Loyle Carner announces Navy Blue as special guest on his hopefully ! world tour

MELBOURNE (THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2025) – LOYLE CARNER has announced support for his hopefully ! world tour. Confirmed to open for Loyle Carner across all Australasian shows is American rapper, producer and skateboarder Navy Blue. Known for his introspective lyrics and soulful production, he’s released several acclaimed albums including Àdá Irin and Ways of Knowing. He’s collaborated with artists like Earl Sweatshirt, Wiki, and features on Loyle Carner’s track ‘purpose’ on his new album hopefully !. These will be Navy Blue’s debut shows in Australia and New Zealand.  

Loyle returns to Australia and New Zealand this November & December for the first time since 2023, performing in Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth plus a sold-out performance at On The Steps at Sydney Opera House Forecourt. Final tickets are on sale now for all shows.

Loyle Carner’s new album hopefully ! showcases the groundbreaking British artist as you’ve never seen or heard him before. A life-affirming exploration of fatherhood, childhood and alternative music, the album is buoyed by a positivity and lightness of touch achieved in large part by stepping out of your comfort zone. In a series of firsts - singing, producing, accidentally forming the band of his dreams - Loyle Carner cultivates healthier boundaries, whilst also allowing his audience in (the album’s moving artwork features his muse of a son, who can also be heard throughout the record).

A musician, writer, director, producer, entrepreneur and actor, Loyle Carner first emerged with 2013’s A Little Late EP, and has since forged a signature blend of unflinching, diaristic lyricism with ambitious, genre-disruptive sounds. His debut album, 2017’s Yesterday’s Gone, untangled personal experiences of grief, and the pressures of coming-of-age; 2019 follow-up, Not Waving, but Drowning, further showcased Loyle’s ability to set lithe rap against old-soul wisdom. A cathartic turning point proved to be 2022’s hugo: a taut, textured exploration of Black identity and anger, which also secured his second Top 3 album. Having been twice shortlisted for the Mercury Prize - and scored further BRIT and NME Award nominations - Carner has earned an impassioned worldwide following, with 1.1B streams, campaigns with global brands (YSL, New Balance, Nike) and sold-out shows including Alexandra Palace, Wembley Arena, Eventim Apollo, O2 Academy Brixton and Royal Albert Hall in his beloved London hometown alone.  This journey climaxed in a headline appearance at All Points East’s 35,000 capacity Victoria Park last summer, which hopefully ! emerged in the wake of.

Sunlight streaming through the window, hopefully ! signals a new era in which Loyle Carner continues to push the boundaries of his art (and himself). A passionate advocate around his experiences of dyslexia and ADHD - notably founding the Chilli Con Carner cookery workshops - last year he received an honourary doctorate from UAL in recognition of his powerful rise thus far. He was also recently confirmed to make his acting debut in Mint, a BBC drama from BAFTA-nominated Scrapper director Charlotte Regan, with further exciting visual projects to follow. In an always-unpredictable career, Loyle Carner’s work has remained as affectingly personal as it is uplifting and universal. Now a decade in, his impact has never been clearer: the same local hero, now rightly regarded as one of the UK’s most vital voices.

For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.livenation.com.au & www.livenation.co.nz    

hopefully !
A WORLD TOUR BY LOYLE CARNER 
WITH SPECIAL GUEST NAVY BLUE
Presented by Live Nation and supported by Double J (AU)

AUCKLAND TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND
SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER – LOW TICKETS

FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE
TUESDAY DECEMBER 2 – LOW TICKETS

ON THE STEPS AT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE FORECOURT, SYDNEY 
THURSDAY DECEMBER 4 – SOLD OUT

SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL, MELBOURNE 
SATURDAY DECEMBER 6 

METRO CITY, PERTH 
TUESDAY DECEMBER 9 

FINAL TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW

For complete tour and ticket information, visit: loylecarner.com, www.livenation.com.au & www.livenation.co.nz