The legendary album is set to be performed live by Kate and Tyrone Noonan this September and October
With tickets for their first Melbourne show swiftly snapped up, revered singer songwriter siblings Katie and Tyrone Noonan have added a second date for Melbourne, as they celebrate the 20th Anniversary of legendary george album Polyserena live this September and October.
Polyserena 20th Anniversary Celebration 2022 Australian Tour
- September 16 – Civic Theatre, Newcastle
- September 22 – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne (new show)
- September 23 – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
- September 24 – The Playhouse, Canberra
- October 1 – The Gov, Adelaide
- October 7 – Anita’s Theatre, Wollongong
- October 8 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Check out Melbourne’s most comprehensive gig guide here.
The Polyserena 20th Anniversary Celebration will showcase the extraordinary talents of Katie and Tyrone Noonan and band – Brandon Mamata on guitar, Steele Chabau on bass, with Katie’s son Dexter Hurren on drums.
Polyserena is an Australian classic. Debuting at #1 on the ARIA charts in 2002, the album launched george onto the national stage, earning them six ARIA nominations that year – ‘Album Of The Year’, ‘Best Group’, Best Cover Art’, ‘Producer of the Year’, ‘Best Pop Release’ and winning them the award for ‘Breakthrough Artist – Album’. They became only the tenth Australian band in history to debut at number one upon release; Polyserena achieved gold status within ten days, platinum record status within three weeks and had reached double platinum by the end of 2002. It went on to spend 36 weeks in the top 50 of the ARIA Album Chart that year.
Polyserena will be released on black double vinyl for the very first time, alongside a digital deluxe package including previously unreleased tracks, on November 11, 2022. Fans can order a ticket/vinyl bundle or pre-order the vinyl here.
Polyserena also gifted the band an amazing 6 songs in Triple J’s annual Hottest 100 poll across three years with ‘Bastard Son’, ‘Spawn’, ‘Run’, ‘Release’, ‘Breaking It Slowly’ and ‘Special Ones’ which also earned them an ARIA nomination for Breakthrough Artist, Single and an APRA nomination for Song of the Year in 2001. The album has more recently been recognised as one of Triple J’s Hottest 100 Australian albums of all time and landed in Double j’s Top 50 Best Australian Debut Albums.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 5. For complete tour and ticket information, head here.
