EARL SWEATSHIRT (USA) ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIA + NEW ZEALAND HEADLINE TOUR FOR OCTOBER 2023
Illusive Presents and Frontier Touring are excited to announce California rapper, singer-songwriter and producer Earl Sweatshirt will make his long-awaited return to Australia and New Zealand in October 2023.
Almost a decade on from his last visit to Australia with 2013’s Earlwolf featuring Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt and New Zealand headline shows in 2015, the 29-year-old will kick off his headline tour on Monday 16 October at Sydney’s Metro Theatre, heading to Melbourne on Tuesday 17 October for a show at Northcote Theatre, then onto Brisbane’s Princess Theatre on Thursday 19 October, before heading over to NZ for his final show of the tour at Auckland’s Powerstation on Saturday 21 October.
Beginning his music career at the age of 14, Earl Sweatshirt [born Thebe Neruda Kgositsile] began posting self-made tracks on SoundCloud under the moniker Sly Tendencies, before ultimately changing his name after being discovered by Tyler, The Creator and given the call up to join the globally-acclaimed rap collective, Odd Future.
The rapper released his debut mixtape Earl in 2010 at just 16 years old, to widespread recognition and praise from critics and fans. After a two-year hiatus, Earl released his debut studio album, Doris, produced alongside Odd Future, which peaked at #23 on the ARIA Albums Chart and stands as one of his most iconic albums to date, with Pitchfork defining him as ‘skilled beyond his years’. Globally successful tracks such as ‘Chum’ and ‘Sunday’ (feat. Frank Ocean) catapulted a young Earl Sweatshirt into the spotlight as he was well and truly placed on the world stage as a gifted rapper, lyricist and producer.
Don’t miss out as Earl Sweatshirt makes his highly-anticipated return to Australia and New Zealand this October!
EARL SWEATSHIRT
Australian 2023 tour
Presented by Illusive Presents & Frontier Touring
Monday 16 October
Metro Theatre | Sydney, NSW
18+
Tickets on sale Thursday 29 June (10am local)
ticketek.com.au
Tuesday 17 October
Northcote Theatre | Melbourne, VIC
18+
Tickets on sale Thursday 29 June (10am local)
moshtix.com.au
Thursday 19 October
Princess Theatre | Brisbane, QLD
18+
Tickets on sale Thursday 29 June (10am local)
ticketmaster.com.au
Saturday 21 October
Powerstation | Auckland, NZ
18+
Tickets on sale Thursday 29 June (10am local)
ticketmaster.co.nz
Also performing at Yours & Owls Festival, Wollongong, Sunday 15 October*
* Not a Frontier Touring show
FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE
via frontiertouring.com/earlsweatshirt
Runs 24 hours from: Tuesday 27 June (10am local)
or until pre-sale allocation exhausted
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
Begins: Thursday 29 June (10am local)