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Lake Street Dive (USA) acclaimed five-piece band announce Australian tour for March 2025
25 Oct 2024Frontier Touring is pumped to announce acclaimed five-piece band Lake Street Dive Australian Tour 2025 for March - their first Australian shows in eight years.
"It’s been too long, Australia— eight years, to be exact— since we played your glorious country/continent combo! But as Men at Work said, “you better run, you better take cover,” because we’re coming back! Look out for a show near you in March 2025 as part of our Australian Tour 2025. We’ll be good together again!" - Lake Street Dive
The Brooklyn based US band - best described as the original cross-pollination of soul, folk, jazz and classic pop – will play Enmore Theatre, Sydney on Tuesday 18 March, The Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane on Wednesday 19 March and Metropolis, Fremantle on Friday 21 March. Lake Street Dive will also play Live at the Gardens, Melbourne on Saturday 15 March. Tickets via liveatthegardens.com.au.
Frontier Member pre-sale for all shows commences Tuesday 29 October 1pm local time before tickets go on sale Thursday 31 October 2pm local time. Tickets and tour information via frontiertouring.com/lakestreetdive
Formed in Boston, the quintet first met while studying jazz at the New England Conservatory of Music. Their breakout album Bad Self Portraits was released in 2014, followed by Side Pony (2016), Free Yourself Up (2018), Obviously (2021), Fun Machine: The Sequel (2022) - a six-track covers EP with songs by Bonnie Raitt, The Pointer Sisters and Carole King, among others – and their most recent Good Together (2024), out now via Concord Records, here.
“From the moment the Boston quintet strolled onto the Orpheum stage, everyone in the theatre knew what was coming was going to be awesome”
- Vancouver SunAbout Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive have pushed the possibilities of pop music as a unifying force, not only through their eclectic sound — a boldly original cross-pollination of soul, folk, jazz, classic pop, and more — the five-piece's all-embracing ethos has also made them a beloved live band known for building a potent connection among every crowd. In the making of their new album Good Together, vocalist Rachael Price, bassist/background vocalist Bridget Kearney, drummer/background vocalist Mike Calabrese, keyboardist/vocalist Akie Bermiss, and guitarist/background vocalist James Cornelison reinforced the deep sense of purpose behind their output, often turning their attention to the many factors driving us apart today (e.g., unchecked technological growth, culturally imposed isolation, the cult of relentless self-optimization). Born from a mindset they refer to as "joyful rebellion," Good Together arrives as a body of work both gloriously defiant and primed to inspire unbridled dancing and ecstatic singing-along.The follow-up to 2021's Obviously, Good Together finds Lake Street Dive working again with Grammy-winning producer Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Gary Clark Jr.). With its sonic landscape encompassing everything from R&B to funk to Brazilian pop, the album opens on its title track: a left-of-center love song celebrating the thrill of defying expectation and following your heart's desire. Next, on ‘Dance with a Stranger,’ Lake Street Dive once again prove their undeniable gift for crafting feel-good songs with an illuminating message, simultaneously inducing a carefree euphoria and gently fostering empathy. The wildly cathartic ‘Walking Uphill’ presents gripping meditation on the work of self-repair, while ‘Seats at the Bar’ puts a sweetly playful twist on the classic love song. And on ‘Twenty-Five,’ Price shares a stark and lovely ballad steeped in tender reminiscence of a long-ago romance. All throughout Good Together, Lake Street Dive tap into the palpable camaraderie that's fuelled the band since their formation, ultimately delivering their most collaborative, expansive, and powerfully exuberant work to date.
Witness the unifying force of Lake Street Dive this March!