There is nothing rubbish about this performance when a day on the green brings alternate rock pioneers Garbage and Australia’s own multi-platinum chart toppers The Temper Trap to Sirromet winery on Sunday, December 4.
The concerts will feature a stellar under-card with special guests The Preatures, Tash Sultana and Adalita.
These will be the Garbage’s first Australian shows since 2013 and celebrate the band’s acclaimed sixth studio album Strange Little Birds (out now via Liberator Music).
To create Strange Little Birds,its first album in four years, Garbage (Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson and Butch Vig) drew on a variety of influences including the albums they loved growing up. Upon its June release, the album debuted at #9 on the ARIA Album Chart and picked up widespread acclaim:
From their lauded self-titled debut (1995) through to Strange Little Birds, Garbage’s innovation, unique sound and provocative visual aesthetic has inspired massive worldwide attention and success with tracks like I Think I’m Paranoid, Only Happy When It Rains, When I Grow Up, Stupid Girl and Cherry Lips becoming instant classics.
For The Temper Trap the shows are the first since the release of the band’s acclaimed third album Thick As Thieves (out now via Liberation Music). The LP rocketed to the top of the ARIA Album Chart upon its debut, the second The Temper Trap album to do so.
Thick As Thieves saw The Temper Trap collaborating with outside songwriters for the first time in its history, with striking results. The album’s lead single Fall Together is an instant festival classic with an equally stunning video, directed by the incredibly talented Kris Moyes and filmed on the Greek Island of Milos.
One of Australia’s biggest and most-loved bands, The Temper Trap has sold more than one million albums worldwide.
The brash, joyous pop of The Preatures has already endeared this band to audiences nationally. The band’s 2014 debut album Blue Planet Eyes continued in the vein of This How You Feel single which catapulted them from Sydney’s best kept secret to stages worldwide like Glastonbury and Coachella.
After making a name for herself busking in her hometown Melbourne, Tash Sultana’s homemade videos picked up millions of views and established her as an artist to watch. Her carefully crafted, edgy fusion of multi-instrumental pieces including beat boxing, unique guitar work and percussion-styled finger tapping has left sold-out audiences across the country in awe.
Adalita may be best known as the front woman for Australian indie rock group Magic Dirt, but her two solo albums Adalita (2011) and All Day Venus ( 2013) have confirmed her status as one of Australia’s most ambitious and vital indie artists. Adalita is currently working on her third solo album.
Unlike usual a day on the green events, there will be no seats at the concerts. Instead, there is a reserved front general admission area and standard general admission. Deck chairs and picnic rugs are recommended.
a day on the green is a fully licensed event. Strictly no BYO alcohol. Food will be available on site or BYO picnic. For all transport, accommodation and event information, go to www.adayonthegreen.com.au.
Tickets are $149.90 for front general admission and $99.90 for general admission.
Tickets go on sale at noon on Monday, August from Ticketmaster.com.au and 136 100
