$AP Rocky is coming back to Australia and New Zealand. The Harlem rapper announced five arena shows for December, the local leg of his Don’t Be Dumb World Tour — his first time playing the region in eight years.
The run opens Saturday, Dec. 5, at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. It moves to Sydney’s Afterpay Arena on Dec. 9, crosses to Auckland’s Spark Arena on Dec. 12, returns to Australia for the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Dec. 14, and wraps Thursday, Dec. 17, at Perth’s RAC Arena. Live Nation is promoting the five-date swing.
Artist, Vodafone and Mastercard presales begin Wednesday, Oct. 14, at noon local time, with more presale windows to follow during the week. General tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 16, at 1 p.m. local time. VIP packages are also on offer.
The Oceania dates follow the tour’s 25-date European and UK leg, described in the announcement as sold out across 19 countries. According to Live Nation, that run set several regional records, including the fastest-selling rap show in Greece and the biggest arena sales for a rap artist in Zagreb, Belgrade and Sofia.
The tour supports Don’t Be Dumb, Rocky’s fourth studio album and his first full-length in eight years. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in January with 123,000 equivalent album units — his third chart-topper and his first in more than a decade — and topped Australia’s ARIA Hip-Hop/R&B Albums chart. Guests include Tyler, the Creator, Doechii, Gorillaz, Brent Faiyaz, Thundercat and will.i.am, and the cover art came from filmmaker Tim Burton.
Rocky broke through with the 2011 mixtape Live.Love.A$AP and topped the Billboard 200 with At.Long.Last.A$AP in 2015 and Testing before Don’t Be Dumb. He co-chaired the 2025 Met Gala and has appeared in the A24 films Highest 2 Lowest and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
