Having famously conquered Australian hearts, minds, and ears (and the Hottest 100) with his breakout ukelele-strumming hit, ‘Riptide’, Melbourne singer-songwriter Vance Joy brings some extra cheer to fans today, announcing a run of tour dates for March next year. The tour will see Vance Joy travel with his band to major capital cities and regional locations nation-wide, performing material from the new LP.
With just two days left until the release of his debut album Dream Your Life Away, following the release of the first official single from his forthcoming debut album, one of the year’s most anticipated, Vance Joy has also just unveiled another live video from Sing Sing Studios, showcasing the gorgeous album track, ‘Georgia’.
‘Georgia’ follows the recent release of ‘Wasted Time’ from Sing Sing and ‘My Kind of Man’ from Flinders Street Ballroom.
All songs feature on his much anticipated debut album, out this Friday. Dream Your Life Away also includes lead track ‘Mess Is Mine’ – a Top 40 ARIA single – and bona-fide hit ‘Riptide’, which continues to see the Melbourne musician’s star rise internationally.
‘Riptide’ was the biggest selling song by an Aussie artist in 2013 as well as the most streamed track on Spotify. It also managed its way into a Top 10 position over in the UK where Keogh has been appearing on British radio and scaling up the charts since January.
The song has spent the last four weeks atop the Alternative Radio Chart in the US ahead of acts like alt-J, The Black Keys and Coldplay, and last week reached its highest position yet on the Billboard Hot 100 at #61. Globally the song remains Top 40 in the UK (Silver), Canada (Gold), Germany (Gold), Ireland (Gold) and Sweden (platinum), with over 1.5 million sales worldwide and 87 million streams on Spotify.
Vance Joy plays a special one-off and sold-out album launch at The Athenaeum Theatre this Friday, before returning to Australia for Falls Festival at year’s end.
Joining him on the March tour dates will be #1 Dads and Airling. Opener Airling, has quickly made a name for herself on the local scene, winning triple J Unearthed and scoring a slot at Splendour In The Grass this year. The Brisbane songstress is the first signing to Big Scary’s Pieater label.
The creation of Tom Iansek (one half of the aforementioned alt-pop act Big Scary), #1 Dads will take to the stage just before Vance Joy. #1 Dads recently released the stunning LP About Face. These shows mark his first ever Australian tour.
Tickets for Vance Joy’s March tour are on sale Friday September 12. A special fan pre-sale will be available on September 11. Head to vancejoy.com for ticketing details.
VANCE JOY – DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY TOUR 2015
With special guests #1 Dads and Airling
Fan pre-sale Thursday September 11 via vancejoy.com
Tickets on sale Friday September 12
Thu 5 Mar
Arts Centre, Gold Coast QLD
Fri 6 Mar
The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
Sat 7 Mar
Nambour Civic Centre, Sunshine Coast QLD
Fri 13 Mar
Palais Theatre, Melbourne VIC
Sat 14 Mar
Regent Cinema Theatre, Ballarat VIC
Fri 20 Mar
Astor Theatre, Perth WA
Sat 21 Mar
Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SA
Tue 24 Mar
Anita’s Theatre, Wollongong NSW
Fri 27 Mar
Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW
Sat 28 Mar
Civic Theatre, Newcastle NSW
DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY IS OUT SEPTEMBER 5 VIA LIBERATION MUSIC + IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER VIA ITUNES & PHYSICAL RETAILERS NOW
