{"id":433880,"date":"2026-01-24T06:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433880\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:38:09","slug":"the-jungle-giants-to-play-bbl-final-at-optus-stadium-on-sunday-ahead-of-releasing-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433880\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jungle Giants to play BBL final at Optus Stadium on Sunday ahead of releasing new music"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jungle Giants<\/a> frontman Sam Hales says cricket fans at the BBL final on Sunday can expect a halftime show full of \u201cpure, high energy\u201d and teased new music coming next month.<\/p>\n

The lead songwriter of the popular Aussie indie rock band will be flying into Perth from Melbourne on Saturday, where he hopes to soak up the sunshine at Cottesloe Beach<\/a> before playing to a sea of orange at Optus Stadium for the season decider.<\/p>\n

The band will headline entertainment at the final, taking to the KFC FLG stage for two sets \u2013 one pre-game, and another during the innings break.<\/p>\n

Hales said while he was \u201cterrible\u201d at cricket, he was \u201chonoured\u201d to perform his first cricket show \u2014 with lead guitarist Cesira Aitken, a huge BBL fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be our biggest show ever, which is also insane,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to be playing songs people know and love, but we\u2019ve pretty much tailored the halftime show to be specifically just pure, high energy. It\u2019s going to be quick, fast and extremely dramatic, which is what I\u2019m all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cI already know everyone\u2019s going to be vibing, and then we\u2019re just going to be there to sprinkle a little bit of extra vibe on top.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans can expect to hear old classic Used To Be in Love, which is Hales\u2019 current favourite track to play live as it \u201chits every time and it\u2019s nice to watch people sing\u201d.<\/p>\n

The band is also excited to be back in WA for the summer, with Fremantle a familiar favourite.<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe Jungle Giants are performing at the BBL at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Credit: Morgan Hancock\/Getty Images for Cricket Austral<\/p>\n

\u201cI love WA. I mean, I\u2019ve spent such a great deal of time in Fremantle as well, because we\u2019ve got lots of (music) friends of ours from there, Crooked Colours, San Cisco, Tame Impala. There\u2019s such a good scene just to be a part of. So I often explore certain parts of Fremantle, but this particular weekend, I\u2019m excited just to kick around Perth a little bit,\u201d Hales said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI live in Melbourne, so the beach options are not that beautiful, if I\u2019m being honest. So I think I\u2019m just going to soak up as much as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

In terms of new music, Hales revealed the band has a new single coming out at the end of February before a new album is set to be released this year.<\/p>\n

The new album, partly written in Greece, comes five years after the group\u2019s last project, Love Signs and is inspired by Hales\u2019 breakup.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be kicking off 2026 with new music and a new, whole new album coming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it took a while, because when you have a breakup, there\u2019s a lot to process, right? But I\u2019m really proud of it. It pushes into new orchestral dance places that I haven\u2019t been to before. But also lyrically, I\u2019m super proud of this.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels really fresh, new vocal style for me, and it bangs. I just can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hales also encourage fans to stay tuned for a \u201cbig album tour\u201d to be announced soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a huge Australian tour, and then American tour, and then Europe tour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

After the BBL show, The Jungle Giants will return to WA in April to play at music festival Here Comes The Sun which is happening at the same time as the Margaret River Pro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jungle Giants frontman Sam Hales says cricket fans at the BBL final on Sunday can expect a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-433880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433880","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=433880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}