2024 sent Joe Keery’s Djo project stratospheric. ‘End of Beginning’ was the song of the moment, streamed over 1.5 billion times, racking up 60 billion TikTok views, and landing on charts in 41 countries. Now, Keery’s wasting no time, a new album is locked in, a massive global tour is on the way, and he’s gearing up to bring his kaleidoscopic sound to Australia and New Zealand for the very first time.
First up: The Crux, Djo’s third album, lands April 4 via AWAL Recordings. It shifts away from the sleek, synth-driven textures of 2019’s Twenty Twenty and 2022’s DECIDE, leaning instead into lush guitars and vintage ‘60s and ‘70s tones – this is new, this is exciting. Co-produced with longtime collaborator Adam Thein and recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York, The Crux will explore transience, self-reflection, and the importance of community.
While DECIDE was slick and futuristic, The Crux is warmer, looser, and full of personality—built from sessions that saw Keery writing all over the world before locking in with friends and family to give the record its final form.
The lead single, ‘Basic Being Basic’, dropped in late January—a groovy, falsetto-driven cut laced with wry observations on modern-day posturing. Keery himself calls it “a shot fired to anyone who’s trying to be of the moment.” He debuted it live on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week.
For Australian and New Zealand fans, February is our moment. Djo is making his debut down under, hitting every stop on the Laneway Festival circuit before playing a one-off headline show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Gadigal Land, February 12th. The show will feature special guests The Lazy Eyes and Velvet Trip, Liminal (DJ set) and Third Eye Stimuli DJs. It’s especially exciting to see another international artist sharing the stage with Australia’s rising psych-rock talent.
Beyond Laneway, Keery is heading straight into a huge 2025 world tour. The Back On You Tour kicks off in the U.S. in April, with stops at Coachella before heading to Europe in June for festivals like Best Kept Secret, Hurricane Festival, and Southside Festival. In a move that longtime fans will appreciate, he’s also bringing Post Animal, his old psych-rock band, along for the ride as support. Tickets for North America, the UK, and Europe are already on sale.
Djo AU/NZ Tour Dates:
February 6 – Auckland, New Zealand – Laneway Festival
February 8 – Brisbane, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 9 – Sydney, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 12 – Sydney, Australia – Enmore Theatre (headline show)
February 14 – Melbourne, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 15 – Adelaide, Australia – Laneway Festival
February 16 – Perth, Australia – Laneway Festival
Djo: Back On Your Tour Dates:
w/ Post Animal
April 4 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
April 5 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
April 7 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
April 8 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
April 10 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
April 11 – Indio, CA – Coachella
April 18 – Indio, CA – Coachella
April 19 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
April 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rockwell at the Complex
April 23 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom
April 25 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee
April 26 – Saint Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
April 28 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
April 29 – Toronto, ON – History
May 1 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
May 2 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
May 3 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
May 5 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn SteelMay 6 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
June 1 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Olympia
June 2 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy
June 3 – Manchester, UK – Academy
June 6 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
June 10 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Poolen
June 11 – Oslo, Norway – Sentrum Scene
June 13 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fallan
June 15 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret Festival
June 16 – Cologne, Germany – E-Werk
June 17 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
June 18 – Warsaw, Poland – Progresja
June 20 – Scheebel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
June 21 – Tuttlingen, Germany – Southside Festival
June 23 – Paris, France – Elysée Montmartre
June 24 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
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