Tove Lo doesn’t do subtle album titles, and her sixth studio record is no exception. “ESTRUS,” a term referring to the reproductive cycle in female mammals, arrives worldwide September 18, and the Swedish pop provocateur is bringing it straight to Australia with a four-city tour in March 2027, her first visit back since the Dirt Femme era.
The Confirmed Australian Dates
Rising Australian pop artist SALTY joins Tove Lo across all four dates. SALTY built momentum through her debut EP “the other side” and singles including “See U In 3,” “Touch Grass” and “The Eye,” and the pairing gives an emerging local act a rare four-city national support slot rather than a single one-off booking.
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2027 | Brisbane | Fortitude Music Hall |
| March 3, 2027 | Melbourne | Margaret Court Arena |
| March 5, 2027 | Sydney | Hordern Pavilion |
| March 7, 2027 | Perth | Ice Cream Factory |
What ‘ESTRUS’ Actually Sounds Like
The album was recorded across Los Angeles, Stockholm and a small Swedish fishing village where Tove Lo spent childhood summers, and it finds her pushing further into propulsive electro-pop, drawing explicitly from The Knife, Robyn and the Swedish indie dance scene she grew up immersed in. It was made with longtime collaborator Ludvig Söderberg alongside Elvira Anderfjärd and Luka Kloser, and features a collaboration with Belgian star Stromae.
Tracks already released ahead of the album, “I’m your girl right?,” “des fleurs” and “DNH”, give a preview of a record continuing Tove Lo’s long-running preoccupation with desire, vulnerability and emotional messiness, themes that have defined her work since “Habits (Stay High)” first broke through internationally.
Why This Tour Announcement Carries Extra Weight
Tove Lo’s own statement announcing the dates leaned fully into the persona her career has been built on: “I love going down under. Australia I’m coming back! It’s gonna be sweatier, dirtier and more emotional than ever.” That kind of directness isn’t marketing polish, it’s consistent with an artist whose entire catalog, from “Talking Body” to “Disco Tits” to “Glad He’s Gone,” has traded in blunt, unfiltered honesty about sex, heartbreak and self-destruction.
The Australian leg is also a genuine step up in scale from her last visit. Her prior Dirt Femme tour played smaller rooms; this run moves her into bigger venues across the same cities, evidence that her Australian audience has grown steadily even between album cycles.
The Global Tour This Fits Into
Australia is just one stop on a much larger ESTRUS World Tour, which begins September 15 in Nashville before working through North America, Mexico, the UK and Europe ahead of the March 2027 Australian dates. That structure, closing out a global album cycle with an Australian run rather than opening with it, is a common pattern for European and North American pop acts, giving Australian fans a set list that’s already been road-tested extensively by the time it reaches them.
How This Tour Compares to Other Scandinavian Pop Exports Touring Australia
| Artist | Australian Tour | Venue Scale | Thematic Signature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tove Lo | ESTRUS Tour (March 2027) | Arenas (Margaret Court, Hordern) | Blunt sexuality, emotional chaos |
| Robyn | Honey era tours | Arenas | Dance-floor catharsis |
| Zara Larsson | Venus tour | Theaters to arenas | Empowerment-driven pop |
| Icona Pop | Club/festival circuit | Clubs, festivals | High-energy party pop |
Tove Lo’s booking into arena-tier venues like Margaret Court Arena and Hordern Pavilion places her ahead of several of her Scandinavian pop peers in terms of Australian venue scale, reflecting over a decade of consistent global hits and a fan base that’s shown it will follow her into bigger and bigger rooms.
What Fans Should Know
Mastercard and artist presales open Friday, September 11 at 9 a.m. local time, running through Monday the 14th, with Secret Sounds and Live Nation presales following before general tickets go on sale September 15 at 10 a.m. Given both the album’s imminent release and Tove Lo’s history of strong Australian ticket demand, fans hoping to catch the tour should expect these presale windows to move quickly.
