Set to play Coachella next month, Beth Gibbons is headed to Australia at the start of winter this year.
The Portishead vocalist-producer-songwriter, who last year released her first solo album 'Lives Outgrown', will headline concerts in Sydney (Vivid Live), Melbourne (Rising) and Brisbane. These will be Beth's first Australian shows since performing with Portishead 15 years ago."I'm bringing 'Lives Outgrown' to Australia from end of May. . . Can't believe I'm playing the Sydney Opera House on this tour; Brisbane has been added to my Australian tour. Can't wait to be back ❤️."
With her iconic, haunting, and distinctive voice that helped shape the trip-hop genre in the 1990s, 'Lives Outgrown' was an album Gibbons wrote across a decade.
Nominated for the 2024 Mercury Prize, Beth traverses subjects such as motherhood, anxiety, menopause and mortality, and was inspired to release a solo project in the wake of several deaths of family and friends.
"It has been a long journey and spans over a decade, it's called 'Lives Outgrown'," Beth posted last year. "As usual it reflects what's been going on with me internally, my 50s have brought forward a new yet older horizon.
"It has been a time of farewells to family, friends and even to who I was before, the lyrics mirroring my anxieties and sleepless nighttime ruminations, hence 'Lives Outgrown'.
"Not just because of the way we travel through emotional or psychological transitions in our lives, but relating more to the time we leave this planet and our motion into the unknown. Something I fear but just need to try and celebrate as a moment approaching, gifting the ability to grow beyond the restraints of this physical world.
"The sound was also a process, exploring structures within my own personal capabilities. I wanted to draw away from breakbeats and snares, focusing on the woody fabric of timbres away from the sugary addiction of high frequencies that satisfy like sugar and salt."
Brisbane tickets on sale from 12pm (local time) on 2 April. The Sydney and Melbourne shows are on sale.
Beth Gibbons (Portishead) 2025 Tour Dates
Fri 30 May - Vivid LIVE @ Sydney Opera House Concert HallSun 1 Jun - RISING @ Hamer Hall (Melbourne)
Tue 3 Jun - The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
