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Glass Animals announce 2022 Australian tour dates
Get ready for some late nights in the middle of July!
You’ve seen the mysterious posters popping up around the city and now we know why – UK electro pop quartet Glass Animals have announced they’ll be touring Australia in 2022.
The tour will finally see the Oxford four-piece bring their huge third album Dreamland to our shores.
Spearheaded by the success of the album’s single ‘Heat Waves’, Glass Animals have continued to amass a legion of dedicated fans Down Under, so these upcoming shows are sure to be huge.
Taking out the #1 spot on this year’s triple j Hottest 100 – the first time a UK band has scored the accolade since 2009 – ‘Heat Waves’ also held the No.1 spot on the ARIA Official Singles Chart in Australia for six consecutive weeks. The single has spent 41 weeks in the top 10 of ARIA chart, making it on par with ‘Dance Monkey’s’ record for the most weeks in the top 10 in ARIA history.
Now Glass Animals are set to play their biggest shows on Australian soil ever, bringing their mind-bending Dreamland live experience our way.
Glass Animals 2022 Australia Tour
- July 14, 2022, – HBF Stadium, Perth WA
Tickets go on sale Tuesday 23rd November @ 11am (local)
They’ve been described as the pandemic’s pop success story, and it’s safe to say that is a fair description of the last couple of years for Glass Animals – although it didn’t start out that way.
First, the release of Dreamland was postponed. Then, according to an interview with frontman Dave Bayley in the Financial Times, the band were told the record would flop and they should put it out and immediately start writing its follow up.
The album finally released in August 2020 to a somewhat modest reception, but it was the slow build behind ‘Heat Waves’ – across gaming culture, streaming, and social media – that saw Glass Animals fast becoming one of the biggest bands of the year.
An album about community but without the ability to tour, Glass Animals took things into their own hands. Connecting with fans online in a variety of innovative ways – from creating an interactive ’90s-esque website filled with easter eggs and hidden content to the livestream concert the band dubbed a “One-Off AudioVisual Experience” and to Bayley taking fans into his songwriting den – Glass Animals weren’t slowing down for a second.
But on the live stage is where they do things best, and if reviews from their recent shows across the US and UK are anything to go by, you don’t want to miss a second of their Australian visit.
Glass Animals Australian Tour Ticket Info:
My Ticketmaster Presale –Wednesday 24 November @ 1pm (local) until Thursday 25 November @ 11am (local)
General Public Onsale – Tuesday 23rd November @ 11am (local)
Glass Animals will bring their Dreamland tour to Australia in July 2022. Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster.com.au.
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When are Glass Animals touring Australia?
Glass Animals will bring their Dreamland tour to Australia in July 2022. Their tour dates include:
- Thursday 14 July 2022 – HBF Stadium, Perth WA
When do tickets for Glass Animals’ Australian tour go on sale?
Tickets for Glass Animals’ Dreamland Australian tour dates go on sale to the general public from Tuesday 23rd November @ 11am (local).
A My Ticketmaster Presale for Ticketmaster Members will take place from Wednesday 24 November @ 1pm (local) until Thursday 25 November @ 11am (local).
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We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: Glass Animals will bring their Dreamland tour to Australia in July 2022. Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster.com.au.
