{"id":2024798,"date":"2025-09-16T00:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T00:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2024798"},"modified":"2025-09-16T00:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T00:10:26","slug":"sophie-ellis-bextor-is-returning-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sophie-ellis-bextor-is-returning-to-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Ellis-Bextor is Returning to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sophie Ellis-Bextor is returning to Australia next year, with a new tour celebrating her recently released album\u00a0<em>Perimenopop<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the queens of disco-pop,\u00a0Ellis-Bextor will start in Melbourne on February 6th, before hitting Sydney and Brisbane on February 7th and 10th. She\u2019ll finish up on the west coast with a show in Perth on February 12th.<\/p>\n<p>Known for her feel-good live performances, Ellis-Bextor has played at world famous venues and festivals including Glastonbury, Latitude, and Splendour in the Grass.<\/p>\n<p>Her tour will support her latest album\u00a0<em>Perimenopop<\/em>, which sees her reclaim middle age playfully and proudly, bringing the same energy from her 20s into her 40s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0aKJ5KioHYFoiioK0HZZzn?utm_source=generator\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>Released via Decca, the album features previous singles \u201cFreedom of the Night\u201d, \u201cRelentless Love\u201d, and \u201cVertigo\u201d, as well as the new single \u201cTaste\u201d, released last week, which sees Ellis-Bextor confidently return to her iconic disco-pop sound. She collaborated with MNEK and Jon Shave (Charli XCX, Sugababes) on the track, which is an immediate and fun pop song that builds to a joyous chorus.<\/p>\n<p>Musically, the record is a joyful return to the dancefloor. Long before her 2001 hit \u201cMurder on the Dancefloor\u201d re-emerged in recent years, Ellis-Bextor knew she wanted to make a disco-pop record. What followed was a collection filled with shimmering synths, cheeky storytelling, and an overarching sense of freedom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWriting is like getting a massive dressing up box, pulling things out, being allowed to play and be silly,\u201d she said in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sophie-ellis-bextor-interview-perimenopop-83322\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent interview with <em>Rolling Stone AU\/NZ<\/em><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s like accessing a muscle that feels quite a privilege really. Plus, for me, there\u2019s such a magic in starting the day with nothing and finishing it with a new song. I\u2019ve never got over the novelty of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMurder on the Dancefloor\u201d has been enjoying an unlikely second youth, thanks to a starring role in the 2023 film <em>Saltburn<\/em>\u00a0and, more recently, a dreamy and viral Royel Otis cover.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"1376\">It\u2019s \u201ccherries on top of cherries on top of cake,\u201d as Ellis-Bextor put it, and proves what she\u2019s always known: pop music thrives on momentum. The song\u2019s resurgence feels less like nostalgia and more like evolution to her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOe10zJEp1t\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"\/>\n<p data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"1376\">\u201cWhat I love about music, and I really do feel this, everybody who interacts with my music owns a piece of it\u2026 That has nothing to do with me, that\u2019s your relationship with the song. So for all the people that have engaged with it doing a cover, and particularly the Royel Otis one, they\u2019ve made it their own,\u201d she told <em>Rolling Stone AU\/NZ<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Australian-born, English-based indie pop singer songwriter Holiday Sidewinder will be joining Ellis-Bextor, bringing her synth-driven disco vibes to all shows except Perth.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket presale begins at 10am on Wednesday, September 17th. General tickets go on sale at 10am on Thursday, September 18th. Signup for presale <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/drop.cobrand.com\/d\/untitled\/seb\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR\u00a0AUSTRALIAN 2026 TOUR<br \/>Supported by Holiday Sidewinder*<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, February 6th<\/strong><br \/>Forum, Melbourne, VIC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, February 7th\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Roundhouse, Sydney, NSW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tuesday, February 10th<\/strong><br \/>The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thursday, February 12th<\/strong><br \/>Ice Cream Factory, Perth, WA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophie Ellis-Bextor is returning to Australia next year, with a new tour celebrating her recently released album\u00a0Perimenopop. One of the queens of disco-pop,\u00a0Ellis-Bextor will start in Melbourne on February 6th, before hitting Sydney and Brisbane on February 7th and 10th. She\u2019ll finish up on the west coast with a show in Perth on February 12th. 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