Manchester Orchestra announce Australian tour

Acclaimed U.S band Manchester Orchestra return to our shores in March 2012 on the back of their critically revered and fan beloved new album Simple Math.

Touring Australia’s East Coast as part of the Hi-Fi Shoreline Series - a series of shows across The Hi-Fi venues celebrating the opening of The Hi-Fi Sydney - Manchester Orchestra will be kicking things off in the new venue, taking the Sydney Hi-Fi stage on Sunday 4 March. Tuesday 6 March will see them playing to a Queensland crowd when they performs at the Hi-Fi’s Brisbane venue, before finishing up at the original Hi-Fi in Melbourne on Wednesday 7 March.

Manchester Orchestra has always been about truth; about passion. It’s why Alternative Press gave MO’s 2009 acclaimed Mean Everything to Nothing (which yielded the Top 10 Modern Rock hit I’ve Got Friends) a five-star lead review that called the album “a masterpiece of intricacy and honesty.” You can feel their passion in the power of Andy Hull’s voice and the fury of the band’s music in every track they’ve ever laid down, a power that wraps itself around you and demands your attention as Hull’s lyrics guide you through the world as he sees it.

With Simple Math - rarely does an album come along of such monumental honesty and vulnerability. The power of the music, the complexity of the songwriting, the opportunity to hear a band at the top of their game evolving before our very eyes - it all makes Simple Math so much more than a collection of songs, so much more than just a concept album. Simple Math is a deeply emotional experience. And, simply put, it is a masterwork. A masterwork that translates into an unmissable powerful live show as witnessed and admired on previous Australia tours around Laneway Festival and Splendour In The Grass.

Tickets are on sale Monday December 12.

Sunday March 4 - The Hi-Fi, Sydney - 18
Tickets available from www.thehifi.com.au

Tuesday March 6 - The Hi-Fi, Brisbane - 18
Tickets available from www.thehifi.com.au

Wednesday March 7 - The Hi-Fi, Melbourne - 18
Tickets available from www.thehifi.com.au