The Rions have announced an extensive national tour in support of their upcoming second EP, Happiness In A Place It Shouldn’t Be. The tour will be the Sydney band’s biggest to date, taking in a whopping 21 dates across the course of four months. The full tour itinerary, as well as pre-sale and ticketing information, can be accessed below.
The follow-up to the band’s debut EP, 2023’s Minivan, will feature previously-released singles ‘Sweet Cocoon’ and ‘Physical Medicine’. To coincide with their tour announcement, the band have shared a third single from the EP entitled ‘Time Will Try’. In a joint press statement, the band explained that their latest single stemmed from “reminiscing about the times the four of us spent together as 12-year-olds”, which lead to “supposing a world in which we weren’t still friends”.
“We channeled the feeling of losing the history we have in this hypothetical world into the sorrow that bleeds into the lyrics of this song,” they said. “It’s about the persistence of love that best friends, brothers and sisters share – and that, through all the highs and the lows, time spent apart would have ultimately been a waste. Through all the hypothetical miscommunications and stubborn bitterness, the love that we miss sharing with each other would have been within reach all along.”
The Rions – ‘Time Will Try’
The Rions had previously undertaken a national tour in May and June of this year, supporting the release of ‘Sweet Cocoon’ with a run of shows supported by Sydney pop trio Blusher and Auckland band Park Rd. The band will also incorporate festival slots into their upcoming tour – including Darwin’s Rock The Bay festival next month and both Beyond The Valley and Lost Paradise over the new-year period in late December.
The Rions Time Will Try 2024 Tour
- Friday, October 25th – Edge Hill Tavern, Cairns QLD
- Saturday October 26th – Dalrymple Hotel, Townsville QLD
- Sunday, October 27th – Magnums, Airlie Beach QLD
- Saturday, November 2nd – Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour QLD
- Sunday, November 3rd – Miami Marketta, Gold Coast QLD
- Friday, November 8th – Harvey Road Tavern, Gladstone QLD
- Saturday, November 9th – The Station, Sunshine Coast QLD
- Sunday, November 10th – Beach Hotel, Byron Bay NSW
- Friday, November 15th – Wollongong UniBar, Wollongong NSW
- Saturday, November 16th – King Street Bandroom, Newcastle NSW
- Sunday, November 17th – Dee Why RSL, Dee Why NSW
- Friday, November 22nd – Horsham Showgrounds, Horsham VIC
- Saturday, November 23rd – The Pier Bandroom, Frankston VIC
- Sunday, November 24th – Torquay Hotel, Torquay VIC
- Friday, November 29th – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne VIC
- Saturday, November 30th – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide SA
- Thursday, December 5th – Prince of Wales, Bunbury WA
- Friday, December 6th – The River, Margaret River WA
- Saturday, December 7th – Metropolis, Fremantle WA
- Friday, December 13th – UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney NSW
- Saturday, December 14th – Princess Theatre, Brisbane QLD
Tickets for all headlining shows are on sale from 10am local time on Thursday, August 29th. They can be accessed by visiting the band’s official website, TheRions.com.
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