KALEO

Performing their debut headline show, the band will touch down at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Tuesday, 4 April and Auckland’s Powerstation on Tuesday, 11 April. While they’re in Australia the band will also take the stage at Bluesfest in Byron Bay and Melbourne.

Since the release of their Gold-certified breakthrough album, 2016’s A/B, the five-piece rock outfit, led by frontman/songwriter JJ Julius Son, have taken their music around the world. The album spawned three hit singles – the GRAMMY-nominated ‘No Good’, along with Gold-selling ‘All The Pretty Girls’ and the chart-topping, 2x Platinum-certified ‘Way Down We Go’, which has been used in over two dozen television shows from Grey’s Anatomy to Riverdale, leading the No.1 single to top The Hollywood Reporter’s Top TV Songs Chart.

After amassing over 1 billion global streams, 39 international certifications, close to 6.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone and countless sold-out headline shows spanning from London to Moscow, KALEO has proven to be a global success story.

On their latest record, Surface Sounds (Elektra/Atlantic), Julius Son adopted a new approach, taking inspiration from found sounds of the “surface” around him that he interpolated into the songs, from birds singing to the ambient noise of Icelandic waterfalls, along with the emotional world within. It has garnered the band critical acclaim, Riff Magazine praising “Julius Son’s voice is mesmerizing… it can cut through granite.”

Known for their electrifying live performances, KALEO has toured the world, playing sweaty nightclubs filled with diehard fans to mammoth crowds at Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, where the band was a firm standout. Hand-picked to open stadium dates for the Rolling Stones in 2017, KALEO seduced thousands of music lovers with their majestic rock sound, Julius Son’s towering, blues-inflected vocals and singular guitar licks.

Much of the country was oblivious to the career Nathan led beyond prime time Australia. By age 12, he found himself the centre of a bidding war between the labels of Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna. By age 16 he’d toured with B.B. King as his guest, and played at the Kennedy Centre in front of The Clintons with Etta James and Bonnie Raitt.

Since his return to the stage in 2019, Nathan has made huge waves in stamping his footprint back on the Music Scene. From having a dedicated episode of “Australian Story” air on national television, wowing audiences as one of the largest Artists on Twitch globally to live stream an entire album creation process, to performing to 1000’s of people at key major festivals including Byron Bay Bluesfest & Caloundra Music Festival, Nathan is back and bringing his latest show on the road in support of his brand new single; Cool Changes.

“Cool Changes” – an indie surf inspired track with weeping guitar melodies, sauntering beats and spacious harmonies marks the first of fourth singles to be released ahead of his much anticipated fourth album early next year. Whilst Nathan’s largest creations see him let go of the title B.B. King gave him as “the future of blues,” audiences can still expect to hear blues roots at the heart of his latest show.

Fans can expect a live performance, illustrating the depths of his career through songs and story-telling, whilst powerfully matching the signature themes of overcoming adversity through courage and authenticity. Aiming to connect with the community in a meaningful and impactful way, these shows will be just the beginning of one of Nathan’s busiest and most exciting years to date!

From how his love for music deepened during his battle with Leukaemia as a kid, to a hilarious encounter with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant after playing to sixty thousand people in Zurich after Elton John, it’s how he brings his experiences and songs into the present that gives audiences more than a shot of nostalgia.