Pond kick off Australian tour in support of new album ‘Stung!’ this weekend

Pond will be kicking off a tour of Australia in support of their new album ‘Stung!’ this weekend – find dates and remaining tickets below.

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The Australian psychedelic rock outfit are due to release ‘Stung!’, their tenth studio album, on July 21 via Spinning Top. The album is available to pre-order on vinyl, or pre-save on digital platforms now. In support of their upcoming record, the band are performing a number of shows in their home country this June and July.

This Friday (June 14), Pond will launch the ‘Stung!’ tour with a show in Sydney at VIVID Sydney @ Carriageworks. The following day, the band head to Hobart, where they will play a sold out show at the Altar. After a short break, Pond will resume their tour at the Lion Arts Factory in Adelaide on June 27.

June 28 will see them play another sold out show at the Northcote Theatre in Melbourne, before they take over the Princess Theatre in Brisbane on June 29. The group’s Australian tour will draw to a close with a sold out showing at the Freo.Social in Fremantle on July 6.

Remaining tickets to Pond’s shows in Adelaide and Brisbane can be purchased via Frontier Touring.

Pond’s ‘Stung!’ Australian tour dates are:

JUNE
Friday, 14 – VIVID Sydney @ Carriageworks – Sydney
Saturday, 15 – Altar – Hobart (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, 27 – Lion Arts Factory – Adelaide
Friday, 28 – Northcote Theatre – Melbourne (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, 29 – Princess Theatre – Brisbane

JULY
Saturday, 06 – Freo.Social – Fremantle (SOLD OUT)

So far, ‘Stung!’ has been previewed by three singles: ‘(I’m) Stung’, ‘Neon River’ and ‘So Lo’.

The album follows their 2021 record ‘9’. In a four-star review of the album, Rhys Buchanan wrote for NME: “It’s can be a risky game to thrown yourself into so many different styles on a record, let alone within individual songs. Yet – from Bowie to Kurt Cobain and William Burroughs – artists of all kinds have found joy in such surrealist methods of cutting up their work and putting it back together. Having perhaps taken their psych-pop to the edges of what’s possible, Pond deserve this moment. Hopefully, it proves a gateway to a new era for the band that keeps on giving.”

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