Mia Wray will perform an intimate show in Anglesea in March as part of the tour.
Following a fruitful month in London – which included her debut headline show in the UK and resulted in an invite to the Great Escape Festival as part of its First 50 – Mia Wray has arrived home inspired and announces her debut EP Stay Awake, out Friday 10th February alongside news of a national tour.
Touring the country for her biggest Australian headline tour yet, Mia will be playing shows across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Maroochydore, Fremantle, Wollongong and more, including a local stop at Anglesea on March 25. Fans can also see Mia play live supporting Vance Joy this Fri Nov 18 at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt and in Melbourne at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Sat Nov 26.
Mia Wray Stay Awake Australian Tour
FRI 03 MAR – SOLBAR, MAROOCHYDORE QLD
SAT 04 MAR – BLACK BEAR LODGE, BRISBANE QLD
FRI 10 MAR – MOJOS, FREMANTLE WA ©
SAT 11 MAR – MUSIC IN THE PARK, JOONDALUP WA
THU 23 MAR – LA LA LA’S, WOLLONGONG NSW
FRI 24 MAR – LANSDOWNE, SYDNEY NSW
SAT 25 MAR – THE SOUND DOCTOR PRESENTS, ANGELSEA TOWN HALL, ANGELSEA VIC
SUN 26 MAR – AWAKEN FESTIVAL – PENINSULA HOT SPRINGS, MORNINGTON PENINSULA VIC
FRI 31 MAR – HOWLER, MELBOURNE
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A culmination of the Melbourne musician’s big, bold, and expansive musical output to date, the forthcoming five-track collection Stay Awake, featuring 2022 singles ‘Evidence’ & ‘Rerun’, is a testament to an artist as powerful behind the pen as she is behind the mic; a huge voice with something to say.
To coincide with the EP announcement is the arrival of new single and title track, ‘Stay Awake’, which takes an empathetic look at the strain that depression can have on a friendship. The video – shot in London by award winning UK director Tina Bull aka Tiny Bullet – is cinematic and wildly expressive, capturing the song’s sentiment through movement and featuring a striking performance by Mia herself.
Originally from Noosa, Mia honed her craft playing bars, restaurants and country clubs up the coast, just her and her guitar. In her late teens she moved Melbourne, and after a couple of years of gigging locally realised there was a bigger, braver sound, one she’d not dared to dream, waiting dormant inside her.
After capturing the attention of fans and media alike with her debut single, the predominantly accapella ‘Work For Me’, Mia has gone on to become one of Australia’s most highly acclaimed emerging artists. Five singles in, Mia has graced playlist covers, had her singles added to high rotation on triple j, toured alongside the likes of The Rubens and Vance Joy and performed on national TV several times over.
The Stay Awake EP is out 10th Feb 2023. Tickets to the tour go on sale Friday 18th November here.
