Miiesha today announces her eagerly anticipated debut headline tour dates, starting off with a show in Sydney as part of VIVID, before heading to Brisbane and then on to Melbourne.
MIIESHA SMOKE AND MIRRORS TOUR DATES
3 Jun – VIVID @ Sydney Opera House, Sydney
10 Jun – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
11 Jun – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
FESTIVALS
2 + 3 April – Yours and Owls Festival, Wollongong, NSW
3 April – Parramatta Nights, NSW
23-24 April – Out of the Woods, Busselton, WA
22-24 July – Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay, NSW
Fri 23 Sep – Listen Out, Melbourne, VIC
Sun 25 Sep – Listen Out, Perth, WA
Sat 01 Oct – Listen Out, Sydney, NSW
Sun 02 Oct – Listen Out, Brisbane, QLD
The tour starts on the day of release of her upcoming Mirrors EP which is set to be released on 3 June as a double EP alongside the already released Smoke EP. Smoke was released in November 2020 and contains singles ‘Made For Silence’, ‘Damaged’, and ‘Price I Paid’. The first single from the 5-track Mirrors EP ‘Still Dream’ was released in February and is quickly becoming a favourite for media and fans alike.
In 2021 Miiesha won Song of the Year at the National Indigenous Music Awards for her single ‘Damaged’. So far in 2022 she has received an Honourable Mention in the 2021 Vanda & Young songwriting competition for her single ‘Made For Silence’, and has been nominated for two Queensland Music Awards, Regional/Remote Award for ‘Damaged’, and Soul/Funk/RNB for ‘Made for Silence’. The winner will be announced on 29 March.
A strong, proud Anangu/Torres Strait Islander woman, Miiesha (Pronounced My-ee-sha) released her debut collection of songs entitled Nyaaringu in 2020. Meaning ‘what happened’ in Pitjantjatjara language, Nyaaringu showcased the stories and the strength Miiesha has inherited from her late Grandmother, whose interludes narrate the project.
The project went on to be nominated for 5 ARIAs, receiving the 2020 ARIA for Best Soul/RnB Release, as well as winning 4 x QLD Music Awards, a NIMA, and was voted Australian Album of the Year by NME, as well as Best Album of 2020 by The Music. She has also been nominated for APRA/AMCOS Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year and was selected as part of the YouTube Black Voices campaign.
Miiesha’s live show has quickly become a must-see spectacle where her incredible voice, charisma and storytelling take centre stage. Pre-COVID she has performed and been scheduled to perform at Australia’s largest festivals, including Splendour In The Grass, Falls Festival, Laneway, WOMAD, and Vanfest among others.