When two of Australia's most formidable rock forces decide to hit the road together, you expect volume, sweat, and distortion.
What you don't necessarily expect is spreadsheets, sustainability audits, and long conversations about water bottles.
Yet that's exactly where Sarah McLeod and Dallas Frasca have landed with their upcoming Green Electric tour – a 15-date national run built around what Dallas calls a "sustainable, low-emission attempt" to rethink how touring works.
The idea began, as many ambitious projects do, with a pitch. A big one. "This big, elaborate detailed pitch," as Sarah remembers it, that instantly signalled this wouldn't be your "stock standard tour".
For Dallas, the motivation was simple. "Why not use our voices for something that's bigger than us?" Especially in a country where fires, floods, and extreme weather have become part of daily life.
Friends losing homes to bushfires, watching disasters unfold on the news; it all fed into a sense that doing nothing was no longer an option.
That urgency became even more personal when Dallas wrote a song about climate change and suggested they record together. One collaboration led to another, and suddenly the Green Electric tour was in motion.
For Sarah, the process has been eye-opening. She admits she began the project knowing "the bare minimum" about environmental issues, often feeling like individual actions didn't matter.
That changed quickly. "Every little move we make now is important to the future of the bloody planet," she says.
What followed was research, rethinking habits, and realising that sustainability isn't about perfection. . . it's about consistency.
On the road, that translates into practical changes: no red meat on the rider, recycled merchandise, eco-conscious accommodation, refillable bottles, and venues that support waste reduction.
Even hotel stays have become political. Sarah recalls recently confronting staff when her recycling was thrown into general waste. "I was like, what? It all goes into one thing?" It's messy, awkward, and occasionally uncomfortable, and that's kind of the point.
Fans are being asked to step up, too. The duo are encouraging audiences to carpool, take public transport, and lean into second-hand or sustainable fashion.
As Sarah puts it, thrifted clothes mean "you'll be the coolest looking cat in the club and no one else will have your outfit".
Crucially, the Green Electric tour is also about community. The tour supports Green Music Australia and Indigenous-led climate justice organisation Seed Mob, with funds raised through ticket levies.
Dallas' connection to Seed Mob began while working in remote communities and witnessing first-hand the impacts of fracking on waterways and Country. "It was a no-brainer," she says. "Their voices are really important."
Importantly, the pair aren't pretending they've cracked the code. They're documenting everything – the wins, the fails, and the chaos. "You cannot be perfect," Dallas admits.
Australia's vast distances alone make carbon-neutral touring almost impossible, but trying, learning, and sharing those lessons creates momentum.
Musically, the tour promises just as much ambition. With two drummers and reworked arrangements, both artists are being pushed into new territory.
Sarah jokes she's been sent home to practise scales, while Dallas describes a "healthy competitiveness" that's lifting them both. The finale set, they agree, is "freaking awesome".
Then there's the emotional support water bottle – Sarah's beloved "water beer" – which has become a symbol of the tour's ethos: small changes, made human, made funny, made doable.
Ultimately, this tour isn't about moral grandstanding. It's about proof of concept. About showing that artists, crews, and fans can make better choices without losing the magic of live music.
"If rock and roll can't lead the charge for change," Sarah says, "what can?"
Sarah McLeod & Dallas Frasca 2026 Tour Dates
Thu 19 Feb - Bended Elbow (Albury)
Fri 20 Feb - Moyhu Hotel (Wangaratta)
Sat 21 Feb - Northcote Social Club (Melbourne)
Sun 22 Feb - Pelly Bar (Frankston)
Fri 27 Feb - Mo's Desert Clubhouse (Gold Coast)
Sat 28 Feb - Royal Hotel Nundah (Brisbane)
Sun 1 Mar - Imperial Hotel (Sunshine Coast)
Thu 5 Mar - Big Easy Radio (Adelaide)
Fri 6 Mar - Lion Arts Factory (Adelaide)
Sat 7 Mar - Mojo's Bar (Fremantle)
Sun 8 Mar - Indi Bar (Perth)
Wed 11 Mar - La La La's (Wollongong)
Thu 12 Mar - The Baso (Canberra)
Fri 13 Mar - The Bridge Hotel (Sydney)
Sat 14 Mar - Stag & Hunter (Newcastle)
