MÅNESKIN COMPLETELY SELL OUT RUSH! AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Global rock megastars, Måneskin have completely sold out the Australian leg of their RUSH! World Tour more than three months before it’s due to kick off, spotlighting their immense popularity and pulling power half a world away from their Italian roots, with the band set to bring their raucous live set and phenomenal production down under in November. The tour will kick off at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on November 20, before moving through Sydney to play Hordern Pavilion on November 22, Margaret Court Arena on November 23 and finishing up in Adelaide at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on November 25.

The sold out news comes as the band just this week teased word of a new single, Honey (Are You Coming?) which is set for release on September 1 and available to pre-save now.

TEG Group CEO Geoff Jones said: “We are delighted to see that Maneskin’s Australian fans have jumped at the opportunity to catch the Italian superstars perform when they visit Australia for first time this November. Måneskin are renowned for their chaotic energy and their on-stage theatrics so fans are sure to be wowed when they catch them in the flesh later this year!”

Armed with a 2023 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, Måneskin’s RUSH! world tour will see them headline arenas across the US and Canada, including a landmark show at New York’s historic Madison Square Garden. They’ll be crossing continents to rock their way around South America, Japan, Singapore, Germany, France, the UK and Ireland.

Notorious for their stomping live show and ability to captivate and win over crowds across the world, Måneskin are relentless when it comes to showcasing their passion and dedication to delivering unforgettable live experiences. And the band cannot wait to play for Aussie fans, “We want to thank our fans in Australia, we are coming for you! Expect fire, stage smashings and lots of sweat!”

The full throttle Måneskin live show has already travelled to over 25 countries between Europe, North America, South America and Japan in 2022, saw the band go back to their beloved Rome for an extra special sold out show at the historic Circo Massimo with 70,000 tickets sold, and between headline shows the band dominated festival stages around the world including Coachella, Rock in Rio, Lollapalooza (Chicago, Paris and Sweden), Rock Im Park and Rock Am Ring, Rock Wertcher, Summer Sonic in Japan and more.

The RUSH! tour follows the band’s new album of the same name, released in January 2023 to global acclaim and chart domination, reaching #1 in 15 countries and Top 5 in 20 countries, and garnering over 800 million global album streams, adding to the band’s impressive 7.3 billion global artist streams.

RUSH! AUSTRALIA TOUR DATES

MON 20 NOV | BRISBANE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, BRISBANE QLD | SOLD OUT
WED 22 NOV | HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY NSW | SOLD OUT
THUR 23 NOV | MARGARET COURT ARENA, MELBOURNE VIC | SOLD OUT
SAT 25 NOV | ADELAIDE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, ADELAIDE SA | SOLD OUT

KEVIN MITCHELL TO COMBINE JEBEDIAH CLASSICS WITH HIS BOB EVANS ALTER EGO ON NATIONAL ANTHOLOGY CONCERT TOUR, ‘WHEN KEV MET BOB’

Individually, they’re two of the most beloved musicians to have ever graced the Australian music scene, but together… well, there’s a first time for everything! Now, Jebediah frontman Kevin Mitchell will be making Aussie music history today announcing a national anthology concert tour, When Kev Met Bob, which sees him teaming up with his own Bob Evans alter ego.

A veritable time machine of classic compositions and crowd favourites, When Kev Met Bob will see Kev and his sharper-dressed mate, Bob Evans, combining their myriad talents for an evening of music which encompasses almost 30 years. Beginning in Kev (and Bob’s!) adopted home of Melbourne on Friday September 29, the nine-date When Kev Met Bob tour will travel all over the country, with shows in Daylesford, Archie’s Creek, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, and finally Cairns, peppering the calendar until late November. Tickets are on sale now.

While Kev plucks from the storied Jebediah discography of the ‘90s until the present day, Bob will keep things a little more contemporary, offering up songs from his six-album catalogue from the last 20 years. Throughout it all though, a shared thread will keep it together, as never-before-told stories behind the songs turn the affair into an evening to remember. As Kev explains, the upcoming tour is a true first for him, with his near-30 years spent as the frontman of Jebediah having been kept separate from his work as Bob Evans, ever since the latter first appeared on the scene in the late ‘90s.

“It’s a little scary! I haven’t really done a proper ‘tour’ in years, as my last album, Tomorrowland, came out during all the COVID lockdowns, so touring has been extremely sporadic ever since.  This is a show I have always had in the back of my mind though. I have always just kind of been sitting on it and waiting until it felt right to do so. For nearly 30 years I have kept my solo music and my Jebediah music separate, and that has been a very deliberate decision that was also an important one to me. I think I have reached the point now however where that separation has done its job. So I suppose it feels a little freeing and exciting to step into a new phase now; The Kevin Evans years!

By now, Kev’s musical journey is pretty well-documented. First forming Jebediah as a teenager, it wasn’t long until his songs were radio staples, his albums were chart mainstays, and festival stages seemed empty without him. By the time Jebediah released second album, Of Someday Shambles in 1999, Kev was looking to spread his wings a little bit and explore a different musical direction. Thus, Bob Evans was born.

Removing the endearing alt-rock fuzz that characterised Jebediah, the Bob Evans sound was more acoustic, and folk-oriented, with debut album Suburban Kid arriving in 2003. Even while his main band took some time off from recording new albums, Bob kept the home fires burning, with his sixth album, Tomorrowland, arriving just two years ago. Now, the time has come for the lines to blur, and for the upcoming When Kev Met Bob tour set to become the musical photo album of Kev’s entire life.

“For me, personally, I think it will just be nice to finally present all this music I have written on one stage. There’s a lot there when you combine it all together, and it’s very much my adult life laid bare in song. The earliest songs I’ll be playing were written when I was 17, and the most recent are from my early 40s,” says Kev.

For diehard fans of both acts, the upcoming shows will be a celebration of what makes these two artists so special and revered by music fans across the country. Over the course of two sets, Kev will focus on a lifetime of musical brilliance: Beginning with a set full of classic material from the ‘90s and ‘00s, the chronological celebration will move onwards to the Bob Evans years, showcasing everything that came after. Of course, those looking for a unique experience need look no further, with a bunch of Jebediah rarities that are often absent from the band’s live shows also set to get a look-in. “I think the people who appreciate a few deep cuts will hopefully be happy,” notes Kev.

With decades of musical experience in Kev’s corner (and almost just as much in Bob’s), the upcoming When Kev Met Bob tour is bound to be a masterful celebration of one of the country’s finest songwriters and performers in a truly unique format. For Kev though, it’s another opportunity to do what he’s consistently loved doing for almost 30 years.

“I really think it’s quite simple, there’s no trick to it. I still love it and haven’t quit. I suppose that begs the question why. My motivations in the very beginning were always just based around satisfying my own happiness and not really about achieving any sort of tangible markers of success.  So my love for it has never been reliant on anything else so it’s never gone away,” says Kev.

Tickets to When Kev Met Bob are on sale now.

WHEN KEV MET BOB – THE ANTHOLOGY CONCERT TOUR:

Presented by Select Music and Catherine Haridy Management

FRI 29 SEPTEMBER | THE ESPY, MELBOURNE VIC | 18+

Tickets | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets

 FRI 6 OCTOBER | DAYLESFORD HOTEL, DAYLESFORD VIC | 18+

Tickets | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets

SAT 7 OCTOBER | CARAVAN MUSIC CLUB, ARCHIES CREEK VIC | 18+

Tickets | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets

THU 19 OCTOBER | GRACE EMILY HOTEL, ADELAIDE SA | 18+

Tickets | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets

FRI OCTOBER OCT | MILK BAR, PERTH WA | 18+

Tickets | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets

THU 26 OCTOBER | BARTHOLOMEW’S, NEWCASTLE NSW | 18+

Tickets | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets

FRI 27 OCTOBER | THE GREAT CLUB, SYDNEY NSW | 18+

Tickets | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets

SAT 28 OCTOBER | OLD MUSEUM (STUDIO), BRISBANE QLD | 18+

Tickets | 1300 463 332 | All Ticketsearch Outlets

SAT 25 NOVEMBER | TANKS ART CENTRE, CAIRNS QLD | 18+

Tickets on sale Aug 25 from www.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545 | All Oztix Outlets

PORTER ROBINSON ANNOUNCES NURTURE LIVE AUSTRALIA TOUR FOR NOVEMBER

Acclaimed vocalist, songwriter and producer Porter Robinson has announced details of his first Australian tour in over 6 years. The tour celebrates his critically acclaimed album Nurture, and will take place in November, with stops in Sydney and Melbourne – see full dates below. The Nurture Live show features Porter singing and playing the piano and an array of digital instruments, accompanied by a stunning, carefully crafted visual production.

Performing at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on 6 November and Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on 10 November, the shows will step into a world where music becomes an ethereal experience.

Artist pre-sale tickets will kick off on Tuesday 25 July at 11am AEST, with a What’s Lively pre-sale beginning on Wednesday 26 July at 10am AEST, and a TEG LIVE / Ticketek / Venue pre-sale beginning Thursday 27 July at 10am AEST. General public ticket on-sale is set for Friday 28 July at 10am AEST from premier.ticketek.com.au.

Supporting Porter Robinson is DJ and producer jamesjamesjames.

Also on the schedule for the Australian tour are performances on the This That festival stage in Sandstone Point and Newcastle.

TEG Group CEO Geoff Jones said: “TEG is delighted to bring genre defying producer and songwriter Porter Robinson to Australia this November. Porter’s Nurture Live tour has been impressing fans across the globe, which included a main stage Coachella set at this year’s festival. We are incredibly excited to be bringing this show to his Australians fans – they are in for a treat.”

Porter Robinson has expanded the universe of electronic music for over a decade. In April 2021, Robinson brought Nurture, his first album in seven years, to life. Nurture was a commercial hit, topping the US Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and marking Robinson’s second number one debut after 2014’s genre-defining Worlds. Robinson’s own festival, Second Sky, welcomed a sold-out crowd of 45,000 fans to the Oakland Arena Grounds in the fall of 2021, followed by ‘The Nurture Live Tour 2021’ spanning 38 dates across the United States. The Australian tour follows on from sold out UK, EU and Asian tour dates.

He has over one billion streams across his catalogue and over one million YouTube subscribers. His most recent single, ‘Everything Goes On’, in collaboration with Riot Games and League of Legends, has amassed over 40 million streams and charted in 18 countries on iTunes.

General public tickets will go on-sale Friday 28 July at 10am AEST from premier.ticketek.com.au.

LIVE DATES

SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER | THIS THAT FESTIVAL, SANDSTONE POINT, QLD

MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER (Melbourne Cup Eve) | MARGARET COURT ARENA, MELBOURNE VIC | AA | TICKETS

FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER | HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY NSW | 18+ | TICKETS

SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER | THIS THAT FESTIVAL, NEWCASTLE, NSW