Lorde Announces Australian Tour Dates

Everything is coming up Lorde. Fresh off topping the US Billboard alternative songs chart and announcing that her highly anticipated debut LP, Pure Heroine, will be released on September 27, she has now announced an accompanying October tour of our shores that is set to sell out immediately.

The teenage songstress from across the ditch has had a meteoric rise to fame in the past 12 months, with her EP The Love Club downloaded more then 60,000 times before hitting double platinum when available for sales, and her hit tracks 'Royals', 'Love Club' and 'Tennis Court' continue to dominate Australian airwaves. She is so popular here that she was given the formidable task of filling Frank Ocean's Splendour in the Grass shoes after his late withdrawal, and whilst this may have overwhelmed many 16-year-old musicians performing only their eighth gig, she did it with aplomb, performing one of the best sets of the festival.

Her song 'Royals' begins "I've never seen a diamond in the flesh". Well this is your chance to see a musical diamond in the flesh, who, if she continues at this rate, will soon be joining Russell Crowe and Phar Lap on the list of Kiwis we wish to call our own. Get in quick though; the last time she was here she sold out immediately and tickets will certainly not be this cheap the next time she arrives.

Tickets are on sale on Monday, 19 August. The full tour dates are:

Wednesday, 16 October - The Zoo, Brisbane
Tickets through 1300 762 545 or www.oztix.com.au

Thursday, 17 October - Metro Theatre, Sydney
Tickets through (02) 9550 3666 or www.metrotheatre.com.au

Saturday, 19 October - Zierholz at UC, Canberra
Tickets through 1300 762 545 or www.oztix.com.au

Monday, 21 October - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Tickets through (03) 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com

All tickets:
$30.00 + BF (presales)
$46.95 + BF (presales with digital album)
$35.00 (door sales)