Faith No More Confirm 2027 Live Return, Giving Aussie Fans Good Reason To Hope

Australia, we have some ~EPIC~ news…

Mere hours after Faith No More sent fans into collective meltdown with a cryptic social media post teasing “2027”, bassist Bill Gould has now confirmed the unthinkable: Faith No More are officially planning to tour again.

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Yep. After years of uncertainty, cancelled comeback plans, public comments suggesting the band may never return, and enough mixed messages to make fans emotionally retire from speculation altogether, it sounds like Faith No More are finally ready to step back onto a stage.

Speaking on the newly launched Rock Talk podcast with host Jadranka Jankovic Nesic, Gould confirmed the reunion plans in surprisingly direct terms.

“Yeah, we’re gonna do it. We’re gonna play. Yeah, we’re gonna do it.”

That alone would’ve been enough to send the internet into cardiac arrest, but Gould also opened up about why the band feels the timing matters.

“Our music is very physical, and a big concern is, like, pretty soon we’re not gonna be able to do this the way we wrote it,” he explained.

“We wrote it as 20-year-olds and it’s always been very physical… We all kind of decided, like, we think we can do it. I think that we can do it for a few more years, and we can do it the right way, so we’re gonna give it a go.”

Honestly? There’s something pretty beautiful about that.

This doesn’t sound like a nostalgia cash-in or a “let’s do another lap because everyone else is” situation. If Gould’s comments are anything to go by, this feels more like a band recognising they’ve still got enough in the tank to do it properly – and wanting to take that opportunity before time makes the decision for them.

The timing is especially surprising given how bleak things looked not that long ago.

Last year, drummer Mike Bordin said vocalist Mike Patton had been unwilling to play shows, while keyboardist Roddy Bottum admitted he couldn’t really see the band getting back together. Earlier this year, Patton himself appeared to make peace with the idea, saying of the band’s apparent ending: “I don’t see it as a sad thing.”

Which makes this turnaround feel… pretty huge.

Fuel has also been added to the fire by news that Brazilian live entertainment company 30e has signed a long-term agreement with the band.

In a collective statement, Faith No More said: “30e feels like a company that wants to dent the status quo, and as artists we understand the value of that.

“Their approach doesn’t feel like the usual machinery; it feels like it’s coming from a different place, with a different kind of energy, and we are willing to get behind that.”

Faith No More haven’t played a live show since August 2016.

Now, almost a decade after their last performance and seven years after their comeback plans stalled, it sounds like one of alternative metal’s most influential bands is finally preparing to open the vault again.

No dates yet.

But for the first time in a very long time… this one actually sounds real.

And for Aussie fans, the possibility of Faith No More returning to the stage carries an extra layer of significance.

The band haven’t toured Australia since their appearance on Soundwave 2010, while their last proper Australian headline run dates all the way back to 1997 – meaning if Australia ends up featuring in these newly revived plans, it could mark Faith No More’s first local headline tour in 30 years.

That comeback almost happened once already.

The band had announced Australian and New Zealand dates in 2020, with the tour later rescheduled twice due to the pandemic before ultimately being cancelled in 2021 as Mike Patton stepped back to focus on his mental health.

At the time, the band told fans:

“Unfortunately, due to our current challenges, we aren’t going to be ready to perform for the upcoming Australian, New Zealand and European tours.

“To play at anything less than 100% after so long is not an option for us.”

Patton later explained that pandemic-related pressures had intensified existing mental health struggles, while the rest of the band publicly backed the decision.

“We believe that forging ahead with these dates would have had a profoundly destructive effect on Mike,” the band said at the time.

Now, with Gould confirming Faith No More are preparing to play again while they still feel capable of doing it “the right way”, Aussie fans suddenly have something they haven’t had in a very long time: a reason to hope.

Watch this space.

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