Cults Groovin The Moo 2014 Sideshows have been announced.
Already confirmed to hit Australia as part of the lineup for this year’s Groovin’ The Moo, New York indie duo Cults will be hitting stages across the country for their own headline tour dates.
Proudly drawing from the colossal pool of artists that have played Laneway Festival, these Laneway Presents shows will be Cults’ second visit to Australia after having wowed audiences at Laneway Festival 2012.
The talented twosome of 24-year-olds – Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion – will be touring off the back of their latest studio offering, last year’s Static, playing a run of dates along the East Coast in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, as well as hitting Perth.
Building on the romantic indie nuggets on their 2011 self-titled debut, Static goes deeper, with songs that reflect love lost, tempered musically with an opulent, more frantic edge alongside melancholic lyrics. At times the lilting vocals and lush instrumentation can almost conceal the dour and sobering words.
Their eponymous debut saw the band sky-rocket from a blog sensation to an international success in less than a year. Playing to audiences the world over throughout the campaign, the pair undertook a near three year tour taking them across the festival circuit from Lollapalooza and All Tomorrow’s Parties to Pitchfork and Bonnaroo; not to mention headline shows across Europe, UK, North America and Australasia.
The news of the Cults Groovin The Moo 2014 Sideshows arrives following similar tour announcements from fellow GTM-billed acts, Melbourne singer-songwriter Vance Joy and mighty electro duo The Presets.
UPDATE 26/02: The show at Sydney’s Metro Theatre has been changed to Oxford Art Factory, details below.
Cults Groovin The Moo 2014 Sideshows
TUE 29 APRIL – METRO THEATRE, Sydney (All Ages)
TUE 29 APRIL – OXFORD ART FACTORY , Sydney (All Ages) – New Venue
www.oxfordartfactory.com or www.moshtix.com.au 1300 438 849
WED 30 APRIL – CORNER HOTEL, Melbourne (18+)
www.cornerhotel.com | The Corner Box Office (57 Swan St Richmond 10-8 Mon-Sat)
TUE 6 MAY – THE ZOO, Melbourne (18+)
www.zoo.oztix.com.au | 1300 762 545
FRI 9 MAY – THE BAKERY, Perth (*18+)
www.nowbaking.com.au | *under 18s may attend with parent/legal guardian
Also performing at:
Groovin The Moo 2014 Dates & Tickets
Fri 25 April – Oakbank SA (ANZAC Day Public Holiday)
Sat 26 April – Maitland NSW
Sun 27 April – Canberra ACT
Sat 3 May – Bendigo VIC
Sun 4 May – Townsville QLD
Sat 10 May – Bunbury WA
Tickets and info here.
