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G Flip: AFL mad singer-songwriter on Collingwood, the grand final and new tour

G Flip: AFL mad singer-songwriter on Collingwood, the grand final and new tour

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Collingwood-mad music star G Flip has become a victim of their own success.
The ARIA-winning Melbourne-born, US-based singer-songwriter, who identifies as non-binary and uses they-them pronouns, is backing their beloved Magpies to go all the way this year, but is already booked up for Grand Final day.
'Absolutely, we are Flagpies 2025,' said G Flip. 'And I'm so sad because I have a festival in Washington so I won't be able to get back but everyone knows that I will be watching at whatever hour. We can't be driving on tour where I can't get reception. We need to be with a stable Wi-Fi connection so I can watch the Pies in the grand final.'
Although G Flip now lives in Los Angeles, the drummer and multi-instrumentalist still gets up at all hours to watch their team play – and carefully stage-managed their current promotional trip of Australia to be able to catch Collingwood play on the Gold Coast last week and caught up in the dressing room after the game with skipper Darcy Moore.
G Flip has even converted their wife of three years – US actor and reality TV star Chrishell Stause, with whom she appeared on the cover of US weekly in May for their Pride edition – to the black and white cause.
'She is a Collingwood supporter,' G Flip said. 'I've bought her two jerseys, a scarf, a couple of hats and a beanie. And she's got a MCC membership even though she's never been to the MCG.'
With third album Dream Ride, the follow-up to 2023 No.1 album Drummer, due in September and new single In Another Life released last week, G Flip is back in Australia to announce their biggest tour on home soil yet next year.
The tour will kick off at Brisbane's Riverstage on February 27 before moving to Sydney's Hordern Pavilion on March 3; Melbourne's Margaret Court Arena, March 5; Adelaide Entertainment Centre, March 7; and Fremantle Arts Centre March 15, with tickets on sale next Monday.
And while G Flip says that the size of the venues is 'a bit daunting', previous gigs such as playing last year's New Year's Eve broadcast to a TV audience of millions, will help them make the big step up.
'All of these shows I've done in my past is just prepping me to take the next step and get to bigger shows,' G Flip said. 'But in saying that, I feel like every like 15 shows something goes wrong. I feel like that's just like a thing with everyone but you just learn how to deal with it. I played a show not long ago and all the power went out. So I just ripped the drum solo because drums don't need a mic.
'Playing all these different stages, all these different venues, all these different places in the world, it's just made me grow and mature as a performer and an artist on how to deal with different situations.'
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