They Might Be Giants Postpone Australian Tour

American alternative rockers They Might Be Giants – led by longtime duo John Flansburgh and John Linnell – have some bad news for their Australian fans: their upcoming tour, set to arrive next month, has been postponed until October 2024.

“We regret to announce that we have to postpone our upcoming tour of Australia due to immediate health issues,” the band wrote in a statement posted by touring company Destroy All Lines yesterday (4 September). “These temporary complications should be resolved in the coming months.

“We are eagerly looking forward to these shows which will now happen next year (this was the earliest we could secure the shows with the continuity of a tour).”

They Might Be Giants assured fans that the postponed dates will remain what was promised – a celebration of their 1990 third album, Flood. “These will still all be super-deluxe ‘An Evening With’ shows with two sets including all of Flood,” they added in the statement. The band “sincerely apologise for the inconvenience and your patience is most appreciated”.

Destroy All Lines notes that all purchased tickets for the October 2023 dates remain valid for the new tour dates, all of which you can find below.

In a live review of They Might Be Giants at Sydney's Metro Theatre in 2019, The Music writer Mick Radojkovic found that Flood got the most love with the (unfortunately) very relevant Your Racist Friend and the still-excellent Birdhouse In Your Soul.

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With 33 years of music, 22 albums and over 400 songs released, They Might Be Giants have been as prolific as they’ve been quirky. The songwriting skills of Flansburgh and Linnell appeal to the child (and progressive) inside but also on the outside, with a handful of children’s albums also released to their name.

The remaining tickets to They Might Be Giants’ Australian tour are available via Destroy All Lines.