Vance Joy and Rufus Du Sol book big homecoming tours as Aussie artists make live music comeback

You can expect hearty singalongs and perhaps a few tears when Vance Joy and Rufus Du Sol finally get back on the Australian stage in 2022 for their homecoming tours. Here’s where they’ll be.

VANCE Joy and Rufus Du Sol are coming home for big, outdoor tours but you’ll have to wait a year to see them.

The Australian global pop stars have announced extensive city and regional runs for late 2022 when Tame Impala and Keith Urban will finally kick off their arena tours rescheduled from 2021.

Vance Joy said his The Long Way Home tour will open at the Darwin Amphitheatre on September 17 and spend two months winding its way around the country to finish up in his hometown at the Melbourne Myer Music Bowl on November 26.

Vance Joy will be playing outdoor venues around the country from September. Picture: Getty.

With The Rubens, Thelma Plum, Middle Kids, Mia Wray and Budjerah on board for the mini-festivals, which will also go to regional hubs including Cairns, Newcastle, Gippsland and Busselton, the Missing Piece troubadour said he hopes it has a “school camp” vibe.

“It’s going to be great to go on those long drives and maybe stay at the cool, old motels that are still out there,” he said from his Barcelona home.

Aussie electronic stars Rufus Du Sol are playing massive outdoor venues in 2022. Picture: Getty.

Aussie electronic trio Rufus Du Sol, who debuted at No. 1 last week on the ARIA charts with their latest record Surrender, had four different tours planned during the past two years and were forced to shelve each one as virus outbreaks shut down states and borders.

“We were just ready to pounce when there was an opportunity but as you know, it’s been very difficult and everything was so unreliable we couldn’t afford to make a mistake and lose a lot of money after committing to the tour,” the group’s Jon George said. “We just needed a few more things to shore it up.”

Beam me up, Rufus; their new stage is totally sci-fi. Picture: Supplied.

Like Vance Joy, Rufus Du Sol have banked on the safer outdoor big gig model. The trio, who sell hundreds of thousands of tickets to their Australian tours, have already wowed their American fans with the production which will head to a Los Angeles stadium for three nights next week.

For the Australian leg of the tour, which doesn’t kick off until November 26 next year at the Brisbane Showgrounds, the live music supremos will play big city parks and racecourses.

The delay in their homecoming victory lap is both because of demand for their presence throughout America and Europe but also because December “is our safest bet.”

Remember what concert crowds look like? Rufus have been blowing fans away in America. Picture: Supplied.

“We couldn’t put on a tour of this size without knowing that we can do it without state or international borders closing and more than 20 people in the band and crew from America getting stuck,” the Rufus trio stated.

“All shows are also outdoors which doesn’t work in the middle of the year.

“It felt right to give our Australian fans this tour news and something to look forward to in 2022 rather than leaving them in the dark and announcing next year.”

For Vance Joy, making his homecoming gigs official serves a dual purpose – it gives him a deadline to finish writing and recording his third album.

It’s already off to a killer start – the single Missing Piece is up for five ARIA Awards on November 24.

James Gabriel Keogh now has to hurry up and finish the next Vance Joy record. Picture: Supplied

“I’m good at dragging my feet and then getting everything done to a deadline,” he said.

Tones and I has teased her extensive “busking” tour of Australia via social media with the dates and venues where she will return to her music roots yet to be confirmed.

The Long Way Home tour, which will also feature two concerts at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt on November 18 and 19, goes on sale on November 12, with all tickets and dates via frontiertouring.com

Fans can buy tickets to the Rufus Du Sol tour from November 9 via moshtix.com.au