Fat Freddy’s Drop Announce 2015 Australian Tour, New Single ‘Slings And Arrows’

New Zealand dub, soul, jazz act Fat Freddy’s Drop have announced a national tour for 2015. Having recently visited as part of Golden Plains 2014, the 7-piece fusion band will return next year to treat fans to new music from their yet-to-be titled upcoming fourth studio album, due out sometime in 2015.

If January is too far away for ya, you can listen to Fat Freddy’s Drop jam on new single Slings And Arrows below. Slings And Arrows will officially come out this Friday, 17th October on 7” and digitally.

Fat Freddy’s Drop will then play a special solo performance at the Sydney Opera House for Australia Day 2015. Taking to the Concert Hall stage, the gig is part of Music At The House, a series of contemporary music shows put on by the Sydney Opera House.

Sydney Opera House Head of Contemporary Music, Ben Marshall gushed over the return of Fat Freddy’s Drop to the Opera House, claiming the band to be “one of the gold standard live acts currently in existence” due to their “incredible balance of reverberating Aotearoa dub, sublime soul and deep Berlin-frequency techno marks.”

All four Fat Freddy’s Drop headlining performance have various pre-sale, and general public, ticket release dates. You can check out the full ticket and date details for Fat Freddy’s Drop 2015 Australian tour below.

Watch: Fat Freddy’s Drop – Slings And Arrows Jam

Fat Freddy’s Drop 2015 Australian Tour

Wednesday, 21st January 2015

with Nightmares On Wax (DJ Set)

The Tivoli, Brisbane

Tickets: via Ticketmaster

Niche Members presale 12:00pm (AEST) Wednesday, 15th October.

General Public onsale 9:00am (AEST) Friday, 17th October.

Friday, 23rd January 2015

with Nightmares On Wax (DJ Set)

Palais Theatre, Melbourne

Tickets: via Ticketmaster

Niche Members presale 9:00am (AEST) Friday, 17th October.

General public onsale 9:00am (AEST) Wednesday, 22nd October.

Saturday, 24th January 2015

with Nightmares On Wax (DJ Set)

Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth

Tickets: via Oztix

Niche Members presale 10:00AM (WAST) Friday, 17th October.

General public onsale 10:00AM (WAST) Monday, 20th October

Monday, 26th January 2015

Opera House, Sydney

Tickets: via Sydney Opera House

General Public onsale 9:00AM (AEST) Friday, 17th October.

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