Backseat Mafia
Pages
  • About / Contact
  • Donate!
  • Droppin’ Knowledge
  • Electronic
  • Features
  • Film
  • Folk / Country
  • Funk / Soul
  • Hip-Hop
  • Home
  • Homepage
  • Homepage
  • House / Techno
  • Indie
  • Interview
  • Jazz
  • Labels
  • Live
  • Mixes / Sessions
  • Music
  • Playlists
  • Psych
  • Punk / Post Punk
  • Reggae / Ska
  • Resident DJ: BarrCode
  • Resident DJ: Durrans
  • Resident DJ: John Parry / House at the foot of the mountain
  • Resident DJ: tsuniman
  • Rewind
  • Rock / Metal
  • Slider News
0
0 Followers
0
  • About / Contact
Subscribe
Backseat Mafia
Backseat Mafia
  • News
  • Premiere
  • Track / Video
  • Album Reviews
  • Live Review
  • Interview
  • Donate!
  • About / Contact
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Music
  • News

News: Robyn adds Blusher to Australian leg of ‘The Sexistential Tour’

  • September 8, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
Robyn
Image Credit Ainsley Taylor
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0

Robyn has added Melbourne pop trio Blusher as special guests for the Australian leg of her 2026 ‘The Sexistential Tour’, bringing together two generations of artists with a shared instinct for turning complicated feelings into dancefloor material.

The Australian shows form part of Robyn’s first major tour since 2019 and arrive after dates across Ireland, the UK and Europe, with the North American leg now underway. They are also the biggest headline shows of her career, following the release of her ninth studio album ‘Sexistential’, her first full-length record since 2018’s ‘Honey’.

Produced with longtime collaborator Klas Åhlund, ‘Sexistential’ also reunites Robyn with Max Martin for their first co-writing work since 2010. It is another chapter in a career that has repeatedly blurred the distinction between emotionally direct songwriting and club music, an approach whose influence can be heard throughout contemporary pop.

Blusher are a fitting choice to join her. The Melbourne trio build their own pop around dreamy synths, heavy basslines and candid lyrics, moving comfortably between introspection and the sort of choruses designed to land considerably later in the evening.

Backseat Mafia has already caught Blusher twice in very different settings, at Laneway Festival and supporting Rebecca Black, giving us a close look at a band whose live profile has been growing alongside their recorded output. They have also supported Aurora and Tove Lo in Australia and joined Daði Freyr across the US and UK, while Spotify previously selected them for its RADAR program.

For Robyn, the Australian dates mark the local arrival of a tour built around her first album in eight years while still drawing on a catalogue that has shaped pop music well beyond her own releases. For Blusher, joining one of the artists who helped establish emotionally vulnerable electronic pop as a mainstream language makes for a particularly neat pairing.

Go HERE for tickets.

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email

Like this:

Like Loading…

Related

Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Pin it 0
Related Topics
  • backseat downunder
  • blusher
  • Blusher Australia
  • Blusher Laneway Festival
  • news
  • pop
  • Rebecca Black
  • robyn
  • Robyn and Blusher
  • Robyn Australia
  • Robyn Australian tour 2026
  • Robyn Sexistential
  • The Sexistential Tour
Deb Pelser

Lover of live music. Writes, Shoots and Leaves.

Previous Article
  • Album Reviews
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Music
  • News

EP Review: There’s life in them still – Brisbane jangle pop legends Ups and Downs sound better than ever on ‘Radio Is Dead’

  • September 8, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
View Post
Next Article
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Music
  • Music Festival
  • News

News: She’s All Brat brings Sydney’s femme-fronted underground to Dead Set

  • September 8, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
View Post
You May Also Like
Cog
View Post
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Music
  • News

News: Cog announce December 2026 shows as new music takes shape

  • Deb Pelser
  • October 15, 2026
Nathan Apollo
View Post
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Music
  • News

News: Naethan Apollo brings his genre-bending fantasy world back to Australia in 2027

  • Deb Pelser
  • October 15, 2026
Kasabian
View Post
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Music
  • News

News: Kasabian announce 2027 Australian tour

  • Deb Pelser
  • October 14, 2026
ANGINE DE POITRINE
View Post
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Music
  • Music Festival
  • News

News: WOMADelaide celebrates 35 years with Angine de Poitrine, Underworld, Leon Bridges, Madness and more

  • Deb Pelser
  • October 14, 2026
View Post
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Music
  • News
  • Premiere
  • Track / Video

Premiere: ‘Don’t Peak Early’ – The Crystal Set provide melodic and sparkling advice from experience, ahead of tour.

  • Arun Kendall
  • October 14, 2026
Zach Bryan
View Post
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Music
  • News

News: Zach Bryan announces first Australian headline tour with six stadium shows in 2027

  • Deb Pelser
  • October 14, 2026
View Post
  • Album Reviews
  • Music
  • News

Album Review: Echoes Of Zoo – ‘Collective Intelligence’: Stunning post-rock jazz with a world of influences.

  • John Parry
  • October 14, 2026
View Post
  • News

News: Molly Gone Mad Release Infectious Debut Album Modern World

  • Simon Lucas-Hughes
  • October 14, 2026
View Post
  • News

News: Left Arm Tan Release Seventh Album When Tigers Smoked

  • Simon Lucas-Hughes
  • October 14, 2026
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
View Post
  • Backseat Downunder
  • Gallery
  • Live Review
  • Music
  • News

Live Gallery: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard unleash sensory overload at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 14.10.2026

  • Deb Pelser
  • October 14, 2026

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Popular
  • News: A$AP Rocky returns to Australia after eight years with Don't Be Dumb World Tour
    News: A$AP Rocky returns to Australia after eight years with Don't Be Dumb World Tour
  • Live Review plus Gallery: Midge Ure turns a freezing Hobart spring night into a celebration of a catalogue that refuses to date – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 13.10.2026
    Live Review plus Gallery: Midge Ure turns a freezing Hobart spring night into a celebration of a catalogue that refuses to date – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 13.10.2026
  • News: Zach Bryan announces first Australian headline tour with six stadium shows in 2027
    News: Zach Bryan announces first Australian headline tour with six stadium shows in 2027
  • News: Golden Plains Nineteen locks in Geese, Miss Kaninna and Australian debut of Angine de Poitrine
    News: Golden Plains Nineteen locks in Geese, Miss Kaninna and Australian debut of Angine de Poitrine
  • Premiere: 'Don't Peak Early' - The Crystal Set provide melodic and sparkling advice from experience, ahead of tour.
    Premiere: 'Don't Peak Early' - The Crystal Set provide melodic and sparkling advice from experience, ahead of tour.
My Tweets
Social
Social
Backseat Mafia
The best in new and forgotten music

Website by Chris&Co.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.

Loading Comments...
%d