Renowned for her elegant, elastic voice, Berlin-based, Danish-born singer, songwriter, producer, and classically trained pianist Agnes Obel announces her long-awaited return to Brisbane in September, marking her first shows in Australia since her sold-out 2022 tour.
After a five-year break from the foreground, Obel returned to stages in 2025 with her European tour that sold-out shortly after announce, and included a date at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall. The intimate live performances comprised of songs from her acclaimed studio albums: Philharmonics, Aventine, Citizen of Glass, and Myopia were accompanied by brand-new tracks, which offer a glimpse of new material to come.
Her tour begins at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Concert Hall, Brisbane on Thursday 24 September 2026, followed by Hamer Hall, Melbourne on Saturday 26 September 2026 and Sydney Opera House, Sydney on Sunday 27 September 2026; before heading to Aotearoa on Tuesday 29 September at Te Paepae Theatre NZICC, Auckland, marking her only second ever show in New Zealand.
Agnes Obel's poised and melancholic chamber pop draws from the same atmosphere-heavy well as cinematic spellcasters, but with a succinct aura of Scandinavian refinery.
An evocative blend of alternative, neo-classical, pop, jazz and electronic production found mass success in Europe on the strength of the platinum-selling Philharmonics and Aventine. Both albums were written (with the exception of a John Cale cover), performed and produced by Obel herself. Pure, austere, and remarkably poised, the pristine mix of instrumentals, atmosphere, melancholy balladry and unique production was both a critical and commercial success.
Her ambitious 2016 release, Citizen of Glass, introduced ghostly electronics, voice modulation, and a late-'20s monophonic synthesizer called a Trautonium into the mix, helped to establish her on a world-wide basis as both a songwriter, artist and producer.
In 2018 Agnes signed with Deutsche Grammophon (and Blue Note Records in the United States). Later the same year Obel curated a Late Night Tales compilation, featuring original music and poetry.
2020 saw Obel release her fourth full-length studio album, Myopia, and once again, just like her previous album trilogy, was entirely self-written, recorded and produced by Obel herself in her home studio in Berlin. Extensive world touring followed across 18 countries throughout Europe, United Kingdom, United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Obel’s music is a mainstay in the world of TV, cinema, gaming and fashion. Including usage in the likes of The Last of Us, True Detective, Big Little Lies, and Dark Souls III. "Riverside", "Fuel to Fire", "The Curse", "September Song", "It’s Happening Again", "Familiar"… the list of tracks adored by fellow creatives goes on.
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