King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have raised the bar. After leaving Spotify earlier this summer time over the streaming platform CEO Daniel Ek’s funding in AI drone expertise, the Australian psych rockers have made their music extra accessible on Bandcamp by switching to a name-your-price mannequin for followers seeking to entry their digital catalog.
“Can we put strain on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do higher? Be part of us on one other platform,” the band posted to Instagram again in July. Now, after greater than a month of their music being unavailable on streaming platforms, the world can buy their jams at a cheaper price than the earlier minimal of $10 for every album.
Paying supporters get limitless streaming of King Gizzard’s music on the free app. Proving this technique’s success, the prolific band’s deep discography presently populates the whole Prime 25 of Bandcamp’s best-selling albums part.
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are simply one among a rising group of artists fleeing Spotify in response to Ek serving as chairman of Helsing, a German firm that focuses on AI army software program. Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor are simply a few of the acts which have pulled their music from Spotify for that cause.
The band is ready to return on the highway subsequent month, for a mixture of orchestral reveals in assist of their most up-to-date album, Phantom Island, combined in with a sequence of “rave units.” The gigs rev again up on Halloween evening (October thirty first) in Manchester, UK, adopted by stops in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and extra earlier than wrapping up in December in Melbourne. See the total run of dates under, and get tickets right here.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 2025 Tour Dates:
10/31 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ Aviva Studios ^
11/01 – London, United Kingdom @ Electrical Brixton ^
11/02 – London, United Kingdom @ Electrical Brixton ^
11/04 – London, United Kingdom @ Royal Albert Corridor *
11/05 – Paris, France @ La Seine Musicale *
11/06 – Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013 Poppodium ^
11/07 – Den Bosch, Netherlands @ MAINSTAGE *
11/09 – Gdańsk, Poland @ Inside Seaside Pageant *
11/10 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle ^
11/11 – Prague, Czech Republic @ SaSaZu ^
11/12 – Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer ^
11/14 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Poolen ^
11/15 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Gothenburg Movie Studios ^
12/02 – Sydney, AU @ Sydney Opera Home *
12/03 – Sydney, AU @ Sydney Opera Home *
12/05 – Sydney, AU @ Enmore Theatre #
12/07 – Brisbane, AU @ Fortitude Music Corridor #
12/09 – Brisbane, AU @ The Princess Theatre *
12/12 – Melbourne, AU @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl %
12/13 – Melbourne, AU @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl &
* = Orchestral present
^ = Rave set
# = Rock present w/ Social gathering Dozen
% = Orchestral present w/ Folks Bitch Trio
& = Rock present w/ Barkaa