After being deported by Australian authorities for breaching his visa conditions, Brandon Hoogenboom — lead singer of Sydney-based indie-pop trio Set Sail — was forced to take his band name literally earlier this year.
After a Facebook petition went viral and attracted over 8,500 signatures of support within a day of its creation, Hoogenboom is back on Australian soil and Set Sail are ready to once again to take on the Australian music scene. They're set to embark on a tour of the country with a new six-track mini-album, Hey!, the band's first new material since their debut offering in 2011, The Riley Moore EP.
Ready to showcase their infectious, energetic and unpredictable live performance, the band promise a show true to their trademark form. They’ve already been arrested in Madrid for street busking, played to a crowd of thousands in their jocks in London, and performed 30,000 feet above sea level on a Virgin Atlantic flight across the Tasman Sea. What they get up to while they’re on tour in Australia is anybody’s guess.
Set Sail play the following dates:
Sat Jun 30 — Oxford Art Factory (Sydney)Thu Jul 5 — Black Bear Lodge (Brisbane)
Fri Jul 6 — Spotted Cow (Toowoomba)
Sat Jul 7 — Sol Bar (Maroochydore)
Thu Jul 12 — Jive Bar (Adelaide)
Fri Jul 13 — Rosemount Hotel (Perth)
Sat Jul 14 — Melville Youth Centre (Melville)
Sat Jul 14 — Mojo's (Fremantle)
Sun Jul 15 — Clancy's Fish Pub (Dunsborough)
Fri Jul 20 — Beach Hotel (Byron Bay)
Sat Jul 21 — Great Northern Hotel (Newcastle)
Sun Jul 22 — Brass Monkey (Cronulla)
Thu Jul 26 — Royal Oak Hotel (Launceston)
Fri Jul 27 — Republic Bar (Hobart)
Thu Aug 2 — Transit Bar (Canberra)
Fri Aug 3 — The Patch (Wollongong)
Sat Aug 4 — Clarendon Guesthouse (Katoomba)
Thu Aug 9 — Toff In Town (Melbourne)
Hey! will be released on June 15.
