RÜFÜS DU SOL ANNOUNCE SECOND SHOWS FOR MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY AFTER PRESALE TICKETS SELL OUT WITHIN HOURS TICKETS ON SALE TODAY AT 12PM LOCAL TIME
Tickets to the anticipated national tour for Grammy-nominated live-electronic trio RÜFÜS DU SOL are set to go on sale today, and presale ticket numbers are off the hook, with the band already selling out their Sydney and Melbourne shows and announcing second shows for Sydney at The Domain on Saturday 3 December, and Melbourne at Flemington Racecourse on Friday 16 December.
This tour will provide the only opportunity for fans to witness the phenomenon that is RÜFÜS DU SOL live in Australia in 2022 and will kick off at Brisbane Showgrounds on November 26, before taking in Sydney’s The Domain on December 2 and 3, Adelaide’s Ellis Park/Tampawardli on December 10 and Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse on December 15 and 16, before finishing up at Perth’s Langley Park on December 17.
Tickets are on sale at midday today via Moshtix.
The Aussie tour announce comes off the back of what has been a mammoth few weeks for the band, dropping their anticipated fourth studio album Surrender which debuted at the top of the ARIA charts last week, picking up ARIA nominations for Best Group and Best Dance Release, performing On My Knees on Jimmy Kimmell Live!, headlining some of America’s biggest festivals Governors Ball (NYC), Austin City Limits, III Points Miami and Outside Lands San Francisco, before kicking off their extensive North American tour this month which will see them play to 70,000 in LA this weekend.
RÜFÜS DU SOL are giving one superfan and a friend the opportunity of a lifetime to go on tour with the band across the first five announced shows in Australia, picking up flights, hotels, VIP tickets and more. Valued at over $10,000, this epic rollout and top prize package delivery is a first for the band, and it was a massive race to the finish line to win the top prize, with thousands of entrants having a crack, and one happy Sydney winner bagging the killer package.
Busy honing their show in the US, Australia is in for a guaranteed treat when RÜFÜS DU SOL are finally able to bring Surrender down under in 2022, offering fans a unique opportunity to accompany them into their world.
Tickets to the Surrender tour are on sale at 12PM local time today BUY TICKETS HERE
Surrender is out now on Rose Avenue and Reprise / Warner Records STREAM / PURCHASE SURRENDER
NATIONAL SURRENDER TOUR
Presented by triple j
SAT 26 NOV | BRISBANE SHOWGROUNDS, BRISBANE, QLD | 18+
FRI 2 DEC | THE DOMAIN, SYDNEY, NSW | 18+ [SOLD OUT]
SAT 3 DEC | THE DOMAIN, SYDNEY, NSW | 18+ **NEW SHOW ADDED
SAT 10 DEC | ELLIS PARK / TAMPAWARDLI, ADELAIDE, SA | 18+
THU 15 DEC | FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE, MELBOURNE, VIC | 18+ [ SOLD OUT]
FRI 16 DEC | FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE, MELBOURNE, VIC | 18+ **NEW SHOW ADDED
SAT 17 DEC | LANGLEY PARK, PERTH, WA | 18+
CELEBRATING WOMEN IN MUSIC WILDFLOWER ANNOUNCES YARRA VALLEY, BRISBANE & HUNTER VALLEY FESTIVAL DATES FEATURING MISSY HIGGINS, KATE MILLER-HEIDKE, KASEY CHAMBERS, SARAH BLASKO, DEBORAH CONWAY THORNBIRD, ALICE SKYE
Celebrating women in music and the return of the live scene, Empire Touring and TEG LIVE are elated to announce Wildflower for 2022, a music festival that will bring together some of Australia’s most prized female singer songwriters at some of the country’s most exquisite locations. Featuring Missy Higgins, Kate Miller-Heidke, Kasey Chambers, Sarah Blasko, ThornBird (Vikki Thorn of The Waifs), Deborah Conway and Alice Skye, the festival will take over Rochford Wines in the Yarra Valley on March 12, before moving on to Riverstage in Brisbane on March 19 and Roche Estate in the Hunter Valley on April 2.
Tickets go on sale at www.wildflowerfestivalaustralia.com.au at 9am local time on Friday 15 October, with a 48 hour Empire Touring presale live at 9am local time on Wednesday 13 October.
“I’m beyond thrilled to be a part of Wildflower. All the women involved are total inspirations and some were actually really big influences on me in the early days of my career,” enthuses Missy Higgins, who is set to drop her new single, Edge Of Something next Friday. “There’s something about being on the road with so many powerful creative women, it’s so rare it kind of creates magic when it happens. I was involved in the second round of Lilith Fair in America about ten years ago and it goes down as one of the best experiences I have ever had, I made lifelong friends out of it. I have no doubt this will be the same, but this time showcasing to the country the huge amount of Aussie talent we have here. An incredible way to get back in to playing live music again, holy moly I’ve missed it.”
“The line-up contains some of my musical and personal heroes, as well as some dear friends, and it’s going to be unforgettable not just for the audience but for us as well,” beams Kate Miller-Heidke. “It’s been a rough couple of years, and I can’t think of a more beautiful catharsis than being a part of this festival. It’s impossible for me to overstate how much I’m looking forward to it. Humans need connection. Wildflower will be a celebration of everything that brings people together. I’m actually choking up slightly at the mere thought of it!”
Masterminded by Empire Touring’s General Manager, Isobel Lanesman, the empowered businesswoman effuses, “Wildflower is here to celebrate women in music, many festival lineups have an underrepresentation of women. It is a time to celebrate women in Australian music – artists, producers, and designers – collaborating to bring together a show of extraordinary talents.”
Tickets to Wildflower go on sale at www.wildflowerfestivalaustralia.com.au at 9am local time on Friday 15 October.
Wildflower will be held with a commitment to a COVID Safe environment. Festival organisers will work closely with and comply with all requirements of the public health authorities. If the show is required to be postponed, a postponement date will be announced and punters will be eligible for a full refund if they are unable to make the new date.
WILDFLOWER 2022
Presented by Double J
SAT 12 MAR | ROCHFORD WINES, YARRA VALLEY | TICKETS
SAT 19 MARCH | RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE | TICKETS
SATURDAY 2 APRIL | ROCHE ESTATE, HUNTER VALLEY | TICKETS
ICONIC AUSTRALIAN BAND MOTOR ACE ANNOUNCE NATIONAL ‘FIVE STAR LAUNDRY 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR’ FOR 2022 FIVE STAR LAUNDRY 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION VINYL
After selling out the national tour that saw their return to the stage in 2018, beloved Aussie band Motor Ace are back to celebrate twenty years of Five Star Laundry – the landmark album that catapulted them on to the global music scene, today announcing a 20th Anniversary re-issue set for release November 5, alongside a Five Star Laundry 20th Anniversary tour for 2022. The tour will kick off at Freo Social on June 10, before hitting Badlands (Perth), The Triffid (Brisbane), The Factory Theatre (Sydney), The Cambridge Hotel (Newcastle) and The Gov (Adelaide), before finishing up with a hometown show at 170 Russell in Melbourne on June 24.
Tickets go on sale at www.livenation.com.au at 1pm local time Friday October 8, with a Live Nation 48 hour presale live at 12pm local time Wednesday October 6.
The Five Star Laundry 20th Anniversary Edition will be available as a limited edition red 2LP vinyl and a 22-track expanded digital edition which includes bonus tracks from their Live At The Chapel performance in 2003. PRE-ORDER HERE.
“Five Star Laundry, when it’s said and done, is Motor Ace,” explains the band’s frontman Patrick Robertson. “As you’d expect from a bunch of twenty year olds, perhaps it lacks a little sophistication here and there. But for me, Five Star Laundry truly captures on record, the ‘all-in’ energy and the desperation of four guys trying to make a mark. It was our first record and we didn’t take it for granted, we knew it may be our one and only opportunity. The first record has an advantage over the others – songs are written over a longer period of time and can be fine tuned at live shows. But also, the songs are free from the burden of expectation. And this is true of the excitement and naive energy of this record. We poured everything into it without distraction or second guessing ourselves. I think this is the main reason it has stood the test of time and resonates strongest with fans of the band.”
Thrilled to be honouring the milestone, Robertson says, “For us, it’s a privilege to be able to play these songs to a willing audience after twenty long years since the release of the album, and we can’t wait to finally reunite with you all after a hard couple of years.”
With a rich musical history spanning over twenty years, Motor Ace’s debut album Five Star Laundry went gold within the first month of going on sale in Australia. After that massive feat, the band spent many months on the road touring and making music, with massive supports slots alongside Foo Fighters, Oasis and Blink-182. You couldn’t turn on the radio without coming across Motor Ace; and as sold out shows became the norm, their tracks became a mainstay on the ARIA charts. Their timely sophomore album Shoot This was released in 2002 to abundant critical acclaim. It spawned lead single Carry On that held the coveted #1 most played song on Australian airwaves for 8 weeks in a row, and Shoot This, debuting at #1 on the charts and achieving gold sales on release.
Motor Ace is Patrick Robertson (vocals, guitar), Dave Ong (guitar), Damo Costin (drums) and Matt Balfe (bass).
Five Star Laundry 20th Anniversary edition is set for release November 5 and available to preorder now.
Tickets to the Five Star Laundry 20th Anniversary tour go on sale from www.livenation.com.au on Friday October 8 at 1pm local time.
MOTOR ACE – FIVE STAR LAUNDRY 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
Tickets available from www.livenation.com.au
FRI 10 JUN | FREO SOCIAL | FREMANTLE, WA | 18+
SAT 11 JUN | BADLANDS | PERTH, WA | 18+
THU 16 JUN | THE TRIFFID | BRISBANE, QLD | 18+
FRI 17 JUN | THE FACTORY THEATRE | SYDNEY, NSW | 18+
SAT 18 JUN | THE CAMBRIDGE HOTEL | NEWCASTLE, NSW | 18+
THU 23 JUN | THE GOV | ADELAIDE, SA | 18+
FRI 24 JUN | 170 RUSSELL | MELBOURNE, VIC | 18+