UK alt-rock band alt-J are returning to Australia and New Zealand to headline six massive shows across Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth for The Dream Tour 2022. The band will perform at HBF Stadium, Perth, on Thursday, September 29.
“We are bringing The Dream Down Under,” the band said. “It’s been too long since we visited beautiful Australia and New Zealand. See you there in September 2022. Let’s have it.”
The tour announcement comes ahead of the release of their new album The Dream (out tomorrow via Liberator Music/Infectious Music) with their latest single The Actor and previously released tracks Hard Drive Gold, U&ME, and Get Better. The Dream will be the fourth studio album for alt-J, following on from the chart-topping success of Relaxer (2017), This Is All Yours (2014) and An Awesome Wave (2012).
Relaxer debuted on the ARIA charts at #4 with singles Deadcrush and 3WW, which features guest vocals from Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice. Their sophomore album This Is All Yours peaked on the ARIA charts at #2 and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, with singles Hunger of the Pine, Left Hand Free and Every Other Freckle all certified Gold in Australia. An Awesome Wave, the debut album from alt-J, peaked at #9 on the ARIA charts and is certified Platinum in Australia.
Formed in Leeds, England, the band consists of Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums) and Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals). alt-J are one of the most successful British bands of the new millennium, releasing three studio albums (four as of Friday, February 11) that, between them, have sold in excess of two million copies and their songs have been streamed over two and a half billion times.
alt-J release their new album The Dream on Friday, February 11. The Dream Tour hits HBF Stadium on Thursday, September 29. Tickets are on sale Friday, February 18 from ticketmaster.com.au
