{"id":407120,"date":"2026-01-11T23:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/407120\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T23:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:10:09","slug":"chet-faker-announces-australian-headline-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/407120\/","title":{"rendered":"Chet Faker Announces Australian Headline Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chet Faker has announced two special headline shows set for Australia later this year, as part of his \u2018A Love for Strangers\u2019 world tour.<\/p>\n<p>The critically acclaimed, billion-plus streaming singer-songwriter has added the new shows in Sydney and Brisbane to a string of already announced tour dates for March, coinciding with the release of his highly anticipated new album,\u00a0A Love for Strangers, out February 13th via BMG.<\/p>\n<p>Having recently announced a 21-date North American run in April and May, followed by European shows in July, these two new Australian dates will offer fans an intimate opportunity to experience a striking new chapter in the career of one of our most singular and influential artists.<\/p>\n<p>Led by the gorgeously rousing singles \u201cFar Side of the Moon\u201d and \u201cThis Time for Real\u201d, A Love for Strangers sees Nick Murphy \u2013 the ARIA-winning songwriter, musician and producer behind the Chet Faker moniker \u2013 come full circle.<\/p>\n<p>The new album, which follows 2021\u2019s Hotel Surrender, is rooted in a sense of personal rediscovery that deepened after the 10-year anniversary of his debut full-length, the sensational and career-ascendant Built on Glass, which featured some of his biggest hits -\u201cTalk is Cheap\u201d and \u201cGold\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The new Brisbane and Sydney shows will take place on March 3rd and March 4th, respectively. These join a run of already announced shows, including Adelaide\u2019s A Day in the Gully festival on February 28th, and headline shows in Melbourne and Perth on March 1st and March 6th, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>        Love Music?<\/p>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\">\n            Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.        <\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/spinner.gif\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tickets for Brisbane\u2019s Fortitude Music Hall and Sydney\u2019s Enmore Theatre go on sale Monday, January 19th from 12pm (local) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiertouring.com\/chetfaker\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. A Frontier members presale starts Thursday, January 15th from 10am (local) \u2013 see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiertouring.com\/chetfaker\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p>CHET FAKER AUSTRALIA 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saturday, February 28th*<br \/>A Day in the Gully Festival, Adelaide SA<br \/>*not a Frontier show<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunday, March 1st*<br \/>Riviera Beach Club, Melbourne VIC<br \/>*not a Frontier show<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tuesday, March 3rd (NEW SHOW)<br \/>Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday, March 4th (NEW SHOW)<br \/>Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday, March 6th*<br \/>Ice Cream Factory, Perth WA<br \/>*not a Frontier show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chet Faker has announced two special headline shows set for Australia later this year, as part of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,215779,215780,215781,215782,44,215783],"class_list":{"0":"post-407120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-chet-faker","11":"tag-chet-faker-album","12":"tag-chet-faker-australia","13":"tag-chet-faker-tour","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-nick-murphy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}