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AITCH
announces
special guests on
‘4’ Australian tour

Star UK rapper
will be joined by
ELSY WAMEYO
and NERVE
this January

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Aitch

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BRIT Award-winning powerhouse UK rapper Aitch has announced two special guests on his 4 Australian tour for January 2026, presented by Secret Sounds and triple j. Having last toured Australia in 2022, playing to full houses across the country and an adoring crowd at Splendour in the Grass as well as Spilt Milk in 2023, this tour will showcase his spectacular sophomore album 4 alongside nearly a decade of fan favourites.

The 4 tour will commence at Roundhouse, Sydney on Saturday 3 January, followed by Northcote Theatre Melbourne on Sunday 4 January, Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall on Wednesday 7 January, and concluding in Brisbane at Fortitude Music Hall on Friday 9 January.

Confirmed across all dates is is opener Elsy Wameyo and main support, Nerve.

Adelaide’s Elsy Wameyo has emerged as a force to be reckoned with in recent years. Her debut studio album SAINT SINNER is a powerful collection of music that journeys themes of identity and spirituality. It documents a potent and poignant chapter of Elsy’s personal and artistic evolution. Through the turmoil and tumult of young adulthood, navigating the modern world as a Black woman has been a process not without its constant struggles – struggles to find a sense of purpose, clear identity and belonging. SAINT SINNER is an album of reclamation and self-empowerment.

Brisbane star Nerve wears many hats – rapper, producer, singer, emcee, engineer – and has mastered many sounds. His multi-pronged approach to hip-hop has made him one of the most versatile and talented artists in the space, widely expanding his sonic portfolio with each release. He’s appeared on UK tastemaker channels like JDZmedia, hopped on an official remix of Aitch’s #1 single, ‘Taste’, and gone back-to-back live with grime veterans like Flowdan. He’s played Australia’s biggest festivals including Splendour In The Grass, Listen Out & Falls Festival. His ‘Walk & Talk’ series has become a viral display of his rapid-fire wordplay, while tracks like ‘Where You Been’ with ChillinIt and the ‘Nightshift’ EP with Wombat have become underground classics. In recent years, his hit singles like ‘Wasted’, ‘Sunday Roast’ and ‘DFRNT’ have diversified his sound and crossed over into mainstream territory, earning high rotation on triple j, FBi Radio and RAGE. He’s even penned a verse for the official anthem for the A-Leagues (‘Real Nice’ with Tkay Maidza and Young Franco) that gets played every time a goal is scored.

Before the release of 4, Aitch stated, “I’m in this season of reminding people why I’m here in the first place and why I’m in the position I’m in.” 4 triumphantly hit the charts in the UK – #1 in the Independent Albums Chart and #7 in the Official Albums Chart, after singles ‘A Guy Called?’ and ‘Raving In The Studio’ cracked the UK’s Official Top 30 almost instantly. Aitch began 2025 feeling primed for his fourth era, itching to get out there and make people feel something, and will begin 2026 showcasing his powerful live show to Australian audiences.

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AITCH ‘4’
Australian Tour 2026

Presented by Secret Sounds and triple j
with Elsy Wameyo and Nerve

Roundhouse, Sydney; Saturday 3 January
Northcote Theatre, Melbourne; Sunday 4 January
Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide; Wednesday 7 January
Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane; Friday 9 January

For complete tour & ticket information, visit: Here

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Elsy Wameyo / Photo – @kidd_volt

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About AITCH

Aitch’s potent foray into music almost a decade ago delivered inaugural releases like ‘Back To Basics’ (2017) and ‘Straight Rhymez’ (2018), garnering both industry and online virality.

“When I spray that skippy, man comes through militant,” he rapped all those years ago on the former. Aitch carved his industry innings as a wordsmith; it’s a quality that’s etched to his ascendancy. Aitch is cognisant, however, of his atypical decade in music. Gaining notoriety across his late adolescence, he missed out on a conventional coming of age, doing so instead, in the public eye. “I’ve not done the normal young adult life and spent it with my friends doing certain things that they’re doing, but at the end of the day, I’m grateful for everything,” he shares.

After the release of his acclaimed, number two charting debut album Close To Home, Aitch gained another national feat, becoming the first Mancunian to win Best Hip-Hop, Grime and Rap Act BRIT Award, a win he doesn’t take lightly. “It was amazing,” he shares endearingly. “I deserved to win. Everyone got a chance to vote and people showed up for me.” The win follows a debut era that immersed itself in critical success. Album singles “Baby” now a platinum record at home and in Australia, and “My G” gold across UK pastures.

Aitch then spent most of the last two years reclaiming time with friends and family. As an ambassador of the Association for Down Syndrome, he also climbed Kilimanjaro, this January, raising over £160,000 for the cause, exceeding his initial £70,000 target. “I’ll always continue to do charity work, it feels like one of those life accomplishments, something I’ll never forget,” he reflects. Dotted across his brief career recline, Aitch dropped clusters of singles, alongside D-Block Europe, Clavish, and A1 x J1; to him however, his hunger grew. “I feel like the scene’s playing it safe,” he says. Introspectively, he also felt panes from the public, ones forgetting his enormous success and undeniable talent in his rearview. “For lack of a better word, I’m absolutely on smoke,” he asserts.

On his 25th birthday in December, the fourth arc of his career, as he called it, and his adequately inscribed sophomore album 4, were conceived. “I got that itch again, I started to feel like ‘okay, yeah, let’s do this’” 4, and this juncture of Aitch’s career is marked by transparency, honesty, and ultimately letting go. “Four has always been a thing from earlier because my postcode is M40,” he begins. “This will also be my fourth body of work in my book. That’s H2O, Polaris, Close to Home, and now 4. It all just makes sense, I want to give people a piece of where I really come from, a bit of me and where I’m at.” Harrison Armstrong — the man behind the Aitch moniker — displays gratitude as he articulates his reality, cognisant of the enclave of people he sits beside, able to make music for a living. “Let’s just go for it,” he exclaims candidly. He’s also grown into a hyperaware man now, fortified in his thoughts, perceptions, and decisions.

4 sees Aitch on top form, one of the only acts able to make a split decision to craft a new era in a matter of months and ensure quality control remains of highest priority. “I just wanna see people smile,” he says. “I don’t see enough of that and it genuinely makes me sad, I want to see that joy again.” 

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AMNPLIFY – DB