Muse are returning to our shores for two all ages arena shows this December.

The British sci-fi rock trio have regularly looped their way Down Under with each new album release, until 2015's Drones that is. Well, now Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme are correcting that with a December visit.

You'll find the dates below. Tickets are on sale Thursday 10 August and there's a presale on from Monday 7 August, more info at Frontier Touring.

Muse 2017 Australian tour dates Saturday 16 December - Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney (all ages)

Monday 18 December - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (all ages)

"We've actually missed coming there the last four years," Bellamy tells Dylan Alcott for triple j Drive. He says the band are keen to be heading back during the height of the sporty summer.

"Whenever we’re on tour in Australia we go lawn bowling... In England it's really strict; in Australia you can just hang out in shorts, barefoot, drink a beer. We love the cricket [too], we're hoping the Ashes will be on when we're there..."

Unfortunately, it's not a full-blown national tour, but fans in Sydney and Melbourne will be treated to an all ages arena spectacular. You know the drill: bombast, OTT visual effects, and one of modern rock's barmiest, more brilliant songbooks.

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'Knights of Cydonia', 'Hysteria', 'Starlight', 'Uprising', 'Resistance', we could go on but it's definitely worth mentioning Muse's latest single, 'Dig Down', which paves the way for the band's eighth studio album (due sometime next year).

"It's pretty early stages," Bellamy says, explaining the band will piece together the full-length record over a series of "four, maybe five recording sessions" over the next year.

"We went into the studio to record a couple songs earlier in the year and came out with ‘Dig Down’. Gonna go back in October and try and cut another three or so songs. We’re hoping out of that there’ll be another single we can put out, later this year/early next year, and then we’ll do another session.

"I think the next album is going to pretty diverse, work with different producers, maybe collaborate with some other artists."

Beyond their Australian visit, Muse are plotting to brace the final frontier, becoming the first band to play a gig in outer space. So, how's that shaping up?

"You have to ask Elon Musk or Richard Branson, I’m not quite sure where they’re up to with all that stuff. We’re totally down for that but I don’t know if we’ve got our tech together. It’s not as easy as they think. I think you’d probably have to go acoustic, taking the amp and the gear up there…”