First Aid Kit Splendour In The Grass 2014 Sideshows have been announced.
Already headed to Australia as part of the 80+ strong lineup of the three-day music festival this July, following on from this morning’s huge list of Splendour 2014 sideshow announcements, the duo of Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg that is First Aid Kit are now confirmed to perform two special sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney.
Returning to Australia with their new album, Stay Gold, the siblings’ closely interlocking voices, ‘straight from the diary’ lyrics, and sprawling four-piece band have come to mark the magic of First Aid Kit’s lauded shows.
With the Joshua Tree skyline, heartache and highways as its evocative backdrop, Stay Gold picks up where 2012’s The Lion’s Roar and their 2010 debut, The Big Black and The Blue left off – its single, ‘My Silver Lining’s passionate folk and larger-than-life Americana a perfect foil for the sisters’ extraordinary vocal harmonies.
A bona-fide contemporary sensation, First Aid Kit have shared stages with Jack White, Lykke Li and Bright Eyes, and performed at Coachella, Primavera and Glastonbury. They’ll also play the sold-out Splendour In The Grass festival when making their fourth tour of Australia in July.
Joining them in Sydney and Melbourne is special guest Marlon Williams with his one-man Nashville via Christchurch Americana. A twice recipient of the New Zealand Music Award and a recent transplant to Australia, he will preview songs from his forthcoming debut album ahead of its October release.
Playing more intimate spaces than the 2012 visit which saw them front a sold-out, awe-struck Forum Theatre in Melbourne and the Concert Hall of Sydney’s Opera House, First Aid Kit will showcase the ten new songs featured on Stay Gold including current single ‘My Silver Lining’, alongside the cherished catalogue that has made them so globally adored.
First Aid Kit Splendour In The Grass 2014 Sideshows
With Special Guest Marlon Williams.
Tickets on sale Tuesday 6 May, 9am.
Tuesday 29 July 2014 – Metro Theatre, Sydney.
Tickets from Ticketek, metrotheatre.com.au & by phone (02) 9550 3666
Thursday 31 July 2014 – The Hi Fi, Melbourne.
Tickets from Oztix, www.thehifi.com.au or phone:1300-THEHIFI (843 443).
Also performing at:
Splendour In The Grass 2014 Dates, Tickets
Friday 25th, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th July
North Byron Parklands, Byron Bay
General Public Tickets for Splendour In the Grass 2014 go on sale at 9am AEST on Friday 2 May through moshtix.com.au and 1300 GET TIX (438 849).
Full details at http://splendourinthegrass.com/
