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Pavement announce special guests for 2023 Australian tour

The rotating bills include Bad//Dreems, Floodlights, Pond, Rolling Blackouts CF and Romero

Pavement have announced a stacked roster of special guests for their upcoming tour of Australia, with each show featuring different supports.

• READ MORE: “It’d be total cringe if we did that” – is Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus right about reunion albums?

Returning for their first tour Down Under since 2010, the indie-rock legends will play six headline shows across February and March. The run will kick off in Perth on Wednesday February 22, continuing along to Adelaide, Brisbane, Thirroul and Sydney, before wrapping up in Melbourne on Friday March 3.

Opening the show in Perth will be local psych-rock outfit Pond . Pavement will then be joined by Bad//Dreems in Adelaide, before Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever jump onboard for the Brisbane show. Floodlights are the only band performing at more than one show, appearing at both the Thirroul and Sydney dates. Lastly, Romero will kick the festivities off in Melbourne.

Tickets to all but that lattermost show (which is sold out) are on sale now – find them here .

In addition to their headline dates, Pavement will perform in Hobart as part of next year’s Mona Foma festival . They were the second band to be announced for the festival, after Bon Iver was revealed as the first act in August. The band will also be playing the inaugural Tent Pole festival in Geelong, where they’ll be joined by Spiderbait , Magic Dirt , Floodlights and more.

After first breaking up in 1999, Pavement reunited in 2010, embarking on a world tour that included several shows in Australia (and an appearance at that year’s Golden Plains festival). In 2019, the band announced they would reform once again to perform at 2020’s Primavera Sound, which was ultimately cancelled due to the pandemic.

In May of this year, the band played their first gig in 12 years , delivering a lengthy set at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. The following month, they finally performed at Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Portugal, before continuing with a headline tour of North America.

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On it, they performed the ‘Perfect Sound Forever’ deep cut ‘Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent’, marking its first appearance on a setlist since 1996. In Philadelphia, too, they welcomed Kurt Vile out to perform ‘Zurich Is Stained’ .

Reflecting on Pavement’s second reunion in October, frontman Stephen Malkmus said: “The tour’s been great so far. I’m sort of like a tiger let out of the cage. An older, greyer tiger.” He later told NME that it’s been “really fun to get back” , however the band have no plans to release any new music. “It’s pretty much just pure nostalgia in my mind,” Malkmus said, opining that it would be “total cringe” if Pavement dropped a new record in the present.

Nevertheless, the band announced that a new musical titled Slanted! Enchanted! – based on their debut album, 1992’s ‘Slanted And Enchanted’ – would debut this month. The first two performances were held the Sheen Center in New York.

Pavement’s 2023 Australian tour dates are:

FEBRUARY Wednesday 22 – Boorloo/Perth, Concert Hall (with Pond) Friday 24 – Kaurna/Adelaide, Thebarton Theatre (with Bad//Dreems) Saturday 25 – nipaluna/Hobart, Mona Foma Tuesday 28 – Meanjin/Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall (with Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever)

MARCH Wednesday 1 – Dharawal/Thirroul, Anita’s Theatre (with Floodlights) Thursday 2 – Warrang/Sydney, Enmore Theatre (with Floodlights) Friday 3 – Naarm/Melbourne, Palais Theatre (with Romero) // SOLD OUT Saturday 4 – Djilang/Geelong, Tent Pole Festival

Additional reporting by Ellie Robinson .

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Pavement Announce 2023 Australian Headline Tour

One of the most popular and influential bands to come out of the American underground in the last three decades, Pavement will return to Australia for the first time since 2010 next February/March.

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Pavement have announced a six-date Australian headline tour for early 2023. 

One of the most popular and influential bands to come out of the American underground in the last three decades, Pavement will return to Australia for the first time since 2010 next February/March. 

Recently celebrating the 30 th anniversary of the seminal 1992 debut album Slanted and Enchanted , Pavement will play headline dates in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Thirroul, Sydney and Melbourne. They will also appear at the 'musical jamboree' Tent Pole in Geelong and at Hobart's MONA FOMA . 

The band – Stephen Malkmus , Scott ‘Spiral Stairs’ Kannberg , Mark Ibold , Bob Nastanovich and Steve West  – kicked off an extensive North American tour last week, so they should be in ripping form by the time they make it to Australia. 

Tickets for all shows go on sale to the general public on  Wednesday, 21 September (1 pm local time). There will be a Frontier Members Presale that kicks off Monday, 19 September at 12pm (local time). Head to frontiertouring.com/pavement for more details. 

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In their decade-long early career, Pavement released five era-defining albums – Slanted And Enchanted (1992), Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), Wowee Zowee (1995), Brighten The Corners (1997) and Terror Twilight (1999) – before disbanding in 1999. Hailed by music critic Robert Christgau as “ the finest rock band of the ‘90s ”, Pavement’s 2010 reunion saw them play four sold-out benefit shows in NYC’s Central Park, visit Australia, and top bills of festivals including Coachella, Reading & Leeds, Primavera Sound and Pitchfork.

 Pavement’s catalogue has seen a myriad of incarnations and bonus material unearthed, including career-spanning 2010 compilation Quarantine The Past , 2015 rarities collection A Secret History, Vol 1 , deluxe editions of the band’s first four studio albums, and a 2019 picture disc commemorating the 25th anniversary of Wowee Zowee . Most recently, in April 2022 Matador Records dropped the deluxe reissue of Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal – an exhaustive 45-track compilation featuring the remastered album, B-sides, home demos, rehearsal tapes, live recordings, and even rough tracks from the band’s scrapped session at Sonic Youth’s Echo Canyon studio. April 2022 also saw the band’s first music video in 23 years, with 1999 b-side Harness Your Hopes’ a viral and streaming hit, amassing 80+ million streams on Spotify to date and trending on TikTok. 

 In August 2022, Matador released a limited red/white/black splatter vinyl 30th-anniversary edition of debut full-length Slanted and Enchanted , as well as the 15-track Courting Shutdown Offers demo cassette (a replica of what the band used to share with labels).

Pavement 2023 Australian Headline Tour

Wednesday 22 February, Perth Concert Hall | Perth, WA

Friday 24 February, Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA

Tuesday 28 February, Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD

Wednesday 1 March, Anita’s Theatre | Thirroul, NSW

Thursday 2 March, Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW

Friday 3 March, Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC

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One of the most influential bands of the last three decades returns in February/March 2023.

• First live shows in Australia since 2010!
• Playing Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Thirroul, Sydney and Melbourne
• General public tickets on sale Wednesday 21 September; Frontier Presale starts Monday 19 September

One of the most popular and influential bands to come out of the American underground in the last three decades is returning to Australia next year. I OH YOU and Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce that Pavement will be performing six theatre headline shows in February/March 2023 .

Recently celebrating the 30 th anniversary of seminal 1992 debut album Slanted and Enchanted , Pavement will return to Australia in summer 2023. As well as their headline dates, the band will also perform at ‘musical jamboree’ Tent Pole in Geelong (VIC), and Hobart’s MONA FOMA (TAS). The band – Stephen Malkmus, Scott ‘Spiral Stairs’ Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West – kicked off an extensive North American tour last week.

Frontier Members Presale kicks off Monday 19 September at 12pm (local time), before the General Public on sale Wednesday 21 September (1pm local time) . Tickets via frontiertouring.com/pavement .

‘Cut Your Hair’ , ‘Range Life’ , ‘Gold Soundz’ , ‘Stereo’ , ‘Shady Lane’ , ‘Spit On A Stranger’ … Pavement’s enduring influence was on show when they made their long-awaited live return at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound in June 2022, more than a decade since they last reunited.

In their decade-long early career, Pavement released five era-defining albums – Slanted And Enchanted (1992), Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), Wowee Zowee (1995), Brighten The Corners (1997) and Terror Twilight (1999) – before disbanding in 1999. Hailed by music critic Robert Christgau as “ the finest rock band of the ‘90s ”, Pavement’s 2010 reunion saw them play four sold out benefit shows in NYC’s Central Park, visit Australia, and top bills of festivals including Coachella, Reading & Leeds, Primavera Sound and Pitchfork.

Pavement’s catalogue has seen a myriad of incarnations and bonus material unearthed, including career-spanning 2010 compilation Quarantine The Past , 2015 rarities collection A Secret History, Vol 1 , deluxe editions of the band’s first four studio albums, and a 2019 picture disc commemorating the 25th anniversary of Wowee Zowee . Most recently, in April 2022 Matador Records dropped the deluxe reissue of Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal – an exhaustive 45-track compilation featuring the remastered album, B-sides, home demos, rehearsal tapes, live recordings, and even rough tracks from the band’s scrapped session at Sonic Youth’s Echo Canyon studio. April 2022 also saw the band’s first music video in 23 years, with 1999 b-side ‘Harness Your Hopes’ a viral and streaming hit, amassing 80+ million streams on Spotify to date and trending on TikTok. ​

In August 2022, Matador released a limited red/white/black splatter vinyl 30th anniversary edition of debut full-length Slanted and Enchanted , as well as the 15-track Courting Shutdown Offers demo cassette (a replica of what the band used to share with labels).

Don’t miss Pavement live on stage, touring February/March 2023!

PAVEMENT ​With special guests to be announced ​ AUSTRALIAN TOUR ​FEBRUARY/MARCH 2023 ​ Presented by I OH YOU, Frontier Touring and Triple R (Melbourne only)

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRESALE ​ via frontiertouring.com/pavement ​ Runs 24 hours from: Monday 19 September (12pm local time) ​ or until presale allocation exhausted

GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE ​Begins: Wednesday 21 September (1pm local time)

Wednesday 22 February ​Perth Concert Hall | Perth, WA ​ Licensed All Ages ​ Perthconcerthall.com.au | 08 9231 9999

Friday 24 February ​Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA ​ Licensed All Ages ​ Ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100

Tuesday 28 February ​Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD ​ 18+ ​ Ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100

Wednesday 1 March ​Anita’s Theatre | Thirroul, NSW ​ Licensed All Ages ​ Ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100

Thursday 2 March ​Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW ​ Licensed All Ages ​ Ticketek.com.au | 132 849

Friday 3 March ​Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC ​ Licensed All Ages ​ Ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100

* Also playing MONA FOMA (Sat 25 Feb, Hobart) and Tent Pole (Sat 4 Mar, Geelong) – see their websites for full details (not Frontier Touring shows).

Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers. We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents listed on the Frontier website.

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Seminal indie-rockers Pavement have today announced the support acts of their Australian tour, with Romero set to join them for their Melbourne show.

After a decade-long hiatus, seminal US rockers Pavement will return to Australia for the first time in 12 years. Today, the five-piece has revealed the special guests joining them on their tour; Bad//Dreems in Adelaide, Floodlights in Thirroul and Sydney, Pond in Perth, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever in Brisbane and Romero for their sold out show at Melbourne’s own Palais Theatre on March 3.

Pavement 2023 Australian tour

• February 22 – Concert Hall, Perth (with Pond)
• February 24 – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide (with Bad//Dreems)
• February 28 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane (with Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever)
• March 1 – Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul (with Floodlights)
• March 2 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney (with Floodlights)
• March 3 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne (with Romero)

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Recently celebrating the 30th anniversary of the seminal 1992 debut album Slanted and Enchanted, Pavement will return to Australia in the summer of 2023. As well as their headline dates, the band will also perform at ‘musical jamboree’ Tent Pole in Geelong and Hobart’s MONA FOMA.

Cut Your Hair, Range Life, Gold Soundz, Stereo, Shady Lane, Spit On A Stranger… Pavement’s enduring influence was on show when they made their long-awaited live return at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound in June 2022, more than a decade since they last reunited.

Pavement’s catalogue has seen a myriad of incarnations and bonus material unearthed, including career-spanning 2010 compilation Quarantine The Past, 2015 rarities collection A Secret History, Vol 1, deluxe editions of the band’s first four studio albums, and a 2019 picture disc commemorating the 25th anniversary of Wowee Zowee. Most recently, in April 2022 Matador Records dropped the deluxe reissue of Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal – an exhaustive 45-track compilation featuring the remastered album, B-sides, home demos, rehearsal tapes, live recordings, and even rough tracks from the band’s scrapped session at Sonic Youth’s Echo Canyon studio. April 2022 also saw the band’s first music video in 23 years, with 1999 b-side ‘Harness Your Hopes’ a viral and streaming hit, amassing 80+ million streams on Spotify to date and trending on TikTok. ​

Their show in Melbourne on March 3 has already sold out, but you can keep up to date with everything Pavement by heading here . 

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It was fair to wonder when the Pavement went on hiatus after touring in support of their final album Terror Twilight if fans would ever get to see them live again.

It took a number of years, with band members scattered across the country and participating in multiple new projects, but the band have begun performing live again. Although time has passed, the group easily capture the slacker majesty of their heyday as kings of the '90s indie scene.

If the band and audience are a little bit grayer these days, that's OK too. Indeed, a surprising number of people in the audience at a Pavement show are likely far too young to have seen them the first time around and appear to be there to take in the experience as new, rather than relive past glories. The band's sprawling, two hours-plus setlist leaves no one disappointed.

Mercurial frontman Steve Malkmus (whose departure for a solo career shelved the band originally) seems especially energized at these shows, bantering with the audience and belting out should-have-been hits like “Cut Your Hair” and “Stereo” with surprising and obvious joy.

The band's once loose sound has been tightened up considerably, as well. That being said, when the group kicks in to the shambolic, shaggy genius of “Summer Babe” (usually reserved for the encore), they still play fast, loud and jagged and demonstrate why they remain one of the most exciting groups of the past twenty years.

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 PAVEMENT ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR & WILL HEADLINE NEW GEELONG FESTIVAL

• Greg Phillips
• September 14, 2022

One of the most popular and influential bands to come out of the American underground in the last three decades is returning to Australia next year. I OH YOU and Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce that Pavement will be performing six theatre headline shows in February/March 2023.

Recently celebrating the 30th anniversary of seminal 1992 debut album Slanted and Enchanted, Pavement will return to Australia in summer 2023. As well as their headline dates, the band will also perform at ‘musical jamboree’ Tent Pole in Geelong (VIC), and Hobart’s MONA FOMA (TAS). The band – Stephen Malkmus, Scott ‘Spiral Stairs’ Kannberg, Mark Ibold, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West – kicked off an extensive North American tour last week.

Frontier Members Presale kicks off Monday 19 September at 12pm (local time), before the General Public on sale Wednesday 21 September (1pm local time). Tickets via frontiertouring.com/pavement .

In their decade-long early career, Pavement released five era-defining albums – Slanted And Enchanted (1992), Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), Wowee Zowee (1995), Brighten The Corners (1997) and Terror Twilight (1999) – before disbanding in 1999. Hailed by music critic Robert Christgau as “the finest rock band of the ‘90s”, Pavement’s 2010 reunion saw them play four sold out benefit shows in NYC’s Central Park, visit Australia, and top bills of festivals including Coachella, Reading & Leeds, Primavera Sound and Pitchfork.

Pavement’s catalogue has seen a myriad of incarnations and bonus material unearthed, including career-spanning 2010 compilation Quarantine The Past, 2015 rarities collection A Secret History, Vol 1, deluxe editions of the band’s first four studio albums, and a 2019 picture disc commemorating the 25th anniversary of Wowee Zowee. Most recently, in April 2022 Matador Records dropped the deluxe reissue of Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal – an exhaustive 45-track compilation featuring the remastered album, B-sides, home demos, rehearsal tapes, live recordings, and even rough tracks from the band’s scrapped session at Sonic Youth’s Echo Canyon studio. April 2022 also saw the band’s first music video in 23 years, with 1999 b-side ‘Harness Your Hopes’ a viral and streaming hit, amassing 80+ million streams on Spotify to date and trending on TikTok.

In August 2022, Matador released a limited red/white/black splatter vinyl 30th anniversary edition of debut full-length Slanted and Enchanted , as well as the 15-track Courting Shutdown Offers demo cassette (a replica of what the band used to share with labels).

Tent Pole: A Musical Jamboree will turn the festival experience on its head with a line-up curated for maximum enjoyment over two stages, with the inaugural event taking place at Geelong’s Mt Duneed Estate on their newly developed Top Paddock site on Saturday 4 March.

More than just the music, it’s a cross-generational, neo-nostalgic celebration and gathering for like-minded music, art and culture lovers; the weird, the wonderful, the outsiders and everyone in between. Remembering, discovering and absorbing. All-inclusive and accessible. All senses catered for. All sensations welcome. Influential and iconic US indie heroes PAVEMENT return to Australia to headline and christen the ground-breaking, fan-friendly new musical gathering, Tent Pole: A Musical Jamboree.

Joining PAVEMENT will be indie-rock royalty SPIDERBAIT, legendary Geelong locals MAGIC DIRT, alt-pop-rock faves FLOODLIGHTS, San Diego rock’n’soulers THE SCHIZOPHONICS, NT rockers BLACK ROCK BAND and punk trio CLAMM, with more acts to be revealed soon.

Tent Pole is the first collaboration between Roundhouse Entertainment (the team behind Australia’s iconic outdoor summer concert series a day on the green), Love Police (led by music maverick Brian ‘BT’ Taranto, promoter of excellent international tours Out On The Weekend & Boogie, merch guru, book publisher and record label wiz) and Johann Ponniah, founder of I OH YOU (home to one of the country’s most successful independent record labels). They are combining their decades of expertise in booking the finest bands from all over the globe to give music fans the ultimate experience.

Tent Pole tickets go on sale Wednesday 21 September at 1.00pm local time from Ticketmaster , with a day on the green, AAMI and Love Police members’ pre-sale beginning Monday 19 September.

With a bill bursting with revered, respected and rising stars, and a strictly limited capacity, don’t miss the opportunity to get your early bird tickets for just *$149.90.

Sign up here for membership details and updates on the full Tent Pole experience, including further line-up announcements, and full food and beverage details.

TENT POLE: A MUSICAL JAMBOREE. Moments of magic to excite all palates. Tickets go on sale Wednesday 21 September at 1.00pm local time from Ticketmaster .

PAVEMENT NATIONAL TOUR DATES With special guests to be announced AUSTRALIAN TOUR FEBRUARY/MARCH 2023 Presented by I OH YOU, Frontier Touring and Triple R (Melbourne only)

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRESALE via frontiertouring.com/pavement Runs 24 hours from: Monday 19 September (12pm local time) or until presale allocation exhausted

GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE Begins: Wednesday 21 September (1pm local time)

Wednesday 22 February Perth Concert Hall | Perth, WA Licensed All Ages Perthconcerthall.com.au | 08 9231 9999

Friday 24 February Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA Licensed All Ages Ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100

Tuesday 28 February Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD 18+ Ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100

Wednesday 1 March Anita’s Theatre | Thirroul, NSW Licensed All Ages Ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100

Thursday 2 March Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW Licensed All Ages Ticketek.com.au | 132 849

Friday 3 March Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC Licensed All Ages Ticketmaster.com.au | 136 100

* Also playing MONA FOMA (Sat 25 Feb, Hobart) and Tent Pole (Sat 4 Mar, Geelong) – see their websites for full details (not Frontier Touring shows).

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Pavement: “We Like Each Other, We Get Along, So It’s Cool”

By August Billy

There’s a café in Melbourne called Terror Twilight; Brisbane’s 4ZZZ radio station broadcasts a show called Brighten the Corners; Shady Lane was a Sydney-based indie rock band in the 2000s; Major Leagues drew a local following in Brisbane in the 2010s; Range Life is the name of a wine producer that uses grapes from all over Victoria.

What connects this list of local miscellanea? All of the names were borrowed from songs and albums released by Californian indie kings  Pavement . This inventory is surely incomplete, but the point is, Pavement made a big impression on Australian audiences during their original lifespan, which lasted from 1989-1999.

So, when the band – led by vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Stephen Malkmus – reunited for a trip around the planet in 2010, they played seven Australian headline shows in sold-out theatre venues around the country. They’ll be back here in March 2023, having rebooted once more for a global tour that began at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound in June 2022.

Pavement haven’t released any music since their fifth album, 1999’s Nigel Godrich-produced  Terror Twilight.  But their fanbase continues to grow, thanks in part to the Spotify algorithm, which transformed ‘Harness Your Hopes’ from a  Brighten the Corners outtake into the band’s most-streamed song .

Ahead of Pavement’s 2023 Australian tour,  Music Feeds  speaks to guitarist Scott Kannberg (aka Spiral Stairs) about getting the band back together, challenging themselves, and engaging with a new generation of fans.

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Music Feeds: Did you all stay in touch over the years and listen to each other’s new bands?

Scott Kannberg: We didn’t really talk that much but we definitely kept in touch about music and stuff. There was one show on my very first Preston School of Industry tour where we played in Chicago, and if you bought tickets to the Malkmus show, which was on the same night, you could go to my show that was later that night.

But yeah, I listened to most of his records – the first few when they came out. I did the first two Preston School records in the early 2000s and then I didn’t really do anything until 2009 when the first Spiral Stairs records came out. And then it was another seven years before I did these last three.

He’s been more consistent over the years than I have with his recording output. But I guess, as a Pavement fan, you were pretty lucky because two of the guys who wrote the music, at least you got their solo stuff.

MF: I’ve seen a few reviews of the current tour that have described the shows as more harmonious than the reunion tour in 2010. Do you feel that?

Scott: Oh, I totally feel that. It’s a much different vibe and performance. Not to say that 2010 was bad, but even though it was ten years since we had played together, it still felt kind of the same as when we were playing in the 90s. Whereas now, there’s a different vibe to it.

There’s a whole different generation of fans that we notice coming to the shows. And there’s just more of celebration, I guess. Even with us, too, as a band – we like each other, we get along, everybody’s pretty much the same personality. So it’s cool.

MF: One example of the new generation of fans is the success of ‘Harness Your Hopes’ – a B-side that became a streaming hit five years ago and then went viral on TikTok in 2020.  

Scott: Yeah, it was a nice surprise. I mean, our record label definitely took advantage of that and made a big deal about it and I think that helped with the reach of the song. But it’s a good song and it opened a lot of new doors for fans.

Every time we play that song on this tour it’s insane. People are yelling out the lyrics. It’s cute.

Pavement – ‘Harness Your Hopes’

MF: I looked at a bunch of your recent setlists. You’re changing what you play every night and playing stuff from all five Pavement albums. Did you re-learn a significant portion of the catalogue?

Scott: Yeah – I think at one stage we had about sixty songs on the list. When we first started discussing it I was like, “Hey, we know we’re going to play the same kind of fifteen songs, so let’s just make another fifteen or twenty songs and keep it to that.” And then it just kept going and going and going.

Bob [Nastanovich] really kind of obsesses over the setlist. He wants to make sure that people hear songs that they’ve never heard, let’s say, in a certain city. Or maybe a fan writes to him and says, “Please play ‘Loretta’s Scars’ – you never played that in 2010.” So, Bob makes a point of it.

MF: I noticed that you’re playing fewer songs from Terror Twilight than any of the other records. Do you feel less affection for the songs on that album?

Scott: Not necessarily. We love that record. It’s just, we played those songs a lot in our very last tour in 1999, so we didn’t really play a lot of them in 2010. The thing is, the songs are good, but they’re a lot more difficult to play. We are playing probably four songs from that record, which are good, but they’re pretty hard songs to nail. I like the songs on the record, though – they’re great.

The Terror Twilight songs are all kind of jamming songs – except for, like, ‘Major Leagues’, which we’re doing. I’d like to do ‘Carrot Rope’ one day, but that song’s pretty hard too.

MF: There is a perception that the making of Terror Twilight was a tense time for Pavement. Did that have anything to do with the technical challenges posed by that material?

Scott: Yeah, maybe. One of the things we’ve really tried to do on this tour compared to us in the 90s is we really want to make sure the songs sound great. One of the reasons the songs sound great is we’re playing more parts that were on the record. Whereas, in the 90s, I think we just improvised a hell of a lot more, and if it sounded good with whatever we played on it, that’s what we did.

We really wanted to make sure these songs sounded as close to the record as possible, but being Pavement, they’re going to sound different anyway. We’re not that proficient.

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Pavement Australian Tour 2023

• Wednesday, 22nd February, 2023 – Perth Concert Hall, Perth, WA
• Friday, 24th February, 2023 – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA
• Tuesday, 28th February, 2023 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
• Wednesday, 1st March, 2023 – Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul, NSW – SOLD OUT
• Thursday, 2nd March, 2023 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW – SOLD OUT
• Friday, 3rd March, 2023 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC – SOLD OUT

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Pavement Will Bring Some of Australia’s Best Rock Bands on Tour

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Pavement have announced that some of Australia’s most exciting rock bands will join them on their upcoming tour of the country.

The US indie icons are returning to Australia next February for a run of shows. It will be their first shows Down Under since 2010. Tickets are on sale now, with just the Melbourne date sold out.

A different Australian band will join Pavement in every city. Out West, local favourites Pond will support Stephen Malkmus and co. at Perth’s Concert Hall. South Australian rockers Bad//Dreems will provide support in Adelaide, with the shows set to coincide with the release of their fourth album.

Acclaimed Melbourne indie-rock outfit Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever will journey up to Brisbane to support at Fortitude Music Hall, while punk rock band Romero will perform in Melbourne. And Melbourne four-piece Floodlights will pull double duty in Thirroul and Sydney, with their third album due sometime next year.

One of the most influential bands of the last three decades, Pavement really need no introduction. Hailed by music critic Robert Christgau as “the finest rock band of the 90s,” Pavement had one of the strongest string of albums in the 1990s:  Slanted And Enchanted  (1992),  Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain  (1994),  Wowee Zowee  (1995),  Brighten The Corners  (1997) and  Terror Twilight  (1999).

While the band haven’t released a studio album since 1999’s Terror Twilight , Matador released an expanded issue of that record, Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal , in April.

And it’s a good time to be catching the band live, with Pavement having recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of their seminal 1992 debut album Slanted and Enchanted .

While Down Under, Pavement will also be headlining Victoria’s new music festival Tent Pole: A Musical Jamboree. Set to take place at Geelong’s Mt Duneed Estate on Saturday, March 4th, Stephen Malkmus and co. will be accompanied by several other acclaimed bands, including Spiderbait, The Schizophonics, and CLAMM (more to be announced).

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With special guests Bad//Dreems (Adelaide), Floodlights (Thirroul/Sydney), Pond (Perth), Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (Brisbane) and Romero (Melbourne)

Presented by I OH YOU, Frontier Touring and Triple R (Melbourne only)

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Billie Eilish returns to Australia for major 2025 tour

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Fire up the group chat!! 22-year-old superstar Billie Eilish has announced a massive world tour with a whopping 12 shows set to pop off around Australia. 

The Hottest 100 of 2019 winner will be taking HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR to Meanjin/Brisbane, Eora/Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne between February and March 2025. 

That gives us plenty of time to get familiar with her upcoming studio album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, set to drop on May 17. 

If you want hear those beautiful, angelic vocals live, tickets to each show will be available to purchase on Friday 3 May. American Express members can access the pre-sale from Wednesday 1 May, or you can hit up the Frontier Member, Live Nation or Vodafone pre-sales from Thursday 2 May. More details are over on the artist’s website . 

You’ll have to get in quick if you want to grab tickets because they won’t be adding any more shows! 

What if I want tickets…now? 

We’ve got our grubby little hands on a couple of tickets to Billie’s big tour! From Tuesday April 30 to Thursday 2 May, triple j Breakfast will be giving away ONE double-pass to each city, and once they're gone, we can't help you. 

To snag a ticket, all you need to do is text into 0439 757 555 before 7.30am AEST with your name, location and one sentence about your love of Billie and what makes you her biggest fan. 

Check out the details to Billie EIlish’s tour below. 

Billie Eilish HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR

Tuesday 18 February – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Turrbal Land, Brisbane QLD 

Wednesday 19 February – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Turrbal Land, Brisbane QLD 

Friday 21 February – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Turrbal Land, Brisbane QLD 

Saturday 22 February – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Turrbal Land, Brisbane QLD 

Monday 24 February – Qudos Bank Arena, Gadigal Land, Sydney NSW 

Tuesday 25 February – Qudos Bank Arena, Gadigal Land, Sydney NSW 

Thursday 27 February – Qudos Bank Arena, Gadigal Land, Sydney NSW 

Friday 28 February – Qudos Bank Arena, Gadigal Land, Sydney NSW 

Tuesday 4 March – Rod Laver Arena, Naarm, Melbourne VIC 

Wednesday 5 March – Rod Laver Arena, Naarm, Melbourne VIC 

Friday 7 March – Rod Laver Arena, Naarm, Melbourne VIC 

Saturday 8 March – Rod Laver Arena, Naarm, Melbourne VIC 

Billie Eilish Announces HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR

2024/25 DATES REVEALED FOR NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, UNITED KINGDOM, IRELAND, AND AUSTRALIA

American express card member presale starts april 30 and general on-sale begins may 3, third studio album hit me hard and soft out on may 17 [darkroom/interscope records].

Following the news of her highly anticipated third studio album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT , set for release on May 17 [pre-order/add/save HERE ], Billie Eilish has announced arena dates, produced by Live Nation, for her HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR . Starting in September 2024 , Eilish will embark on her North American leg of the tour which runs through to the end of December 2024 . The tour will continue in Australia starting February 2025 ahead of her European, U.K., and Ireland arena dates starting in April until late July . For a full list of tour dates, see below or visit billieeilish.com

Tickets for BILLIE EILISH: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR will be available starting with the American Express® Presale beginning Tuesday, April 30 , with additional presales running throughout the week. Any remaining tickets will be available during the general on-sale starting Friday, May 3 on  billieeilish.com . On-sale start times vary by market, check local listings for more information.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, April 30 (while supplies last) – this is one of the many entertainment benefits American Express Card Members can access. Presale start + end times will vary by market, check your local listings at billieeilish.com for more information.

SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS

Billie Eilish will continue her long-standing partnership with environmental nonprofit REVERB on this tour, building on the success of previous efforts, which resulted in over $1 million donated to environmental, greenhouse gas reduction, and climate justice projects, more than 150,000 fan actions, and much more. Sustainability efforts on this tour will include reducing greenhouse gas pollution, decreasing single-use plastic waste, supporting climate action, and updating concession offerings to promote and encourage plant-based food options with Support+Feed .

In keeping with her commitment to making a difference in the environmental impacts of her music and touring, a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales in North America will go to  REVERB  and its ongoing effort to help support organizations across the country addressing the impacts of food insecurity and the climate crisis.

ECO-VILLAGE

The Billie Eilish REVERB Eco-Villages will be set up at 2 locations in the main concourse of every show where fans can take part in the tour’s sustainability efforts, connect with nonprofits, and take meaningful action for people and the planet.

SUPPORT+FEED

For collective action at the intersection of climate and food, Support+Feed will be launching a 360 campaign throughout the tour. Following the success in 2022, Support+Feed will offer an expanded version of the Support+Feed Pledge inspiring fans to eat one plant-based meal a day for 30 days with digital elements and community activations. Fans will also have the opportunity to participate in Plant-based Food Drives in a selection of cities alongside the tour to raise awareness and gather food to distribute to local communities.

Fans are encouraged to join the effort to make the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR more sustainable. Where possible, take public transportation and carpool to and from the shows to help reduce greenhouse gas pollution and encourage more public transportation options. Fans will receive information via email about public transportation options before the show.

Venue partners are also helping to lessen the environmental footprint of the tour. In addition to efforts to decrease waste through reducing or eliminating single-use plastics and diverting landfill waste with compost and recycling, venues will be offering plant-based food options at all shows.

FAN PARTICIPATION

Bring an empty reusable water bottle or donate for a custom RockNRefill Nalgene bottle to fill up at the free water refill stations located at each venue. The RockNRefill bottles and refill stations are located at the Eco-Villages in the main concourse at all shows. Fight fast fashion by opting for thrifted, upcycled, or borrowed clothes instead of buying new clothing to wear to shows.

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR – NORTH AMERICA*

Sun Sep 29 – Québec, QC – Centre Videotron Tue Oct 01 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena Wed Oct 02 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena Fri Oct 04 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena Sat Oct 05 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center Mon Oct 07 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena Wed Oct 09 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center Fri Oct 11 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Sun Oct 13 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena Wed Oct 16 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Thu Oct 17 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Fri Oct 18 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sat Nov 02 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Sun Nov 03 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Wed Nov 06 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena Fri Nov 08 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center Sun Nov 10 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center Mon Nov 11 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center Wed Nov 13 – Chicago, IL – United Center Thu Nov 14 – Chicago, IL – United Center Sat Nov 16 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center Sun Nov 17 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center Omaha Tue Nov 19 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena Wed Nov 20 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena Tue Dec 03 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena Thu Dec 05 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena Fri Dec 06 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena Sun Dec 08 – Portland, OR – Moda Center Tue Dec 10 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose Wed Dec 11 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose Fri Dec 13 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena Sun Dec 15 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum Mon Dec 16 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum Tue Dec 17 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR – AUSTRALIA

Tue Feb 18, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Wed Feb 19, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Fri Feb 21, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Sat Feb 22, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Mon Feb 24, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena Tue Feb 25, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena Thu Feb 27, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena Fri Feb 28, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena Tue Mar 4, 2025 –Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena Wed Mar 5, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena Fri Mar 7, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena Sat Mar 8, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR – EUROPE/U.K./IRELAND Wed Apr 23, 2025 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena

Thu Apr 24, 2025 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena

Sat Apr 26, 2025 – Oslo, Norway – Telenor Arena Mon Apr 28, 2025 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena Tue Apr 29, 2025 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena

Fri May 2, 2025 – Hannover, Germany – ZAG Arena Sun May 4, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome Mon May 5, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome Wed May 7, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome Fri May 9, 2025 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena Thu May 29, 2025 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena Fri May 30, 2025 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena Sun June 1, 2025 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena Tue June 3, 2025 – Kraków, Poland – Tauron Arena Wed June 4, 2025 – Kraków, Poland – Tauron Arena Fri June 6, 2025 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle Sun June 8, 2025 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena Tue June 10, 2025 – Paris, France – Accor Arena Wed June 11, 2025 – Paris, France – Accor Arena Sat June 14, 2025 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi Sun June 15, 2025 –Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi

Mon Jul 7, 2025 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro Tue Jul 8, 2025 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro Thu Jul 10, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Fri Jul 11, 2025 –London, UK – The O2 Sun Jul 13, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Mon Jul 14, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Wed Jul 16, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Thu Jul 17, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Sat Jul 19, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Sun Jul 20, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Tue Jul 22, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Wed Jul 23, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Sat Jul 26, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena Sun Jul 27, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena

*The tour wants to give fans, not scalpers, the best chance to buy tickets at face value. To make this possible they have chosen to use Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange. If fans purchase tickets for a show in the U.S. or Canada and can’t attend, they’ll have the option to resell them to other fans at the original price paid. To help protect the Exchange, the tour has requested all tickets be mobile only and restricted from transfer. This applies to all shows except those in Colorado, Illinois, and New York where Face Value Exchange cannot be mandated. Please note, a valid bank account or debit card within the country of your event is required to sell on the Face Value Exchange. More information on how the Ticketmaster Exchange works is available here .

Billie Eilish’s forthcoming album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT was written by Billie Eilish and FINNEAS , her brother and long-time collaborator, who also produced the album. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT will be available on all digital platforms, and in a continued effort to minimize waste and combat climate change; across all physical formats in limited variants on the same day, with the same track-listing and using 100% recyclable materials. For more information on all sustainable practices for this album release, please visit https://store.billieeilish.com/pages/sustainability

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is out everywhere on May 17.

Pre-order/add/save HERE.

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Bonza enters voluntary administration after abruptly cancelling all flights across Australia

Passengers were earlier left stranded as discussions took place on ‘viability of business’

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The low-cost airline Bonza entered voluntary administration on Tuesday, after abruptly cancelling all of its flights after the repossession of its entire fleet that caught its CEO by surprise.

Passengers were left stranded at a handful of airports when Bonza “temporarily suspended” all services on Tuesday with no notice, as the airline’s owners considered the viability of the business’ future.

Bonza appointed firm Hall Chadwick for the administration process of its operating and holding company, documents filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) show.

Bonza’s fleet has been grounded until the end of Thursday, with the administrators advising passengers with booking not to turn up to the airport.

“Discussions are currently under way regarding the ongoing viability of the business,” Bonza’s chief executive, Tim Jordan, said in a statement.

“We apologise to our customers who are impacted by this and we’re working as quickly as possible to determine a way forward that ensures there is ongoing competition in the Australian domestic aviation market.”

Bonza’s board held an emergency meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the airline’s next options.

Shortly after the cancellations were reported, the transport minister, Catherine King, said her department had contacted Bonza and that “our expectation is that they keep passengers informed of their options and their consumer rights”.

The transport department opened a hotline on Tuesday morning for stranded Bonza passengers. The hotline number is 1800 069 244.

“I have spoken to Qantas and Virgin CEOs this morning and both airlines stand ready to assist stranded passengers needing to get home,” King said. Rex also offered to help with flights from regional airports.

King, speaking later on Tuesday from Melbourne, did not answer questions about whether Bonza had asked for a government bailout, but said: “We’ll await to hear what the Bonza board is deciding.

“It’s always really tough for a new entrant … We are a small market, despite the fact we are amazing travellers and we do want to travel everywhere and all the time. But we are a small market and it is always very difficult for new entrants,” King said.

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Meanwhile, aviation sources told the Guardian that Bonza’s fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft had been repossessed.

Bonza’s private equity owners, the US firm 777 Partners, had owned the airline’s fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes. The parent company also part owns the Canadian low-cost carrier Flair and leases its aircraft assets between the airlines.

Flair had some of its aircraft repossessed at short notice in 2023.

Bonza had been operating two aircraft wet-leased from Flair in recent months, in addition to its fleet of four aircraft.

One of the planes Bonza had been leasing from Flair appears to have returned to the Canadian carrier and was flying routes in North America on Monday.

On 9 April, AIP Capital – an investment manager that includes aviation assets such as aircraft and which had majority owned 777 Partners’ fleet of aircraft in a 51%-49% split – announced the formation of a new holding company, Phoenix Aviation Capital.

When announcing its launch, Phoenix said it had “a definitive agreement to acquire the rights, interests and obligations of a portfolio of 30 737-8 aircraft from 777 Partners”.

In an internal note seen by Guardian Australia, Jordan acknowledged to staff that the airline’s fleet was repossessed by AIP, the effective lessor of the aircraft, on Tuesday morning.

“This was a surprise to both ourselves and 777 Partners. We are currently assessing all options and will provide an update here just as soon as we have more information available to share,” he said.

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“As a consequence of this all first wave flights from all bases have been cancelled.”

Bonza, 777 Partners and AIP Capital did not immediately respond to questions about aircraft repossessions.

Guardian Australia has previously reported that 777 Partners were being chased in court in the UK for almost US$30m (A$44.7m) in unpaid aircraft leasing fees and damages. Despite the legal issues, 777 Partners is now attempting to take over English football club Everton. The proposed takeover is awaiting approval from the English Premier League.

On Tuesday, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) was seeking an urgent meeting with Bonza to discuss the implications for workers during “this difficult and uncertain time”.

In addition to offering to fly stranded passengers for free, Qantas and Virgin offered support to Bonza aviation staff. Qantas has set up a dedicated section on Jetstar’s jobs website to recruit Bonza staff.

“This is an extremely distressing time for workers and stranded passengers. Bonza must ensure staff are prioritised and informed as this process plays out,” the TWU national secretary, Michael Kaine, said.

“Bonza and any other airline attempting to enter the Australian aviation market has little chance of survival,” he said. “Despite speculation of issues behind the scenes at Bonza, this is an industry dominated by aggressive competition and unchecked corporate greed that will squeeze out any new entrant.”

Kaine echoed his union’s calls for a broader commission into aviation to address competition, consumer and worker issues.

“Aviation is an industry on its knees,” Kaine said. “Service standards have plummeted while air fares have gone through the roof. Regional jobs and communities are now at further risk of being cut off as a more cost-effective airline struggles to stay in the air.”

Launched in January 2023 after a lengthy accreditation process during which its planes could not fly, Bonza has struggled with aircraft shortages and was forced to cancel several routes over the past year.

It has come under fire for repeatedly expanding to new routes before cutting some because of low patronage.

The airline operates out of a base at Sunshine Coast airport and was set up to primarily serve the leisure market through direct routes between regional airports.

The airline operates out of larger airports, including Melbourne’s Tullamarine and the Gold Coast.

However, it had been critical of the laws governing Sydney airport. Those laws meant Bonza struggled to gain access to takeoff and landing slots to launch services in and out of the lucrative Sydney market.

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