The Jezabels

Frontier Touring regret to advise the cancellation of The Jezabels upcoming Australian dates. The band’s world tour has been cancelled until further notice due to the health of keyboardist Heather Shannon and the decision by the group not to tour without the full band.

A statement from the band reads:

‘Three years ago Heather was diagnosed with a unique type of ovarian cancer. Although she has been able to maintain life as usual generally, between treatments, the time has come for her to undergo further immediate treatment which will require her to stay in Sydney.

We were very excited to be hitting the road again in support of our third album, SYNTHIA, but sadly due to a sudden turn of events Heather’s condition requires attention now so touring in the proposed time frame is no longer possible.’

Heather adds personally:

‘Up until now, I have preferred to not let this diagnosis get in the way of getting on with life. I feel a deep frustration at this new roadblock, as I now have to take a step back and undergo treatment. The band means so much to me, and cancelling the tour has been a very sad decision. I am hopeful that in the near future we will be back on the road again playing music we love. This album means so much to us, and we were so looking forward to sharing it live with everyone.

Having said that, I feel very lucky to be in the care of the public health system here in Australia. I have met many inspiring people and I am receiving the best treatment possible. There is a lot of research going into ovarian cancer at the moment, and a big push for awareness. If you would like to make a donation to either help awareness or research, follow the links below:

Ovarian Cancer Australia – https://ovariancancer.net.au

Australian New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group – https://www.anzgog.org.au/default.aspx

Thank you for reading. See you on the road soon you lovely people!’

Frontier Touring wishes Heather well in her treatment.

Ticketholders, please see below for your relevant refund information. All album pre-orders will be honoured and dispatched as planned for the February 12 release date.

Credit Card: Tickets purchased by credit card will be automatically refunded within the next 7 days.

Cash & EFTPOS: Patrons that purchased by Cash/ EFTPOS will be contacted with instructions on how to obtain their refund. 

Refund information will also be posted here: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=JEZABELS16&v=NMO

If you purchased using a credit card, Oztix will automatically refund the ticket price directly back to the credit card on which the order was purchased. It can take up to 5-10 working days for a refund to be processed back to the card. 

Credit Card: Tickets purchased by credit card will be automatically refunded within the next 7 days.

Cash & EFTPOS: Patrons that purchased by Cash/EFTPOS through the Astor Theatre box office, are asked to contact the Astor Theatre Box Office for refunds on (08) 9370 1777

If you booked online, over the phone or at a Ticketmaster outlet with a credit card, we’re sending the funds back to the credit card you used to purchase the tickets. It can take some time to process, so please give us up to 7 days to process your refund before you start to worry.

We know credit card info can change, so if your original card has expired or is no longer valid (prepaid Visa and MasterCard included), you’ll need to get in touch with our friendly Customer Service Team via 136 100 between 9am - 8pm AEST Monday to Saturday, or 9am - 5pm AEST Sunday.

If you stopped into one of our Ticketmaster outlets to buy your tickets using cash or EFTPOS, you’ll need to swing by one more time with the tickets, and the EFTPOS card used if applicable, to make the booking. The outlet staff will help you with your refund.

‘It takes a ballsy band to play the Sydney Opera House after just two albums … their ambition was given a pretty fair chance by a band which plays well enough to impress, a batch of songs which in their best moments have a soaring reach… and a singer who grew in confidence through the night until she was performing a lap dance on a woman from the front row and making it seem ridiculous and perfect.’ – The Sydney Morning Herald 

2016 sees The Jezabels return with their third studio LP Synthia, released independently on February 12 via MGM Distribution. After 18 months off the road, writing and recording with long-time producer Lachlan Mitchell, The Jezabels and Frontier Touring are excited to announce a national major cities tour with special guest, 21-year-old electro pop sensation Eves The Behavior.

High expectations are a given now for The Jezabels, seven years since those first EPs – The Man Is Dead, She’s So Hard and Dark Storm – began their slow burn from Sydney to the world; four years since Prisoner scooped the Australian Music Prize and set stages ablaze from their breakthrough performance at Splendour in the Grass to Lollapalooza; and almost two years since The Brink and the spectacular global onslaught that followed, with talked about live performance slots at Montreal Jazz Festival, Glastonbury, T in The Park, Deichbrand and more.

Although the first official single from the new album isn’t due for release until early 2016, the band have released the video for six-minute epic ‘Come Alive’ online to give fans a taste of what’s to come. Watch the video here.

‘What would you say on your deathbed? What will your regrets be? I think mine might be, ‘I was scared’. So take that and act on it now. Now that, for western women at least, some of the real, tangible obstacles are being dismantled, we've got to approach the internal ones.’ – Hayley Mary

The Jezabels are:
Sam Lockwood guitar / Nik Kaloper drums
Hayley Mary vocals / Heather Shannon keys

Synthia is in store February 12th 2016 independently via MGM. Album pre-order and ticketing bundles are available – go here for details: thejezabels.com.