While itโs not quite a national tour, Fred Again has confirmed that he will be playing at least another seven shows in Australia across Melbourne, Sydney, as well as the Gold Coast. So if you missed out on last nightโs surprise performance at the Sydney Opera House, thereโs still a chance to see the great man in the flesh.
Fred Again Australia Shows (2024)
As it currently stands, the confirmed shows are as follows.
Melbourne
- March 4th โ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
- March 5th โ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
- March 6th โ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Sydney
- March 12th โ Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
- March 13th โ Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
- March 14th โ Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Gold Coast
- March 9th โ TBC, Gold Coast
UPDATE [27/02/2024]: Fred Again is playing at the Sydney Opera House tonight, but if youโre reading this and donโt already have a ticket, itโs probably too late.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE [25/02/2024]: Thereโve been plenty of breadcrumbs suggesting that Fred Again (real name: Fredrick John Philip Gibson) is currently en route to Australia for a series of surprise shows. But weโve just received the closest thing to a hard confirmation thus far.
Through an anonymous industry insider with direct knowledge of this impromptu tour, BH has received word that the award-winning English producer/DJ is indeed returning to send East Coast electronic music fans into yet another frenzy โ almost exactly a year since he last graced our sunburnt nation with his Boiler Room-anointed presence for St Jeromeโs Laneway Festival (2023), along with a handful of similarly covert sets.
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This revelation follows several Instagram stories posted by the man of the moment.
The first notable clue? An image of Fred Again sitting on backstage equipment labelled โRod Laver Arena.โ Since then, heโs followed up with a story of himself holding a tub of Vegemite and a picture of Ian McKellanโs Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings. A not-so-subtle reference to the New Zealand leg of this sojourn, perhaps?
Earlier today (February 26th, 2024), Fred Again added to the ongoing intrigue with a selfie captioned: โOkayโฆ Weโre getting on a flight nowโฆ And when we landโฆ Weโre gonna play some showsโฆโ He later added, โIโve been SO excited about this for monthsssssss,โ before photographing himself boarding what quite clearly appears to be a Qantas aircraft.
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In short, keep your eyes peeled, ears to the ground, and your schedule wide open.
If this shapes up to be even remotely similar to the insanity that gripped last yearโs pop-up shows at Sydneyโs Enmore Theatre and Hordern Pavilion โ the latter of which sold over 5,000 tickets within minutes โ or the secret gig in Melbourne โ which sold out in a single goddamn minute โ itโll be another proverbial knife fight to experience the genius behind โRumble,โ โJungle,โ and โMarea (Weโve Lost Dancing)โ.
