Press Release: Frontier Touring - Thursday 7th September 2023

Frontier Touring are pumped to announce UK rock duo ROYAL BLOOD will make their way back to our shores, touring across Australia and New Zealand in December.

“We’re incredibly excited to be announcing these shows in Australia and New Zealand in December this year. We haven’t toured over there since 2018 so we can’t wait to get back out there. It’s been far too long” - ROYAL BLOOD

Joining the British lads will be PSYCHEDELIC P*RN CRUMPETS and THE BUOYS on all Australian shows plus RACING and ELLIOT & VINCENT in Auckland.

Royal Blood will also be performing at Let The Good Times Roll, Memorial Park, The Entrance, NSW* on Sunday 10 December and Changing Tides Festival, Kiama Showgrounds, Kiama, NSW* on Sunday 17 December.

Last here in Australia & New Zealand in 2018 playing sold-out crowds across both countries, ROYAL BLOOD – Mike Kerr & Ben Thatcher - are returning fresh off the back of an extensive tour run across Europe & the US as well as new music, having just released their latest album Back To The Water Below.

Back To The Water Below follows three previous consecutive UK #1 albums from the British Duo, featuring the singles Mountains At Midnight, Pull Me Through and new track, Shiner In The Dark.

ROYAL BLOOD

Their breakout year in 2014 including a debut Glastonbury, SXSW and Radio 1’s Big Weekend slot saw the band soar into notoriety. Releasing their debut album Royal Blood that same year, the critically acclaimed project became their defining moment, being crowned as the fastest selling British rock debut in three years, with huge tracks Figure It Out and Out of the Black remaining fan favourites almost 10 years on.

Touring across the UK & US the band won a Brit Award in 2015 for Best British Band, which catapulted them onto the world stage, touring with FOO FIGHTERS and performing huge festival sets across the world including Coachella, Fuji Rock and Australia’s own Laneway.

With a consecutive No.1 for second album How Did We Get So Dark, Royal Blood’s signature sound was well and truly cemented, with NME calling the project “10 shamelessly melodic rock monsters that hit home like a nail gun to the eardrum”.

Touring with the likes of THE KILLERS, PEARL JAM and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, ROYAL BLOOD began touring the world in their own right, playing sold out shows and festival sets worldwide. Due to embark on an extensive tour of the UK & US from September-November, the duo will be fired up to perform to their biggest fans in Australia and New Zealand this December.

PSYCHEDELIC P*RN CRUMPETS

PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS’ 6th album, Fronzoli, is released 10th November 2023. Featuring the singles ‘Nootmare (K.I.L.L.I.N.G) Meow!’ and ‘(I'm a Kadaver) Alakazam’, this record is the bands' first fully independently released album since High Visceral Pt1 & Pt2. After sellout tours across UK/EU & North America in 2022, PPC are back in Australia to bring their mind-bending live show to audiences, fully charged and raring to go.

THE BUOYS

The all-female Sydney indie rock 4-piece; Courtney Cunningham (bass guitar), Hilary Geddes (lead guitar), Tess Wilkin (drums) and founding mainstay, Zoe Catterall (rhythm guitar and lead vocals), will open on all Australian shows this December. Known for exploring themes of uncertainty, disappointment, curiosity and determination, The Buoys high energy music is inspired by workplace feuds, people who walk slowly in front of you and a tonne of bad dates.

RACING

Auckland-band four-piece, RACING, take rock and roll and inject it with a chemical haze so potent the listener is left both pleased and punished. Once likened to “the thoughts of a crocodile in flood season”, the band crafts a swirling sea of groove and hypnosis into rock anthems drenched in weird tropical dance music. Releasing their debut album Real Dancing in 2019, the band were subsequently nominated for Best Rock Artist at the 2019 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Having shared the stage on tour with Oasis, REM, The Hives, AC/DC, The Killers & Muse, Racing – Ed Knowles (vocals), Sven Pettersen (guitar), Daniel Barrett (bass) & Izaak Houston (drums) - are stepping up onto the international music radar. Having released their sophomore album Must Be The Moon in 2022, the project received critical acclaim and saw the band perform nationwide on their headline tour to an ever-growing fanbase.

ELLIOT & VINCENT

ELLIOT & VINCENT are an Auckland-based two-piece band featuring drummer and vocalist Elliot Finn and guitarist Vincent Cherry. The pair fill the space in each other’s sound to form driving rhythms with distorted strain. Together, they draw influence from the likes of PJ Harvey, The Kills, Charlie Megirta and Alana Vega, heavily grounding themselves within he garage/indie genre. Due to release their self-recorded demo EP and upcoming performances at Going Global Artist Showcase and The Others Way Festival, the duo enjoy the creative process of blending their music with a shared visual interest, having both studied fashion design straight out of high school.

Tour Dates

Auckland, NZ
Thursday 7th December - Spark Arena

The Entrance, NSW
Sunday 10th December - Memorial Park

Brisbane, QLD
Monday 11th December - Riverstage

Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 13th December - Hordern Pavillion

Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th December - Festival Hall

Kiama, NSW
Sunday 17th December - Kiama Showgrounds

Adelaide, SA
Tuesday 19th December - Hindley St. Music Hall

Perth, WA
Thursday 21st December - HBF Stadium