Greetings Empyerans! Our world tour is nearing an end with only two more festival dates to go. check out the dates below, we hope to see you there! What’s next….? Keep posted.
Australia:
26th November β Stereosonic Festival, Sydney, Australia Info
3rd December β Stereosonic Festival, Melbourne, Australia Info
Greetings Empyerans! We’ve just finished a successful tour of Europe and are now heading your way - check out our upcoming show dates below, we hope to see you there!
USA & Mexico:
3rd Sept - Hellow Festival, Estadio Beisbol Monterrey (Centre Field), Mexico - Buy tickets
10th Sept - Merriweather Post Pavilion “Virgin Mobile FreeFest”, Columbia - Buy tickets
11th Sept - House of Blues, Boston Buy tickets
13th Sept - Toronto Sound Academy, Toronto, ON - New Venue - Buy tickets
14th Sept - Chicago Congress, Chicago, IL - Buy tickets
17th Sept - Austin Music Hall, Austin TX - Buy tickets
18th Sept - Zilker Park “Austin City Limits Music Festival”, Austin, TX- Buy tickets
15th Oct - Treasure Island Music Festival, San Francisco, CA - Buy tickets
16th Oct - Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA - Buy tickets
Australia:
7th October β Caloundra Festival, Queensland, Australia Buy tickets
22nd October β Fat As Butter Festival, Newcastle, Australia Info
26th November β Stereosonic Festival, Sydney, Australia Info
3rd December β Stereosonic Festival, Melbourne, Australia Info
We’re also happy to announce that Empire of the Sun are returning to Mexico with their all new stage show at a special one off show at Six Flags in Mexico City on the 30th March 2011.
Tickets will be available from ticketmaster.com.mx
We are proud to announce three exclusive North American tour dates in August!
It’s been a long time coming, during which time the live show has gone from strength to strength and you can view a snippet of what to expect here:
Performances at Terminal 5 in New York, Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and Sound Academy in Toronto will go on sale at the end of this week from Ticketmaster .
"Hot pink square guitars and men in full laboratory jumpsuits were what I spotted on stage, and I knew we were in for something special. Sure enough, when Luke Steele hit the stage his world of dreams exploded with him and I witnessed one of the most stunning debut live performances ever. Beautiful lights, otherworldly video projections, and Luke with his spiky headware and flanked by four costumed dancers, taking to the stage. Pitch perfect, he ran through Empire of the Sun’s debut album with costume changes, heavy beats, and a world of intergalactic colour and light filling the stage. The dancers changed costumes almost every song. I pondered to a friend if this was the work of a genius art director but no, this is what is inside Luke Steele’s head. Empire of the Sun put so much into their maiden voyage into live performance, and it blew me away." Zan Rowe, Triple J
US TICKETING AND PRE-SALE INFO
Toronto, ON - August 8
New York, NY - August 9
Los Angeles, CA - August 11/12/13
We are very soon to announce exciting new tour dates in new territories.
Stay tuned for details!
It was certainly Empire Of The Sun’s night at this yearβs ARIA Awards. Four ARIA Award wins and a mind blowing performance of Walking On A Dream can only mean one thing, they are THE Empire Of the 2009 ARIA Awards!
A spectacular set design of blue pillars and an enormous sun surrounded the band and dancers as they performed to a very appreciative crowd. The performance ended in dramatic style with a shower of pyrotechnics.
Empire Of The Sun won the sought after:
The Empire was represented by Luke Steele who thanked Nick Littlemore who plays a producing role in the band and who is currently overseas, Donnie Sloan who contributed to the creative on some tracks and Peter Mayes who engineered the album. Empire Of The Sun are taking their live show on the road with front man Luke Steele leading the charge surrounded by dancers and band members Anthony Mitolo and Surahn Sidhu.
Single of the Year Award - Walking On A Dream:
Album of the Year Award - Walking On A Dream:
Check out more ARIA footage and photo galleries below:
Red carpet and awards photo galleries - SMH.com.au | ABC.net.au | News.com.au | Fox.com.au | AAP Images |
Red carpet and awards footage - Sky News | News.com.au (red carpet | backstage) | HeraldSun.com.au
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Anticipation around the recent live shows saw Empire deliver “one of the most stunning debut live performances ever” (Zan Rowe, Triple J), and as anticipation now grows around Empire’s upcoming ARIA Awards performance and noms they are off to a brilliant start after receiving three awards at the ARIA Artisan & Fine Arts Awards.
Emperor Luke Steele said from his home in Perth, “This record production was like quad chemistry, Mayes with the magic ear, Skittles, Sloan and Steele offering special ingredients. 4 scientists, 1 microscope, 1 formula.”
Also acknowledged were the creative visual team who work tirelessly alongside Empire Of The Sun to create and deliver the unique artwork and video clips that have become a synonymous part of the bandβs image. Both Debaser and Mathematics have been part of The Empire family since the beginning and the stunning visuals they have created have taken on a life of their own and become almost as much of a talking point as the music itself.
Empire Of The Sun and those who work creatively with them were awarded in the following categories:
Fans who missed out on 2009 Parklife tickets will get another chance to see Empire of the Sun in Sydney, when they play an intimate gig at CarriageWorks on Tuesday 24 November. Tickets to this gig are limited so fans are encouraged to pre-register for an alert before October 29 at www.mastercard.com.au/music. Tickets are priced at $50 (plus booking fee + GST), available to purchase at 9AM AEST on 29 October 2009, and can only be purchased with a Debit MasterCard.
Empire Of The Sun will be the fourth act (following Block Party, Little Birdy and The Veronicas), in a series of intimate concerts that MasterCard is hosting exclusively for Debit MasterCard holders. This is an over 18βs event. To get hold of a Debit MasterCard contact Commonwealth Bank, Westpac or Bankwest and apply for your access to future Priceless Music experiences
Click through to the Mastercard website for some exclusive Empire Of The Sun wallpapers too!
Straight off the back of rave reviews from their first ever live shows headlining the national Parklife music festival comes the news that Empire Of The Sun have received ELEVEN nominations at this year’s Australian ARIA Awards across all key categories β more nominations than any other artist this year!
Nominations include:
As ARIA observers reach for the record books it tops off a great 12 months for The Empire whose acclaimed debut Walking On A Dream album has surpassed 100,000 album sales in Australia and is on its way to Double Platinum, propelled by singles Walking On A Dream, We Are The People, Standing On The Shore and Without You.
Of the haul of nominations Emperor Luke Steele said, “This is wild, solid marks of recognition to the music. How can I explain, Iβm talking to myself. I’m walking on a dream.”
But there’s more music to come!
On November 20 the Walking On A Dream special edition will be released both digitally and as a 2CD album. It includes the Walking On A Dream album on Disc 1 along with a new song Girl and live favourite Breakdown as part of the 12 bonus tracks on Disc 2. The track listing for Disc 2 is as follows β
1. Breakdown
2. Romance To Me
3. Walking On A Dream β Sam La More 12β Remix
4. Standing On The Shore β Losers Remix
5. We Are The People β Shapeshifters Vocal Mix
6. Without You (New Version)
7. Swordfish Hotkiss Night β Fron Mezza Remix
8. Standing On The Shore β Hey Today! Remix
9. Walking On A Dream β Ben Watt Remix
10. We Are The People β Shazam Remix
11. Girl
12. Etude
If you missed the Empire Of The Sun debut performances as Parklife toured the country with a feature filmβs worth of visuals, dancing swordfish, pink guitars and more, fret not as the band has also today been announced as the very first headliner of the Future Music Festivals for 2010. The full Future Music Festival line up will be announced next Monday and tickets are on sale from Wednesday 21st October.
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