RÜFÜS SELL OUT BRISBANE, MELBOURNE, GEELONG AND SYDNEY SHOWS, NEW SHOWS ANNOUNCED!
Indie dance trio, RÜFÜS have sold out their Brisbane, Melbourne, Geelong and Sydney shows on their Worlds Within Worlds national Australian tour, and seconds shows have been announced at The Tivoli (Bris) on Sunday May 11, The Palace (Melb) on Wednesday May 14, The Wool Exchange (Geelong) all ages matinee show on Friday May 16 and Enmore Theatre (Syd) on Sunday June 22. The extensive tour is set to kick off at the Coolangatta Hotel on May 9 and will do a full lap of the map, finishing up with two homecoming shows at The Enmore Theatre in Sydney on June 21 and 22.
The main support following RÜFÜS on the road will be Hayden James (playing all shows excluding Brisbane and Gold Coast which will see Movement taking their place). Crooked Colours will be the opening support in Canberra, Wollongong, Sydney, Fremantle and Mandurah and Kilter will then take the opening support spot for Melbourne, Geelong, Newcastle, Central Coast, Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart.
“It’s pretty amazing the response from people for these shows,” beams the band’s drummer James Hunt. “And we’re really excited about the supports we’ve got for these gigs. Hayden James, Movement, Kilter, Crooked Colours… all really good people doing great things musically. It’s a good time to be making music in Australia.”
Tickets to all shows on the Worlds Within Worlds tour are available now
GEORGIA FAIR ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE, ARE WE NOT ALIVE, ALONGSIDE MELBOURNE & SYDNEY SHOW DATES
Australian folk rock duo, Georgia Fair have announced the release of their new single, Are We Not Alive, alongside show dates at Ding Dong Lounge (Melbourne) supported by The Velvets and Sienna Wild on February 14, QV (Melbourne) with Lisa Mitchell on February 22 and The Vanguard (Sydney) supporting Meg Mac on March 6.
Are We Not Alive is the second single lifted from the band’s new album, Trapped Flame. It’s the catchy guitar hook in the song that will draw you in, complemented by the smooth, familiar voice of Jordan Wilson that will keep you tapping along and humming this buoyant melody long after song’s end. With luscious bursts of positivity throughout the songwriting, Wilson offers insight explaining, “The song came from a desperate need to escape a certain situation… it all came together with the realisation that everything was ok cause we still had our breath and potential to change everything with the power of creativity.“
Ever a hands-on band, the duo worked alongside a film director and together they created the Are We Not Alive film clip from inception to completion. “We wanted something that looked like a black and white photograph that moves,” explains Wilson. And moves is exactly what it does, with the clip showcasing a never‐before‐seen side of Wilson with his Nick Cave-esque grungy dance moves.
Constantly busy on the touring circuit and known for their engaging, energetic live show, Georgia Fair have headlined a number of their own gigs and also supported The Paper Kites and Jae Laffer on their recent national tours, as well as playing four high profile showcases at SXSW last year.
Tickets to Ding Dong Lounge and QV shows are available now and the album, Trapped Flame featuring new single Are We Not Alive is out now through Sony Music.
GEORGIA FAIR SHOWS
Fri Feb 14 – Ding Dong Lounge Melbourne – tix through www.dingdonglounge.com.au / $15 on door
Sat Feb 22 – QV supporting Lisa Mitchell Melbourne – tix free of charge
Thur March 6 with Meg Mac – The Vanguard Sydney – tix through http://www.thevanguard.com.au
BOOM CRASH OPERA SET TO REIGNITE IN 2014
Re-born Aussie music legends, Boom Crash Opera have announced the release of a new greatest hits album, The Best Things featuring two brand new songs, as well as a four album box set, Rattle It Out, containing the band’s first three albums digitally re-mastered and a bonus 14 track rarities disc of never-before-released material from the 80s and 90s. They’ll be celebrating these catalogue additions with a national tour kicking off at The Northcote Social Club in their hometown of Melbourne on March 8 and heading through Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and finishing off in Perth in early May.
With over five years between releases (acoustic album, Dancing In The Storm hit stores in May 2009), The Best Things includes all the Boom Crash Opera classics including Onion Skin, Hands Up In The Air, Her Charity plus two brand new songs, I Am and You Can’t Stop The Sun.
Excited and reignited with passion, lead guitarist and chief songwriter Peter Farnan explains, “I love the idea that our successful songs scattered through the years, might have been a little part of peoples’ lives at different moments; a school memory, a hot summer at the beach, a huge gig. Hopefully by gathering the songs together into a body of work we are activating peoples’ memories of where they were, what they shared with others and what they felt at various times in their lives… And listening to the songs together has reinforced in my mind the idea that there really is a consistent band identity and sound running through all this material. And it is there in the new songs as well.”
With an energetic and engaging live show, Boom Crash Opera are looking forward to performing songs from across the entire history of the band, including smashes from the early Countdown days spanning through to their well-loved tunes from the mid 90s. “We always play the hits but on this run we will also dip into songs that we’ve either never performed or haven’t performed for 20 years or so,” explains Farnan.
The Best Things and Rattle It Out are out now through Liberation Music and tickets to the national tour are available online and in stores now.
GREATEST HITS ALBUM | THE BEST THINGS + 4 CD BOX SET | RATTLE IT OUT : OUT NOW