You Me At Six have announced a farewell tour of Australia with special guests Holding Absence.
The beloved British rock band will play Australia for the final time in January 2025, giving fans one last chance to enjoy some of the catchiest pop-rock anthems of their generation including Bite My Tongue, Take on the World, Underdog, Beautiful Way and Room to Breathe.
Having always been well-received down under, the band felt they couldn't wind up their storied career without giving Antipodean fans a chance to say a proper goodbye as frontman Josh Franceschi explains.
"When we started YMAS we were kids. We only ever wanted to travel and to experience life as a group of friends. We feel like on the eve of our 20th anniversary as a band, now is a good time to call time. “We’re in a fortunate position where our fans still want to see us live and come celebrate the life of this band. So that is what we will do for 2024 and 2025. We can’t wait to see our fans on the road.”
Choosing to bring such a storied 20-year career to an end cannot be easy. Doing so with your original line-up, on your own terms, and with the band members remaining best of friends is unheard of. But as the saying goes, go out at the top of your game and You Me At Six are certainly doing that.
Having shocked the rock world recently by announcing their imminent demise, the band are setting out on their greatest tour, delivering a career-spanning 2 hour set and determined to leave the fans with a truly special performance to remember them by.
“We’ve got a plan to play songs from every single album and make it a real victory lap. And everyone feels like that. We’ve looked at the setlists and gone, ‘Cool – those five can stay, the rest is going to be stuff we haven’t done for years. We want to have 50 songs ready to go so that each night we can constantly mix it up and make it special.”
Joining them for the farewell run, Holding Absence are one of the current leading lights in British rock. Known for their emotive lyricism and powerful soundscapes, Holding Absence will bring their own brand of thoughtful intensity to the tour, riding high on the back of their critically acclaimed latest album The Noble Art Of Self Destruction. The album brims with a level of energy, excitement and a sheer weight of feeling almost unparalleled in contemporary alternative music. The Guardian, in their 9.5/10 review of the album declared them "one of Britain's most underrated bands" and predicted that "it is only a matter of time" before they are playing arenas and headlining festivals. Australia audiences will get a chance to see the band before they explode into the stratosphere when they play all shows on this You Met At Six farewell tour.
Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday 17 May at 9 am local time. A pre-sale will be held commencing Wednesday 15 May at 9 am local time. For all ticket info and pre-sale access head to The Phoenix.au.
YOU ME AT SIX and HOLDING ABSENCE January 2025 Australian Tour Dates:
Friday 24 January BRISBANE, The Tivoli
Sunday 26 January SYDNEY, Enmore Theatre
Monday 27 January, MELBOURNE, The Forum
Wednesday 29 January, ADELAIDE, The Gov
Friday 31 January PERTH, Astor Theatre
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