Indie icons Future Islands are thrilled to announce their return for their first shows in Australia and New Zealand since 2017! The Baltimore quartet of Gerrit Welmers, Michael Lowry, Samuel T. Herring and William Cashion will be performing songs from their latest album, As Long As You Are alongside favourites from across their career this coming February.
The band will kick things off in Perth playing The Rechabite, before heading to Powerhouse in Brisbane and Forum in Melbourne, followed by a trip across the pond to play Auckland’s Powerstation. Additionally, Future Islands will be playing New Zealand Festivals Splore and Electric Avenue, plus a very special Sydney show, with more details to come….
Future Islands – 2023 Australia + New Zealand Tour Dates
Thursday Feb 16, 2023 – Perth Festival*
Saturday Feb 18, 2023 – Brisbane, Powerhouse
Sunday Feb 19, 2023 – Sydney – coming soon!
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023 – Melbourne, Forum
Thursday Feb 23, 2023 – Auckland, Powerstation
Friday Feb 24, 2023 – Tapapakanga, Splore Festival
Saturday Feb 25, 2023 – Christchurch, Electric Avenue Festival
As Long As You Are looks to the past as well as the future, confronting old ghosts and embracing a new hope. It is an album about trust, full of honesty, redemption and “letting go”, allowing old wounds to heal and bringing painful chapters to a close. Signalling a new era for Future Islands, touring drummer Mike Lowry officially joined as a fully-fledged member and songwriter bolstering the founding trio of William Cashion, Samuel T. Herring and Gerrit Welmers. Given time to allow the songs to slowly come to life, these eleven new songs of post wave synth-pop are as euphoric and uninhibitedly joyful as anything the band has done in their 14-year career.