Hindley Street Country Club Are Ready To Take Over The World

Adelaide’s Hindley Street Country Club, the band that went viral by uploading 300+ covers of hits from the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s to YouTube, are following up on their breakthrough year with tours of Australia and the northern hemisphere over the next six months.

Their videos have generated a total 1.7 billion views on YouTube and social media, and notched up two million online subscribers.

“I might have dreamt about getting global success as a wide-eyed kid, but this is definitely surreal,” band founder and bassist Constantine Delo tells TheMusic.com.au. He speaks from Toronto, Canada, where he is producing an album for a Canadian artist.

Today (Thursday December 5), general public tickets go on sale for the Just Gets Better Australian Tour, to run from March to June 2025. 

Pre-sales earlier this week were brisk, indicating how devoted their fans are. Couples are scheduling their anniversary celebrations around the dates. One in central Victoria postponed his replacement hip surgery to see the band perform.

But Australia only makes up 2.9 per cent of their global following. The biggest market is the United States with 18 per cent. Brazil and the Philippines are 13 per cent each, and Mexico accounts for 11 per cent. Japan is also high on the list.

After toe-in-the-water shows in Manila and the Singapore Grand Prix in 2024, the band head out on their first international tour next month. Over January/ February, they do a six-week run of theatres to between 1,000 to 3,000 people, which includes 12 dates in the US (the Long Beach Convention Centre in California was an instant sell-out), Brazil and the UK.

Delo used to promote Australian tribute acts through clubs in Asia and other parts of the world. 

He learned first-hand why specific songs by Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Travelling Wilburys, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, and Phil Collins made people sing, dance, and smooch.

The 11 musicians (including six singers) are cracking players. Amassing them all in the same studio, Delo never rehearses them. He lets their music instincts kick in, and work out their own arrangements on the go, usually in one take.

Starting from November 2017, the first 70 videos had a so-so reaction. Then came a recut of Grover Washington Jr & Bill Withers’ 1980 hit Just The Two Of Us.

Mick Fleetwood, Christopher Cross, Leo Sayer and KISS were just some of the artists who contacted them to compliment their versions. Others confessed they began to incorporate the HSCC arrangements into their own shows.

Powerhouse

Their musicality and entertainment factor also attracted powerhouses from the music industry.

Mark Pope, an A&R executive, production manager, artist manager, and ARIA producer, among many other roles, found them online. “I thought, This is amazing; I couldn’t believe it!” He didn’t waste time high-tailing it to Adelaide to meet with Delo and the rest of the band.

“They were hiding in plain sight,” Pope reckons. “They had a personal connection with millions and millions of people, but they weren’t being heard on radio.

“The best marketing tool for them is their performance on stage. The amount of repeat business we get is remarkable, people fall in love with the band. What is going on is beyond hype. Each time you see them is a biochemical reaction; you just feel so good about yourself.”

Pope brought in as co-manager long-time colleague, promoter and artist manager Michael Chugg (including Lime Cordiale, Sheppard, Casey Barnes, Mia Rodriguez and Teenage Dads, with Andrew Stone), who’d also been aware of the buzz.

“We saw an international future for them,” says Chugg. “Before Mark and I took over, they were already selling out shows here, but people in the music industry didn’t know much about them. Now they do.

“Their success is so simple – they give audiences what they want, with that musicianship and entertainment factor. The sky’s the limit for them.

“The audience reaction is really interesting. They do an amazing lead vocal and the crowd’s up applauding halfway through. They do a standout sax solo, and they applaud. You don’t see that very often these days.”

The duo set about increasing the band’s profile. In March/April, they did 16 dates on the Would You Welcome tour through Select Agency.  

Throughout 2024, they played 60 shows around Australia, played the Singapore Grand Prix, and headlined their first overseas show in Manila, which Delo remembers as “so emotional, there was so much love coming from the audience.”

There was also a video featuring Ian Moss on George Harrison’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and Nine Network’s A Current Affair did a number of features. “That really opened the floodgates,” Pope confirms.

Overseas

The YouTube videos also reached Los Angeles-based Randy Salcedo from Sound Talent Group (Alpha Wolf, Corrosion of Conformity, Helmet, Parkway Drive), who became their agent for the rest of the world and put together the US and Brazil shows.

Simon Moran, one of the biggest promoters in the UK and currently involved in the Oasis tour, reached out and booked their first UK shows.

There were also invitations from Morocco’s royal family, and from a Russian oligarch in Moscow. The latter had to be turned down.

“It was a show for 20 people – the band would virtually have outnumbered them! – with beautiful conditions, and they were going to give us full first-class treatment.

“But I decided to let that one go because, in the end, there was an embargo with Russia at the time. I rang the Consulate about the state of play. They said, ‘You can go, but the problem is when you come back to Australia, there’ll be a mark in your passport that you travelled to a sanctioned place.’” 

The second half of 2025 looks finds the Hindley Street Country Club expanding to festivals, both here and overseas. They played the Savannah In The Round in Far North Queensland, which drew 23,000 over three days in October, and were booked back instantly. Others, including major events, are also reaching out.

Delo notes that initially, the band’s videos were aimed at a 40+ demographic. “Let’s face it; it’s grown-up music. But younger people are discovering us. Last weekend, we did three sell-out shows in NSW, and a lot of young people were coming with their parents. They knew these older songs were great.”

Hindley Street Country Club will tour Australia from March to June 2025. You can buy tickets to the tour via their website.

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2025 JUST GETS BETTER AUSTRALIAN TOUR

MELBOURNE - FRI 7 MARCH - PALAIS THEATRE

SYDNEY - SAT 8 MARCH - ENMORE THEATRE

LAKE MACQUARIE - SUN 9 MARCH - TORONTO HOTEL

FRANKSTON - THUR 13 MARCH - FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE

SWAN HILL - FRI 14 MARCH - SWAN HILL TOWN HALL

SHEPPARTON - SAT 15 MARCH - RIVERLINKS

ALBURY - SUN 16 MARCH - ALBURY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

TWEED HEADS - FRI 21 MARCH - TWIN TOWNS

CALOUNDRA - SAT 22 MARCH - THE EVENTS CENTRE

FORTH - FRI 4 APRIL - FORTH PUB

HOBART - SAT 5 APRIL - ODEON THEATRE

LAUNCESTON - SUN 6 APRIL - PRINCESS THEATRE

SHOALHAVEN - THUR 10 APRIL - SHOALHAVEN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

BUNBURY - THUR 24 APRIL - BUNBURY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

MANDURAH - FRI 25 APRIL - MANDURAH PAC

PERTH - SAT 26 APRIL - HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE

PERTH - SUN 27 APRIL - HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE

EATONS HILL - FRI 2 MAY - EATONS HILL HOTEL

TOOWOOMBA - SAT 3 MAY - EMPIRE THEATRE

BUNDABERG - SUN 4 MAY - MONCRIEFF ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

CAIRNS - FRI 9 MAY - CAIRNS PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

DARWIN - SAT 10 MAY - DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

WARRAGUL - THUR 15 MAY - WEST GIPPSLAND ARTS CENTRE

GIPPSLAND - FRI 16 MAY - TRARALGON PAC

THIRROUL - THUR 29 MAY - ANITA’S THEATRE

CHATSWOOD - FRI 30 MAY – THE CONCOURSE

ROOTY HILL - SAT 31 MAY - SYDNEY COLISEUM

BALLARAT - THU 5 JUNE - BALLARAT CIVIC HALL

GEELONG - FRI 6 JUNE – GEELONG ARTS CENTRE

BENDIGO - SAT 7 JUNE - ULUMBARRA THEATRE

PORT MACQUARIE - FRI 13 JUNE - PANTHERS

GRAFTON - SAT 14 JUNE - SARATON THEATRE