Birds of Tokyo Share New Single ‘Starlights’, Announce National Tour
The Perth rockers are sadly missing Adelaide on their 2026 tour.
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Perth prog-rockers Birds of Tokyo are back with brand new single, ‘Starlights’, a song guitarist Adam Spark said took the band “almost five years to build”.
Adds singer Ian Kenny, “We spent ages trying to understand what this song was meant to be - we just couldn’t force it.”
The song has been picked to soundtrack The Starlight Foundation’s new campaign Streamas, which uses special online appearances to raise funds for the charity. To kick off the campaign, Birds of Tokyo will perform ‘Starlights’ on social media and YouTube. For full details on how to access the stream, visit birdsoftokyo.com.
All five members of Birds of Tokyo have children, so being involved with an organisation like Starlight Foundation is close to their hearts.
“There’s something beautifully meta about all this”, Adam Spark reflects. “After half a decade of experimentation, we ultimately ended up with a song that's about letting go of your fears and seizing the day so, as things have turned out, we couldn’t have come up with a better soundtrack for The Starlight Foundation if we had tried.”
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In support of their new release, Birds of Tokyo have announced a national tour, although sadly Adelaide has been missed.
The tour kicks off with six dates in New South Wales in Brunswick Heads, Coffs Harbour, Elizabeth Bay, Bahurst, Northern Beaches and Sydney Southern Shire. Birds of Tokyo then play the Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, Lake Macquarie, Albury and Frankston.
Tickets for all shows go on sale at 10am AEDT on Monday 1 December via birdsoftokyo.com.
‘Starlights’ by Birds of Tokyo is out now. Listen here. Birds of Toyko go on tour across January and February 2026. Ticekting informaiton avialable at
Birds of Tokyo 2026 Australian Tour Dates
Friday 23 January - Hotel Brunswick, Brunswick Heads, NSW
Saturday 24 January - Jetty Beach House, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Sunday 25 January - The Recky, Elizabeth Bay, NSW
Friday 30 January - Bathurst Harness Racing Club, Bathurst, NSW
Saturday 31 January - Dee Why RSL, Sydney Northern Beaches, NSW
Sunday 1 February - Miranda Hotel, Sydney Southern Shire, NSW
Thursday 5 February - Kings Beach Tavern, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Friday 6 February - Racehorse Hotel, Ipswich, QLD
Saturday 7 February - Lookout Festival, Speers Point, Lake Macquarie, NSW
Thursday 12 February - Beer Deluxe, Albury, NSW
Friday 13 February - The Pier, Frankston, VIC
Saturday 14 February - Lookout Festival, Torquay Common, Torquay, VIC
