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Peggy Gou | Internationally acclaimed DJ announces east coast Australian tour for November
13 Sep 2024MG Live and Frontier Touring proudly announce internationally acclaimed South Korean, Berlin based DJ, producer, Peggy Gou east coast tour for November 2024 – Gou’s first Australian headline tour in two years.
Cultural trailblazer Peggy Gou kicks off her Australian tour at Marquee @ Brisbane Showgrounds on Friday 15 November before heading to Munro Warehouse, Sydney on Saturday 16 November and winding up at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne on Sunday 17 November.
Frontier Member presale commences Tuesday 17 September from 1pm local time before tickets go on sale Thursday 19 September from 3pm local time. Tickets via frontiertouring.com/peggygou
"Gou deftly creates irrepressible music equally suited to tiny basements, Bluetooth speakers or Berghain’s Panorama bar" - ★★★★ The Guardian
"Peggy Gou has gone from cult followed underground DJ, to now universally adored international star" - The Music
"it’s the most fulsome blueprint yet of the signature Gou sound...we can expect to hear it blossoming in every corner of the globe." - Sydney Morning Herald
There has never been a figure in pop culture like Peggy Gou. The self-managed South Korean-born, Berlin-based producer and artist is uniquely revered as both an underground icon and global sensation, sticking by her own unwavering vision to become one of the most in-demand electronic music artists and DJs in the world.
2024 has already seen Gou grace the covers of Billboard (US), Vogue Germany and L’Officiel Italia and released her debut album I Hear You (out now via XL Recordings / Remote Control, here) - #5 ARIA Dance Chart and #7 ARIA Vinyl Chart. ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’: Platinum in AU, #1 ARIA Club Single, #2 ARIA Dance Single, voted #15 in triple j Hottest 100, #1 on Global Shazam Chart, #1 Spotify Global Daily Chart, #1 Spotify AU Viral Chart.
It’s also set to be a huge year for her in the live arena. Having played to over a million people in 2023, 2024 has seen a string of high-profile appearances at the likes of the Coachella, Ultra, EDC and Primavera festivals alongside a forthcoming headline slot on Glastonbury’s Park Stage and her biggest headline show to date: at London’s Gunnersbury Park, on 17th August.
In 2022, Peggy Gou remixed the iconic global hit, Kylie Minogue’s ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Peggy Gou’s Midnight Remix)’.
"I Hear You is full of timeless classics that are set to become dancefloor staples, proving that Peggy Gou is not one to miss a beat" - ★★★★★ The AU Review
"I Hear You is a sparkling introduction to Gou’s eclectic “K-house” sound" - ★★★★ The Guardian
About Peggy Gou
Few artists in recent memory have made such an impact on popular culture as Peggy Gou. From underground sensation to global icon, Gou has become one of the world’s most recognisable and recognised names in dance music and beyond. As the founder of music and design label Gudu and as a keen collaborator with a family of distinctive creatives, Gou has distilled these passions into a celebration of electronic music and alternative culture, a personal vision that resonates universally.Having moved from Korea to study in London and experienced the glory years of much-missed club Plastic People, the whirlwind time since has seen Gou honouring electronic music's heritage whilst imprinting upon it her own unique personality. Gou’s natural feel for the warmth, joy and freedom of house and techno’s legacy led to a run of irresistible releases that quickly became international hits; Gou Talk, It Makes You Forget (Itgehane), Starry Night, Jigoo (with US house music legend Maurice Fulton), Nabi (with fellow Korean sensation OHHYUK) and I Go earning global acclaim.
These iconic tracks have led to a touring schedule that has taken in the world’s leading clubs and festivals, from Glastonbury to Dekmantel, De School to Printworks, alongside her own personally curated ‘Pleasure Gardens’ - an annual sell out one day festival in London’s Finsbury Park now in its fourth year. Gou’s timeless DJ sets speak fondly to an open-ended musical philosophy, energised by adiverse range of influences, from J Dilla to Patrick Cowley, the Yellow Magic Orchestra through to DJ Sotofett.
In 2023, Gou teamed up with XL Recordings for the release of her hit single “(It Goes Like) Nanana”. The single was Gou’s first release for the label and the first track from her hot debut album I Hear You, which also features the official singles ‘Lobster Telephone’, ‘1+1=11’, ‘I Believe In Love Again (with Lenny Kravitz)’ and ‘I Go’.
Topping the singles charts in multiple countries and soon to be streamed over a quarter of a billion times it sees Gou straddling the underground and mainstream in a way most artists can only aspire to.