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Plaque for Frontier ahead of Royal Blood Aus/NZ tour
Tour director Michael Harrison accepted a gold disc of the self-titled debut by Royal Blood, who are touring Australasia with Frontier Touring next spring
By IQ on 26 Jul 2017
Royal Blood with Michael Harrison (ctr) and Warner Music Aus's Billy McLeod (right)
Australian promoter Frontier Touring was presented with a gold record by Royal Blood following the band’s sold-out Sydney show last Thursday.
Frontier tour director Michael Harrison accepted the gold disc of Royal Blood’s self-titled 2014 debut – which hit no3 in the Australian albums chart – on behalf of the company. The British duo played a one-off show at Metro Theatre (1,500-cap.) on 20 July, ahead of their headline slot at Splendour in the Grass on Saturday.
Frontier, part of Michael Gudinski’s Mushroom Group, is promoting the band’s Australia/New Zealand arena tour next April and May.
Frontier in May became the first Australian promoter to partner with face-value ticket resale site Twickets, while recently launched an Australian operation.
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