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Twilight at Taronga: Belle and Sebastian

Event Details

Saturday, January 31, 2015
Headline Artist: Belle and Sebastian
Venue: Taronga Zoo
Sydney, New South Wales
AU

Glasgwegian indie-pop collective, Belle and Sebastian, are confirmed to return to Australia this summer for a string of headline shows. Announced already for the NZ leg of St Jerome’s Laneway Festival only, the teams at Laneway Presents & Penny Drop can confirm that the Australian mainland will not miss out, as they announce headline shows across the country, including taking the stage for Twilight at Taronga 2015. Led by charismatic front man, Stuart Murdoch, fans can anticipate a stroll through the band’s unabashedly retrogressive catalogue of the high-energy and humorous to the lilting and lamenting. Naming themselves after a 1965 children's book by French writer Cecile Aubry of the same name, Belle and Sebastian formed in Glasgow in 1996, expeditiously gaining a tenacious string of admirers with their debut Tigermilk. Their follow up release If You’re Feeling Sinister, served as a platform for what has rightfully become one of their hallmarks; affectations of chamber pop...

Artists Performing at this Event

Belle and Sebastian is a band from Glasgow. Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Murdoch, the seven-piece band has an intimate, majestic sound that is equal parts folk-rock and '60s pop.

Darren Hanlon is an Australian singer/songwriter who plays folk-rock and folk-pop.