Following the release of her critically acclaimed debut solo album Lives Outgrown, Frontier Touring is pleased to announce Beth Gibbons – the pioneering vocalist and songwriter/producer of Bristol band Portishead – will perform an intimate headline show at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on Tuesday 3 June.
With a career spanning over 30 years, Beth’s haunting, distinctive voice has resonated with audiences worldwide. Performing tracks from the Australian premiere of her latest solo work alongside career classics, this newly announced show is the third addition to Beth’s upcoming tour of Australia, following her two previously announced headline dates at Vivid LIVE (Sydney) and RISING (Melbourne). The shows come more than 15 years since Beth last performed with Portishead in Australia.
Blending the intimate with the unpredictable, fans finally have the unique opportunity to experience Beth’s sublime voice live, in what promises to be an unforgettable experience.
Having already garnered widespread critical acclaim, Lives Outgrown was shortlisted for the 2024 Mercury Music Prize – a fitting recognition for the singer, who previously won the award in 1995 as part of Portishead. Featuring 10 beautiful new tracks recorded over a period of 10 years, the album was produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode) and Beth Gibbons with additional production by Lee Harris (Talk Talk). It is, by the artist’s own admission, her most personal work to date, the result of a period of sustained reflection and change – “lots of goodbyes,” in Beth’s words. Farewells to family, to friends, even to her former self. These are songs from the mid-course of life, when looking ahead no longer yields what it used to, and looking back has a sudden, sharper focus.
In addition to her seminal work with Portishead, Beth’s previous original material release was 2002’s Out Of Season. In 2014, she sang with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra for their recording of Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (2014). More recently, she collaborated with Kendrick Lamar on ‘Mother I Sober’ from his Mr Morale & The Big Steppers album (2022).
BETH GIBBONS
LIVES OUTGROWN – TOUR
MAY/JUNE 2025
Presented by Frontier Touring
BRISBANE SHOW: FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE
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Runs 24 hours from: Monday 31 March (12pm local time)
or until presale allocation exhausted
BRISBANE SHOW: TICKETS ON SALE
Begins: Wednesday 2 April (12pm local time)
Tuesday 3 June
The Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD
18+
Ticketmaster.com.au
Also performing at (not Frontier Touring shows):
Friday 30 May
Vivid LIVE, Sydney Opera House Concert Hall | Sydney, NSW
Lic. All Ages
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/
Sunday 1 June
RISING, Hamer Hall | Melbourne, VIC
Lic. All Ages
www.2025.rising.melbourne
