Aussie Comedy Icon BOB DOWNE has been making us laugh and sing along for 40 RIDICULOUS YEARS!

“But let’s face it kids,” says Bob, “I’m not getting any older!”

Get ready to celebrate four fabulous decades of legendary laughs and unforgettable tunes in BOB DOWNE’s BRAND NEW SHOW! Featuring a live band and a setlist packed with classic hits, you’ll be grooving to an ‘80s vibe with big hair, shoulder pads, and power ballads galore.

CHOOSE BOB because nothing beats the original Prince of Polyester! Expect fabulous music, hilarious memories, and a LOTTA laughs.

CHOOSE BOB
NEWCASTLE – Flamingos Live! – 15 – 16 March 2025
BRUNSWICK HEADS – Picture House, 29 – 30 March 2025
MELBOURNE – Capitol Theatre, 11 April 2025
BRISBANE – Brisbane Powerhouse, 25 – 27 April 2025
PERTH – Regal Theatre, 1 May 2025
SYDNEY – Enmore Theatre, 11 May
www.bobdowne.com

This year’s treasure chest of films includes one rider’s colourful adventure through dramatic landscapes to the illumination of hot air balloons; a small School’s ambitious plan to create a sustainable way to increase students hauora (a Māori philosophy of health and well-being); three friends mission to the centre of South America on a treacherous 2500-kilometre bike and raft trip; a camp designed for female athletes to ride together and progress together; a group of young rowdies expressing their individuality through uni-cycling; a bicycle that is transformed into a work of art; a trail builders’ creative expression coming to life before your very eyes; AND one man’s journey from India to Germany on a tandem bike, who on his way picks up strangers to inform them about modern day slavery; ALL in the mix!!

The Big Bike Film Night 2022 Aussie tour
August – October 2022
Various Venues around Australia
www.bigbikefilmnight.nz

Kicking off in her native New Zealand on Sunday 27 February, Lorde’s Solar Power Tour will head through Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, before wrapping up in Perth on Saturday 19 March.

Following the release of her long anticipated new single, ‘Solar Power’ – her first new music in four years and the first taste of her forthcoming album of the same name (out 20 August 2021 through Universal Music) – the inimitable songstress will hit the road for a nine-date run across the Antipodes to kick off 2022.

Lorde Solar Power Tour
10 March 2022 – Riverstage, Brisbane
12 March 2022 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
15 March 2022 – Aware Super Theatre, Sydney
19 March 2022 – Belvoir Amphitheatre, Perth
www.frontiertouring.com

Four singles from Californian Soil have been released to date, ‘Baby It’s You’, ‘Lose Your Head’ , title track ‘Californian Soil’ and the most recent ‘How Does It Feel’ to give fans a taste of what to expect on the new album.

Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dot Major released their double platinum-selling debut album If You Wait in 2013, followed by their gold-selling album Truth Is A Beautiful Thing in 2017. They’ve garnered numerous BRIT nominations and have been awarded a prestigious Ivor Novello Award for songwriting and composing. The band has worked with an array of contemporary talent and brands, including Paul Epworth, Dior and Disclosure, and in 2019 Hannah Reid featured on Flume’s hit Let You Know. London Grammar has sold out numerous Australian headline tours, wowed the Sydney Opera House, and played an envious list of sold-out tours and headlined festivals worldwide. Most recently, their track Hey Now (Arty Remix) was featured on the hit show Normal People.

London Grammar continues their love affair with Australian fans in 2022, all of their previous tours selling out in record time; we suggest you get in quick!

London Grammar Australian Tour 2022
19 February – Belvoir Amphitheatre, Perth
22 February – Riverstage, Brisbane
24 February – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
26 February – Aware Super Theatre, Sydney
01 March – Entertainment Centre Theatre, Adelaide
www.facebook.com/londongrammar

Joining Tame Impala on all dates are Texan genre-defiers, Khruangbin. In Australia last year playing their debut sell-out headline tour, the sunny instrumental three-piece will warm crowds with their mind-expanding live show.

Led by multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker, Tame Impala have established themselves as one of Australia’s most astounding live acts. A meditative, light-infused party of psychedelic euphoria, their live experience is world renowned – last year impressing at prestigious headlining slots such as Coachella, Glastonbury, Primavera, and Splendour in the Grass.

“Kevin Parker and his sensational band continue to prove that their ever-expanding sound is fit for the biggest of stages” – ★ ★ ★ ★ NME

“The panoramic sound, trippy light shows, and confetti cannons of Tame Impala’s live shows are the stuff of stoner legend.” – Pitchfork

“the mind-melting live experience that’s made them one of Australia’s most treasured and in-demand music exports” – triple j

In response to the bushfires currently ravaging Australia, Kevin Parker has announced that a donation from Tame Impala’s 2020 tour will be made to bushfire relief efforts, saying –

“I’ve been hanging out to tour Australia for a long time now so I’m super excited to be able to finally be able to announce. In the past few weeks I’ve been devastated to see what’s been happening with the fires at home and we want to do our bit to help, so we’re going to be donating $AUD300,000 to bushfire relief charities.

We’ve all seen so many generous donations coming in from all around the world, which is amazing. We’re still working through exactly where the dollars will go but I want to ensure that no charity in need during this time is overlooked and that our contribution is helpful for both human and wildlife victims, as well being used actively in climate change research and bushfire prevention.”

This April, fans will experience songs from the highly anticipated new album, The Slow Rush to be released February 14. Tantalising with shimmering singles, the most recent ‘Lost in Yesterday’ is “swimming in nostalgia and hooked on a funky rhythm section” (Billboard).

In the wake of No.1 ARIA charting album Currents, Tame Impala’s last Aussie tour in 2015 saw them sell out venues across the country, including an iconic Sydney Opera House forecourt appearance. Debuting smash hit ‘The Less I Know The Better’ on tour that year, the anthemic song has accumulated over 450 million streams.

Obtaining global success, Tame Impala boasts two Grammy Nominations, eight ARIA Awards, and a Brit Award, amongst countless others. Besides his acclaimed Tame fame, Kevin Parker has also lent his musical genius to collaborations with Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Travis Scott.

KHRUANGBIN return after last year’s in-demand Australian tour, which saw them add shows and upgrade venues. On their upcoming visit, they will bring songs from 2019’s Hasta El Cielo, along with ‘Texas Sun’, a recent collaboration with fellow Texan, Leon Bridges. A mix of Thai-surf punk, Persian rock music, 1980’s Algerian symphonia, with a dash of disco, soul, and Balearic music, their hypnotic live show is not to be missed “rich in beautiful psychedelic colour, by extension, it celebrates international culture and unity.” – The Line of Best Fit

Sure to be one of the most exciting tours of the year, experience Tame Impala’s triumphant return across Australia and New Zealand this April!

Tame Impala Australian Tour
Saturday 18 April – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Monday 20 April – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Thursday 23 April – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Saturday 25 April – Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
Tuesday 28 April – RAC Arena, Perth
www.facebook.com/tameimpala

These will be Crooked Colours only headline shows for the year and will be the last chance to catch their much hyped live performance before they head back overseas to record their third album.

This is a rare opportunity to catch a full length set from one of the best live Australian acts at some of the most iconic venues in the country presented by the best promoters in the game.

Crooked Colours Australian 2020 Tour
25 April – The Fortitude Music Hall, BRISBANE
02 May – Hordern Pavilion, SYDNEY
08 May – Red Square Hobart & The Goods Shed, HOBART
16 May – Claremont Showground, PERTH
www.facebook.com/CrookedColours

The Arizona band will perform three special headline shows only while in Australia. First up: WA fans can get their fix at Fremantle venue Metropolis on Monday 16 March. Brisbane fans are up next with a show at The Tivoli on Thursday 19 March, while Adelaide audiences get their long-awaited turn with a gig at The Gov on Monday 23 March.

Coming three years after 2016’s Integrity Blues, Surviving is Jimmy Eat World’s most personal, ambitious album to date. With 25 years and 10 albums so far, frontman Jim Adkins proves once again why he’s one of the most prolific songwriters in rock & roll. Together with bandmates Rick Burch, Tom Linton and Zach Lind, Jimmy Eat World’s hard-rocking melodies and killer lyrics have won over fans for more than two decades now, thanks to iconic tracks such as: ‘Bleed American’, ‘The Middle’, ‘Sweetness’, ‘Pain’, ‘I Will Steal You Back’, ‘Always Be’, ‘Sure and Certain’ and many more.

If reviews of the band’s current US tour run this month are anything to go by, Jimmy Eat World’s tour in March 2020 is not to be missed!

‘The entire performance, in a nutshell, was breathtaking.’ – therodeomag.com

‘There are few bands that can simply do no wrong, and Jimmy Eat World are one of them …  the band exuded a seasoned maturity not lacking for energy, feeding off the die-hards singing along against the barricade and the enthusiastic tipsy waving beers in the back.’ – starsandscars.com

‘After a killer main set, the band turned up the heat for the encore, starting with “555” and then going into ‘Big Casino’ off Chase This Light … “The Middle” as the night’s final song was a definite crowd-pleaser, proving it’s a great song which still rips hard live to this day.’– Brooklyn Vegan

Fans got their first taste of new album Surviving via singles ‘Love Never’, ‘All The Way (Stay)’ and ‘555’, the 10-track album self-produced by the band with Integrity Blues producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen. Critics have praised the band for another stellar effort:

‘… the fact that Surviving sits so neatly amongst its predecessors says much about the work Jimmy Eat World have put in over the years in creating and refining a sound that is uniquely their own’ – The AU Review ★★★★

‘Packed with unfiltered feeling and power’ – Kerrang, 4/5

‘A collection of polished alt-rock pick-me-ups and feel-good collaborations’ – Billboard

‘Top to bottom, it’s a classic Jimmy Eat World record’ – Alternative Press

‘Far from a band merely surviving, it would seem Jimmy Eat World is thriving’ – Upset Magazine

Don’t miss Jimmy Eat World, playing Fremantle, Brisbane and Adelaide in March 2020!

Jimmy Eat World 2020 Tour
Monday 16 March – Metropolis, Fremantle
Thursday 19 March – The Tivoli, Brisbane
Monday 23 March – The Gov, Adelaide
www.facebook.com/jimmyeatworld

Kicking off in Sydney, saying G’day to their home fans on the Sunshine Coast and winding through intimate venues in Brisbane and Melbourne, this now London-based team of Star Kendrick and Toma Banjanin will be fresh off a comprehensive run through the US and UK and sharing tracks from this year’s release as well as 2018’s stunning debut Great Big Blue.

Drawing from the likes of Beach House, Mazzy Star and Fleetwood Mac as they present a patient, shimmering bed of guitar mastery and centimetre perfect vocals, Geowulf are a band a lifetime in the making.

Toma and Star have been friends since they both grew up on Queensland’s dazzling Sunshine Coast. Despite forging a strong friendship and bond, the two never actually collaborated musically until much later in life.

In fact, they grew up and scattered. The nomadic Kendrick bounced back and forth between Sweden, Australia and Berlin as Banjanin searched for greener pastures in London. It wasn’t long though, before their mutual musical obsessions and a touch of serendipity led them to the stage.

The newly formed duo gave themselves the name of Geowulf (a combination of the Swedish warrior Beowulf and a translation of ‘geo’ into ‘earth’) and were signed after just one show together. Kismet was in the air and it wasn’t long before they released their well-loved debut record Great Big Blue.

Described by London in Stereo as “the sonic equivalent of driving down an empty road by the beach, sun blazing, saturation up high” the breezy melodies of tunes like Drink Too Much and Only High proved to be irresistible.

Released in October, My Resignation has been no less addictive, with brutal lyrical honest and playful musical strokes combining loosely like effortless watercolours.

“This feels very personal to us”, Kendrick explains.

“It was written over a few years and signified an important season of learning to accept certain things and get back other things for myself. My Resignation also feels like a personal declaration to “let sleeping dogs lie”. We’re excited to share it and hopeful of listeners feeling connected to any of the songs.”

Geowulf Australian Tour
09 February 2020 – LANSDOWNE HOTEL, SYDNEY
13 February 2020 – THE OUTPOST, BRISBANE
14 February 2020 – SOL BAR, SUNSHINE COAST
15 February 2020 – WORKERS CLUB, MELBOURNE
www.facebook.com/geowulfmusic

The soul star along with her nine-piece band will begin in Perth on Tuesday 4 February at the Crown Theatre, followed by performances in Sydney at the Star Event Centre on Thursday 6 February, Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on Saturday 8 February and at the QPAC Concert Hall in Brisbane on Tuesday 11 February. She will then venture across the pond to perform at the Civic Theatre in Auckland on Thursday 13 February and Christchurch’s Town Hall on Saturday 15 February. These will be Ms Knight’s first Australia and New Zealand shows in over 20 years!

‘Uplifting anthems came laden with poignant nostalgia on a night where the vivacious veteran showed no sign of stopping’ – ★★★★ The Guardian

Early success came to Knight when she began performing alongside siblings and cousins as Gladys Knight and the Pips. Breakout hit ‘Every Beat of My Heart’ was followed by a string of successful singles before the release of ‘Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye)’, which earned Knight her first Grammy. Another Grammy came for #1 hit ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’, before she picked up two more for ‘Love Overboard’ and her collaboration with Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Dionne Warwick, ‘That’s What Friends Are For’, another #1 single.

The decorated singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and author has numerous other hit singles to her name, including three further Grammy Awards for her solo work, a James Bond theme for License To Kill, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Golden Globe nomination for her acting work. She’s been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, taken home a BET Lifetime Achievement Award, and was listed as one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Her most recent album is 2014’s Where My Heart Belongs.

Truly one of the greatest musical voices to ever grace our shores, Gladys Knight is not to be missed when she arrives in Australia and New Zealand in February. Grab your tickets now to see the Empress of Soul live!

Gladys Knight 2020 Australian Tour
Tuesday 4 February – Crown Theatre, Perth
Thursday 6 February – Star Event Centre, Sydney
Saturday 8 February – Hamer Hall, Melbourne
Tuesday 11 February – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane
www.facebook.com/msgladysknight

Coming nearly five years after the success of their much-loved debut album VHS, this latest LP demonstrates a band at the peak of their powers – something that audiences on this side of the world will behold for the first time as the band play their debut Antipodean shows in February 2020.

Formed by brothers Sam and Casey Harris in 2009, X Ambassadors have proved a durable and exciting force in American music over the last decade.

They’ve seen three of their tunes hit the US top 20 through high-profile placements in commercials (‘Renegades’, which featured in the 2015 Jeep Renegade campaign), films (2016’s ‘Sucker for Pain’ from Suicide Squad) and trailers (‘Unsteady’ from the 2016 drama Me Before You).

Sam has also proven to be something of a gun for hire as a songwriter, working recently as the co-writer on seven tracks from For the Throne: Music Inspired by the HBO Series Game of Thrones, as well as spending time in the studio with red-hot force of nature Lizzo.

It comes as no surprise then, that X Ambassadors’ tracks are typically perfectly constructed pieces of emotional dynamite. Singles such as ‘Jungle’, ‘Unsteady’ and this years’ ‘Boom’ utilise the full force of Sam’s vocal talents while leaning heavily on the keyboard mastery of his brother Casey.

In fact, one of the most affecting moments of an X Ambassadors live show arrives when Casey (blind from birth) takes centre stage and delivers an emotive solo interlude. A stark contrast to the often crunching beats usually delivered by the three-piece, it goes a long way to demonstrating the versatile nature of their music.

“You work for the fans. That’s it,” Harris has said. “Obviously the music has to come from a personal place, but at the end of the day, these fans are the ones that are doing everything for you.”

For the first time in February 2020 at these huge shows, fans from Australia and New Zealand will be given the opportunity to watch on as X Ambassadors deliver a high energy experience filled with soaring vocals and perfectly structured instrumentation.

X Ambassadors 2020 Debut Australian Tour
06 February 2020 – METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY
07 February 2020 – CROXTON BANDROOM, MELBOURNE
08 February 2020 – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
www.facebook.com/XAmbassadors