A Royal Blood Australian Tour 2014 has been announced.
Playing two special headline shows this May and June, Brighton duo Royal Blood have made quite the name for themselves off of their brute power, intricate roars and primal, chaotic hooks.
Since emerging from the UK at the start of 2012, Mike Kerr (bass) and Ben Thatcher (drums) have seen their inventive, genre-smashing sound win over fans and critics alike, and plenty of other artists too – culminating in recent tour invites from Arctic Monkeys and Foals.
In November 2013 the pair immediately drew attention from both sides of the equator with one shuddering single, ‘Out of the Black’. Name-checked on the BBC’s Sound of 2014, Royal Blood dropped latest offering ‘Little Monster’ in February (watch below), the song was quickly added to high rotation on Triple J. Both tracks appear on the band’s debut EP, Out of the Black, out now via Warner Music.
“We seem to resist every opportunity to do something the easy way and instead come up with a more creative solution,” explains Kerr. “If it gets to a point where we think, how can we progress or can we go even larger, I’d like to think that there’s another creative solution rather than expanding the line-up with additional musicians.”
In March 2014 Royal Blood conquered Austin’s South By Southwest, earning stellar reviews. They recently criss-crossed the UK with Interpol on the NME Tour, with dates locked in for Poland, France, Germany and the rest of Europe over the upcoming months. Add to that inclusion on festivals such as Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds.
Currently working on their debut album, this could be your last chance to catch Royal Blood in venues of this size. Powerful pedals and awe-inspiring amps, with rhythm, aggression and blues this duo are not to be missed!
Royal Blood Australian Tour 2014
with special guests
Sat 31 May – Melbourne | Corner Hotel (18+)
Cornerhotel.com | Ph: 1300 724 867
Tues 3 June – Sydney | Oxford Art Factory (18+)
Moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849
Frontier Members pre-sale via www.frontiertouring.com/royalblood
Tue 22 Apr (3pm AEST) to Wed 23 Apr (3pm AEST)
(or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted)
General public on sale from 10am local time, Thursday 24 April
