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18-05-2025
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Sombr Announces Debut Headline AU & NZ Dates As Part Of His Late Nights & Young Romance World Tour
Press Release – Frontier Touring Company Frontier Touring is hyped to announce 19-year-old, alternative-pop artist sombr will make his Australia and New Zealand headline debut this December. Also in the country for shows at Spilt Milk festival, sombr will perform unmissable headline shows at Auckland Town Hall, Melbourne's Festival Hall, Sydney's Hordern Pavilion and Brisbane's The Fortitude Music Hall. Frontier Members can access the presale which begins Wednesday 21 May from 3pm local time, before tickets go on sale Thursday 22 May from 4pm local time. Tickets and tour information via Shane Boose became sombr via a make-shift recording studio in his bedroom. The 19-year-old Lower East Side native honed his talents at New York's performing arts school, LaGuardia High, spending his days studying classical music and late nights dabbling in young romance, skateboarding, and generally getting into trouble. When COVID hit, his own music became an escape for the young artist from the physical and social isolation brought on by the pandemic. sombr taught himself music production and immersed himself in obsessively recording emotional indie-rock tracks. His song 'Caroline' (released in 2022) became a sad girl anthem, taking the internet by storm. The track was self-produced, self-written and self-released when sombr was just 16, it has since been streamed on Spotify over 45 million times. Continuing to drop EPs and singles ever since, sombr now has over 28 million monthly listeners. His songs 'would've been you', 'do I ever cross your mind', ' back to friends' and latest single ' undressed ' have become indie-rock hits, with the latter two certified Gold in Australia and currently in the top 10 of the ARIA singles chart. sombr also teamed up with Rachel Chinouriri (2025 Britt Nominee and support for Sabrina Carpenter's tour) to release a remix / collab of Rachel's hit 'All I Ever Asked'. It's the kind of trajectory that feels once in a generation. Between his remarkable aural instincts and an insatiability for experimenting with new sounds, sombr exudes staying power. This became more evident during his headline 2024 North American tour. Concert Chronicles stated, 'sombr did not disappoint, delivering a performance that was both mesmerizing and electrifying' of his live show, with My Life In Sound adding, 'If you have the chance to see sombr live, seize the opportunity – his performance is not to be missed.' Earlier this year sombr toured North America and will soon support Nessa Barrett in the UK and Europe, before embarking on his very own world tour. Australia and New Zealand don't miss sombr's first visit to our shores, grab your tickets when they go on sale this Thursday
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11-05-2025
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V**gra Boys Announce Australia + New Zealand Tour
Press Release – Frontier Touring Company Following a sold-out rampage across Australia last November – and currently tearing through a riotous world tour in support of their new album, viagr aboys – Swedish post-punkers V**gra Boys announce their live return in January, including the band's first visit to Aotearoa with the infinite anxiety tour of 2026: Australia and New Zealand. Led by the gravel-throated, gleefully unfiltered Sebastian Murphy, six-piece V**gra Boys are one of the world's most unmissable bands, a reputation earned through relentless international touring – including a recent set at Coachella, where they kicked off their current world tour (watch here) – and chaotic headline shows that blend satire, sleaze, and saxophone. After dissecting a world ruled by terminally-online conspiracy theorists on 2022's Cave World, fourth album viagr aboys paces through the crude grimy places where they themselves fit in the nonsense. One of the V**gra Boys' greatest strengths is their ability to tear down everything and nothing at the same time. Murphy and his compatriots will build a charred groove, pick out surreal bursts of imagery to perfectly gouge at the sheen of societal normalcy, and then remind you that you're probably wrong to trust their judgment. Touching down in January 2026, the post-punkers will hit Auckland's Powerstation in a long-overdue debut NZ performance on Thursday 15 January, before embarking on a run of their biggest Australian venues to date: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday 16 May (1pm local time) via Frontier and Penny Drop members can access early presale tickets via promoter presales, starting Thursday 15 May (11am local time). Renowned for their explosive live energy and razor-sharp wit, on lead single and album opener 'Man Made of Meat' Murphy taunts your mum's OnlyFans and hopes to score some free women's sweaters from LL Bean. And as the album evolves, V**gra Boys work through churning post-punk, post-apocalyptic dub, and skronking rock while denouncing 'smoking crypto' and detailing a journey 'stealing Poseidon's trident from the Navy SEALs.' Through it all, the band looks out at the endless expanse of Walmarts and crystal healers, searching for some twisted solace: 'the important part of being alive in the big, stupid world is figuring out the world inside of you that is equally big and stupid.'' V**gra Boys. January 2026. It's gonna get weird. Don't miss out!
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11-05-2025
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V**gra Boys Announce Australia + New Zealand Tour
Monday, 12 May 2025, 10:04 am Press Release: Frontier Touring Company Following a sold-out rampage across Australia last November – and currently tearing through a riotous world tour in support of their new album, viagr aboys – Swedish post-punkers V**gra Boys announce their live return in January, including the band's first visit to Aotearoa with the infinite anxiety tour of 2026: Australia and New Zealand. (Photo/Supplied) Led by the gravel-throated, gleefully unfiltered Sebastian Murphy, six-piece V**gra Boys are one of the world's most unmissable bands, a reputation earned through relentless international touring – including a recent set at Coachella, where they kicked off their current world tour (watch here) – and chaotic headline shows that blend satire, sleaze, and saxophone. After dissecting a world ruled by terminally-online conspiracy theorists on 2022's Cave World, fourth album viagr aboys paces through the crude grimy places where they themselves fit in the nonsense. One of the V**gra Boys' greatest strengths is their ability to tear down everything and nothing at the same time. Murphy and his compatriots will build a charred groove, pick out surreal bursts of imagery to perfectly gouge at the sheen of societal normalcy, and then remind you that you're probably wrong to trust their judgment. Touching down in January 2026, the post-punkers will hit Auckland's Powerstation in a long-overdue debut NZ performance on Thursday 15 January, before embarking on a run of their biggest Australian venues to date: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday 16 May (1pm local time) via Frontier and Penny Drop members can access early presale tickets via promoter presales, starting Thursday 15 May (11am local time). Renowned for their explosive live energy and razor-sharp wit, on lead single and album opener 'Man Made of Meat' Murphy taunts your mum's OnlyFans and hopes to score some free women's sweaters from LL Bean. And as the album evolves, V**gra Boys work through churning post-punk, post-apocalyptic dub, and skronking rock while denouncing 'smoking crypto' and detailing a journey 'stealing Poseidon's trident from the Navy SEALs.' Through it all, the band looks out at the endless expanse of Walmarts and crystal healers, searching for some twisted solace: 'the important part of being alive in the big, stupid world is figuring out the world inside of you that is equally big and stupid.'' V**gra Boys. January 2026. It's gonna get weird. Don't miss out! © Scoop Media
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08-05-2025
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Jackson Dean (US) Announces AU & NZ Dates For The On The Back Of My Dreams World Tour
Press Release – Frontier Touring Company Frontier Touring is excited to announce the return of US country star, Jackson Dean as he brings his On The Back Of My Dreams World Tour to Australia and New Zealand this October. Jackson returns to Australia playing metro and regional dates in his biggest venues yet. Performing shows in Melbourne, Warrnambool, Torquay, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, the singer will then head over to Auckland to make his New Zealand debut. Jackson will also perform shows at Deniliquin Ute Muster, Savannah In The Round and Groundwater Country Music Festival. Frontier Members can access the presale which begins on Monday 12 May from 1pm local time, before tickets go on sale Tuesday 13 May from 2pm local time. Tickets and tour information via Bursting on to the scene in 2022, Jackson Dean quickly drew likeness to legendary artists Chris Stapleton and Eric Church, with platinum breakout single 'Don't Come Lookin'' putting the newcomer on the country music map. With the track earning multiple weeks at #1 on the Australian Country Radio Chart, it also became the fastest debut to reach No.1 in the US in 2022. This achievement awarded Jackson the accolade of the youngest solo male Country artist to reach the top of the charts on debut. Dean made his Australian debut in 2023 with a series of intimate headline shows before returning in 2024 to an unforgettable performance at CMC Rocks QLD, followed by performing as special guest on Lainey Wilson's Australian tour. With his strong gravel-toned vocals, wayward spirit, intentional songwriting and overall mystique, the fast-rising singer/songwriteris quickly earning a reputation for his impressive live show and thought-provoking, lyric-driven music. As he enters an impressive and bold new chapter, Dean will return in 2025 to showcase his most recent album On The Back Of My Dreams featuring fan favourite 'Train' and live show stand out 'Heavens To Betsy' and brand new track 'Be Your Man' (out now via Big Machine Records) for Australian fans. Cementing himself as one of Nashville's most intriguing artists, Entertainment Focus hailed his latest album a 'thought-provoking exploration of existence, filled with sonic surprises and layered meanings'. Constructing big transcendental, swelling songs that demand an equally bone-shaking vocal performance, Dean deliversan aspirational and captivating vocal performance that is striking, distinctive and stimulating, with both swagger and intellect. A vocalist who truly thrives on stage, the Maryland native has leaned hard into touring – wowing audiences and building a passionate fanbase that connects on a deeper level. As well as embarking on his biggest headline tour to date, bringing the On The Back Of My Dreams World Tour across the US, Europe and now Australia and New Zealand, Jackson has also joined tours and bills with superstar acts like Toby Keith, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, Eric Church, Luke Bryan, Brantley Gilbert, Kane Brown, Brooks & Dunn, Lee Brice, HARDY and Brothers Osborne. In what will be a groundbreaking return to Australia as well as signifying his highly anticipated New Zealand debut, don't miss these incredible shows as Jackson Dean brings his exceptional live performances our way this October.
