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Perth Now
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Aussie indie rock legends to descend on WA's south coast
The beloved Australian indie rock band Ball Park Music are coming to Bunbury this Thursday on their national Like Love Tour 2025. The five-piece band, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Sam Cromack, bass guitarist Jennifer Boyce, Paul Furness on keyboards, Dean Hanson on rhythm guitar, and Daniel Hanson on drums, will be playing at the Prince of Wales Hotel on May 8. The Brisbane indie nerds will fly in from Hobart — where they performed on Saturday night — returning to Bunbury for the first time since 2023, when they played at the Groovin' The Moo festival. Like Love is the band's eighth studio album, which comes fresh from the success of their seventh, Weirder And Weirder in 2022, which featured the hit single Stars In My Eyes. Ball Park Music have long been at the summit of Australian music, with five of their seven albums having debuted in the ARIA top five, four of their songs selling more than one million copies, and 12 making the triple j Hottest 100. 'The new record has seen us explore a more tender, introspective side of our band and we're excited to redesign our show to accommodate this, as well as all our usual faves for the stage,' the band said in a statement. 'Joining us in support for the Aussie leg will be our new fave Brissie band, Bean Magazine. We adore them and they're gonna kill it,' they said. 'We couldn't be more pumped to go. We'll see you out there!' Tickets are still available on the band's website.
Sydney Morning Herald
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
What do you do when your band is invited to open for Oasis? Grab a pint, of course
There's only one thing to do when you find out you're opening for the legendary British band Oasis – head to the pub to celebrate. That's precisely what Sam Cromack, frontman of Brisbane-based indie-rock band Ball Park Music, says they did when they received the call inviting them to join Noel and Liam Gallagher on tour in Australia later this year. 'We've come to not expect these kinds of massive, mind-blowing opportunities,' says Cromack. 'At first, they just say you're in the mix with a bunch of other bands, and in the past, we've known that's not good. We never come out on top. So it was truly a euphoric moment when we got the call to say the contract is signed, it's real, it's going ahead.' Opening for Oasis is undeniably the biggest opportunity they've received since forming in 2008, says guitarist Dean Hanson. 'We've played live so much over so many years in so many different places, so getting up in front of tens of thousands of people will be great. It feels like we've been practising for over a decade.' It's hardly overnight success. They have released eight studio albums, six of which have featured in the ARIA top five. Earlier this month their new album, Like Love, became their first ARIA Albums Chart No.1 when it debuted in the top spot, also becoming the first Australian No.1 this year. They've done more than 500 live shows, including at SXSW in Texas, and will set out on a Like Love national tour in May. But supporting Oasis is next-level – Ball Park Music will be playing huge stadiums (Marvel in Melbourne and Accor in Sydney). If these spaces are even a third or half full by the time the band begins playing, Cromack says it will still be their largest audience by far. As nerve-racking as this may sound, he says the stage, regardless of its size, will always be a safe space.
The Age
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
What do you do when your band is invited to open for Oasis? Grab a pint, of course
There's only one thing to do when you find out you're opening for the legendary British band Oasis – head to the pub to celebrate. That's precisely what Sam Cromack, frontman of Brisbane-based indie-rock band Ball Park Music, says they did when they received the call inviting them to join Noel and Liam Gallagher on tour in Australia later this year. 'We've come to not expect these kinds of massive, mind-blowing opportunities,' says Cromack. 'At first, they just say you're in the mix with a bunch of other bands, and in the past, we've known that's not good. We never come out on top. So it was truly a euphoric moment when we got the call to say the contract is signed, it's real, it's going ahead.' Opening for Oasis is undeniably the biggest opportunity they've received since forming in 2008, says guitarist Dean Hanson. 'We've played live so much over so many years in so many different places, so getting up in front of tens of thousands of people will be great. It feels like we've been practising for over a decade.' It's hardly overnight success. They have released eight studio albums, six of which have featured in the ARIA top five. Earlier this month their new album, Like Love, became their first ARIA Albums Chart No.1 when it debuted in the top spot, also becoming the first Australian No.1 this year. They've done more than 500 live shows, including at SXSW in Texas, and will set out on a Like Love national tour in May. But supporting Oasis is next-level – Ball Park Music will be playing huge stadiums (Marvel in Melbourne and Accor in Sydney). If these spaces are even a third or half full by the time the band begins playing, Cromack says it will still be their largest audience by far. As nerve-racking as this may sound, he says the stage, regardless of its size, will always be a safe space.
