About the Show

Following an incredible, massive 6-date sell-out tour across Australia in 2025, multi-platinum alternative rock band, The Fray, are making a triumphant return down under in February 2027 headlining Lookout Festival.

The Fray will be supported by one hell of a line-up which will include British indie pop favourites, Bastille, along with Dashboard Confessional, and local alternative rockers Little Birdy.

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THE FRAY

Following a triumphant return in 2024 after a decade-long hiatus, The Fray continue their next chapter with the release of their highly anticipated new album, A Light That Waits, arriving March 13. The album’s title track will be released January 23, marking the band’s first full-length body of new music in years and signaling a renewed creative era defined by emotional clarity and cinematic songwriting. 

The multi-Platinum-selling band, composed of lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Joe King, guitarist Dave Welsh, and drummer Ben Wysocki, rose to prominence in the early 2000s with a soul-searching alt-rock sound that was both expansive and intimate. Over the course of their career, The Fray have earned four GRAMMY Award nominations, three Billboard Music Awards, multiple Billboard Top 10 hits, and a devoted global fanbase. Their breakout single, “How to Save a Life,” is RIAA Diamond-certified, spent 58 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, and became a defining anthem through its association with ABC’s Emmy-winning series Grey’s Anatomy. 

Praised by Rolling Stone for their “stick-in-your-head hooks and eloquent narratives” and by the Los Angeles Times for their “melodically rich” songwriting, the band’s 2005 debut album How to Save a Life is RIAA-certified 4x Platinum in the U.S. and remains one of the best-selling digital debuts of all time. In support of A Light That Waits, The Fray will launch their new North American run, the Summer of Light Tour, with special guest Dashboard Confessional, kicking off in Canada this May and continuing throughout the summer. 
BASTILLE

Over the course of over a decade together, Bastille’s unique sound – that cinematic, melancholic pop that masks the bleak realities reflected in their lyrics – has connected with audiences across the globe like no other British band in recent memory. In 2011 South Londoner, Dan Smith, started Bastille alone in his bedroom, releasing 300 copies of Bastille’s debut single. Relentless gigging, genuine word of mouth, some smartly curated mixtapes meant that within a few years — and with Chris Wood (drums), Will Farquarson (guitar) and Kyle Simmons (keyboards) added to the line-up – Bastille became a global phenomenon.

The band’s chart-conquering twice No.1 debut album ‘Bad Blood’, which featured the international hit, ‘Pompeii’ was the biggest-selling digital album of 2013. They became that year’s biggest-selling global breakthrough act, with over a billion Spotify streams earning them the British Breakthrough Act award at the 2014 Brits, along with two Grammy nominations. Since then ‘Bad Blood’ has gone triple platinum and sold over 1 million copies in the UK alone.

With over 11 million records sold, 6 UK top 40 singles and 1.7 billion video views, Bastille continue to be one of the world’s most streamed bands.
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL

Singer/songwriter Christopher Carrabba became the poster boy for a generation of emo fans in the early 2000s. Armed with an acoustic guitar and soul-baring song lyrics, he christened his new project Dashboard Confessional -- named after a lyric in "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" -- and began releasing material in 2000.

By 2001's The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, Dashboard Confessional had evolved into a full-fledged band, but Carrabba nevertheless remained the focal point of both the group and the rejuvenated emo genre. The band hit its mainstream peak with mid-decade releases A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar (2003) and Dusk and Summer (2006), releasing two more studio albums before retreating from the spotlight for almost a decade. Their only 2010s effort, Crooked Shadows, was issued in 2018. By the time they released a greatest-hits retrospective in 2020, they had become respected scene veterans with decades of earnest, timeless tracks.
LITTLE BIRDY

In 2025, Little Birdy returned from their 14 year hiatus for an illustrious sold-out tour celebrating the 21st anniversary of their iconic debut album, bigbiglove.

Since their inception in 2003, Little Birdy has captivated audiences with their live energy and a sound that blends indie rock with a unique vulnerability. Honing their iconic sound in the Perth music scene, the band quickly cemented themselves as one of Australia's most influential alternative pop acts, led by the unmistakable emotional singularity of frontwoman Katy Steele’s voice.

Their debut album bigbiglove became a defining release of the mid-2000s - anchored by unforgettable tracks like "Relapse" and "Beautiful To Me" which landed at #8 on Triple J’s Hottest 100. The album debuted at #5 on the ARIA charts, achieved platinum status, and spawned a sold-out national tour that saw fans singing every word in packed venues across Australia.

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