Grammy-award winning act The Raconteurs have today announced their debut Australian tour. The band, comprised of Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler, will play two headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney.
These headline shows mark the bands’ debut appearance in Australia, and coincide with their Bluesfest appearance. The band released their seminal debut record Consolers of the Lonely in 2008. Back in November, it was announced that the band were in the midst of working on their first new record in over a decade. The as-yet-untitled album is set to drop this year.
Upon the announcement that The Raconteurs would be performing at Bluesfest, festival director Peter Noble shared: “The members include Jack White, who is someone I have wanted to present at Bluesfest for a very long time. In fact, this began as a Jack White headline performance, but literally morphed into The Saboteurs when the guys decided to get back together again after 10 years, and Bluesfest has the ONLY announced show in the world currently.”
Watch: The Raconteurs – Sunday Driver
Last month, the band announced that they would be celebrating the 10th anniversary of Consolers of the Lonely, by releasing a special reissue package through the Third Man Vault subscription series.
THE SABOTEURS
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
APRIL 2019
Presented by Frontier Touring
FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE
via frontiertouring.com/thesaboteurs
Monday 4 March (2pm AEDT)
GENERAL PUBLIC ON-SALE
Wed 6 March (AU shows: 10am local time)
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Thursday 18 April
Regent Theatre | Melbourne, VIC
18+
Tickets
Saturday 20 April
Big Top Luna Park | Sydney, NSW
18+
Tickets
Also appearing at Bluesfest on April 22nd.
Bluesfest 2019 Third Artist Announcement
Iggy Pop
Norah Jones
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Imelda May
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Archie Roach
Pierce Brothers
Backsliders
Fantastic Negrito
The Marcus King Band
Thando
Little Georgia
Benny Walker
Dallas Woods
Joining…
Jack Johnson
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Paul Kelly
Hozier
David Gray
Ray La Montagne
Julia Stone
Gary Clark Jr.
George Clinton And Parliament Funkadelic
Mavis Staples
Snarky Puppy
Kasey Chambers
Tommy Emmanuel
Meshell Ndegeocell0
Kurt Vile And The Violators
Keb’ Mo’
Colin Hay
St. Paul And The Broken Bones
Shaky Graves
Arlo Guthrie
Nahko And Medicine For The People
Tex Perkins
Allen Stone
Ruthie Foster
Richard Clapton
Russell Morris
Flogging Molly
Lukas Nelson And The Promise Of The Real
Samantha Fish
The War And Treaty
I’M With Her
Larkin Poe
The Black Sorrows
Vintage Trouble
Mojo Juju
Trevor Hall
Irish Mythen
Anderson East
The California Honeydrops
Elephant Sessions
Deva Mahal
Melody Angel
Hussy Hicks
Caiti Baker
RocKwiz Live
With even more artists yet to be announced…
Thursday, April 18th – Monday, April 22nd, 2019
Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Byron Bay, NSW
Tickets: Bluesfest
