The Holidays announce national tour

Sydney band The Holidays have announced they’ll be taking their dreamy, palm tree jams on the road again with a national headline tour in April.

The band’s self produced, debut album Post Paradise, has proven to be a critic’s favourite and ended last year picking up The Age EG award for ‘Best Album’ and landing the year’s final Triple J Feature Album. The album also received "Album of the Week" in Drum Media, Beat Magazine, BMA Mag & The Brag, while Post Paradise has already delivered alternative radio favourites Broken Bones, Golden Sky and Moonlight Hours.

Earlier this week they were crowned winners of the prestigious Australian Music Prize Red Bull Award for the Best Debut Album of 2010. 

Having kicked off the New Year with massive shows with UK indie darlings Mystery Jets, The Holidays will be heading out nationally in February with the Laneway Festival (alongside Yeasayer, Cut Copy, Local Natives, Gotye), before embarking on their first ever US dates, including multiple performances at SXSW in Austin.

The band has been winning raves from various parts of the globe in recent times – including NME, BBC6 and X-FM support in the UK, rave reviews in Japan where the album has just been released by Rallye label (Klaxons, Toro Y Moi), multiple songs in the Hype Machine charts, and coverage from US tastemakers RCRD LBL and Filter.

Special guests on the forthcoming national tour will be Ballarat’s Gold Fields who have also been scoring widespread radio support for their debut single Treehouse .

Tickets on sale from January 31.

THE HOLIDAYS - APRIL 2011
with special guest Gold Fields

SAT 2 APRIL                OXFORD ART FACTORY, SYDNEY
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au  (1300 GET TIX) or Moshtix Outlets

THU 7 APRIL                FEDERATION SQUARE, VICTORIA (ALL AGES) Free Entry

FRI 8 APRIL                 REPUBLIC BAR, HOBART
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au (1300 GET TIX), Moshtix Outlets or the venue

SAT 9 APRIL                EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB, MELBOURNE
Tickets available from www.eastbrunswickclub.com and at the box office 03 9388 9794.

THU 14 APRIL              ELSEWHERE, GOLD COAST
Tickets available from Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

FRI 15 APRIL                THE ZOO, BRISBANE
Tickets available from Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

SAT 16 APRIL              GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON BAY
Tickets available from the venue Mon to Fri 9–5pm (Jonson St, Byron Bay), on 6685 6454 and Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545.

WED 20 APRIL             BEACH RD HOTEL, BONDI Free Entry

THU 21 APRIL              MONA VALE HOTEL, MONA VALE
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au (1300 GET TIX) or Moshtix Outlets

THU 28 APRIL              AMPLIFIER BAR, PERTH
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au (1300 GET TIX) or Moshtix Outlets

FRI 29 APRIL                FOWLERS LIVE, ADELAIDE
Tickets available from Moshtix www.moshtix.com.au (1300 GET TIX) and VenueTix www.venuetix.com.au or (08) 8225 8888.