Don’t miss your chance to witness SIX60 live in Melbourne this December.
Critically acclaimed New Zealand based powerhouse group, SIX60 have today added a Melbourne show to their recently announced The Castle St World Tour. The multi-platinum selling band will return to Australia this year for a massive concert at the Palace Foreshore on Thursday, December 1.
What you need to know
- Powerhouses of New Zealand rock, pop and contemporary R&B – SIX60 are coming to Melbourne
- They’re returning for a huge gig at the Palace Foreshore
- It all goes down on Thursday, December 1
Check out Melbourne’s most comprehensive gig guide here.
A critical and commercial sensation in their home country of New Zealand, Kiwi five-piece SIX60 continuously break records for ticket sales, chart-topping albums & singles and new innovative ways of getting their music to their fans. But outside of their antipodean environs, they were less well-known. That is, until a string of concerts last year changed the band’s trajectory on the global stage forever. The nationwide tour known as SIX60 Saturdays culminated in the band playing to over 50,000 people at Auckland’s Eden Park Stadium – and they were the only band performing live to crowds anywhere in the world at the time.
But SIX60’s beginnings were far more humble than you might imagine for a multi-platinum selling stadium band at the centre of a worldwide media frenzy. Friends first through university and playing in local Rugby sides, the 5 boys began jamming out covers of New Zealand roots songs and covers of bands such as Fat Freddy’s Drop and Trinity Roots, before playing shows at college parties, developing a devout fan following. They have since released three studio albums – all of which shot to number one in the album charts, spawning countless number one, multi-platinum singles too.
With a new sound and a new perspective, SIX60 have chosen to record their forthcoming album Castle St with a back-to-basics approach: all together in the studio, making music as they did when they first formed as a college band in their student house at 660, Castle Street. Forthcoming album Castle St, due out October 7th, hails back to the band’s early days: the album title and cover artwork both refer to the place where the band first met, formed and performed. The album will feature 10 brand new tracks including new single ‘Before You Leave’, out now.
Tickets go on sale at 11am, Friday September 9. For complete tour and ticket information, head here.
