Vika & Linda are set to embark on their biggest tour yet, celebrating their 2021 album The Wait, their first new album of original songs in 19 years. This week Vika & Linda announced additional dates for the national tour. Vika & Linda are also ardent supporters of community radio, particularly PBS. During the PBS radio festival Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips caught up with Linda Bull to chat about the tour and their love for PBS.
“When we called our album The Wait we had no idea just how apt the title would prove to be,” Vika Bull smiles. “We have been waiting and waiting to perform these songs live.”
As well as the previously announced shows on the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, Vika & Linda today announce new shows in Hobart, Launceston, Thirroul, Canberra and Wagga Wagga. The tour will see Vika & Linda headline theatres for the very first time.
“They’re going to be really special shows and we’re so excited to be going on the road with the wonderful musicians who played on the album,” says Linda Bull.
With a full band behind them, these Vika & Linda shows are not to be missed.
Vika & Linda The Wait Australian tour
Tickets available via https://vikaandlinda.com.au
Saturday 11 June
HOTA | Gold Coast, QLD
Thursday 16 June
QPAC Concert Hall | Brisbane, QLD
Friday 17 June
Thebarton Theatre | Adelaide, SA
Wednesday 22 June
State Theatre | Sydney, NSW
Friday 24 June
Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 25 June
Odeon Theatre | Hobart, TAS
Sunday 26 June
Princess Theatre | Launceston, TAS
Friday 1 July
Anita’s Theatre | Thirroul, NSW
Saturday 2 July
Canberra Theatre Centre | Canberra, ACT
Sunday 3 July
Civic Theatre | Wagga Wagga, NSW
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PBS RADIO FESTIVAL
It’s the most electrifying time of the community radio calendar! Plug in, switch on and fire up that voltage, because PBS Radio Festival is returning to the airwaves this month and the station needs you to help ‘Complete The Connection’. From Monday 16 – Sunday 29 May, PBS 106.7FM are holding their biggest annual fundraiser, Radio Festival, asking listeners to dig deep, plug into the mainframe and amplify this open circuit community of music-lovers and tastemakers. After the gargantuan task of moving an entire radio station less than a block away in the midst of a global pandemic, PBS have just about settled into their new home at Collingwood Yards and need listener support to help complete the final connection for the station’s inaugural Radio Festival at their new digs.
As a completely independent, non-profit, people-powered community radio station, the PBS 106.7FM relies heavily on listener support during Radio Festival and beyond to complete the circular, reciprocal energy and support the station that supports you. What goes around, comes around and this year is no exception. The presenters you’ve come to know and love have been spinning algorithm-free, specialist and under-represented music 24/7 for over 40 years, all carefully curated by individuals who are each tastemakers and experts in their field. The final link in upholding this delicate communal connection is you, dear listener, and the time to complete that connection is now.
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