Japanese loud-rock band coldrain return to Australia in September 2026 as special guests on Electric Callboy’s TANZNEID World Tour, appearing alongside American metalcore band Ice Nine Kills.

The six-date tour begins at RAC Arena in Perth before visiting Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, then finishing with two nights at Brisbane’s Riverstage. A second Brisbane performance on September 13th was added after the original September 12th show sold out. It is Electric Callboy’s largest Australian headline run to date and arrives immediately before coldrain release their eighth album, ‘OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE’, on September 25th

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Electric Callboy TANZNEID World Tour – Australia – Riverstage, Brisbane – 13 September 2026

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