PLINI ‘AN UNNAMEABLE DESIRE’ TOUR 2026

In 2026, one of Australia's most prolific live performers will deliver mind-bending musicality across the country with guitarist, producer and composer extraordinaire PLINI today announcing a headline run on home soil, fresh off the release off his hotly-anticipated new album An Unnameable Desire with special guests DELTA SLEEP (UK) for all dates, CENOBIA for Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and NIGHTDIVE for Australian shows only. 

"Excited to bring my biggest production around Australia and New Zealand in August - playing songs from the new album around Europe at the moment has already been insanely fun. And extra excited to have put together a bill of some of my favourite bands!", Plini

Kicking off on Thursday 6 August in Brisbane, PLINI will take his An Unnameable Desire Tour through Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth before heading over to New Zealand for shows in Auckland on Friday 14 August and Wellington on Saturday 15 August.

A groundbreaking and entirely independent artist, globally revered for his dazzling proficiency and trademark amalgamation of progressive rock, metal and guitar wizardry, PLINI has ticked off an eye-watering array of accolades throughout his career, from being nominated for Live Guitarist of the Year in 2018 through to guitar god Steve Vai himself declaring of PLINI's 2016 debut album Handmade Cities that it was "one of the finest, forward thinking, melodic, rhythmically and harmonically deep, evolution of rock/metal instrumental guitar records I have ever heard."

Rapidly ascending a name for himself via his innovative compositions and fret-burning dexterity over the years, PLINI once again showcased his versatility via the recent release of An Unnameable Desire, with the balanced mix of energy, intricacy and serenity throughout the album also offering fans a dive into the talented artist's more whimsical side. Expanding on his acclaimed back catalogue, An Unnameable Desire also dropped surrounding the commencement of PLINI's huge world tour which will find its way down under later this year.

PLINI has released a trilogyvideos of videos taken from the album An Unnameable Desire, ManalaandAfter Everything.

Whether touring with icons like Animals As Leaders, Sleep Token, Periphery and TesseracT, taking out the honour of being the first instrumental act to play UK's Download Festival, headlining or everything in between, a PLINI live show is nothing short of sublime, with his captivating stage presence and otherworldly compositions taking full flight time and time again. Most recently performing for home crowds in 2024, Wall Of Sound praised of his Melbourne performance that "Plini himself is unquestionably a world-class guitarist and composer, as well as a smooth, self-deprecating performer, rolling out the banter and gliding across the stage as his fingers glide effortlessly across the fretboard".

For those who have witnessed the unforgettable experience that a live PLINI show offers in the past, it's no secret that you're guaranteed walk away spellbound in every sense of the word. And this year, Aussie fans can once again bask in the transcendence that is a PLINI headline show.

British math rock quartet DELTA SLEEP will head down under following their 2023 debut Australian headline run. Known for their intricate guitar work and atmospheric melodies, they have been hailed as one of the UK’s most engaging, original and forward thinking groups over the past decade.

Forming in 2010, DELTA SLEEP gained attention through early EPs like Management and Hexes, before releasing acclaimed full-length albums Twin Galaxies (2017), Ghost City (2019), Spring Island (2021) and Blue Garden (2024). Their new single UNREAD is a cathartic power-rock banger - short, bold and straight to the point. They've performed at festivals and headline shows around the world.

Rising alt-metal artist CENOBIA is an enigmatic force to be reckoned with. Hailing from Sydney, the often masked independent solo entity known as CENOBIA rapidly established her magnetic brand of heavy music back in 2025, and has since gone on to generate millions of streams, gain significant attention on TikTok and YouTube, and continues to expand her razor sharp aesthetics and lore with each compelling new release. Summed up by the statement "she writes music for him. He will never hear it", CENOBIA will bring some hypnotic heavy charm to proceedings this August.

Sydney alternative metal newcomers NIGHTDIVE will support PLINI on his Australian leg only. Formed in late 2024 as an online project, shooting demos and riffs to each other via WhatsApp became something more after receiving an overwhelming response to their debut single Diviner. Their debut EP In Quiet Rooms was released in December 2025 was mixed and mastered by Simon Grove (Plini, Intervals, Protest The Hero).

Tickets for the An Unnameable Desire tour go on sale today at 9am local time.
This is a tour you don't want to miss out on.

Tickets on sale today @ 9am local time
https://www.plini.co/anztour