Atlas, the debut album from rising Sydney dance juggernaut, RÜFÜS, has debuted at #1 in the ARIA charts this week. Their fans have been quick to snap up tickets to their Sept/Oct album tour, with shows in Sydney, Melbourne (3x Corner Hotel shows), Brisbane and Fremantle all SOLD OUT. The band have announced a string of extra shows in capital cities, including a fourth and final Melbourne show at The Corner, Monday September 23rd, a second show at the Hi Fi in Sydney, Friday October 18th and a second show at the Zoo in Brisbane, Thursday October 3rd. These will be the band’s last ticketed shows for 2013.
This comes off the back of recent mainstage festival shows in Russia and a string of local announcements that will see the guys playing to some big crowds this summer at; Listen Out party, Falls Festival, Southbound festival and the Big Day Out 2014.
Atlas was a DIY labour of love; written, produced and recorded by the band between two studios they built themselves. One at a remote farmhouse on the NSW South coast, the second in a hollowed out water tank under one of their parents houses.
RÜFÜS AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES:
THU 12 SEP | CAMBRIDGE HOTEL, NEWCASTLE NSW
FRI 13 SEP | THE HI-FI, SYDNEY NSW (SOLD OUT)
SAT 14 SEP | EFTERSKI, THREDBO NSW
SUN 15 SEP | SUNDAY SAFARI, BYRON BAY NSW
FRI 20 SEP | ACADEMY, CANBERRA ACT
SAT 21 SEP | WAVES, WOLLONGONG NSW
SUN 22 SEP | CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE VIC (SOLD OUT)
MON 23 SEP | CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE VIC
TUES 24 SEP | CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE VIC (SOLD OUT)
FRI 27 SEP | CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE VIC (SOLD OUT)
THU 03 OCT | THE ZOO, BRISBANE QLD
FRI 04 OCT | THE ZOO, BRISBANE QLD (SOLD OUT)
THU 10 OCT | MOJOS, FREMANTLE WA (SOLD OUT)
FRI 11 OCT | VILLA, PERTH WA
SAT 12 OCT | FOWLERS, ADELAIDE SA (ALL AGES)