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Secret Sounds and Live Nation presents… 

REX ORANGE COUNTY 

The Who Cares? Tour

Touring Australia in September 2022

SYDNEY | BRISBANE | ADELAIDE | MELBOURNE | PERTH

Secret Sounds is thrilled to today announce that Rex Orange County will be touring Australia in September 2022, with the huge run of dates spanning the country including shows in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth. 

This news comes just ahead of the release of Rex Orange County’s new album, WHO CARES? out Friday 11 March and marks the first time the uplifting singer-songwriter will grace Australian shores in over three years. 

Alongside the announce of his album, Rex also shared the record’s lead single and its accompanying video ‘KEEP IT UP’. The clip sees Rex dancing his way through Amsterdam's busy city centre as he performs the track alongside musician Benny Sings, with whom he created WHO CARES? over the course of a few sessions in Sings' Amsterdam studio.

Rex followed ‘KEEP IT UP’ with the Valentine’s Day release of upbeat ode to falling in love, ‘Amazing’. The track is accompanied by a video with visuals featuring finger puppets directed by Chris Ullens.

WHO CARES? is Rex's first release since 2020's Live at Radio City Music Hall EP taken from his two sold-out shows at the venue in 2020 just before his international Pony tour was cut short due to COVID-19. As it turns out, that tour being interrupted is part of the genesis of Rex’s new album. After spending the bulk of 2020 quarantined back home in the UK, Rex made his way to Amsterdam to record with Benny Sings, with whom he crafted the 2017 platinum selling breakout single ‘Loving is Easy’.

What started as sessions without expectations turned into an incredibly productive 48-hour window of recording with Benny, prompting a follow-up trip to Amsterdam. The subsequent 10 days of work together produced Rex’s fourth album, made in close partnership with Benny, that is a playful record by an artist in a playful mood. The album also finds Rex reunited with one of his earliest champions, Tyler, The Creator, who contributes a verse to ‘OPEN A WINDOW’, marking the first time the two have collaborated since Tyler's 2017 album Flower Boy. 

Rex Orange County’s 2020 Australian shows were all sold out, though had to be cancelled with ticket holders refunded due to COVID-19. There’s no doubt his 2022 shows will receive the same enthusiasm, so if you want to catch the vibrant crooner in action you better jump on tickets quick!

THIS IS A LICENSED 18+ EVENT. UNDER 18s POLICY: Patrons under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and hold a valid ticket. Parents or Legal guardians accompanying patrons under the age of 18, must sign a Responsibility Waiver Form upon entry. Patrons under the age of 18 are to remain in the presence of the responsible parent/legal guardians at all times. CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12 ARE NOT PERMITTED.