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Oct 29, 2024 By Mark Redfern Photography by Maclay Heriot

Melbourne-based psych-rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a new orchestral single, “Phantom Island,” and have announced a U.S. tour where they will be backed by a different 28-piece orchestra in each city. They have also announced a three-day camping residency in Colorado. Check out the song and tour dates below.

“Phantom Island” follows Flight b741, a new album King Gizzard released in August via the band’s own p(doom) label.

The band’s Stu Mackenzie had this to say about the new song in a press release: “Hello world. So our last album was 10 songs. Except we recorded 20 in that session. Here’s a track from the other set of 10. It’s even more maxxed out than the last one. There’s a whole fuckin’ orchestra on there. Hahahahahah! But for real, what a joy to be alive. A privilege to be making music for a living and to be here still after all these years. If you’ve been listening to Gizz for a long time, thank you. We love you so much. If you’re just tuning in, welcome to the cult.”

Conductor and music director Sarah Hicks will lead each orchestra. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT, apart from Chicago, which goes on sale in March. The camping residency will be at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, CO. These shows will be the band’s only U.S. concerts of 2025.

Flight b741 is the prolific band’s 26th album. It was first announced on their social media channels. Then they shared the album’s first single, “Le Risque,” via a music video. “Le Risque” was one of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared its second single, “Hog Calling Contest,” as well as a making of the album video entitled Oink Oink Flight b741: The Making of…. “Hog Calling Contest” also landed on Songs of the Week. “Field of Vision” was the final pre-release single from the album.

Last year the band released a new album, The Silver Cord, via KGLW. There were two versions of The Silver Cord, an extended one and a version with shorter tracks. The Silver Cord followed the elaborately titled PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation, which also came out last year.

Summing up Flight b741, Mackenzie says: “The record is like a really fun weekend with your mates, you know? Like, proper fun.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Tour Dates:

2024 Tour Dates:

Fri. Nov. 1 - Inglewood, CA @ The Kia Forum * @
Sat. Nov. 2 - San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park ^ @ [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Nov. 3 - Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre # [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Nov. 4 - Stanford, CA @ Frost Amphitheater at Stanford #
Wed. Nov. 6 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom $ [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Nov. 8 - Las Vegas, NV @ PH Live @
Sat. Nov. 9 - Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre #
Sun. Nov. 10 - Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment #
Tue. Nov. 12 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion #
Wed. Nov. 13 - Fayetteville, AR @ JJ’s Live # [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Nov. 15 - Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater *#
Sat. Nov. 16 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall #
Sun. Nov. 17 - New Orleans, LA @ Mardi Gras World #
Tue. Nov. 19 - Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre Atlanta # [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Nov. 20 - St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre # [SOLD OUT]
Thu. Nov. 21 - Miami, FL @ Factory Town #

2025 Tour Dates:

Sun. May 18 - Tue. May 20 - Lisbon, PT @ Coliseu do Recreios
Fri. May 23 - Sun. May 25 - Barcelona, ES @ Poble Espanyol
Thu. May 29 - Sat. May 31 - Vilnius, LT @ Lukiškės Prison 2.0
Wed. June 4 - Fri. June 6 - Athens, GR @ Lycabettus Theatre City of Athens
Sun. June 8 - Tue. June 10 - Plovdiv, BG @ Ancient Theatre
Mon. July 28 - Philadelphia PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann (w/ The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia)
Wed. July 30 - New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl (w/ Orchestra of St. Luke’s)
Fri. Aug. 1 - Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium (w/ Orchestra of St. Luke’s)
Sat. Aug. 2 - Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium %
Mon. Aug. 4 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (w/ National Symphony Orchestra)
Wed. Aug. 6 - Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival (w/ Chicago Philharmonic)
Fri. Aug. 8 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Ford Amphitheater (w/ Colorado Symphony)
Mon. Aug. 11 - San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park (w/ San Diego Symphony Orchestra)
Fri. Aug. 15 - Sun. Aug. 17 - Buena Vista, CO @ FIELD OF VISION at Meadow Creek %

* 3-HOUR MARATHON SET
^ ACOUSTIC SET
$ SILVER CORD IN FULL EXPERIMENTAL RAVE SET W/ BULLANT
@ w/ KING STINGRAY, DJ Crenshaw
# w/ KING STINGRAY
% “ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” SHOW

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