Something For Kate

Mark it in your calendar, friends: Frontier Touring and Village Sounds are pleased to announce acclaimed Melbourne trio Something For Kate have rescheduled their hugely anticipated Echolalia x The Modern Medieval headline tour to March/April 2022.
 
Originally scheduled for September/October 2021 and postponed due to COVID restrictions and border closures, Something For Kate – Paul Dempsey, Stephanie Ashworth and Clint Hyndman – will now perform their first headline tour in almost five years in early 2022.
 
SFK will go ‘Double or Nothing’ with the Echolalia x The Modern Medieval tour – performing two special sets per show in our country’s most ornate theatre venues: 2001 hit album Echolalia in full, followed by a 2nd set comprised of tracks from 2020’s acclaimed The Modern Medieval, plus a mix of other favourites. Tickets are on sale now via frontiertouring.com/somethingforkate.
 
Melbourne: with three shows already sold out, don’t delay in grabbing the very final tickets for the band’s performance at The Forum on Tuesday 8 March.
 
Brisbane: don’t miss out on catching the band’s 2nd & final show at Fortitude Music Hall on Sunday 13 March.
 
Sydney & Adelaide: limited tickets remain for both cities – grab them now to avoid missing out! The band will perform at Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre on Friday 4 March, followed by the final stop on the tour – Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Friday 8 April.

Tickets for the original 2021 performances will be valid for the rescheduled 2022 dates, with punters not needing to take any action. Patrons unable to attend the new dates may obtain a refund – contact your ticketing agency for more details. 
 
Don’t miss Something For Kate performing Echolalia x The Modern Medieval’, touring nationally March/April 2022!

Fans can’t get enough of Melbourne trio Something For Kate, who earlier this week announced they’ll be touring the country for the very first time in four years on their special two-set ‘Double Or Nothing’ tour, Echolalia x The Modern Medieval, this September/October. 

Due to overwhelming demand in today’s pre-sale, Frontier Touring is pleased to announce the band will perform a 2nd Melbourne show on the tour. 

Something For Kate will now play back-to-back dates at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 September, with tickets to the Wed 22 show now available in the Frontier Pre-sale (allocation exhausted for Thursday 23rd). 

The Echolalia x The Modern Medieval tour kicks off at Perth’s Astor Theatre on Friday 17 September and Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre on Saturday 18 September, before heading to their hometown, before the band head to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Friday 8 October, and Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Saturday 9 October. 

Tickets for all shows go on sale to the general public on Monday 26 July (12noon local time) via frontiertouring.com/somethingforkate. These will go fast – don’t wait! 

Paul Dempsey, Stephanie Ashworth and Clint Hyndman will go ‘Double or Nothing’ with the Echolalia x The Modern Medieval tour – performing two special sets per show in our country’s most ornate theatre venues. 

‘We’ve been unable to tour The Modern Medieval since its release last year and along with Echolalia turning 20 this year, we wanted to find a way to celebrate both albums so we decided to play two sets a night. We’ll be our own support band! 

One set will feature Echolalia in full and the other set will be made up of songs from     The Modern Medieval plus a mix of other favourites. This will be a rare and unique Something for Kate tour. We can’t wait for these very special shows.’ – Something For Kate 

Don’t miss Something For Kate performing Echolalia x The Modern Medieval’ this Sep/Oct! 

Frontier Touring and Village Sounds are proud to announce that Melbourne trio Something For Kate, one of Australia’s most influential bands, will head out on their first national headline tour in four years this coming September/October – the Echolalia x The Modern Medieval tour.
 
For one night only in each city, Paul Dempsey, Stephanie Ashworth and Clint Hyndman will go ‘Double or Nothing’ with the Echolalia x The Modern Medieval tour – performing two special sets per show in our country’s most ornate theatre venues.

‘We’ve been unable to tour The Modern Medieval since its release last year and along with Echolalia turning 20 this year, we wanted to find a way to celebrate both albums so we decided to play two sets a night.
We’ll be our own support band!
 
One set will feature Echolalia in full and the other set will be made up of songs from The Modern Medieval plus a mix of other favourites. This will be a rare and unique Something for Kate tour.We can’t wait for these
very special shows.’ – Something For Kate

‘Double or Nothing’ is a brand-new concert series that offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for fans see their favourite iconic Australian band play two very special sets over the course of one unique evening. It’s an evening that celebrates albums embedded in the hearts, minds and collective DNA of Australian audiences. 
 
Something For Kate will perform at Perth’s Astor Theatre on Friday 17 September, followed by Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre on Saturday 18 September. Melbourne’s The Forum takes place on Thursday 23 September, with Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Friday 8 October and Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Saturday 9 October.
 
Frontier Members will have access to tickets in their pre-sale from Thursday 22 July (12noon AEST) before tickets go on sale to the general public from Monday 26 July (12noon local time) via frontiertouring.com/somethingforkate.
 
With their masterful musical architecture, Something For Kate have earned 750,000+ Gold and Platinum sales across seven albums, amassed 11 x ARIA nominations and 14 x entries in triple J’s Hottest 100. The quintessential songs are there: ‘Déjà Vu’, ‘Monsters’, ‘Electricity’, ‘Cigarettes and Suitcases’, ‘Captain (Million Miles An Hour)’, ‘Survival Expert’, ‘Three Dimensions’, ‘Come Back Before I Come Back To My Senses’ + many more.

Released in June 2001, Echolalia is Something For Kate’s iconic Platinum-selling third album. Recorded with producer Trina Shoemaker (QOTSA, Sheryl Crow), it debuted at #2 and saw the band effortlessly execute one of the country’s finest albums, Dempsey conquering a severe bout of writer’s block. Earning 7 x ARIA nominations including Best Album, Best Group, and Channel [V] Artist of the Year, triple j listeners couldn’t get enough. They voted Echolalia ‘Best Album of 2001’, three tracks entering 2001’s Hottest 100 – hit single ‘Monsters’ #2. Voted ‘Album Of The Year’ by The Age, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph and Rolling Stone’s Best Album, Best Artist and Best Band, Echolalia made the trio a main stage staple on festival stages nationwide.

‘Something For Kate get the kind of adulation from fans that Dalai Lama’s have to shave heads and wear orange robes to earn’
– Sydney Morning Herald review of Echolalia 

To celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary, SFK are also proud to announce a special, limited edition vinyl re-issue of Echolalia will be released on Friday 10 September (Sony Music Australia). Featuring new artwork, The 20th Anniversary edition of Echolalia will be on clear vinyl and on glorious gatefold, featuring images from the period and, for the first time, lyrics in Paul Dempsey’s unmistakable handwriting. Pre-order for the re-issue will commence on August 6 – keep an eye on SFK socials.

Nineteen years on, November 2020 saw the band enter the Top 5 yet again with seventh album The Modern Medieval – their first release in eight years. Recorded with Nick DiDia (Powderfinger, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen) and mixed by Howie Beck (Feist, Chilly Gonzalez), Rolling Stone declared that “Something for Kate have returned with one of their finest albums to date, with The Modern Medieval leaving them feeling like a new band once again.” Australian Guitar meanwhile said the recent offering was their “most ambitious, determined and intriguing body of work yet”.
 
For one night only in each city, don’t miss Something For Kate performing Echolalia x The Modern Medieval this Sept/Oct!