The Rubens Announce Huge National Tour

The Rubens are back! It’s like we’ve been telling you all along. They released a new song, got added to a bunch of festival bills including Splendour In The Grass 2015 but still you guys didn’t believe us. Well put this in your pipe and smoke it! (Except don’t actually) The Rubens have just announced one of their biggest national tours to date!

The Menangle-bred indie fivesome are gearing up to release their new album Hoops, the eagerly-anticipated follow-up to their self-titled 2012 debut, and to celebrate, they’re hitting the road for an epic run of dates across the length and breadth of ‘Straya.

The band will be fuelling up the tour van this September and October to play a whopping 22 shows across every Australian state, hot on the heels of releasing their sophomore LP on on Friday, 7th August. They’ll be joined on the road by soul outfit Saskwatch and indie duo Winterbourne.

The Rubens recorded their latest album in New York and, late last year, frontman Sam Margin told Music Feeds that fans can expect a more “mature” sound from the forthcoming disc, with team Ruben trying to capture a bit more of their live sound.

“We put more of a focus on how the songs would work in a live setting for this album,” Margin has since added. “We wanted to write songs that would be fun for us to play live as well as fun for our audience to listen and move to.”

Tickets to The Ruben’s national Hoops tour go on sale from 9am Wednesday, 17th June. Check out the full ticketing and venue details, below.

Watch: The Rubens – Hallelujah

Gallery: The Rubens @ Splendour In The Grass 2013 / Photos By Zoltan Blazer

The Rubens Hoops National Tour Dates

Wednesday, 16th September
Prince of Wales, Bunbury WA
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Thursday, 17th September
Settlers Tavern, Margaret River WA
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Friday, 18th September
Astor Theatre, Perth WA
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Saturday, 19th September
Red Earth Festival, Karratha WA*
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Friday, 25th September
Club 54, Launceston TAS
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Saturday, 26th September
Uni Bar, Hobart TAS
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Friday, 2nd October
ANU Bar, Canberra ACT
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Saturday, 3rd October
Yours & Owls Music & Arts Festival, North Wollongong ^
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Thursday, 8th October
HQ, Adelaide SA
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Friday, 9th October
The Forum, Melbourne VIC
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Saturday, 10th October
Westernport Hotel, San Remo NSW
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Sunday, 11th October
Lorne Hotel – Beer Garden, Lorne VIC
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Friday, 16th October
Tanks Art Centre, Cairns QLD*
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Friday, 23rd October
Max Watt’s (formerly Hi-Fi), Brisbane QLD
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Saturday, 24th October
Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta QLD
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Thursday, 29th October
Panthers, Port Macquarie QLD
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Friday, 30th October
Entrance Leagues Club, Central Coast NSW #
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Saturday, 31st October
Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Friday, 6th November
Bar on the Hill, Newcastle NSW
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Saturday, 7th November
C.ex Club, Coffs Harbour NSW
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

Friday, 13th November
Discovery Nightclub, Darwin NT*
Tickets: Rubens Music Website

* Saskwatch and Winterbourne not appearing
# Saskwatch not appearing
^Winterbourne not appearing