Sparkadia Send 'Postcards' Around the Nation

3 October 2008 by Jordan Mulroney

They've been sending postcards from Europe for the past two months, but now Sydneysiders Sparkadia are back on their home turf and ready to kick off an extensive album tour across the country. The four-piece will celebrate a massive year that included a slot at Glastonbury Festival and praise from local and international critics with their biggest national headline run to date.

Featuring the singles ‘Too Much To Do’, 'Jealousy', ‘Morning Light’ and ‘Animals’, Sparkadia's debut album ‘Postcards’ hit the ARIA album chart at an impressive #23 and was chosen as triple j's feature album. In their review of the album, influential UK mag NME declared that frontman Alex Burnett's voice "is like having warm honey poured in your ears" while other UK publications were equally as impressed.

And now, fresh from playing shows across the UK Festival circuit including the aforementioned Glastonbury, T in the Park, Oxygen, and V Festival as well as Frequency Festival in Salzburg and earlier dates with Jimmy Eat World, Vampire Weekend and The Thrills, Sparkadia are set to take their finely crafted live show on the wide open Australian road. With the band currently playing theatres across the country as special guests on the Faker tour and leaving fans wanting more, these dates are sure to sell quickly – get in fast!

OCT 15, 2008

Barwon Club, Geelong VIC

OCT 16, 2008

Karova Lounge, Ballarat VIC

OCT 17, 2008

Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide SA

OCT 18, 2008

Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC

OCT 22, 2008

ANU Bar, Canberra ACT

OCT 23, 2008

Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle NSW

OCT 24, 2008

Gaelic Theatre, Sydney NSW

OCT 25, 2008

Waves Wollongong, Wollongong NSW

OCT 30, 2008

Players Bar, Mandurah WA

OCT 31, 2008

Prince of Wales, Bunbury WA

NOV 01, 2008

Amplifier Bar, Perth WA

NOV 02, 2008

Newport, Fremantle WA

NOV 06, 2008

Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta QLD

NOV 07, 2008

The Zoo, Brisbane QLD

NOV 08, 2008

Great Northen Hotel, Byron Bay NSW

NOV 09, 2008

Sol Bar, Coolum QLD

NOV 14, 2008

Batman Faulkner, Launceston TAS

NOV 15, 2008

Republic Bar, Hobart TAS

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