Due to overwhelming demand, genre-defying British-Japanese pop sensation Rina Sawayama has today announced a second Melbourne show on Tuesday January 10 at 170 Russell.
Sydney, first Melbourne and Brisbane dates of the Hold The Girl Tour 2023 are now sold out with limited tickets remaining for the Auckland show.
In 2020 Rina’s debut album SAWAYAMA became one of the most critically acclaimed albums that year landing on over 50 album of the year lists, including the New York Times (#2), The Guardian (#3) and Rolling Stone (#6).
Rina Sawayama: Hold The Girl Tour 2023
- Powerstation, Auckland
Monday January 9 – Limited Tickets - 170 Russell, Melbourne
Tuesday January 10 – New Show - Roundhouse, Sydney
Thursday January 12 – Sold Out - 170 Russell, Melbourne
Friday January 13 – Sold Out - The Triffid, Brisbane
Saturday January 14 – Sold Out
Check out Melbourne’s most comprehensive gig guide here.
The last 18 months have seen Rina Sawayama achieve a magnitude of milestones including changing the Mercury Prize and BRITs eligibility rules which meant Non-British artists could apply if they have been a permanent resident in the UK for more than 5 years. In 2021 Elton John joined forces with the popstar to release a special rendition of “Chosen Family”, a powerful and emotional ode to her LGBTQ+ family.
Elsewhere Rina injected new life into Lady Gaga’s ‘Free Woman’. 2023 will see Rina in her film acting debut as she stars in John Wick 4 alongside Keanu Reeves.
Fresh off the triumph of her UK and US headline tour, which sold out the Roundhouse in London and saw five-star reviews from The Guardian and NME, the newly minted British-Japanese pop star is following up her celebrated debut album SAWAYAMA with Hold The Girl, a colossally ambitious and utterly original record that marries intimate storytelling with arena-sized tunes.
Hold The Girl, released just last month, showcases Rina’s talent for bending huge chart influences and blockbuster melodies to her will with precision-tuned songwriting and powerful vocals. The 13-tracks of Hold The Girl features the previously released singles ‘This Hell’, which debuted with a performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, along with ‘Catch Me In The Air’ and the title track ‘Hold The Girl‘, which came with an Ali Kurr directed video and portrays Rina stuck in a time loop within the bounds of a 19th-century farmhouse until she finally breaks free.
Tickets for the new Melbourne show go on sale at tomorrow at 11am.
For complete tour and ticket information, visit livenation.com.au and livenation.co.nz.
