The Reytons set the bill for their return Down Under

Seven dates run from Perth to Auckland between late November and early December, with British indie artist Casey Lowery opening as the Rotherham band’s wider 2026–2027 world tour gathers pace after Irish and UK arena shows this month.

The Reytons have confirmed that British indie artist Casey Lowery will support their Australian and New Zealand dates in November and December 2026. The announcement, made around 1 October, locks in the opening act for a seven-date run that returns the Rotherham indie-rock band to the region as part of a broader world tour already under way.

The Antipodean itinerary opens at Perth’s Magnet House on 27 November, then moves to Adelaide’s Lion Arts Factory on 29 November. December brings Brisbane’s The Brightside on 3 December, Sydney’s Metro Theatre on 4 December and Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre on 5 December, before the band cross to New Zealand for Wellington’s San Fran on 7 December and Auckland’s Tuning Fork on 8 December. Tickets are on sale through the band’s official site and local promoters.

From Rotherham estates to arena stages

Formed in Rotherham in 2017, The Reytons built their reputation on a direct indie-rock sound and a run of early EPs and singles that led to their debut album, Kids Off the Estate, released on 12 November 2021. That record debuted at number eleven on the UK Albums Chart. The second album, What’s Rock and Roll?, followed on 20 January 2023. Further full-lengths arrived in quick succession: Ballad of a Bystander and Clifton Park in 2024, then Roll The Dice in 2025, alongside singles including Nineteen Crimes, Guilt Trip and One More Reason.

The current line-up is frontman Jonny Yerrell, lead guitarist Joe O’Brien, bass player Lee Holland and drummer Jamie Todd. That steady membership has underpinned the climb from club rooms to the larger venues the band are now playing on the 2026-2027 itinerary. The Australian and New Zealand leg sits inside a world tour that already includes Irish and UK arena dates this month: Dublin on 9 October, Belfast on 10 October, Hull on 16 October, Edinburgh on 17 October, Cardiff on 23 October, London on 24 October and Manchester on 30 October. Further shows are scheduled for Japan and Europe, with a UK festival appearance lined up for 2027.

Support and the road ahead

Lowery’s selection as support places a British indie voice whose music draws from Radiohead and Coldplay on the same bill. His work explores themes of love, mental health, grief and self-discovery — material that sits comfortably beside a headliner whose own catalogue has moved from estate anthems to a broader rock vocabulary across five albums in four years.

For a band still only a decade old, the scale of the present tour marks a clear shift. The early EPs — It Was All So Monotonous and K.O.T.E. in 2017, Alcopops & Charity Shops in 2018 — and the first charting album now look like the foundation for venues of this size. The Australian and New Zealand dates are a return rather than a first visit, and pairing them with a named support gives local audiences a full evening rather than a headline set alone.

What remains is the ordinary business of a working band on the road: the Irish and British arena run this month, the long haul to Perth at the end of November, and the Japan and European legs still to come before the 2027 festival date. The support announcement settles the bill for the southern-hemisphere stretch; the rest of the route is already mapped on the band’s official tour page.