Kingswood announce massive 60-date tour, new album, 'Home', and latest single, 'Burning Holes'
ARIA and APRA nominated iconic Melbourne band Kingswood have today unveiled details about their forthcoming studio album ‘Home’ featuring the new single ‘Burning Holes’. This is hands down the best writing to come from the Kingswood camp since in recent times and heralds a significant return to form for the critically acclaimed 4-piece.
“‘Burning Holes’ signifies themes of solace, resolve and independence. Whilst initial inclinations might appear as longingly and melancholy, a subversive celebration of acceptance and contentment begins to resound, tied into the optimistic sounds of the harmonic consideration and emotional tones. The experience echoes the writing of classic country tropes where sorrow and hope clash in a beautiful duet.” - Kingswood
Musically and lyrically, Kingswood sound more sonically and emotionally aligned than ever due to the competence of rich acoustic guitar and vocal harmonies between Alexander Laska and Fergus Linacre.
The band recorded the song at Newmarket Studios in Melbourne, and it was mixed and mastered in Nashville by revered American engineer Eddie Spear (Zach Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlisle).
“To be frank, the creation of the song was incredibly straightforward - set up, play and sing. All live, all in one performance, dedicated and honest. We just kept tracking until one of the performances felt reflective of everything we set out to achieve emotionally and what you’re hearing is it”. - Kingswood
Kingswood have long been regarded as one of Australia’s premier rock groups, establishing a career and legacy for themselves as an electrifying and dynamic touring band for well over a decade.
Their return in 2020 with the critically acclaimed third studio album Juveniles signaled a new era for the Melbourne favourites, characteristically redefining their musicality and exploring new sonic territory. Demonstrating their evolution as songwriters and musicians with more stories to tell, single ‘Bittersweet’ ranked as Triple M’s #1 Most Played Song in the country as well as ranking 45th on national radio, and #75 on the Shazam Top 200 in Australia.
Kingswood are currently on a massive 30+ date tour throughout the Northern Hemisphere, bringing their unique rock and roll live experience to Nashville, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia.
Never a band to call a capital city run a ‘National Tour’, and not afraid to get their boots a little dusty, the boys you know and love are ready to make up for lost time with their record breaking ‘HOMETOWNS’ tour of 2023. The tour will see the band undertake their biggest tour to date, specially modifying a coach to sustain the overwhelmingly extensive undertaking.
”In Europe and America we tour in a sleeper bus, it works over there because city’s are so close. This doesn’t work in Australia unless you’re going rural, town to town. Which is what we are doing. But no sleeper bus like this exists back home so we are building our own just for this tour.
This is phase one of the tour, there is a lot more to be announced next year. It will make it the greatest tour ever undertaken in Australia” Kingswood
KINGSWOOD 2022 and 2023 TOUR DATES
All tickets on sale 9am on Friday 22nd October
All tickets for all shows will be via the venues and www.kingswoodband.com
2022
SAT 12 NOV STONE & DUST FESTIVAL MT GAMBIER, SA
SAT 26 NOV BREW AND CHEW FESTIVAL, SWAN HILL, VIC
SAT 10 DEC THE JETTY BEACH HOTEL, COFFS HARBOUR NSW
2023
WED 18 JAN LONGYARD HOTEL TAMWORTH, NSW
THU 19 JAN THE ZOO BRISBANE, QLD
FRI 20 JAN THE MET TOOWOOMBA, QLD
SAT 21 JAN RACEHORSE HOTEL IPSWICH, QLD
SUN 22 JAN KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL KINGSCLIFF, NSW
FRI 27 JAN THE VIC BATHURST, NSW
SAT 28 JAN AGRESTIC GROCER ORANGE, NSW
SUN 29 JAN THE BAROQUE ROOM BLUE MOUNTAINS, NSW
THU 2 FEB TUMUT RIVER BREWING CO TUMUT, NSW
FRI 3 FEB QUE BAR WAGGA WAGGA, NSW
SAT 4 FEB THE BASEMENT CANBERRA, ACT
SUN 5 FEB ALBURY SS & A ALBURY, NSW
FRI 10 FEB YORK ON LILYDALE MT EVELYN, VIC
SAT 11 FEB CHELSEA HEIGHTS HOTEL CHELSEA HEIGHTS, VIC
SUN 12 FEB THEATRE ROYAL CASTLEMAIINE VIC
SAT 18 FEB BARWON CLUB GEELONG, VIC
SUN 19 FEB SOOKI LOUNGE BELGRAVE, VIC
FRI 24 FEB VOLTA ARTS BALLARAT, VIC
SAT 25 FEB CROXTON BANDROOM MELBOURNE, VIC
SUN 26 FEB HABA RYE, VIC
FRI 3 MAR LONGSTOCKINGS BREWERY PAMBULA, NSW
SAT 4 MAR TILBA VALLEY WINES TILBA VALLEY, NSW
SUN 5 MAR SMOKEY DANS TOMAKIN, NSW
FRI 10 MAR THE MARLIN HOTEL ULLADULLA, NSW
SAT 11 MAR BOWRAL BOWLING CLUB BOWRAL, NSW
SUN 12 MAR THE BEER SHED LEUMEAH, NSW
THU 16 MAR HERITAGE HOTEL BULLI, NSW
FRI 17 MAR PADDINGTON RSL SYDNEY, NSW
SAT 18 MAR AVALON RSL AVALON, NSW
SUN 19 MAR BRASS MONKEY CRONULLA, NSW
FRI 24 MAR OCEAN VIEW BEACH CLUB CENTRAL COAST, NSW
SAT 25 MAR STAG & HUNTER, NEWCASTLE, NSW
SUN 26 MAR PACIFIC RECREATION CLUB TAREE, NSW
THU 30 MAR LAURIETON EX SERVICES LAURIETON, NSW
FRI 31 MAR SOUTH WEST ROCKS COUNTRY CLUB SOUTH WEST ROCKS, NSW
SAT 1 APR MOONEE BEACH HOTEL COFFS HARBOUR, NSW
SUN 2 APR MULLUMBIMBY EX SERVICES MULLUMBIMBY, NSW
THU 13 APR WALLABY HOTEL MUDGEERABA, QLD
FRI 14 APR BEENLEIGH TAVERN BEENLEIGH, QLD
SAT 15 APR BRIBIE ISLAND HOTEL BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD
SUN 16 APR KINGS BEACH TAVERN KINGS BEACH, QLD
THU 20 APR OLD BUNDY TAVERN BUNDABERG, QLD
FRI 21 APR HARVEY ROAD TAVERN GLADSTONE, QLD
SAT 22 APR THE METROPOLITAN MACKAY, QLD
THU 27 APR MAGNUMS AIRLIE BEACH, QLD
FRI 28 APR DALRYMPLE HOTEL TOWNSVILLE, QLD
SAT 29 APR EDGE HILL TAVERN CAIRNS, QLD
THU 25 MAY DUNSBOROUGH TAVERN DUNSBOROUGH, WA
FRI 26 MAY MOJOS FREMANTLE, WA
SAT 27 MAY RAVENSWOOD HOTEL RAVENSWOOD, WA
SUN 28 MAY THE CARINE DUNCRAIG, WA
THU 1 JUN NANNUP TOWN HALL NANNUP, WA
FRI 2 JUN THE RIVER MARGARET RIVER, WA
SAT 3 JUN SIX DEGREES ALBANY, WA
THU 8 JUN SOUND CITY PORT LINCOLN, SA
FRI 9 JUN THE FAT CONTROLLER ADELAIDE, SA
SAT 10 JUN WESTERN HOTEL MT GAMBIER, SA
SUN 11 JUN HOTEL VICTOR VICTOR HARBOUR, SA
Stay tuned for more details on Kingswood’s TAS and NT tour dates!
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