Winston Surfshirt Announces 2025 East-Coast Album Launch Shows
The Sydney-based band had already been announced as part of the line-up for this year's Brisbane Festival earlier in the month, with a performance booked in at the city's Princess Theatre for September. Other acts performing at the esteemed Woollongabba venue as part of this year's festivities include John Butler, Sarah Blasko, Wunderhorse, Odd Mob and Indo Warehouse.
Winston, meanwhile, was formally announced in late May. Five singles have already been lifted from the album ahead of its official release: 'Boots' in November 2024, 'Ice Cream' back in January, 'Spend My Nights' in March, 'One Sugar' in May (to coincide with the album's announcement) and 'Jeep' last Friday (June 27th). The lattermost single can be streamed below.
The band's most recent live performance came as part of this year's Vivid, where they played a free show in Darling Harbour's Tumbalong Park. They were joined by Jerome Blaze as their opening act. Prior to that, the band did a run of pop-up shows at beaches across New South Wales, where they performed live from the back of a boat. They had pulled this off previously in the early days of the band, performing on the water in Sydney Harbour promoting their 2017 debut album Sponge Cake.
Friday, September 26th – Princess Theatre, Brisbane QLD
Friday, October 17th – 170 Russell, Melbourne VIC
Saturday, October 18th – Liberty Hall, Sydney NSW
The Brisbane show is on sale now. A pre-sale for the Sydney and Melbourne shows will go live from 10am AEST on Tuesday, July 1st. General sale will then follow on Wednesday, July 2nd at 12pm AEST. All ticketing links and pre-sale sign-ups can be accessed via MG Live's official website.
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