Calexico Announce 2024 Australian Tour

October 26, 2023

Arizona’s Calexico have announced a full run of Australian tour dates for 2024, having been recently revealed on the lineup for Geelong’s Tent Pole festival. The Latin-influenced indie rock band – composed of the two main members, Joey Burns and John Convertino, and a rotating cast of other band members – will play eight dates across the country, including a set at Perth Festival.

The tour will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band’s acclaimed fourth album, Feast of Wire, with the band playing the record in its entirety, as well as some other fan favourites to finish off the show. The run of dates begins on Thursday, 15th February at the Melbourne Recital Centre, and will finish up on Saturday, 24th February at the Meeniyan Town Hall; see the full run of dates below.

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“I’m reminded of how much time and space we had in the studio to try out all sorts of ideas,” said Burns, reflecting on the making of Feast of Wire. “Most of the recordings started like they often do with John on drums and myself on guitar. And as we brought in the other band members it was like a river was flooding through our subconsciousness and we couldn’t get the ideas to analog tape fast enough.”

The band will appear at Tent Pole alongside internationals like Dinosaur Jr., Mogwai, and local acts Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, RVG, Civic, Our Carlson, Delivery, The Belair Lip Bombs, and more.

At Perth Festival, meanwhile, they’re joined on the program by Angélique Kidjo, experimental artist Lonnie Holley, UK singer Sampha, and a heap more.