Back in the spotlight in 2023, Australian rapper 360 continues his reemergence with another run of live shows to finish off the year.
After a half-decade-plus absence from the scene, 360 has slowly been immersing himself back into the music scene in recent years with 2023 seeing him release a string of singles: 'Made Me Like This feat. Gossling', 'Knowing My Place feat. Joel Fletcher', 'The Truman Show', 'Lose It feat. Ally Rendall' and 'Hardly Talk'.In June, 360 went on tour, his first live shows in six years, selling out all performances on that run.
After well publicised battles with drug addiction and his mental wellbeing, 360 is focussed on placing his health (physical and mental) as his #1 priority to avoid burnout. "As much as I love touring, it's always been quite taxing both physically and mentally in the past," begins 360.
"So, since returning after a long break, I made sure to put my health before anything else. I kept the last tour to one-two shows per week, which isn't a lot at all, just to ease into it and dip my toes in so to speak and see how I went.
"All went well, so this time I'm upping it to three shows per week. This will be more gruelling so I decided to do a month of touring through November, have a month off through December and then finish off part two early next year, rather than doing them all back to back.
"I used to never care about my health and wellbeing, at least not like I do now. Now I follow a strict regime, I have to hit the gym for an intense workout on show days, I follow a strict routine before each show to warm up too.
"I could achieve more if I went all out doing five shows a week and fitting in as much travel as possible over multiple months, but for me that's a quick way to burn out."
Set to play shows this November in Melbourne, Frankston, Geelong, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast, Gladstone, Airlie Beach, Townsville, Cairns, Albury, Canberra and Wollongong, 360 has also released his new freestyle track 'Most Wanted'.
"When I was working on these new songs I was still recovering after going through an extremely dark period of my life," 360 says.
"I was still fighting my way through the darkness, now I'm in a much better place. There's been no real agenda with the music, it's been more about focusing on myself and getting happy/ healthy and just releasing whatever songs we make in that process.
"I've been loving that plan of attack, so I'll keep that same thing going and we'll see where it all ends up."
After knocking the live performance rust off on the June tour, 360 is hyped to see how this run of shows is received. "I'm keen to see how the new songs go down in each town we play, to see what connects the most. Also, it will be nice to get out of the Melbourne cold for a bit!
"Expect a banging set chock full of new songs, old classics, mixtape bangers, forgotten bangers and more. I've got a few tricks up the sleeve that people won't be expecting."
Tickets are on sale.
360 2023 Tour Dates
Fri 3 Nov - Village Green Hotel (Melbourne)Sat 4 Nov - Pier Bandroom (Frankston)
Mon 6 Nov - Lambys Tavern (Geelong)
Thu 9 Nov - Racehorse Hotel (Ipswich)
Fri 10 Nov - V Room – Villa Noosa (Sunshine Coast)
Sat 11 Nov - Harvey Rd Tavern (Gladstone)
Thu 16 Nov - Magnums (Airlie Beach)
Fri 17 Nov - Dalrymple Hotel (Townsville)
Sat 18 Nov - Edge Hill Hotel (Cairns)
Thu 23 Nov - Beer Deluxe (Albury)
Fri 24 Nov - The Basement (Canberra)
Sat 25 Nov - Waves (Wollongong)
