TLC Confirm Intimate Australian Gig For Next Month

Victoria's ALWAYS LIVE initiative kicked things off this year with a last-minute Foo Fighters show at GMHBA Stadium in March; it will welcome Billy Joel to the MCG in December and host Dua Lipa at the Palais Theatre next month. 

Sampa The Great, Big Thief, Jessica Mauboy, The Teskey Brothers, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and more announced events. Not content with the riches it has already brought us, the latest artist announcement from ALWAYS LIVE is massive. 

TLC are hosting an exclusive gig at Melbourne's Palais Theatre on Wednesday, 2 November, with support by KYE - you can also catch them around the country at Fridayz Live. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, and Khruangbin add second shows, while The Veronicas, Years & Years, Thelma Plum, and Big Freedia play atop Melbourne rooftops. 

The Old Bar is celebrating its 21st birthday with Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, SPOD, Skyscraper Stan & The Commission Flats, and Streetsweeper taking its tiny stage. Meanwhile, Hoodoo Gurus are zipping down to Frankston's Pier Hotel alongside Magic Dirt and Scott Darlow. 

Keeping the fun rolling, ALWAYS LIVE will partner with Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and Mushroom Pictures to launch the inaugural four-day LONGPLAY Music Film Festival. Stops include Geelong, Bairnsdale, and Ballarat. The thrilling line-up of music documentaries will be headlined by the new feature documentary about one of our brightest bands, The Angels: Kickin' Down The Door.

ALWAYS LIVE has also teamed up with Melbourne Food & Wine Festival to create the music program for Village Feast, which promises a weekend of fun in Gippsland. Grace Cummings, Mia Wray, Tim Shiel and Mindy Meng Wang, Wilson Blackley, Jazz Party, Dorsal Fins, Little Quirks, and Pirritu soundtrack your meals and wines. 

"We launched ALWAYS LIVE in March with a record-breaking sell-out performance by Foo Fighters at GMBHA Stadium, closely followed by a 71,000 ticket, sell-out show for Billy Joel, and two sell-out events by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis at the beautiful Hanging Rock," ALWAYS LIVE CEO Steve Smith shared.

"Our rare and intimate Palais Theatre performance by global superstar Dua Lipa sold out in a matter of minutes. These highlights are a fraction of the ALWAYS LIVE program, which positions Melbourne as a global music city and Victoria as the live music capital of Australia."

Head to the website for the entire program.