Fresh off being announced on the incredible, sold-out Meredith Music Festival lineup, headliners TV on the Radio and Perfume Genius, alongside Sam Austins, have today announced headline shows across Australia’s East Coast.
I was lucky enough to catch TV on the Radio earlier this month in Toronto, Canada, and have to say it was the best form I had seen the band in a long time. They brought the same urgency and electricity as when I first saw them on the Return to Cookie Mountain tour in 2006.
The hour and a half set jumped through material from all five of their full length records, as well as their debut EP, Young Liars, which seems to have found new energy some 22 years after its release. Frontman Tunde Adebimpe was at his best, and multi-instrumentalist Kyp Malone at his most vocal. Even without Dave Sitek on touring duties, it very much felt like they came back just as we needed them the most. And it has been a while between drinks – their last visit to Australia was for Vivid Sydney all the way back in 2015.
Presented by Frontier Touring and Penny Drop, TV on the Radio’s Australian Tour will go on sale on Wednesday 27th August from 11am (local time). Pre-sales will also run on Frontier Touring for 24 hours from Monday 25 August (11am local time) or until presale allocation exhausted. Penny Drop will be running a member presale at the same time.
TV ON THE RADIO
Tuesday 2 December
Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW
Lic. All Ages
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Thursday 4 December
The Tivoli | Brisbane, QLD
18+
ticketmaster.com.au
Monday 8 December
Forum Melbourne | Melbourne, VIC
18+
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As for Perfume Genius, he’s back in Australia for the first time since 2022, when he also played Vivid Sydney, as well as Dark Mofo, Melbourne Recital Centre and Brisbane’s Princess Theatre.
This time he’s returning to the Sydney Opera House and a number of venues on the East Coast off the back off his brilliant Blake Mills-produced LP Glory. You can listen to that album, out now via Matador Records / Remote Control, HERE.
On his return, Perfume Genius has this message for his Australian fans: “Australia! We are thrilled to be returning this December and wrapping up the year with a special run of shows, including a headline at Sydney Opera House. Can’t wait to be back.”
All details are linked below and tickets are available via mistletone.net. You can also head to Perfume Genius’s website to sign up for presale. General public tickets for Ballarat, Melbourne and Brisbane go on sale at 9am AEST on Monday 25 August, and Sydney tickets will be on sale from 9am AEST, Friday 29 August.
PERFUME GENIUS
Wed 3 Dec – Ballarat, Her Majesty’s Theatre*
Thu 4 Dec – Melbourne, Forum Melbourne
Fri 5 Dec – Meredith Music Festival
Sun 7 Dec – Brisbane, Princess Theatre
Tue 9 Dec – Sydney, Sydney Opera House
*All ages
And finally, with over 75 million global streams, Sam Austins is adding two debut headline shows to his Australian visit, in Sydney and Melbourne.
The Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, producer will bring his acclaimed stage presence and boundary-smashing sound to fans this summer, following the release of his EP The Woods, out now via Atlantic Records. Austins also performed recently at festivals such as Lollapalooza and Bleached Fest. And you can watch him here in a Medium Sized Backyard.
Presented by Frontier Touring and Penny Drop, tickets will go on sale on Wednesday 27th August from 12pm (local time). Pre-sales will also run on Frontier Touring for 24 hours from Monday 25 August (12pm local time) or until presale allocation exhausted. Penny Drop will be running a member presale at the same time.
SAM AUSTINS
Wednesday 3 December
Oxford Art Factory | Sydney, NSW
18+
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Thursday 4 December
Howler | Melbourne, VIC
18+
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TV on the Radio Photo Credit: Sumner Dilworth.
Live photo of TV on the Radio by the author.
Perfume Genius Photo Credit: Cody Critcheloe
