Tones And I announces 2020 Australian tour amid the success of her debut album The Kids Are Coming

‘I can’t wait to play these shows for you!’ Tones And I announces 2020 Australian tour amid the success of her debut album The Kids Are Coming

Tones And I has announced a headline tour of Australia in May 2020. 

The chart-topper, real name Toni Watson, is set to perform tunes from her debut EP, The Kids Are Coming, as she takes the stage in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart and Fremantle. 

‘Australia I can’t wait to play these shows for you!’ Tones And I wrote on Instagram as she announced the exciting tour dates on Wednesday.

‘I can’t wait to play these shows for you!’ Tones And I has announced a 2020 Australian tour amid the success of her debut album The Kids Are Coming

Tickets for all shows go on sale Monday, February 17th. 

Support acts have yet to be announced. 

The past year has been a whirlwind for Tones And I, who won Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release, Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Independent Release at the ARIA Awards in November. 

Don't miss it! The chart-topper, real name Toni Watson, is set to perform tunes from her debut EP, The Kids Are Coming, as she takes the stage in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart and Fremantle

Don’t miss it! The chart-topper, real name Toni Watson, is set to perform tunes from her debut EP, The Kids Are Coming, as she takes the stage in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart and Fremantle

Smash success: The past year has been a whirlwind for Tones And I, who won Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release, Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Independent Release at the ARIA Awards in November

Smash success: The past year has been a whirlwind for Tones And I, who won Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release, Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Independent Release at the ARIA Awards in November

Her hit tune Dance Monkey reached number one in more than 30 countries last year, and placed second in Triple J’s Hottest 100.  

The song’s music video is also a huge hit, racking up over half a billion views.

Music steaming platform Spotify recently announced that Dance Monkey was the ‘most repeated song to come out of the Southern Hemisphere’ in 2019.

Made it from the bottom: Tones and I started out busking on the streets of Byron Bay, NSW, back in 2017

Made it from the bottom: Tones and I started out busking on the streets of Byron Bay, NSW, back in 2017

Tones and I started out busking on the streets of Byron Bay, NSW, back in 2017.

It was there that she met her manager, quit her retail job and moved to the Gold Coast to focus on her music career.

She was soon featured on Triple J’s Unearthed but it wasn’t until the release of Dance Monkey that she broke into the mainstream.

TONES AND I’s 2020 TOUR DATES

Friday, 8th May- The Forum, Melbourne (18+)

Friday, 15th May- Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane (AA)

Thursday, 21st May- Enmore Theatre, Sydney (AA)

Saturday, 23rd May- Goods Shed, Hobart (18+)

Friday, 29th May- Metropolis, Fremantle (18+)