Only 2500 fans will be able to see 26-year-old Lipa perform at the iconic St Kilda venue as part of the festival,and it will be the only small theatre show of the singer’s global tour. The star is separately performing already-announced stadium shows around the country in November.
Taking place over October,November and December,the not-for-profit Always Live event is supporting more than 90 shows in regional venues across the state including in Horsham,Phillip Island,Queenscliff,Echuca,Wodonga,Bendigo and at Hanging Rock in the Macedon Ranges. The Victorian government is spending $14 million on supporting the event.
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British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor,best known for her iconic trackMurder on the Dancefloor,will play an intimate show in the gardens of the National Gallery of Victoria on St Kilda Road. American indie rock band Big Thief is playing the Melbourne Recital Centre.
Crowded House will play at Gateway Lakes on the Murray River in Wodonga alongside folk outfits Angus&Julia Stone and Boy&Bear,while pub acts Magic Dirt,Wendy Matthews,Kate Ceberano and The Black Sorrows will all play heritage venues in a series of suburban shows.
Sampa the Great will be playing a one-off exclusive show at Hamer Hall in December after supporting superstar Billie Eilish. ARIA Award-winner Jessica Mauboy will play in Bright in the state’s high country while Yothu Yindi also plays Hamer Hall.
At Thursday’s line-up reveal 23-year-old Melbourne singer-songwriter Ashwarya said being part of the festival as the support act for Lipa at the Palais was “wild”.