MELBOURNE, AU (August 25, 2025) – Big Time Rush has announced the highly-anticipated addition of 12 more dates on their worldwide tour. IN REAL LIFE WORLDWIDE arrives in Australia in March 2026, returning after a run of sold-out shows last year.
Starting in February 2026, Big Time Rush will return to Mexico & South America for the first time since their sold-out run in 2023. They will return to Australia following their sold-out 2024 run, and the band is set to play their first-ever shows in UAE. The band is also set to perform in Honolulu, HI on March 13, 2026.
BIG TIME RUSH IN REAL LIFE WORLDWIDE will give fans exactly what they’ve long asked for – the band will play every song from every episode of their hit Nickelodeon show, many of which, have never been played live. Rushers will finally get to revisit their favorite moments from the show, plus many more surprises. Katelyn Tarver and Stephen Kramer Glickman, also known as Jo and Gustavo on the show, will be joining the band as support on all tour dates, making for an epic reunion.
Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicked off in Birmingham, AL on July 9. Carlos, Kendall, James & Logan will hit over 70 cities in a career-spanning, worldwide celebration of their hits, their fans & their friendship. The thirteen additional dates cover Mexico, South America, Hawaii, Australia & UAE.
Tickets for Australia go on sale on Friday 29 August at 12pm (local).
TICKETS & VIP Upgrades: Tickets & VIP Upgrades will be available starting with the Big Time Rush Fan Club Presale on Wednesday, August 27. For tickets and more information, go to BigTimeRushOfficial.com.
Big Time Rush Fan Club members will have first access to tickets and VIP Upgrades: starting on Wednesday, August 27. Upgrade packages vary but may include meet and greets, access to the “Palm Woods” VIP lounge, pre-show huddle with BTR and more. For more information on VIP upgrades and to sign up to be a BTR fan club member, go to BigTimeRushOfficial.com
Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Australia. Mastercard Presale starts Wednesday 27 August, 11am (local) and ends Friday 29 August, 11am (local). Plus, Preferred ticket access to some of the best tickets are available from Friday 29 August, 12pm (local). Check out priceless.com/music for details.
The Live Nation Presale starts Thursday 28 August, 11am (local time) until Friday 29 August, 11am (local time) or until allocation is exhausted. To purchase presale tickets, sign up now at livenation.com.au/register.
For complete tour and ticket information, visit livenation.com.au.
“We truly have the best fans in the world and when we sat down to plot this tour we wanted to give them everything they have always asked us for and dreamed of. That’s the reason we are so excited to be going on the road all over the world to play every song from every episode of the TV show. We know how many of our fans hold these songs close to their hearts having first heard so many of them watching our show,” said the band of the brand-new tour. “We couldn’t be more excited to also be bringing our dear friends from the TV show Katelyn Tarver and Stephen Kramer Glickman who we have never gotten the chance to tour with before. We have so many surprises in store for our Rushers for the In Real Life Worldwide tour and can’t wait to see everyone on the road very soon!”
Big Time Rush became an overnight sensation in 2009 from the launch of the Nickelodeon television series Big Time Rush. The show was a huge success and catapulted the group into real-life stardom, as they went on to release 3 studio albums and performed across the globe, including five tours from 2011 to 2014. In June 2020, the band held a surprise virtual reunion to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their smash hit “Worldwide,” resulting in mass hysteria amongst their fans and in the media. In March 2021, all four seasons of Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush were added to Netflix and the band went viral once again, increasing fan demand for an official reunion. Soon after, the band announced they would come together for two special live shows in New York and Chicago, both of which sold-out in a matter of minutes, blowing expectations out of the water and proving the power of the band’s devoted fandom.
Since reuniting, Big Time Rush has completed three back-to-back sold-out tours, selling out venues across the globe, including New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden. Their first new album in over 10 years, Another Life, was released in 2023 to praise from critics and fans alike.
BIG TIME RUSH
IN REAL LIFE WORLDWIDE TOUR AUSTRALIA 2026
Featuring Special Guests Katelyn Tarver & Stephen Kramer Glickman
ICC SYDNEY THEATRE, SYDNEY
TUE 17 MARCH 2026
RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE
FRI 20 MARCH 2026
MARGARET COURT ARENA, MELBOURNE
SUN 22 MARCH 2026
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 29 AUGUST, 12PM (LOCAL)
Live Nation Presale: Thu 28 August, 11am – Fri 29 August, 11am (Local)
For complete tour and ticket information, visit livenation.com.au.
ABOUT BIG TIME RUSH:
Big Time Rush became an overnight sensation in November 2009 when the scripted TV show of the same name launched on Nickelodeon. The show focused on the Hollywood adventures of four hockey players from Minnesota after they were selected to form a boy band. The show became a huge success and later, Carlos, Kendall, James, and Logan came to life as a band off the screen releasing three full length albums and performing across the globe. As the show concluded in July 2013 and after four years of recording music and touring as a band, they went their separate ways but remained close friends through the years.
After 7 years, in an effort to bring joy to their fans during quarantine around the world, the members of Big Time Rush decided to appear together as a group to send a message of love and togetherness. This was soon followed by a socially distant performance of an acoustic version of their smash hit, “Worldwide”. These appearances resulted in hysteria amongst their fans and in the media, followed by BTR receiving 10+ million streams in 2020 alone. Four seasons of the TV show were added to Netflix in March 2021 and have appeared in the Netflix “Top 10” trending titles.
The band finished off 2021 with a performance at iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in Philadelphia as well as 2 sold out shows in Chicago and NYC, capping it off with the release of their first single in 8 years, “Call It Like I See It”.
The power group kicked off 2022 stronger than ever with the launch of their wildly successful, sold-out Forever Tour, as well as all new music, including hit singles “Honey,” “Fall,” and “Not Giving You Up.” The Forever Tour included numerous sell outs including shows in Chicago, at New York City’s legendary Madison Square Garden and on all dates on their Mexico Tour. The tour concluded in early 2023 in South America with shows in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Chile.
Another Life, which was released in June of 2023, was the band’s first new studio album release in ten years and was followed up by a special deluxe version in November. The band’s 2023 Can’t Get Enough Tour sold out amphitheater and arena shows – selling out venues across the US including Los Angeles’s KIA Forum and New York’s Jones Beach on the 39-city run. Across 2022 and 2023 the band’s reunion resulted in over 600,000 tickets sold.
2024 was another incredible year for Big Time Rush, including several sold-out international tours in the UK, Europe, Asia & Australia. The band ended the year with their sold-out holiday extravaganza – Big Time Rush On Ice – bringing their fans together for a first of its kind skating and concert spectacle on ice.
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