COLDPLAY ANNOUNCE JOINT WINNERS OF
RISING ARTIST COMPETITION – AUSTRALIA 2023
TWO OUTSTANDING WEST AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS CONFIRMED TO SUPPORT COLDPLAY AT EXCLUSIVE STADIUM CONCERT EVENTS IN PERTH, ON RECORD-BREAKING MUSIC OF THE SPHERES WORLD TOUR
Coldplay have today revealed the two West Australian artists who they have chosen as joint winners of their recent competition to open for the band on next month’s Australian leg of their Music of The Spheres World Tour, in association with the Western Australian Government
These exciting local artists – chosen from hundreds of entries from WA-based acts – are Adrian Dzvuke and King Ibis, who will respectively open for the band on Saturday, November 18 and Sunday, November 19, 2023 at Perth’s Optus Stadium.
In addition to playing at Optus Stadium Adrian Dzvuke and King Ibis will each be provided with grant funding through the WA Government’s Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries’ Contemporary Music Fund. This funding will support them with promotional activities which could include recording, marketing initiatives, touring or attendance at industry events. The WA Government Contemporary Music Fund supports local musicians to capitalise on opportunities for the contemporary music sector and helps develop local, national and international audiences for WA bands.
Adrian Dzvuke (pronounced Zu-Kay) has been hailed as one of Australia’s hottest new voices, The Perth-based artist is equally at home onstage with his band or in the studio, his soulful mixture of R&B, Pop & Afrobeats has been gaining fans at every show and with every release. Born in Zimbabwe, Adrian moved to Australia aged 12 where he began his music career singing and playing drums in church. Fast forward some years and Adrian’s recent run of singles and debut EP ‘Phone Me When You Lonely’ have seen him featured by triple j, MTV, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon & VEVO.
Perth-based indie-rock band King Ibis make music that feels distinctively Western Australian, while also being unlike anything you’ve heard before. Their sun-bleached, stripped-down rhythms combine with soaring vocals and a cheeky sense of humour to create irresistibly catchy songs. King Ibis fuse the potent, personal lyrics of lead singer/songwriter Nadene Burchell to the slick instrumental work of guitarist Matthew Oakley, bassist Samantha Goddard and drummer John McAndrew, crafting earworms that deliver deeply personal stories in a stylish pop package that’s fun, heartfelt and a little bit quirky.
In addition to announcing the joint winners, Coldplay have created a 20-strong playlist of the artists that were shortlisted by the judges (who included representatives of Coldplay’s management team, Live Nation Australia, Warner Music Australia and the WA Government). The playlist, which highlights the incredible breadth of upcoming musical talent in Western Australia, can be streamed on Spotify here.
After a triumphant 2022 where Coldplay sold more concert tickets than any other artist and broke attendance records around the world, the iconic band – who were crowned Favourite Touring Artist at the 2022 American Music Awards – will bring their spectacular stadium show, bursting with lasers, fireworks and LED wristbands to Perth, where they will perform classic hits such as “Yellow”, “Viva La Vida”, “Clocks”, “A Sky Full Of Stars” and “My Universe”.
Since kicking off in March 2022, the Music of The Spheres World Tour has sold over nine million tickets across Europe, North America, and Latin America, receiving rave reviews from fans and critics alike, with the Dallas Observer calling the show “mind-blowing” and the Houston Chronicle describing the band’s performance as “pure joy”.
The Western Australian Government, through Tourism WA, and Live Nation Present
COLDPLAY – MUSIC OF THE SPHERES, AUSTRALIA 2023
OPTUS STADIUM, PERTH
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18 & SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19
For complete tour information, go to www.livenation.com.au
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