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This week’s live music news is stacked, with TISM, The Living End, Spacey Jane, Jack Johnson and Lamb Of God all adding fresh weight to the Brisbane and Queensland calendar.

Big touring news is piling up across Queensland, with TISM (or is it TSIM?) The Living End, Spacey Jane and Jack Johnson all heading to the pineapple state.

There is a lot moving in Australian live music this week, from cult chaos and regional rock to big outdoor summer shows.

For Queensland music fans, the latest run of announcements is a reminder that the second half of 2026 is already starting to look stacked.

TISM are back, sort of

TISM have announced their first national headline tour in more than 30 years, although naturally they are making everyone work for it.

The Melbourne cult band are currently calling themselves TSIM for the No Mistakes tour, because apparently even the spelling needed a storyline.

The tour includes a Brisbane show at the Fortitude Music Hall on October 17.

It is a very TISM move: annoying, funny, self-aware, and exactly the kind of thing that makes people wonder if they have been spelling the band’s name wrong for two days.

The Living End bring regional rock to the Sunshine Coast

The Living End have also added more noise to the Queensland calendar, with their I Only Trust Rock N Roll regional tour heading to Venue 114 on July 31.

The Sunshine Coast date puts the punk rock trio back in front of regional audiences, with a setlist expected to pull from their new album as well as the big singalong staples, including “White Noise”, “Roll On”, “Second Solution” and “Prisoner of Society”.

The tour also includes Queensland dates in Cairns, Townsville and Mackay, giving the run a proper regional spine.

Spacey Jane lock in two Brisbane Riverstage shows

Spacey Jane are heading back to Australia for a major outdoor tour, with two Brisbane shows locked in at Riverstage on November 26 and 27.

The Heading Back Down Under tour will bring the band home after a huge international run, with Telenova and Armlock joining the national dates.

It is the kind of summer outdoor tour that already feels made for the Riverstage hill: big choruses, group chats, overpriced drinks, and people pretending they are not emotionally attached to every second song.

Jack Johnson returns with Ben Harper and John Butler

Jack Johnson is also returning to Australia in November for the Surfilmusic tour, joined by Ben Harper and John Butler.

For Queensland audiences, the Brisbane Riverstage date lands right in the sweet spot between surf nostalgia, festival memories and parents who still own at least one pair of very serious sandals.

It is a big one for the coastal crowd too, especially with Johnson, Harper and Butler all on the same bill.

Lamb Of God and Trivium bring the heavy end to Brisbane

At the heavier end of the calendar, Lamb Of God and Trivium will team up for a co-headline Australian tour in October.

The run includes a Brisbane Riverstage show on October 11, with Bleed From Within also on the bill.

Between that, TISM, The Living End, Spacey Jane and Jack Johnson, Queensland’s touring calendar is already starting to look less like a quiet year and more like a controlled scheduling problem.

A busy calendar gets louder

From TISM’s deliberately misspelled return to The Living End’s regional run and Spacey Jane’s two-night Riverstage stand, Queensland’s touring calendar is starting to look properly crowded.

Some weeks the live music news trickles in. This one arrived with boots on.