King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard recently celebrated a Top 20 debut on the ARIA Albums Chart, a milestone for the band, whose famously rabid fan base bought up their most recent album, Nonagon Infinity, in droves.
As Tone Deaf reported earlier this month, the band entered the Top 20 of the Albums Chart at a very respectable No 19, with their latest release sandwiched right between fellow Australians Sia and Luca Brasi.
Back in March, the band debuted the first single to be taken from Nonagon Infinity, the fuzzed-out ‘Gamma Knife’, alongside pre-orders for the vinyl edition of the album. They quickly sold out of all 1,500 of them and then a subsequent deluxe release.
But the band’s chart success isn’t contained just to Australia. As it happens, the Melbourne psychedelic collective have one of the highest selling vinyl albums in the world right now, with Nonagon Infinity scaling the US charts.
The band’s eighth album debuted at incredible No 2 on the Billboard Vinyl Albums Chart last week and it remains in the Top 10 this week, sitting between releases by mega artists like Amy Winehouse and Panic! At The Disco.
The band are currently busying themselves in the US as they gear up for their latest Australian national tour, which kicks off in June. Of course, all fans want to know is when they can expect the King Gizzard movie.
The band recently debuted their latest music video, ‘People Vultures’, accompanying the clip with the news that there will be a Nonagon Infinity album movie set to premiere later in the year some time.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard National Tour Dates
Saturday, 18th June 2016
Dark Mofo, Hobart
Tickets: Dark Mofo
Saturday, 25th June 2016
The Triffid, Brisbane
Ticket: King Gizzard
Thursday, 30th June 2016
The Gov, Adelaide
Tickets: King Gizzard
Friday, 1st July 2016
Badlands, Perth
Tickets: King Gizzard
Saturday, 2nd July 2016
Badlands, Perth
Ticket: King Gizzard
Sunday, 3rd July 2016 – SOLD OUT
Mojos, Fremantle
Friday, 8th July 2016 – SOLD OUT
Croxton, Melbourne
Saturday, 9th July 2016 – NEW SHOW
Croxton Melbourne
Tickets: King Gizzard
Saturday, 16th July 2016
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Tickets: King Gizzard
Sunday, 17th July 2016
Barwon Club, Geelong
Tickets: King Gizzard
Saturday, 23rd July 2016 – SOLD OUT
Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay
Friday, 5th August 2016
Metro, Sydney
Tickets: King Gizzard
Saturday, 6th August 2016
TBC, Wollongong