Following the release of his solo album ‘Strawberries’ last year, the inimitable and erudite Robert Forster is finally bringing his launch tour to Australia with a series of dates across the land.
in my interview with Forster last year, he spoke of the formation of his band after meeting Peter Morén from trio Peter Bjorn and John, a big fan of The Go-Betweens, in 2016 at a festival where he was playing. This lead to Morén offering to put a band together if Forster was ever touring Scandinavia, which happened the following year.
The band consists of Peter Morén on guitar and vocals, Jonas Thorell on bass and vocals, and Magnus Ollsen on drums and vocals. This is the ‘core’ band on the Strawberries album recorded in Stockholm in September/October 2024.
I thought, one day we’ve got to do something with this, and after ‘The Candle and the Flame’ I went over to Sweden and organised it. And so the band that I’m in – they are drums, bass and guitar. Peter produces the album. Peter produced ‘Strawberries’. So these three guys are my Swedish band. They’re the rhythm section and guitar player and producer on the album. We got in a saxophone we got in a brass player, piano player, Karin sings, Louis plays on one song, and that’s the album!
And now after an extensive European tour last year, it’s Australia’s turn.
Frontier Member presale runs 24 hours from:
Fri 12 Jun, 12pm local time
Ticket limit: 4 per purchaser, per transaction
Presale period ends earlier if ticket allocation exhausted
Details of the tour are as follows:
Wed 9 Sep 2026
Odeon Theatre
Hobart
Thu 10 Sep 2026
City Recital Hall
Sydney
Sat 12 Sep 2026
The Thornbury Theatre
Melbourne
Tue 15 Sep 2026
The Gov
Adelaide
Thu 17 Sep 2026
The Princess Theatre
Brisbane
Tickets on sale Mon 15 Jun, 12pm local time and available here through Frontier Touring.
Ticket limit: 8 per purchaser, per transaction
