London Grammar Sell Out Sideshows, Add One Extra

We've been picking them as sure-fire favourites of this year's festival season for a while now and England's London Grammar have proved their status today, selling out their Sydney and Melbourne sideshows in rapid time.

Taking place early next year while the band are in town for the Falls Festivals, Southbound and Field Day, Melbourne's Prince Bandroom show sold out in minutes – prompting a second to be added at the same venue for Friday 10 January. Tickets for that second show are on sale now.

A matter of hours after that news, Sydney's show at The Metro has sold out. As they've just been named on the Field Day festival line-up, we may not see a second sideshow there anytime soon.

This is part of the reason why they're one of Australia's favourite bands at the moment: