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Maisie Peters announces intimate 'Before the Bloom' theatre shows in Sydney and Melbourne - March 2026
28 Jan 2026Celebrating the announcement of her much-anticipated third studio album, Florescence, Maisie Peters today confirms her return to Australia with two intimate shows in Sydney and Melbourne this March, part of a global ‘Before The Bloom’ theatre run.
These will be the singer’s first performances down under since a sold out run of Australia and New Zealand in 2024. Co-produced with 2x Grammy Award winner Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, Beyoncé, Chris Stapleton) and featuring duets with Julia Michaels and Marcus Mumford, the new album arrives two years after her chart-topping breakthrough The Good Witch. Florescence arrives on Friday 15 May and is available to pre-order here, alongside a trailer directed by Amelia Dimoldenberg.
Fresh from her intimate, instantly sold-out shows in London and New York, Maisie is marking the album announcement with the new run of dates, designed to mirror Florescence’s closeness and vulnerability. Kicking off in Sydney and Melbourne, the tour will travel through Europe, the UK, America, and Canada.
Tickets to the Sydney and Melbourne shows go on sale Tuesday 3 February (3pm local time) via frontiertouring.com/maisiepeters. Frontier Members can access the Members presale from Monday 2 February (3pm local time) – see website for full details.
After a whirlwind few years that saw Maisie open for Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Conan Gray, and Noah Kahan, headline her own world tours, and make her Glastonbury debut, she found herself almost constantly on the road. By the end of 2024, the pace had become unsustainable, affecting Maisie physically and mentally, and so she made the decision to step back – pressing pause on the popstar carousel and returning home to reconnect with her life offstage. That quieter chapter gave her space to reset, grounding her not just as a person, but as an artist. It was during this time that the emotional heart of Florescence quietly took shape.
That return to herself was reflected not only in her life, but in the music. Led by her love of storytelling, Maisie headed to Nashville, where she wrote and recorded much of the album. Reuniting with longtime collaborator Ian Fitchuk – whom she first worked with in 2020 – felt like a natural fit. Together, they crafted the album’s warm, textured sound, with Fitchuk supporting Maisie as she stepped into the role of co-producer for the first time.
Drawing from the aftermath of the relationship explored on The Good Witch, as well as the love story she’s now living - having fallen in love with her high school sweetheart – Florescence reflects on how the right love can help heal the wrong ones. It’s an album about perspective, self-realisation, healing, and ultimately, learning how to flourish.
“These 15 tracks depict a blossoming of myself from ages 23 to 25 and a blossoming of a true, real love that anchors both me and this record. It tells the story of the last few long winters, with all of their villains and thorns, heartbreaks and rains, and it leads you, by the end, into a perfect English spring, into the hope and catharsis that comes when the first wildflower blooms,” shares Maisie. “This album feels like a true representation of healing, of finding hope, peace, and strength not just in somebody else, but in yourself. It is knowing that there was a point to all the sadness of before, and the point is the woman you see in this mirror now, and the person you see by her side.”
Stay tuned for Maisie’s new single, ‘My Regards’, out Friday 6 February.