If you’ve ever heard artist Xavier Rudd’s breezy theme ‘Follow The Sun’, you’ll know that as a singer, he distills the sound of Australiana into his music: the carefree barefoot beaches and love of a sun-blessed country.
Rudd’s songs are the crisp sounds of breaking waves as they paint the dusk sand in a slick line of silver. The indie-folk artist from Torquay on Victoria’s coast is headed Mackay bound to elucidate audiences in the Sugar City on the tour of his newest album, Jan Juc Moon.
In total, he’ll be heading on one of the biggest national tours of the country undertaken by an Australian artist, with 38 destinations from May 25 to June 30.
His Jan Juc Moon album – its name born from the beach in his hometown at the east end of the Great Ocean Road - will tour almost every corner of the nation and arrive in the Sugar City on June 2 at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre.
It’s Rudd’s tenth studio album, and it’s already debuted on ARIA’s album chart at No. 6 and No. 1 on the A.I.R. album chart, and most important it’s been positively received by the industry and punters alike.
Three singles preceded the release of Jan Juc Moon and have yielded Rudd 12 million streams worldwide. With the release of the album, streams continue to gain momentum and show no signs of slowing down with a clear sense of the ground swelling for the magic that are Rudd’s live performances.
He’ll be joined for the full national tour by supporting act Marlon x Rulla, a dynamic First Nations duo who burst onto the scene in 2020 performing on some of the nation's biggest stages - opening for Midnight Oil at WOMADelaide, rocking Bass in the Grass in Darwin, Party in the Apocalypse in Tassie and wowing 30,000 fans at the AFL’s Sir Douglas Nicholls round.
Together they’re getting ready to bring Australian magic to the Sugar City in a show not to be missed.
You can find your tickets at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre website.
Xavier Rudd will arrive in Mackay for a show on June 2 at the MECC
