The Presets Are Celebrating 20 Years of Killer Tunes with a 20-Night Australian DJ Tour

When you've spent two decades doing something you love, turning it into a career and enjoying phenomenal success with it, you're allowed to get nostalgic about how things began. Back in February, The Presets did just that, returning to the Sydney venue where they started out for a one-night-only rave-cave gig. The Club 77 club set clearly struck a chord with Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes, so much so that it's no longer a once-off. Across 20 shows, the duo will be taking things back to where they all began again, playing small clubs and bars around the country from July–September.

This just-announced stripped-back DJ tour will kick off in Victoria, then head through Queensland — and also pinball between New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, too. So, fans can catch The Presets at venues such as Frankston's Pier Bandroom, Friday's Riverside in Brisbane, Magnums Hotel in Airlie Beach and the Dee Why RSL in Sydney. If you've seen the duo bust out their festival sets across Australia and the world, or their audiovisual-heavy own solo shows, that isn't what you're in for this time around.

"We've been lucky enough to play the biggest stages and festivals in the world over the past 20 years," explains Moyes, announcing the tour.

"But nothing compares to the buck-wild intensity of an intimate party. They are an entirely different beast and we can't wait to unleash over these 20 nights."

"DJing in small clubs is a whole different experience to performing our usual live show on the big stage with the lights and visuals and things like that," adds Hamilton.

"It is more freewheeling and immediate — we feed off the energy of the crowd, weaving our own tracks in with classic jams by our favourite artists. So it's a 20 years celebration of not only our music, but also all the incredible tunes that inspire us. Plus we get a chance to throw in a few unreleased surprises too."

Expect hits from The Presets' hefty back catalogue, tracks you've never heard before and also different handpicked special guests each night. Who'll join the duo is yet to be revealed.

As well as celebrating where their time as The Presets began, plus giving tracks like 'My People', 'Are You the One?', 'This Boy's in Love' and 'Talk Like That' a whirl, the aim is to make each night a completely different experience. Go hard then go home, obviously.

THE PRESETS DJ TOUR: 20 YEARS. 20 NIGHTS.

Friday, July 14 — Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave
Saturday, July 15 — Pier Bandroom, Frankston
Thursday, July 20 — Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Friday, July 21 — Friday's Riverside, Brisbane
Saturday, July 22 — Kings Beach Tavern, Caloundra
Friday, July 28 — Burleigh Bazaar, Gold Coast
Saturday, July 29 — C.EX, Coffs Harbour
Friday, August 4 — Shoal Bay Country Club, Shoal Bay
Saturday, August 5 — Drifters Wharf, Central Coast
Thursday, August 10 — Gilligan's, Cairns
Friday, August 11 — Kirwan Tavern (outdoors), Townsville
Saturday, August 12 — Magnums Hotel, Airlie Beach
Friday, August 18 — Beer Deluxe, Albury
Saturday, August 19 — Torquay Hotel, Torquay
Friday, August 25 — UOW Uni Bar, Wollongong
Saturday, August 26 — Kambri Anu, Canberra
Wednesday, August 30 — The Station, Perisher
Friday, September 1 — Miranda Hotel, Sydney
Saturday, September 2 — Dee Why RSL, Sydney
Saturday, September 9 — Monsoons, Darwin

The Presets are touring Australia from July–September 2023. For more information and tickets, head to their website.

Top image: Ben Sullivan.