There’s always plenty of concerts and gigs for live music lovers to see all around Australia. Get all the latest info on dates, venues, and tickets for announced upcoming tours from Miami Horror, Icehouse going DUBhouse, Bombino, Kate Miller-Heidke, and a co-headline tour from Born Of Osiris and After The Burial.
Miami Horror Announce Australian Dates, New Video
Aussie electro favourites Miami Horror are making a long-awaited return to Australia this December to play their first national live shows since 2011. Having already been announced as part of the lineup of the new Groovin The Moo spinoff festival The Plot and at Perth’s Sets On The Beach this December, the band have announced a run of live dates to accompany their festival appearances, returning in February 2014. Miami Horror have also unveiled the video for their latest single, ‘Real Slow’, taken from the group’s long-awaited follow-up to 2010 debut Illumination. Benjamin Plant, of the now LA-based four-piece, says the tune is “about finding that place or person were you feel secure enough to take things slowly.” Check out the video for ‘Real Slow’, a sexy, sunnyside mini-road flick, here.
Sunday 8th December – Sets On The Beach, Scarborough Beach, Perth
Friday 7th February – Oh Hello!, Brisbane
Saturday 8th February – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Friday 14th February – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Saturday 15th February – Amplifier, Perth
Also performing at:
The Plot 2013
Saturday December 14 – Big Top Luna Park, Sydney
Sunday December 15 – across the Palace Theatre and Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne
Tickets on sale now at www.theplot.co
Icehouse Become DUBHouse For New Australian Tour
Aussie rock legends Icehouse are set to reinterpret their classic hits and 30 year plus back catalogue as they become DUBhouse for a series of exclusive headline shows, including Queensland dates with special guests and fellow Aussie veterans, Models. “I’m Iva and I’m strictly roots,” say Icehouse frontman Iva Davies of the metamorphosis which will see reggae and dub stylings creep into the band’s pop-rock music. “When we play as Icehouse, we make sure we play the songs as faithfully as we can, the way people have loved them over the years. DUBHouse is a bit of fun for me and the band plus we’re adding extra singers and a brilliant brass section to make this into an end-of-year party for the band members, our fans and our friends.” The new tour follows last year’s Primite Colours national trek, in support of the reissue of the band’s Primitive Man and Man Of Colours albums, for the DUBHouse shows, fans will get to experience anthems like ‘Electric Blue’, ‘Great Southern Land’ and ‘We Can Get Together’, in a dynamic new reggaefied setting.
Wednesday 4 December 2013 – The Esplanade Hotel – Gershwin Room, St Kilda, Vic
Tickets available now from www.oztix.com.au
Saturday, 7 December 2013 – Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst, NSW
Tickets available now from www.moshtix.com.au
Friday 17 January 2014 – Southport RSL, Gold Coast QLD
with special guests Models
Tickets available from www.southportrsl.com.au or www.oztix.com.au
Saturday 18 January 2014 – Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane North, QLD
with special guests Models
Tickets available from www.eatonshillhotel.com.au
Bombino Add Shows To Australian Tour
Niger guitar wizard and singer Omara ‘Bombino’ Moctar is headed to Australia for a string of festival appearances at year’s end, playing as part of the lineup for the Falls Festival on all three of its legs, as well as its sister WA event, Southbound, and select shows in the extensive Sydney Festival 2014 program. Now a Melbourne show at the Corner Hotel has been added to the tail-end of the Bombino tour. A member of the nomadic Tuareg Ifoghas tribe from the Berbers of North Africa, Bombino has been forced to flee the country several times owing to conflict with the Niger government. This year, he made his debut on Nonesuch Records with the April release of the fittingly titled Nomad, which was recorded with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys at his Nashville Studio and claiming a Grammy award. Catch at Bombino at the following dates.
Dec 29th – Falls Festival, Lorne (VIC)
Dec 31st – Falls Festival, Marion Bay (TAS)
Jan 2nd – Falls Festival, Byron Bay (NSW)
Jan 4th – Southbound Festival, Busselton (WA)
Jan 9th – Spiegeltent, Sydney Festival
Jan 10th – Spiegeltent, Sydney Festival
Jan 11th – Lennox Theatre, Sydney Festival
Jan 12th – Corner Hotel, Melbourne (VIC) www.cornerhotel.com
Kate Miller-Heidke Australian Tour 2014 Expands
Singer-songwrite Kate Miller-Heidke recently went independent for the release of her forthcoming album O Vertigo!, using online platform PledgeMusic to fund her fourth and latest album to great success. To accompany the March 2014 release of her crowd-sourced album, Miller-Heidke is hitting the road with a series of dates across the country, including a just-added show for Tasmanian music lovers. Presented by Heavenly Sounds, the singer will perform a special show at St David’s Cathedral in Hobart. For fans wanting a taste of what to expect at the church show, every pledge to the O Vertigo! campaign offers fans a free download of a 11-track live album recorded during Miller-Heidke’s previous Heavenly Sounds tour earlier this year. Check out Kate Miller-Heidke’s new material at the following dates.
Wed 12th March – York Theatre, Seymour Centre SYDNEY, NSW
Tickets: www.seymourcentre.com // 02 9351 7940
Fri 14th March – Paradiso Spiegeltent, Garden of Unearthly Delights ADELAIDE, SA*
Sat 15th March – Paradiso Spiegeltent, Garden of Unearthly Delights ADELAIDE, SA*
Tickets: www.gardenofunearthlydelights.com.au
Tue 18th March – Athenaeum Theatre MELBOURNE, VIC
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au
Fri 21st March – Quarry Ampitheatre PERTH, WA
Sat 22nd March Quarry Ampitheatre PERTH, WA
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com.au
**Friday 28th March – St David’s Cathedral Hobart, TAS presented by Heavenly Sounds.
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au
Sat 5th April – The Tivoli BRISBANE, QLD
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com.au
All shows, tickets on sale now (**except Hobart on sale Friday November 15th and Adelaide *, on sale Friday November 29th)
Born Of Osiris & After The Burial Team Up For Australian Tour
Following up on their hugely successful 2013 Australian tour, in January 2014 Born of Osiris is set to return – this time with Sumerian Records label mates After The Burial in tow for ten destructive shows thanks to Vanguard Touring. While it may have taken three releases for Born of Osiris to head down under in the first place, off the back of their latest stellar effort Tomorrow We Die Alive, the Chicago-based progressive metal visionaries are wasting no time in returning. The band’s fourth record is a showcase of everything that Born of Osiris has been all about and then some – huge walls of chunky, syncopated guitars, layers upon layers of cybernetic electronics, glorious leads played with a silken precision, and a vicious dual vocal interplay that drives home their insightful and empowering lyrical vision. After The Burial will release their fourth full-length Wolves Within on December 2013, with Australia being treated to the first live performances off the back of it. Celebrating their tenth year as a band, the Minnesota five-piece were significant in pioneering the progressive deathcore sound, with their compelling new release set to redefine and transcend boundaries all over again.
Thursday 16th January – Tempo hotel 18+ – Brisbane
Friday 17th January – 199 upstairs AA – Brisbane
Saturday 18th Bald faced stag 18+ – Sydney
Sunday 19th January – Bald faced stag AA – Sydney
Sunday 19th January – the Basement 18+ – Canberra
Wednesday 22nd January – Fowlers Live AA/18+ – Adelaide
Thursday 23rd January – Wrangler studios AA – Melbourne
Friday 24th January – The Espy Hotel 18 + – Melbourne
Saturday 25th January – The Rosemount Hotel 18+ – Perth
Sunday 26th January – YMCA HQ AA – Perth
Tickets on sale 8/11/2013 through www.oztix.com.au, www.moshtix.com.au, OR AT THE DOOR
