{"id":2452210,"date":"2026-06-10T01:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2452210"},"modified":"2026-06-10T01:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:18:13","slug":"vera-blue-announces-new-album-and-australian-tour-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/vera-blue-announces-new-album-and-australian-tour-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera Blue Announces New Album and Australian Tour Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s a big day to be a Vera Blue fan.<\/p>\n<p>The acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter has today announced a new album and national tour.<\/p>\n<p>Vera will release <em>Modern Rituals<\/em>, her third studio album, on Friday, August 21st via Island Records\/Universal Music Australia.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a profoundly major release for the artist. \u201cThrough working on this album, I have come to realise that Celia Pavey and Vera Blue are not separate entities. They are one,\u201d Vera, whose real name is Celia Pavey, explains.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to new single \u201cRituals\u201d, which features on Vera\u2019s forthcoming album, below.<\/p>\n<p>The track was created alongside Grammy-nominated producer Lachlan Bostock (Dom Dolla, ODESZA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Rituals\u2019 is about learning to witness every version of yourself with honesty and compassion,\u201d Vera says. \u201cEmbracing the emotional patterns, sensitivities, and complexities that shape who we are, rather than constantly trying to fix them.<\/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>\u201cI\u2019m so proud of this song and how special it was working on it with Lach Bostock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video strips everything back to something raw, instinctive, and vulnerable. The movement becomes a physical reflection of the emotional release, self-awareness, and surrender explored in the song.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vera Blue - Rituals (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJ2HNWcNauU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRituals\u201d follows previous singles \u201cParallel Desire\u201d, \u201cIn the Corner\u201d, and \u201cGo Lucky\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving alongside today\u2019s album announcement and single drop is news of an Australian tour, which will take Vera to Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and Adelaide at the end of August (see full dates below).<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 12th at 9am local time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Vera Blue\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/verablue.lnk.to\/ModernRituals?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnOF4aF6511aspQdhmOS3U3-_5HKsGw7hJxokb9uSjbkKuNI_zAab0l9L2R5U_aem_FN4-GIWYMSH8c9mWY_uzsQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRituals\u201d<\/a> is out now. Modern Rituals is out Friday, August 21st via Island Records\/Universal Music Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Vera Blue 2026 Australian Tour<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ticket information available <strong>here<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, August 21st<\/strong><br \/>Princess Theatre, Brisbane, QLD<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, August 22nd<\/strong><br \/>City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sunday, August 23rd<\/strong><br \/>UC Refectory, Canberra, ACT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wednesday, August 26th<\/strong><br \/>Northcote Theatre, Melbourne, VIC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thursday, August 27th<\/strong><br \/>The Gov, Adelaide, SA<\/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><\/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>It\u2019s a big day to be a Vera Blue fan. The acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter has today announced a new album and national tour. Vera will release Modern Rituals, her third studio album, on Friday, August 21st via Island Records\/Universal Music Australia. It\u2019s a profoundly major release for the artist. \u201cThrough working on this album, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2452211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[481782,481783,481784,481785,481786,481787,481788],"class_list":["post-2452210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-modern-rituals","tag-vera-blue","tag-vera-blue-album","tag-vera-blue-australian-tour","tag-vera-blue-modern-rituals","tag-vera-blue-rituals","tag-vera-blue-tour"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vera-Blue-Announces-New-Album-and-Australian-Tour-Dates.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452212,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452210\/revisions\/2452212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}