Julia Jacklin

Julia Jacklin kicks off her PRE PLEASURE tour next month, fresh off wins at the 2022 ARIAs and Music Victoria awards, and featuring in over 30 ‘Best-of 2022’ album and song lists, including The Guardian, AV Club, NME, NPR, Stereogum, Pitchfork, MOJO, Uncut and Paste.

Jacklin’s headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne are officially sold out, and final tickets for Brisbane (Sunday 26 February @ Tivoli Theatre) are on sale now. The ‘I Was Neon’ singer will also perform around the country at Perth Festival, Adelaide Festival, and at the Odeon in Hobart.

In an update to tour news today, it’s revealed Jacklin will be joined at all headline dates by one of Victoria’s most exciting live acts – Melbourne four-piece RVG.

Since releasing their debut record A Quality of Mercy back in 2017, RVG have quickly become one of Australia's most beloved groups, nominated for a number of Music Victoria awards including Best Album and Best Band. Fans can expect a new album from the outfit in 2023, the band travelling to the UK last year to record their upcoming third effort with producer James Trevascus (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, PJ Harvey). It’s the follow-up to 2020’s Feral, which was featured in a number of best end-of-year lists including Double J, Les Inrocks, NME, The Guardian and KEXP.

‘There’s no greater pleasure than seeing RVG spellbind small but devoted crowds with their tight performances and captivating songs… until then, this beautiful record is a balm’ ★★★★ & ½ Sydney Morning Herald

PRE PLEASURE, Jacklin’s third album, was released in August 2022 and features the singles ‘Lydia Wears A Cross’, ‘I Was Neon’, ‘Love, Try Not to Let Go’ and ‘Be Careful With Yourself’. Nominated for Best Solo Artist and Best Independent Release at the ARIAs, she featured on the cover of NME Australia in Dec, recently wrapping a US/Canadian tour.

In Australia, PRE PLEASURE debuted at #2 on ARIA’s official Album chart, #1 Australian Album, #1 Vinyl and #1 AIR Independent Album. In the US, it landed at #5 on Billboard’s Heatseeker chart and #9 Vinyl, while over in the UK, it hit #4 in the Independent chart, #7 vinyl and #13 in Physical albums. Scoring Feature Album on triple j, it also scored Album of the Week on an array of radio stations including FBi, 2SER, PBS, Triple R, SYN, RTE 2FM (Ireland), bFM (New Zealand), 3Voor12 (Netherlands) and more.

With her highly anticipated third studio album, PRE PLEASURE, released this Friday, Frontier Touring and Penny Drop are delighted to announce acclaimed singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin will perform three special headline theatre shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in February 2023. 

Currently on tour in the US – part of a comprehensive US, UK and Europe trek which will see her performing in her biggest venues to date, including London’s Roundhouse and Brooklyn Steel in New York – Jacklin today also revealed another slice of her upcoming longplayer, with new track ‘Be Careful With Yourself’ out now.  

A loose jam, ‘Be Careful With Yourself’ equates true love with the fear of losing it. It reinforces the album’s throughline – Julia Jacklin at her most authentic; an uncompromising and masterful lyricist, always willing to mine the depths of her own life experience, and singular in translating it into deeply personal, timeless songs. 

The February tour dates will be Jacklin’s first Australian shows with her full band since 2020. Get early access to tickets via the Frontier Pre-sale, which starts Thursday 25 August (1pm local time – see website for details). General Public tickets go on sale Monday 29 August (1pm local time) via frontiertouring.com/juliajacklin. 

New album PRE PLEASURE, released by Liberation Records, is a masterclass in songwriting, cementing her status as one of the most important Australian talents of our time. Fans’ first taste of PRE PLEASURE came in the form of lead single ‘Lydia Wears A Cross’ (which the singer described as being “about a lot of things but mainly being a seven-year-old Jesus Christ Superstar fanatic attending Catholic school trying to figure out which way is up”), followed up by songs ‘I Was Neon’ and ‘Love, Try Not To Go’.  

Jacklin recorded the 10-track PRE PLEASURE in Montreal, Canada, alongside producer Marcus Paquin (The National, The Weather Station), with collaborator Owen Pallett on string arrangements, which were recorded by an orchestra in Prague.  

With over 200 million streams to her name to date, ever since the arrival of 2016 debut Don’t Let the Kids Win and 2018’s ARIA-nominated follow-up Crushing, the Melbourne-via-Blue Mountains singer-songwriter has carved out a reputation as a direct lyricist, wiling to excavate the parameters of intimacy and agency in songs by stark and raw, loose and playful. Earning accolades from Pitchfork, Uncut, the New York Times, i-D, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, NPR, BBC1, BBC 6, Sirius XMU global, Jacklin’s exquisite narratives and singular vision make her an artist not to be missed.  

‘A masterclass in narrative songwriting’ – ★★★★★ The Independent 

‘Julia Jacklin’s Crushing is exquisite’ – Pitchfork   

‘The result is a profound statement...this year’s strongest singer-songwriter breakthrough’ – Rolling Stone 

Don’t miss Julia Jacklin, live on stage in February 2023 – tickets on sale Monday 29 August.