Birds of Tokyo Announce First Headline Tour Since COVID Era

The Perth-based alternative rock band have released their latest single, “Heartbreakers Bar,” which brings them back to their roots with a raw, energetic acoustic instrumentation.

Accompanying the release is a playful music video that features an intimate “busking” bar, which captivated the band so much they decided to bring the concept to audiences on the road. So, for the first time, Birds of Tokyo will perform an opening set of reimagined tracks in an “acoustic busking mode” before returning with a set of fully plugged electric anthems like “Lanterns,” “Good Lord,” “Plans,” and “Unbreakable.”

Despite the intimate nature of the “Heartbreakers Bar” as seen in the music video, the band will perform in some of the country’s leadingt mid-size venues. Kicking off at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall in October this year, Birds Of Tokyo will then head to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, Melbourne’s Forum, Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall, before wrapping up the tour at Perth’s Astor Theatre in February 2025.

“It’s been over five years since we’ve played in our old stomping grounds like The Enmore and The Forum so we’re really looking forward to finally getting back into those rooms that everyone loves”, shares frontman Ian Kenny.

The band has been far from quiet since the pandemic began. Over recent years they’ve played shows with everyone from Incubus to Keith Urban, as well as staging two acclaimed tours with symphony orchestras across Australia including multiple sold out shows at Hamer Hall and the Sydney Opera House.

“It’s been amazing to appear on all these big outdoor shows and to collaborate with those great orchestras over recent years but these two-act gigs will allow us to dig a bit deeper into our catalog and play some songs we haven’t done in ages”, explains guitarist Adam Spark. “We always like to shake things up a bit so doing an acoustic set as well as a normal one should keep us on our toes. Hopefully it’ll be a bit of extra fun for the audiences too.”

The tour extends into 2025 and includes a string of festival spots, an appearance as part of Victoria’s newly announced 2024 ALWAYS LIVE program, and appearances with Cold Chisel.