RESTRICTED Tour 2026

RESTRICTED Australia 2026: The Return Tour Confirmed

Rhys Sfyrios, the Adelaide-raised DJ who performs as RESTRICTED, has announced a six-city Australia and New Zealand run for September 2026. The tour follows his 2025 collaboration with Teletech that sold 17,000 tickets in minutes across the east coast; the 2026 return is bigger in both venue scale and geographic spread. Two of the six shows are being staged at undisclosed venues, with locations to be released closer to the dates.

He closed out Saturday night at EDC Las Vegas 2025, with his stage reaching capacity and fire marshals called in to manage the crowd. He has headlined Creamfields UK and Dreamstate Australia, and his Beatport chart run across 2024 and 2025 included number-one entries on the hardcore and neo rave charts for "Tunnel Vision," "WTF?," "FCKIN LOUD," and "Hardcore (Give Me a MFkin Breakbeat)." The 2026 Australian tour is the biggest headline run of his career to date.

Tour Dates

The tour is presented by radar., the Australian hard dance promoter behind Radar Festival in WA. The Auckland and Adelaide venues will be announced closer to the dates; past hard techno "secret location" events in Australia have typically been revealed seven to fourteen days out, via SMS and email to ticket holders.

Tickets

Pre-sale opens Tuesday 21 April 2026 at 9am local time (7pm NZST). General on-sale follows Wednesday 22 April 2026 at 9am local time (7pm NZST). Pre-sale access requires registration via RESTRICTED's tour website.

Ticket prices were not published at the time of announcement. For reference, comparable Australian hard dance headline shows in 2025 priced general admission between $90 and $130 before fees at venues like the Hordern Pavilion and PICA. The outdoor bookings (Graham St, Burswood Park, Sydney Showground) are likely to sit at the upper end of that range, particularly with tiered release pricing.

A note on resale. RESTRICTED's 2025 Australian shows sold out within minutes. Demand for this run will be high, and the resale market will follow. Buy only through Tixel or Megatix's verified fan-to-fan platform if shows sell out; these platforms apply price caps and transfer tickets to the buyer's name, which matters because every venue on this tour enforces ID-matching at the door. Viagogo, Ticketmaster Resale, and The Ticket Merchant routinely list tickets at multiples of face value, and entry is not guaranteed if the name on the ticket does not match the ID presented.

The announcement also flagged a tour giveaway: one winner and two friends will be flown to every Australian show on the tour and placed in the DJ booth with RESTRICTED during each set. Entry runs through his Instagram and requires following, tagging, and story shares.

What to Expect

RESTRICTED's sets draw from the harder end of dance music: hardstyle, hard techno, industrial, rawstyle, and hardcore, with crosspollination between them inside a single set. His 2024 and 2025 festival appearances settled into a consistent shape: wall-of-sound bass, four-on-the-floor kicks running above 150 BPM for extended stretches, and drops that pull from early hardstyle (Showtek, TNT) and merge them with raw industrial aesthetics and vocal edits.

Expected track selection on the 2026 tour is likely to draw from his 2024 and 2025 catalogue along with new 2026 releases. "Tunnel Vision," "WTF?," "FCKIN LOUD," "Rockin' to the Rhythm," and "Hardcore (Give Me a MFkin Breakbeat)" are safe inclusions based on setlist.fm data from recent shows. "Pump This Party" with Junkie Kid and "Crowd Operator" are newer additions likely to get airings. The 2026 run will also likely feature unreleased IDs; RESTRICTED has used Australian tours historically to road-test new material before official release.

Setlists are unconfirmed. This is speculation based on recent patterns, not a published tracklist.

Support acts have not been announced. RESTRICTED's 2025 Australian tour rotated Doruksen, Jowi, Mara, Todv, Nik Sitz, and Kiara Friend across dates. Whether any of those names return, or whether this tour introduces new supports, is currently unknown. Expect lineup reveals in the weeks leading up to the shows.

RESTRICTED's 2025 Hordern Pavilion show ran full festival-scale lighting and LED walls. The move to larger outdoor venues this time around (Graham St, Burswood Park) and the Sydney Showground points to a larger production rig. Full details are unconfirmed until closer to the tour.

The Venues

Graham St, Port Melbourne (Sat 19 Sep)

An open-air venue beneath the West Gate Freeway underpass, used repeatedly by Intercell and other techno promoters across 2024 and 2025. The format is concrete floor, towering bridge overhead, industrial bleed. The crowd skews heavily toward dedicated hard dance listeners rather than casual festival attendees. Capacity runs in the low thousands.

Transport: closest tram is the 109 (Port Melbourne line) to Beacon Cove, then a 15-minute walk. No direct train access. Post-show rideshare is the practical option. Last tram services from Port Melbourne toward the CBD run until roughly 1am on weekends; factor this in if the set runs late.

Sydney Showground (Fri 25 Sep)

The Dome at Sydney Olympic Park holds up to 10,000 for hard dance events. Teletech Australia used the venue in August 2024 with a full production rig that filled the room. The space is cavernous, with sound carrying evenly across the floor and enough room to absorb capacity crowds without bottlenecking.

Transport: the Olympic Park rail line from Central or Lidcombe runs dedicated event services. Last trains from Olympic Park on Friday nights typically run until 1am but check the timetable close to the date. Rideshare surge from Olympic Park after midnight is steep; trains are almost always the better call.

Burswood Park (Sat 26 Sep)

An open-air parkland venue on the Swan River foreshore, next to Optus Stadium. A Day on the Green uses it regularly for large seated shows; capacity for electronic events here typically runs 8,000 to 15,000 depending on the configuration. Expect an outdoor festival-style setup with ground stage and open standing.

Transport: Perth Stadium Station is a ten-minute walk from Burswood Park, and event tickets generally include Transperth travel for three hours before and after the show. Check the ticket conditions once prices are released. Driving is possible with free parking at the Crown Perth carparks (P3, P6, P8), but the walk back across the park post-show is the catch.

Eatons Hill Hotel (Sun 27 Sep)

The Grand Ballroom at Eatons Hill holds 2,200 standing, with a mezzanine for elevated viewing. It is the smallest room on the tour by capacity. The venue sits 25 minutes north of Brisbane CBD in a suburban pocket.

Transport: no direct train access. Closest is Strathpine Station on the Caboolture line, then a 338 bus, Uber, or taxi for the remaining distance. Brisbane City bus routes 357 and 359 run to Eatons Hill; check TransLink for event-night timetables. Parking on-site is very limited. For a Sunday night set, the genuine concern is post-show transport back to the city; rideshare wait times at 1am in Eatons Hill have historically been 20 to 40 minutes.

Auckland and Adelaide (secret locations)

Announcement timing is yours to wait on. If the pattern from recent Teletech and radar. events holds, expect venue reveals seven to fourteen days before each show via direct communication to ticket holders. Both shows will likely be warehouse-style or industrial spaces consistent with the tour aesthetic, but this is speculation until confirmed.

Practical Notes

Earplugs. Hard dance PA systems run loud. RESTRICTED's 2025 sets at PICA and the Hordern Pavilion had sustained SPL well above 100dB across multi-hour runs. Flat-attenuation musician's earplugs (Loop Experience, Eargasm, or Etymotic ER20XS) cut roughly 15 to 20dB without muddying the sound. Cost is $20 to $50. For a four-to-six hour event where the headliner plays 90 to 120 minutes of the loudest material, earplugs earn their cost back in hearing protection on the first show.

Hydration. September is spring in Australia; the outdoor venues (Graham St, Burswood Park) and the Sydney Showground can run warm with dense crowds. Drink water across the night, not just at the start. Most venues have refill stations or discounted water at the bar.

Age restrictions. Every venue on this run enforces 18+ entry with valid government ID. Driver's licence, passport, or keypass. No concessions, no exceptions.

Arrival timing. For general admission outdoor shows, arriving 90 minutes before the headline set is standard for front-barrier access without fighting through the crowd. For Sydney Showground, entry queues build fast; factor in an extra 30 to 45 minutes if you are trying to get in at peak arrival.

Safety. Dense crowds at hard dance shows can compress unexpectedly during peak drops. If you feel uncomfortable with density, move toward the sides or back of the venue. There is no obligation to stay in the crush.

The Shift in Scale

The 2026 tour is a step up from RESTRICTED's previous Australian runs. The 2025 tour was anchored at PICA (roughly 3,000 capacity) and the Hordern Pavilion (roughly 5,500). The 2026 run moves him to Sydney Showground (up to 10,000) and major outdoor events in Perth and Melbourne, which can hold significantly larger numbers.

It is consistent with the broader trajectory of Australian hard dance. Teletech's Australian editions have grown from Home The Venue (around 1,500) in April 2024 to Sydney Showgrounds and Fortitude Music Hall bookings by mid-2026. The audience is no longer niche. Hard dance and hard techno are filling venues that a few years ago were reserved for international arena-scale pop and rock tours.

Whether this continues at this trajectory or plateaus depends on the scene's ability to absorb repeat tours at this scale across 2026 and into 2027. RESTRICTED's September run will be a useful data point.

Finding Others Going to the Same Shows

If you are heading to one of these dates and want to meet others going, or you are travelling interstate and looking for people with similar music taste at the show, Muse matches people attending the same concerts based on their listening history. Useful for solo attendees and anyone extending the night past the set.